scheduling appts, fees, etc. PLEASE HELP!!! (Haiti)

[blessedbyhim 4]

Hello,

I'm new here. We received our letter from the NVC on November 27th that said that they had forwarded our request on to the consulate in Haiti. On the form it said to have my fiance go online and complete the DS-160 which he did on Monday December 9th. When we received the confirmation e-mail it had suggested that we go online to schedule a visa appointment, which we did and it is scheduled for April 2nd. It asked for a receipt # when scheduling the appointment and I put the wrong number. After submitting it I was reading that the receipt # that they are looking for is the # on the receipt from the bank where you paid the processing fee. We have not paid any fee except for the original $340 fee that was sent in with our I-129F. Are we required to pay additional fees before we schedule our appointment? If so, how much do we need to pay? If not, where do I get the receipt #? is it the same receipt # that is on all of our notices? How do we change the receipt # on the appt we have scheduled? Will we have to cancel the appointment and re-schedule it with the correct receipt #? Someone please help!!!!

[mtcmk1 37]

Read the response Corey gave you on your previous post. It is pretty great and contains all the info you need. If you need more help after, you can message us or write here...

Good luck!!

[blessedbyhim 4]

Thank you! I'm having a difficult time navigating through the site and finding my original post which is why I posted again, can you please point me in the right direction so I can read Corey's response?

[2018JourneyDone 77]

I'll post it here for you:

There is a lot of confusion about the DS-160 and Fiance Visa applications. Although the DS-160 is a non-immigrant application, the Fiance Visa is for immigrant status. That being said, the interview date you've scheduled online is not the appointment needed for the Fiance Visa - it is for a tourist visa or other visa types but not the K-1. That appointment date for K-1 is specifically scheduled only after packet 3 is returned to the embassy via Haiti Messenger. You will know your interview date once packet 4 is received (shortly after you send packet 3). This is according to the person I spoke with at the Embassy in PAP as well as when my fiance dropped off our packet 3. I was confused with this as well. The good news is that your interview date should be MUCH earlier than April! So yay for that!

Submitting the DS-160 prior to receiving packet 3 is fine. Once the packet is received (ours took almost a month to receive after the packet left the NVC), there is fee your fiance will need to pay at SogeBank in Haiti of $240. The receipt provided needs to be included with all the other required content for packet 3. You can start gathering all info needed for packet 3 now to help expedite the return of the packet after the medical is complete. I'm not sure exactly what the medical exam fee is as my fiance paid for both his daughter and himself and it was around $520 for the two of them. A week after the medical is complete, your fiance will go back to the dr's office and pick up a sealed envelope that must be returned along with the bank receipt from SogeBank and the rest of the required info in packet 3. Packet 3 will be dropped to Haiti Messenger. They will forward to the embassy and advise you of a return date for your fiance to go back to Haiti Messenger to pick up packet 4 - the interview letter.

Whew! Hope I wasn't too confusing with all of this. We are still waiting for our packet 4 and hope to hear something next week.

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Edited December 15, 2013 by Corey&Guyvens

[blessedbyhim 4]

Bless your heart, Corey!!! I have been so stressed/anxious over this!!!! I am so appreciative of this information!!!! Thank you!!! I will be praying about packet 4 and the rest of your process. Blessings to you and your fiance!

So I should go online and cancel our appointment, right?

[2018JourneyDone 77]

Bless your heart, Corey!!! I have been so stressed/anxious over this!!!! I am so appreciative of this information!!!! Thank you!!! I will be praying about packet 4 and the rest of your process. Blessings to you and your fiance!

So I should go online and cancel our appointment, right?

I believe that would be a good idea so as to avoid any confusion by the embassy when they schedule the correct date :-) congrats and hope things move quickly for you both!!

[mtcmk1 37]

Yes, do cancel the appointment, chances are you will get one before your approval expires...

To help you, click here to see a cover letter 'guide' for what you should submit to the Embassy via Haiti Messager once you receive your Packet 3. Hope it helps! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We are here to help! Good luck!

[DebWa 26]

A good way to speed up the process a little is to email the embassy at papcons@state.gov and request that packet 3 be emailed to you.

[blessedbyhim 4]

Thank you, I will do that! To date, we have still not received packet #3. I called the consulate and all the man said to me is that it would be here "very very soon" and that was two weeks ago. I called the DOS and they said it was sent on December 9th. Do they send the packet to both my fiance and I? I'm nervous because his address is not recognizable by the mail system but I've been looking all over the place to figure out how we change his address so that he can receive his packet at his auntie's house, any thoughts? I will e-mail the embassy and request packet #3.

[DebWa 26]

They will mail you the packet. It's probably taking longer than usual because of holiday mail.