South African K1 Visa applicants

[Vintage girl 146]

21 hours ago, kemm360 said:

For anyone who care to know, you can actually book your interview before you get your packet 3 from the embassy as long as you have filled ds160, so as to secure a date from falling through to another month...

But it’s advisable to do that when the embassy has received your petition, they usually send packet 3 from when they receive it to 3 weeks depending on the slot they have... 

Where do you get this information? Do you have a solid resource or document to prove this statement? Coz our lawyer protest against it. He said when filling out the DS160 they ask if you have received confirmation from embassy. Wish we can do it before package 3 . 

[LuFlolady 881]

Marriage Clearance is this needed? If so it is a requirement for SA citizens only? Like the Unabridge BC is for citizens(Born)  of SA.

[Vintage girl 146]

Just now, LuFlolady said:

Marriage Clearance is this needed? If so it is a requirement for SA citizens only? Like the Unabridge BC is for citizens(Born)  of SA.

Document you need is a letter of No impediment with Unabridged certificate. You get both from Home affairs 

21 hours ago, madameMaison said:

Hey Fellow South Africans, 

 

How long is a police clearance valid for ? I saw a K1 instruction page saying a police clearance is valid for 12 months , and someone else says it's valid for 6 months. Can somebody clarify for me 😰

SA police clearance is only 6 months.

[kemm360 144]

7 minutes ago, Vintage girl said:

Where do you get this information? Do you have a solid resource or document to prove this statement? Coz our lawyer protest against it. He said when filling out the DS160 they ask if you have received confirmation from embassy. Wish we can do it before package 3 . 

I cannot remember where in my DS160 asked me for that question. I filed my DS160 way before our petition left NVC and i had no problem, same applied to Desirelb (One of us on here) did. 

 

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Edited July 19, 2018 by kemm360

[Vintage girl 146]

Just now, kemm360 said:

I cannot remember where in my DS160 asked me for that question. I filed my DS160 way before our petition left NVC and i had no problem, same applied to Desirelb (One of us on here) did...

 

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Wish there were a legal document on the site saying you may do that. But everyone I know or met so far waited for Embassy instructions before schedule interview. I know people jump the que for booking interviews this way but if you work through a lawyer, you have to do it by the book. Guess I will just have to wait and be patient. Another 2 months wont wake any difference. We are already on month 9 since we filled.

[Amy and Dean 8]

@kemm360 and @Vintage girl thank you again for all of your insight. We finally went from 'in tranist' to 'ready' today! Contacted the embassy via email, not sure if that helped or was just a fluke but either way, very happy!

[Vintage girl 146]

1 minute ago, Amy and Dean said:

@kemm360 and @Vintage girl thank you again for all of your insight. We finally went from 'in tranist' to 'ready' today! Contacted the embassy via email, not sure if that helped or was just a fluke but either way, very happy!

There you go. Super happy. Keep us posted. I still await for Embassy instructions. 

[kemm360 144]

9 minutes ago, Vintage girl said:

Wish there were a legal document on the site saying you may do that. But everyone I know or met so far waited for Embassy instructions before schedule interview. I know people jump the que for booking interviews this way but if you work through a lawyer, you have to do it by the book. Guess I will just have to wait and be patient. Another 2 months wont wake any difference. We are already on month 9 since we filled.

DS160 is an online form that has a lot of pages in it to fill. You can fill and either submit it or not submit it and the site can hold your application for 30 days if you choose not to submit yet. All you need to fill DS160 is you case number or initial petition receipt number. You can always go back to edit it you did not submit. 

There are lot of informations they ask about oneself on there. Plus you will need your US passport photo in digital to upload on there, just too many informations for me to wait till i get packet 3 to start. People fill it and not submit it until they get their packet from the embassy then they submit and book a date straight up. You can’t book a date without a submitted DS160 confirmation number... 

Follow your lawyer process though. I know gone through this process before 2 years ago so i need no lawyer to do this simple part for me. 

 

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[kemm360 144]

 

 

[kemm360 144]

5 minutes ago, Amy and Dean said:

@kemm360 and @Vintage girl thank you again for all of your insight. We finally went from 'in tranist' to 'ready' today! Contacted the embassy via email, not sure if that helped or was just a fluke but either way, very happy!

Congratulations, it will come soon... Stay tuned and goodluck in the rest of the process 😊

[Loveusa222 37]

Does anyone perhaps know how much the letter of no impediment cost?

[Vintage girl 146]

Just now, Ayeshacharles said:

Does anyone perhaps know how much the letter of no impediment cost?

R55 and I waited 2 months for it 

[Loveusa222 37]

2 minutes ago, Vintage girl said:

R55 and I waited 2 months for it 

Thank you🌼 

[LuFlolady 881]

10 hours ago, Vintage girl said:

Document you need is a letter of No impediment with Unabridged certificate. You get both from Home affairs 

SA police clearance is only 6 months.

im asking if the no marriage certificate needed for non citizens because we don't need the unabridged birth certificate because my fiancé is not a citizen of SA

Edited July 20, 2018 by LuFlolady

[LuFlolady 881]

9 hours ago, Ayeshacharles said:

Does anyone perhaps know how much the letter of no impediment cost?

@kemm360 do you know anything about this? im trying to figure out if it is just for SA citizens?