Confused about preparation/setting up K-1 Interview

[desertjedi 0]

We've gotten our approval and now it's time to pay the visa app fee, fill out the DS-160 form and schedule the interview. I thought we should do that very soon - it's been about 3 weeks since I got the approval. But my fiancee says we should round up and translate all the documents first. She's already requested her police certificate which will be probably take the longest of all.

Should we schedule the fiancee visa interview now? Or wait until have all the documents? Does the 4 month time limit mean we have 4 months to have an interview? Or we have 4 months to schedule the interview?

At a different website, I found the following:

As soon as you have collected all the above documents, read the document called

"Applicant's Statement" (enclosed in Packet 3), sign and date it, and return the

checklist to the consulate together with a photocopy of all applicants' passports.

You will not be scheduled for a visa interview until you complete, sign, and return

this checklist to the consulate.

After they receive the checklist, they will schedule your visa interview at the

earliest possible date. It is not possible to predict when the interview will be

scheduled. Generally, the visa interviews are scheduled within 2 to 4 months of the

consulate receiving the checklist from the visa applicant. When your visa interview

is scheduled, the consulate will send you an appointment letter (Packet 4) which

contains instructions regarding the interview.

I don't know what packets they are talking about. Can someone clue me in as to what exactly I should be doing now? As of this moment, my fiancee is collected documents and getting them translated while I am putting together a huge package of documents for her for interview which I will send shortly.

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[M&A2 5]

Hi,

Just read your post

As I can understand you've recived package 3

I was in dupt at this time too.

But . As I can say , in our consulate, things go in this way:

You get package 3

You sent all the documents in the checklist , and the checklist too

The consulate receive the doc.

You can check your status at CEAC ,and your case will get an uodate when the consulate will view your documents

Then, the consulate sent you an email ( or mail)- I got it by email., which is called package 4. In this email you get the permission to schedule the interview , pay the visa fee, get the notification if sceduling the interview and also, at the email you have the notification how to schedule your medical .

At last: gather all doc and prepare for interview.

Good luck