K-1 Visa Lima Consulate Paying MRV/Signing up for Appointment Online

[coloradaninperu 0]

My Fiancee's application was FINALLY shipped to the NVC and then to the Lima consulate on the 25th of Oct.

When he called today to see if he could find out his scheduled interview time (Peruvian mail is notoriously slow, and he hasn't received the packet yet), the consulate worker said that he just had to pay the MRV fee in cash to the bank and then could schedule the appointment after. He said to do so through this site: http://usvisa-info.com.

But as we signed him up for the site and went through the process described to get the printable bank slip, nothing works. We are never directed to the page to print off the PDF bank slip to pay.

Has anyone experienced this? Or know how to deal with this part of the process? I am kind of confused, because I have been reading that others pay the MRV fee AT the consulate during their interview, so I don't know why the process is different for us?

All of these different instructions and hold ups are starting to get SO frustrating. Any advice would be appreciated!

Also, does anyone have a good e-mail address to contact the consulate in Lima? We keep getting different e-mail addresses, and none of them seem to work well...

Thanks!

[florida4life 29]

https://usvisa-info.com/en-pe/selfservice/ss_country_welcome

Maybe you did something wrong did you click on nonimmigrant visa (TEMPORARY VISA)

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Peru&cty=Lima

[coloradaninperu 0]

no.. we're going through the K-1 fiancee visa interview scheduling steps.

it just doesn't make sense to me because the consulate info on here says that the interview date is automatically scheduled when the packet is sent. and many people have commented that they paid at the consulate during their interviews.

but on the embassy website, it also mentions this website? not specifically for K-1 visas though...

[florida4life 29]

Fee Payment Options Visa Category Fee Nonimmigrant Visas, non-petition based

(B1/B2, C1/D, F, M, J, I, TN, TD) USD$160 Nonimmigrant Visas, petition based (H, L, O, P, Q, R) USD$190 Treaty Trader Visa (E1), Treaty Investor Visa (E2),

Australian Worker Visa (E3) USD$270 Fiancé(e) visas (K) USD$240

The visa application fee, which is also called the Machine Readable Visa (MRV) Fee, is determined by the type of visa for which the applicant is applying.

All Nonimmigrant visa applicants must pay the appropriate MRV fee prior to scheduling an appointment through this service. This fee is non-refundable and non-transferrable regardless of whether a visa is issued or not.

Can I apply for two different visa types at the same time?

List of Nonimmigrant Visa Application Fees

For the full list of Nonimmigrant application fees (MRV fees) please visit:

http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1263.html.

MRV fee amounts for various Nonimmigrant visa applications are the equivalent of:

• USD$160 for most visas that do not require a petition. Examples of visas in this category are:
  • Visitor Visa for business/pleasure (B1/B2),
  • Exchange Visitor Visa (J),
  • Student Visa ,
  • Non-Academic Student visa (M),
  • Information Media Representative visa (I),
  • Crew visa (C1/D),
  • Any other visa class not specifically named as requiring higher-tiered fees.
• USD$190 for petition based visas. Examples of visas in this category are:
  • Temporary workers and trainees(H),
  • Intracompany transferees (L ),
  • Persons with extraordinary ability (O),
  • Athletes, artists, and entertainers (P),
  • International cultural exchange visitors (Q),
  • Religious Workers ®.
• USD$240 for Fiancé(e) (K) visas.
• USD$270 for all E category nonimmigrant visas [Treaty Trader (E-1), Treaty Investor (E-2) and Australian Worker (E-3) visa)].

Reciprocity Fee

Depending on the applicant's country of citizenship and the type of visa, the applicant may also be required to pay a fee for visa issuance, known as a reciprocity fee. The applicant may obtain this information by visiting the following web site: http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_3272.html.

MRV Fee Payment Options

[coloradaninperu 0]

I saw this page when trying to figure out how to pay, too. It says you can pay the $240 by just signing up and logging in, which we did. But every time we try to "schedule an appointment" (which is where it mentions receiving the printable bank stub to pay the fee), we never get to any portion that gives us the printable page or any information about how to pay the fee/schedule an appointment.

[Donna&Noelia 6]

Email the embassy at limaiv@state.gov

You pay the fee there during your Interview, and we get packet 4 -nothing more.

You can use the CEAC website to track your package to ensure it says "ready" as well. That would mean it is at the embassy.

[coloradaninperu 0]

Email the embassy at limaiv@state.gov

You pay the fee there during your Interview, and we get packet 4 -nothing more.

You can use the CEAC website to track your package to ensure it says "ready" as well. That would mean it is at the embassy.

Thanks so much! It does say ready on the tracking site, so I know that ours is ready... I was just so confused when they told us about this whole other process today because I had heard what you told me as the process time and time again.

My fiancee just lives up in Cajamarca (northern Peru), so we don't want to wait for the packet to get up there before we know the interview date, etc. I have heard that they will e-mail you the packet electronically if you want, so that's why this whole paying beforehand thing was throwing me off so much!

Good luck with your interview! When are you expecting your date to be? Our timelines are pretty similar! Except our visa sat at the CSC for 6 weeks... but ours was just sent to the embassy a little over a week before your's, so our interviews might be around the same time!

