I-129F AND I-130 APPROVED

[Illidan 0]

Now that both petition are approved what happens next to the petitions and what are the steps i need to follow.

I have already started gathering supporting documents and i have already downloaded packet 3 and packet 4 from embassy website. What else i need to get and what does my spouse need to get.

Any help is appreciated.

[vikasp 0]

First, congrats! Your timeline gives me hope.

Check out http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k3guide in the section "What to send to your Spouse once the I-129F is approved (NOA2)"

Good luck!

[genesis1968 0]

Now that both petition are approved what happens next to the petitions and what are the steps i need to follow.

I have already started gathering supporting documents and i have already downloaded packet 3 and packet 4 from embassy website. What else i need to get and what does my spouse need to get.

Any help is appreciated.

Hi Illidan,,, CONGRATULATIONS!!! wow!!!! its a very fast approval. I think this is the first aprroval i read and know among January filers... this is a great hope that we are looking forward, CSC is now starting to release approvals... I hope and pray ours will also come very very soon!!!

[citizen 0]

illidan, congrats

lucky ur file went to VSC..CSC r bit slower..hope it starts to give out NOA2s for all the dec/jan filers soon

can u let me know the url link from where u have d/l the packet 3 and 4 info from..my embassy is chennai

TIA

[Niels Bohr 72]

CONGRATULATIONS!!

VIKASP,

Thanks for the link!

[kss 0]

Now that both petition are approved what happens next to the petitions and what are the steps i need to follow.

I have already started gathering supporting documents and i have already downloaded packet 3 and packet 4 from embassy website. What else i need to get and what does my spouse need to get.

Any help is appreciated.

Wow !! Congrats Illidan. That was quick. I really envy people with petitions to VSC.. I think once your petition gets forwarded to Mumbai embassy (I hope you guys are going mumbai for K3), I read somewhere that you can send them packet 3 within a week instead of waiting for them to mail the packet.

[Illidan 0]

Now that both petition are approved what happens next to the petitions and what are the steps i need to follow.

I have already started gathering supporting documents and i have already downloaded packet 3 and packet 4 from embassy website. What else i need to get and what does my spouse need to get.

Any help is appreciated.

Wow !! Congrats Illidan. That was quick. I really envy people with petitions to VSC.. I think once your petition gets forwarded to Mumbai embassy (I hope you guys are going mumbai for K3), I read somewhere that you can send them packet 3 within a week instead of waiting for them to mail the packet.

Thanks everyone for your help and best wishes on you peititons.

Can anyone else confirm that my spouse doesn't have to wait for the embassy to send Packet 3, she can send it soon as they receive the petition? Since i have already completed all the paper work needed for packet 3 thanks to this site and following link i can tell her to send it soon as the petition is received at the embassy.

Also for anyone one interested here is the link for Packet 3 and Packet 4 information for Mumbai embassy. I'm not sure where this information is available on other embassy sites but it should be there. Look under Immigrant Visa section.

http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/ivforms.html

Edited April 5, 2007 by Illidan

[vikasp 0]

Illidan, you can try calling the embassy and asking them. I'd like to know this as well!

Mumbai American Consulate General: (011) 91-22-2363-7407; mumbaiiv@state.gov

If you could mail packet 3's checklist in advance, I bet it would help shave weeks off the total time.

[vikasp 0]

-------update--------

I just sent an email to mumbaiiv@state.gov. I'll let you now if I hear back. Do call them yourself, though!

Hello,

I would like to know if it's possible to download, print, fill-in, and

send Instruction Packages-Packets 3 as soon as an approved I-129F

petition arrives at your office in Mumbai from the U.S. The packet I

am referring to is available on your site at the following URL:

http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/ivforms.html

Thank you very much,

...

[djveed 0]

Oh man there's a whole new vocabulary involved! I was just getting my Ks AND Is down - now we're involved with PACKETS!

So start getting ready to send stuff to India, right? Since these both were approved today - which do I follow K-3 or I-130?

[Niels Bohr 72]

I recommend doing the K-3. Quicker route. You may opt for the CR-1, but, it requires a little bit more steps that you must do which may lengthen the processing time further by a 1-3 months.

Edited April 5, 2007 by consolemaster

[Illidan 0]

Oh man there's a whole new vocabulary involved! I was just getting my Ks AND Is down - now we're involved with PACKETS!

So start getting ready to send stuff to India, right? Since these both were approved today - which do I follow K-3 or I-130?

I am going with K3 route because its quicker.

Next thing you need to do is start getting your I-134 ready and if you need a co-sponsor tell them to start getting all the information. Also start collecting phone records and other information on your side and tell your spouse to start gathering wedding photos, cards and other items that can be used to prove ongoing relationship.

[nyseness 0]

Congrats!!!

[Illidan 0]

I downloaded all the paperwork for the packet 3 from embassy website and i have a question about the case number it asks for. Where is the case number assigned that packet 3 asks for? Is the case number assigned at NVC or at the embassy? Also if its at the NVC how can i find out if the its been assigned and also how long does it take before the petition is sent to NVC and how long before its sent to the embassy?

[vikasp 0]

I downloaded all the paperwork for the packet 3 from embassy website and i have a question about the case number it asks for. Where is the case number assigned that packet 3 asks for? Is the case number assigned at NVC or at the embassy? Also if its at the NVC how can i find out if the its been assigned and also how long does it take before the petition is sent to NVC and how long before its sent to the embassy?

I think it's the NVC that assigns the case number. According to http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/stats.php?history=90, it took average 27 days from NOA2 to Embassy receiving the case using around 600 data samples. After Mumbai Embassy gets the approved petition, it takes around 54 days till visa interview according to that same page (using "ALL time" instead of just the last 90 days). So, if we round up the nearest months, you're looking at 1 month till Mumbai receiving petition, and 2 months till interview date.

Good luck!