Joining my partner for his interview in Jakarta

[BCV&BEV 0]

We just received the email about getting the final paperwork together, medical check, etc & setting up the appointment.

As with many of you, this has been a long road. We don't want to take any chances so I will be flying over for the interview.

Have any of you done this? Any pointers in preparing or scheduling?

We want to watch flight costs since we aren't exactly flush with cash after all this. Have any of you had difficulty in arranging flights and appointment times all at once?

I also mailed the paperwork to a friend in Jakarta so it would be waiting when he arrived (this was done before we decided I would fly over). I will just take originals with me at this point. It does say in the email to set up the appointment when the paperwork is ready. He plans to fly to Jakarta 1 week before the interview to do the medical check up, is this acceptable when trying to set an interview time?

Please give your input on the following plan:

He will fly in 1 week prior to the interview and do his medical check-up. I will fly in 1-2 days before the interview. After the interview he will fly home, pack, say good-bye, and fly back and we plan to fly together to the US 4 business days after the interview. They said it will take 3 business days to issue it upon approval.

I know its a tight schedule, but I don't have any vacation time at work so this is all unpaid time-off so we can't make a holiday of it.

Worst case scenario and he gets delayed or denied....will travelers insurance re-reimburse us for this situation?

Thanks for your input

[TBoneTX 46,059]

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the Embassy/Consulate forum -- topic involves that phase. ***

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It's unwise to presume granting of the visa. If feasible now, be sure that the travel plans are changeable.

[blooms 63]

Hi,

It is wiser not to book/pay for tickets or wedding venues until your fiance has his visa in hand.

We have seen many cases where VJ members had to cancel and lose significant amount of time and money because the visa took longer than predicted because, for example, administrative processing.

There is no way of knowing the timeframe for AP.

Secondly, for medical check up, based on my experience at medikaloka, it took them +/- 10 business days to complete.

You can call them up and confirm it with them. Usually it depends whether the clinic is busy or not.

DO NOT schedule interview if your medical is not cleared yet! Because he will need to bring his medical results during his interview as stated clearly on packet 3 (USEM checklist).

That being said, you need to confirm with your travel agent or whoever you purchased the tix from, that those dates are flexible and refundable.

Hope this helps. Good luck

Blooms

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Honestly, it sounds very tight. I've done my medical almost a week ago but still not received yet phone call from the clinic about the result and I don't want to take a chance ask interview date without my medical result. According to timeframe average from scheduled an appointment and get the date, usually within a week. If got approved most people on VJ got visa more than a week. If it is normal and no missing papers are needed.

My fiance and I are still waiting approval from security officer for travel - since he is in the military- and he will coming with me for my interview. So here our plan. After he got approval from the military from travel let's say January 10, I will ask my interview date on January 11

Based on Vjers experienced, from ask packet 4 to interview date average in a week. We assumed got the date on January 18. He will fly out on January 15, give him some rest and ready go with me. Since he got vacation 3 weeks, so we have more than 2 weeks from an appointment date to arrange everything.

The good thing, I am currently working and living in Jakarta so I don't have to worry about fly out from another city. And now, we don't have tickets since still no approval and not resigned from my work yet. The bottom line, even you already well planned everything in order but US consulates are unpredictable. My advise, don't take a risk.

Edited January 6, 2014 by Girl from Celebes

[izzylove11 19]

We did our whole process in Jakarta. Feel free to message me

[LmmL 46]

Try Dr.Pundjabi for the medical, we can get the result on the same day (based on experience of two Indonesian applicants).

My fiancé booked flight two months before the interview and that time we were confident that we will get the visa because we have Prayed and fasting for the visa plus we were sure that we have all the requirements they asked.