[Donna&Noelia 6]

Thanks so much! It does say ready on the tracking site, so I know that ours is ready... I was just so confused when they told us about this whole other process today because I had heard what you told me as the process time and time again.

My fiancee just lives up in Cajamarca (northern Peru), so we don't want to wait for the packet to get up there before we know the interview date, etc. I have heard that they will e-mail you the packet electronically if you want, so that's why this whole paying beforehand thing was throwing me off so much!

Good luck with your interview! When are you expecting your date to be? Our timelines are pretty similar! Except our visa sat at the CSC for 6 weeks... but ours was just sent to the embassy a little over a week before your's, so our interviews might be around the same time!

Our case just went to ready today, and I emailed the Embassy. Hopefully tomorrow we have a response with our Interview date, and information of packet 4.

More than likely December the Interview will be.

We already scheduled our Medical Exam, you should too because they are 4 weeks out right now.

We just told them we had an interview date in december, bc we wanted to make sure we got an appt set up!

So we have a medical all set up for December, the results will take 10 days to get they told us.. which doesnt make sense because I have heard it takes only 5.

We'll see!

Are you attending the Interview with your fiance?

I will not be attending because we just don't have the funds at all to do so unfortunately.

I wish I could share that moment with her.

Hoping to have her here by December 30th so we can start 2014 TOGETHER!

[coloradaninperu 0]

Our case just went to ready today, and I emailed the Embassy. Hopefully tomorrow we have a response with our Interview date, and information of packet 4.

More than likely December the Interview will be.

We already scheduled our Medical Exam, you should too because they are 4 weeks out right now.

We just told them we had an interview date in december, bc we wanted to make sure we got an appt set up!

So we have a medical all set up for December, the results will take 10 days to get they told us.. which doesnt make sense because I have heard it takes only 5.

We'll see!

Are you attending the Interview with your fiance?

I will not be attending because we just don't have the funds at all to do so unfortunately.

I wish I could share that moment with her.

Hoping to have her here by December 30th so we can start 2014 TOGETHER!

Ours has been ready for a bit now... still don't know why the embassy gave us a completely different process to go through.

I was going to wait until we heard from the embassy to schedule a date-- so bummed that they're four weeks out! when did you schedule your's? did you call both doctors?

I'd imagine that our interview dates are probably mid December or so... I know a couple who got their visa to Lima the week before ours, and their date was Dec. 2nd.

I am still not sure about going to the interview. I have connections to the flight industry and can fly roundtrip for under $300 if there are standby seats, but I also don't want to spend the extra money unless it's necessary. I'd love to be there with my fiancee, but I don't know how necessary it is. Are you worried about it not getting accepted if you're not there?

[Donna&Noelia 6]

Ours has been ready for a bit now... still don't know why the embassy gave us a completely different process to go through.

I was going to wait until we heard from the embassy to schedule a date-- so bummed that they're four weeks out! when did you schedule your's? did you call both doctors?

I'd imagine that our interview dates are probably mid December or so... I know a couple who got their visa to Lima the week before ours, and their date was Dec. 2nd.

I am still not sure about going to the interview. I have connections to the flight industry and can fly roundtrip for under $300 if there are standby seats, but I also don't want to spend the extra money unless it's necessary. I'd love to be there with my fiancee, but I don't know how necessary it is. Are you worried about it not getting accepted if you're not there?

Omg jealous, hook me up with a few flights from chiclayo to lima!!! hahahah. It costs us 1,300 dollars for a one way trip from Peru to NY!!!! No I am not concerned about not being there because if they truly think we do not have a genuine relationship they will just schedule a 2nd interview && request that I attend. So if it comes to that, then yes I will have no other choice but to spend the money to go. However, we are quite in love -our photos sure show it so they better approve us!

We are using the male doctor because we heard the female was rude.

IDK why the embassy told you that, maybe they were confused thinking it was a tourist visa?!

That's very weird.

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[cristi1231 4]

My Fiancee's application was FINALLY shipped to the NVC and then to the Lima consulate on the 25th of Oct.

When he called today to see if he could find out his scheduled interview time (Peruvian mail is notoriously slow, and he hasn't received the packet yet), the consulate worker said that he just had to pay the MRV fee in cash to the bank and then could schedule the appointment after. He said to do so through this site: http://usvisa-info.com.

But as we signed him up for the site and went through the process described to get the printable bank slip, nothing works. We are never directed to the page to print off the PDF bank slip to pay.

Has anyone experienced this? Or know how to deal with this part of the process? I am kind of confused, because I have been reading that others pay the MRV fee AT the consulate during their interview, so I don't know why the process is different for us?

All of these different instructions and hold ups are starting to get SO frustrating. Any advice would be appreciated!

Also, does anyone have a good e-mail address to contact the consulate in Lima? We keep getting different e-mail addresses, and none of them seem to work well...

Thanks!

Hey girl! I know this was before we chatted yesterday, but just confirming you know now that he doesn't pay online, but at the interview. If you go to the Embassy reviews page you can read a bunch of stories of how people paid at the embassy and a tip I am seeing is to bring exact cash.