have some processes changed with Guayaquil office?

[Wade&Carito 0]

OK, after the NOA2 it has seemed very easy, we made sure all the information was obtained before trying to schedule. I started scheduling online and it seemed as though I did something wrong because the appointments available were starting next week through June 27. I called this morning to schedule on the phone and it was the same, all available appointments were at 10am, not 8 am like everyone else has said. Everyone had told me it takes 2 months to get scheduled, and I am finding out it is only 1 week!

I was told that I only need to arrive maybe 20 minutes before the interview. Next week is too soon for me to get there so I scheduled for June 12th.

the doctor for the medical exam had told my fiance she has a 6 month window for the exam, but the person I spoke with on the phone said "they usually have a 10 day window". So she is going to try to reschedule her exam closer to the appointment for the 4th of June, that is 8 days before the interview.

I have read many things on here and it seems like many people get a "yes" on the spot and no need to return to the consulate, just go to DHS and pickup the passport and papers correct?

If all goes well with this interview then we should be good to travel back to the US within a week, is that correct too?

thank you!

Wade

[Tigre&Tigresa 11]

Wow it looks like they move fast! Did they tell you if it is mandatory for the petitioner to be there? We got our NOA2 yesterday and it's nice to find someone else going through Guayaquil

[Wade&Carito 0]

Wow it looks like they move fast! Did they tell you if it is mandatory for the petitioner to be there? We got our NOA2 yesterday and it's nice to find someone else going through Guayaquil

they did not say it was mandatory but by reading all the reviews here, I would say it is. Many people get denied because the petitioner is not there and they tell them to reschedule when the petitioner can be there.

As soon as I got my case number I emailed the consulate in GYE and they told me to download the packet and schedule the appointment. I waited to schedule the appointment until I made sure we had the documents ready such as birth certificate.

It took less than a week for the NVC to get the I129 forwarded to them, I called them 1 week after getting the NOA2 email and they said it was sent to the consulate that day and I was given the case number over the phone. I then sent an email late Friday 5/3 to GYE asking about the appointment packet and I got an email response on Monday 5/6 saying to to download the packet and schedule the appointment.

My fiancee worked on getting her birth certificate and other documents last week and then I was waiting to schedule the medical exam until we had the appointment. But the medical exam got scheduled for the 21st and they told her there is a 6 month window and she needed to some in. I asked her to reschedule after speaking to the person who did the scheduling who stated "there is usually a 10 day window". She called back but they refused to reschedule and said she needed to come in next Tuesday. This may not surprise you if you know a bit about some of the people there. I have a love-hate relationship with Guayaquil. Many people in authority like to abuse it and still have that machismo attitude and they give wrong information all the time. That is especially true at the ministerio where I had to go for the 6 month tourist visa last year.

Anyway I hope someone can help clarify the couple of questions in my original post.

[TBoneTX 46,125]

Brother W. -- perhaps the ease of securing an appointment is because another CO got assigned to GYQ (speculating here).

Be at the consulado for the interview 20 minutes before, if that's what you were told in writing, but be in Guayaquil itself a full day before the actual interview. Trust me on this.

I can't comment on the medical.

If the U.S. petitioner is present, the chances greatly improve of getting a "yes" on the spot. This is why the GYQ reviews of the last couple of years are so positive.

Not sure of the wisdom of thinking of traveling home in less than a week. Things can happen -- the need for a bureaucratic piece of Ecuadorian paperwork, delayed supervisory approval of the granted visa, printer problems, misdelivery to or by DHL, local unrest... take these possibilities into account.

Tigresa-Bone, the consulado can't come out and say that yes, the petitioner's presence is required. If you ask outright, they could flatly deny it (because, for one reason, the government can lie to us). You would need to get something definite, in writing, from someone other than the faceless Foreign Service National who answers the e-mails. The Section Chief himself would be the only source for an answer that I would trust.

To both of you, and to others reading: Do not (do NOT!) trust anything from those people that is NOT in WRITING and in crystal-clear language.

(Organizer hat on)

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[Wade&Carito 0]

Thanks for your well detailed response. I appreciate all the help I get.

I plan on being in Guayaquil 1 week before the interview and stay 5 to 6 weeks after the interview. Both of us will fly back to the US together.

I was asking about the 1 week timeline because I have heard of many people getting a yes at the interview and then getting all the paperwork etc.. through DHL in 3-5 days. I was just wondering if that is still the case? I know that would be best case scenario but I am hearing a lot more positive experiences lately for those folks who have everything and are prepared. But I am prepared to stay up to 5 months this time to get everything taken care of.

Is that the standard process if they say yes at the interview? Could a person potentially be ready to leave in a week?

I was told to be there 20 minutes before the appointment time but I was questioning that because I hear about many people arriving before 8 am. Our appointment is 10 am and I would plan on being there at 9:30am.

Brother W. -- perhaps the ease of securing an appointment is because another CO got assigned to GYQ (speculating here).

Be at the consulado for the interview 20 minutes before, if that's what you were told in writing, but be in Guayaquil itself a full day before the actual interview. Trust me on this.

I can't comment on the medical.

If the U.S. petitioner is present, the chances greatly improve of getting a "yes" on the spot. This is why the GYQ reviews of the last couple of years are so positive.

Not sure of the wisdom of thinking of traveling home in less than a week. Things can happen -- the need for a bureaucratic piece of Ecuadorian paperwork, delayed supervisory approval of the granted visa, printer problems, misdelivery to or by DHL, local unrest... take these possibilities into account.

Tigresa-Bone, the consulado can't come out and say that yes, the petitioner's presence is required. If you ask outright, they could flatly deny it (because, for one reason, the government can lie to us). You would need to get something definite, in writing, from someone other than the faceless Foreign Service National who answers the e-mails. The Section Chief himself would be the only source for an answer that I would trust.

To both of you, and to others reading: Do not (do NOT!) trust anything from those people that is NOT in WRITING and in crystal-clear language.

(Organizer hat on)

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the Embassy/Consulate forum. ***