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K-1 Visa - Advice on Packet 3. Status: Ready - Montreal Consulate

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NikkiFromCanada   233

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I have a few questions. I am the beneficiary for K-1 Visa. Status says "Ready" at Montreal Consulate since May 8, 2018. I read sooo much different advice regarding packet 3. Some people say go ahead and just fill out DS-160, and submit packet 3 before you hear from the Montreal Consulate, that they did it and got a response right away with packet 4. Then I see some people saying don't do it, that you have to wait to hear from the Montreal Consulate before you can fill out DS-160, and email packet 3. I'm sure the answers to my questions below are on here somewhere, but I am new to the site, and I don't know where to find specific topics. I've just been searching and reading what I can find that best relates to me. 

 

Here are my questions:

 

1. Does the Montreal Consulate send packet 3 by mail or by email? 

2. If I do decide to go ahead and fill out DS-160 and submit packet 3 without waiting to hear from Montreal Consulate first...can it actually hurt anything? 

3. Does my fiancee have to fill out form I-134, sign it with a wet signature, and actually mail it to me to bring to my interview?? Or could he fill it out online, sign it with wet signature, and scan and email it to me?

4. Can anyone confirm 100% if I will need short form or long form birth certificate to bring to my interview? It shocks me that there's nothing on the USCIS website that specifies if you need short or long. It just says "birth certificate." 

 

 

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K-1 Visa AOS Timeline:

Date format is MM/DD/YY

 

10/18/18 - Sent AOS Package to Chicago

10/25/18 - USCIS took AOS fee (credit card payment)

10/30/18 - NOA1 Text Messages Received

11/02/18 - Biometrics Appointment Letter & NOA1 Hard Copies Received

11/13/18 - Biometrics Appointment

11/13/18 - Received RFIE (forgot to include husband’s full tax return)

11/13/18 - AOS status updated to "On November 13, We Sent You A Request For Initial Evidence"

11/29/18 - RFIE response delivered to USCIS

03/25/19 - AOS status updated to "Ready To Be Scheduled For Interview"

04/02/19 - AOS status updated to "Interview Was Scheduled"

04/04/19 - Received Interview Letter

05/07/19 - Green Card Interview - Baltimore (did not get on the spot approval)

05/07/19 - AOS status updated to "Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed"

05/29/19 - EAD status updated to "New Card Is Being Produced"

06/01/19 - EAD & AP 1-797 hard copies received

06/02/19 - EAD status updated to "Card Was Mailed To Me"

06/03/19 - Received updated SSN card with married name.

06/03/19 - EAD status updated to "Card Was Picked Up By USPS"

06/04/19 - EAD status updated to "Card Was Delivered To Me By The Post Office"

06/04/19 - Received Combo Card in the mail

07/13/19 - AOS status updated to "New Card Is Being Produced"

07/16/19 - AOS status updated to "Card Was Mailed To Me"

07/17/19 - AOS status updated to "Card Was Picked Up By USPS"

07/19/19 - AOS status updated to "Card Was Delivered To Me By The Post Office"

07/19/19 - Received Green Card in the mail

 

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sumbunny   566

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54 minutes ago, nikkimarie said:

1. Does the Montreal Consulate send packet 3 by mail or by email? 

Montreal works exclusively via email.

 

54 minutes ago, nikkimarie said:

2. If I do decide to go ahead and fill out DS-160 and submit packet 3 without waiting to hear from Montreal Consulate first...can it actually hurt anything? 

My understanding is no. It's kinda luck of the draw. Some people get lucky and get P4 after they send P3, others get an email saying that they need to wait until they've been asked to send it.

 

54 minutes ago, nikkimarie said:

3. Does my fiancee have to fill out form I-134, sign it with a wet signature, and actually mail it to me to bring to my interview?? Or could he fill it out online, sign it with wet signature, and scan and email it to me?

Not sure on this one, I'd probably get the wet signature just so *I* didnt worry about such a small thing, but I am guessing copies / scans are probably fine.

 

54 minutes ago, nikkimarie said:

4. Can anyone confirm 100% if I will need short form or long form birth certificate to bring to my interview? It shocks me that there's nothing on the USCIS website that specifies if you need short or long. It just says "birth certificate." 

You will need long form birth certificate in MTL 100%. Order one if you don't have one.

 

Also... check out the regional Canada forum as there is lots of helpful info there...

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

NikkiFromCanada Enthusiast

NikkiFromCanada   233

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1 hour ago, sumbunny said:

Montreal works exclusively via email.

 

My understanding is no. It's kinda luck of the draw. Some people get lucky and get P4 after they send P3, others get an email saying that they need to wait until they've been asked to send it.

 

Not sure on this one, I'd probably get the wet signature just so *I* didnt worry about such a small thing, but I am guessing copies / scans are probably fine.

 

You will need long form birth certificate in MTL 100%. Order one if you don't have one.

 

Also... check out the regional Canada forum as there is lots of helpful info there...

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

Thank you so much!! 

K-1 Visa AOS Timeline:

Date format is MM/DD/YY

 

10/18/18 - Sent AOS Package to Chicago

10/25/18 - USCIS took AOS fee (credit card payment)

10/30/18 - NOA1 Text Messages Received

11/02/18 - Biometrics Appointment Letter & NOA1 Hard Copies Received

11/13/18 - Biometrics Appointment

11/13/18 - Received RFIE (forgot to include husband’s full tax return)

11/13/18 - AOS status updated to "On November 13, We Sent You A Request For Initial Evidence"

11/29/18 - RFIE response delivered to USCIS

03/25/19 - AOS status updated to "Ready To Be Scheduled For Interview"

04/02/19 - AOS status updated to "Interview Was Scheduled"

04/04/19 - Received Interview Letter

05/07/19 - Green Card Interview - Baltimore (did not get on the spot approval)

05/07/19 - AOS status updated to "Interview Was Completed And My Case Must Be Reviewed"

05/29/19 - EAD status updated to "New Card Is Being Produced"

06/01/19 - EAD & AP 1-797 hard copies received

06/02/19 - EAD status updated to "Card Was Mailed To Me"

06/03/19 - Received updated SSN card with married name.

06/03/19 - EAD status updated to "Card Was Picked Up By USPS"

06/04/19 - EAD status updated to "Card Was Delivered To Me By The Post Office"

06/04/19 - Received Combo Card in the mail

07/13/19 - AOS status updated to "New Card Is Being Produced"

07/16/19 - AOS status updated to "Card Was Mailed To Me"

07/17/19 - AOS status updated to "Card Was Picked Up By USPS"

07/19/19 - AOS status updated to "Card Was Delivered To Me By The Post Office"

07/19/19 - Received Green Card in the mail

 

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   46,715

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Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Embassy/Consulate forum.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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