What is the time we should expect for recieving the appointment letter and when should we send the forms?

[ivan.escalona 0]

Hello again!! My applicant number is SA0006** so Im expecting that my number becomes current for december 2013 or january 2014 at the most. I'm asking when should I send the forms to KCC? How long do they take to process them and send them to the Embassy I will be doing the interview in? And when should I expect the letter from KCC with the exact date of my appointment?

Im very much in need of the latter cause currently my wife is working abroad and we need to buy her a plane ticket for her to come to the interview and since it will be peak season we want to buy them with plenty of time. What was your experience of receiving the letter from KCC? When did you get it? How long before the actual interview date? Any help here?

Thanks in advance,

Ivan

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Hello again!! My applicant number is SA0006** so Im expecting that my number becomes current for december 2013 or january 2014 at the most. I'm asking when should I send the forms to KCC? How long do they take to process them and send them to the Embassy I will be doing the interview in? And when should I expect the letter from KCC with the exact date of my appointment?

Im very much in need of the latter cause currently my wife is working abroad and we need to buy her a plane ticket for her to come to the interview and since it will be peak season we want to buy them with plenty of time. What was your experience of receiving the letter from KCC? When did you get it? How long before the actual interview date? Any help here?

Thanks in advance,

Ivan

You need to send your forms in ASAP. KCC will not schedule an interview appointment for you until they have received and processed the forms, which can take 1-2 months. So even if your number is current in December you may find you will be scheduled a later interview because you have delayed sending in your forms.

Notification is usually 6-7 weeks before interview. Usually the interview letter is on the website a couple of days after the visa bulletin with your number is published for example you would get it around mid-October for a December interview. If your forms are only processed after the visa bulletin has already been published, I understand the usual practice is for them to schedule you for the next available interview once processing has been completed - in which case (depending on the consulate you're interviewing at) you may get less notice than this.

Don't forget your wife will also have to have her medical done in the country she's interviewing in so depending on how your panel doctors schedule their interviews, she may have to be there a couple of weeks before the interview. Normally the doctors will not schedule the medicals until you have your interview letter, but you can call and ask them what their usual timeline is.

Finally, if you don't already have all the required civil documents I'd suggest you start gathering these as soon as you can too.

Edited October 5, 2013 by SusieQQQ

[ivan.escalona 0]

You need to send your forms in ASAP. KCC will not schedule an interview appointment for you until they have received and processed the forms, which can take 1-2 months. So even if your number is current in December you may find you will be scheduled a later interview because you have delayed sending in your forms.

Notification is usually 6-7 weeks before interview. Usually the interview letter is on the website a couple of days after the visa bulletin with your number is published for example you would get it around mid-October for a December interview. If your forms are only processed after the visa bulletin has already been published, I understand the usual practice is for them to schedule you for the next available interview once processing has been completed - in which case (depending on the consulate you're interviewing at) you may get less notice than this.

Don't forget your wife will also have to have her medical done in the country she's interviewing in so depending on how your panel doctors schedule their interviews, she may have to be there a couple of weeks before the interview. Normally the doctors will not schedule the medicals until you have your interview letter, but you can call and ask them what their usual timeline is.

Finally, if you don't already have all the required civil documents I'd suggest you start gathering these as soon as you can too.

Thanks there SusieQQQ, I did send all the documents with the adendum that said I was getting married like I was suggested to. So they are processing my forms right now as they confirmed me earlier. I think as of today I'm sending all the updated DS-230 forms from me and my wife as well as a certified copy of the marriage certificate as was instructed me by KCC, they should be arriving by the end of the week if all goes as planned.

I was wondering if you would happen to know if this sending of updated forms would mean that they should process my forms again for 1-2 months and that after those 1-2 months asuming they send the notification letter right away there would be another 6-7 weeks until the interview?

Thanks in advance!! As usual you have been very very helpful!

Ivan

You need to send your forms in ASAP. KCC will not schedule an interview appointment for you until they have received and processed the forms, which can take 1-2 months. So even if your number is current in December you may find you will be scheduled a later interview because you have delayed sending in your forms.

Notification is usually 6-7 weeks before interview. Usually the interview letter is on the website a couple of days after the visa bulletin with your number is published for example you would get it around mid-October for a December interview. If your forms are only processed after the visa bulletin has already been published, I understand the usual practice is for them to schedule you for the next available interview once processing has been completed - in which case (depending on the consulate you're interviewing at) you may get less notice than this.

Don't forget your wife will also have to have her medical done in the country she's interviewing in so depending on how your panel doctors schedule their interviews, she may have to be there a couple of weeks before the interview. Normally the doctors will not schedule the medicals until you have your interview letter, but you can call and ask them what their usual timeline is.

Finally, if you don't already have all the required civil documents I'd suggest you start gathering these as soon as you can too.

Oh, I sent the forms on August 28th and they reach KCC on the 31st, they keep telling me they are processing them but this should be that they are waiting for my number to become current right?

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Hi Ivan,

Apologies, I didn't know or forgot that you had already sent in forms previously. I can't say for sure but I think it is unlikely they would go through the reprocessing for that long again. Just remember to keep copies of the updated ds230 and marriage certificate to take to the interview - just in case KCC schedule you from previous forms but send the docs through to the consulate before they've received your updates.