Filling and Paying for form DS160

[BoyKwe 0]

Hello, can I fill the form DS160 here in the state and also make the payment or will my fiancé have to do this in Ghana? Any response is appreciated. Thank you

[lou-nic 36]

when we did ours i got on skype with my husband and i filled out what i could and then he filled out the rest,as it is about the person coming to the states. i also paid the fee here. hope this helps

Edited December 4, 2016 by lou-nic

[BoyKwe 0]

Thank you. Did you file a k1-Visa or CR1?

[TBoneTX 46,119]

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

[O&GForever 387]

When my husband and I went through the K1, we spent on evening on the phone filling out the DS-160. I am the petitioner. I filled it out to save him the insane internet fees he would have had to pay. He did however log in after we were done just to make sure everything was correct and submitted it himself. Fair warning it can take sometime to fill out, so make sure you have a block of time.

As for the fees, they can't be paid ahead of time for a K1. It's treated different than a CR1. There is one fee, I can't remember the amount, that your fiancé will need to pay the embassy the day of the interview.

I hope that helps.

[BoyKwe 0]

When my husband and I went through the K1, we spent on evening on the phone filling out the DS-160. I am the petitioner. I filled it out to save him the insane internet fees he would have had to pay. He did however log in after we were done just to make sure everything was correct and submitted it himself. Fair warning it can take sometime to fill out, so make sure you have a block of time.

As for the fees, they can't be paid ahead of time for a K1. It's treated different than a CR1. There is one fee, I can't remember the amount, that your fiancé will need to pay the embassy the day of the interview.

I hope that helps.l

This is very helpful. So for K1 we have to pay the 265 on the day of the interview? Not to pay at the bank. GT bank I believe it says.?

Edited December 5, 2016 by BoyKwe

[karice 29]

I don't know if its different with the beneficiary being from a different country, but I know that I have to pay for my K1 BEFORE I am even able to schedule my interview. There are various ways you can pay this fee, but it does need to be done before.

[O&GForever 387]

Correct you will pay the fee at the embassy on the day of the interview. My husband says you'll pay and the receipt will be added to your documents before it will be processed.

Edited December 6, 2016 by O&GForever

[O&GForever 387]

I don't know if its different with the beneficiary being from a different country, but I know that I have to pay for my K1 BEFORE I am even able to schedule my interview. There are various ways you can pay this fee, but it does need to be done before.

This is not correct for the Ghana embassy. For K1 interviews, the Ghana embassy schedules the interviews for the applicant. The beneficiary pays the fees at the embassy the day of the interview. A receipt is then added to the evidence that is brought that day.

Every embassy is different and Ghana tends to do everything in a different way than other embassies.

[MrsBoateng29 2]

I just posted a question on this....When you fill out the DS-160 online, do you pay once it is completed?

Or are you able to complete it & pay the &265 at the interview?

when we did ours i got on skype with my husband and i filled out what i could and then he filled out the rest,as it is about the person coming to the states. i also paid the fee here. hope this helps

[lou-nic 36]

I just posted a question on this....When you fill out the DS-160 online, do you pay once it is completed?

Or are you able to complete it & pay the &265 at the interview?

we did cr1 and paid it online. can't remember if it was before we filled it out or after. its been over 2 years since we had to fill all that out.

[FloridaMinsk 88]

She logged on the link the embassy sent her and she filled out the ds- 160.

Then she finished the forms and I logged on the egi site and paid. They say they allow debit card purchases but they did not allow mine. I checked with my bank and they were not blocking payment. I ended up having to send a wire transfer which my bank charged me $65 for the pleasure. It took then 72 hours to finally acknowledge and payment and this allowed us to set an appt.

This was all with the embassy In Warsaw Poland. But I feel this was a cgi issue with their website.