January CSC filers - Interview Progress

[CarlaM 0]

i got package 3 last week, after reading lucho's post i decided to fax it. I gave them a call to see if they got it and the first thing i heard was DO NOT FAX ANY DOCUMENTS TO THIS OFFICE!!! hahaha I will have to make a walk-in delivery tomorrow morning

[Romerica 0]

Gabriela had her interview today at Embassy in Bucharest all went well. She got her visa. Standard questions and asked "What hobbies do you have in common"?

[lucho562 0]

Carla,

The faxing of packet 3 is good for the Colombian embassy, as well as the embassy in Poland. Sorry that I made you fax yours in.

Rick,

What other questions were asked??

Thanks!

[CarlaM 0]

It wasnt your fault, after a few months here I should already know EVERY CONSULATE IS DIFFERENT!!!! LOL. good luck with the rest of the process!!

Edited May 21, 2007 by carla-justin

[iamjasonbunch 0]

My Fiancee faxed everything to the embassy today. I am hoping that we will make it in before the June cut-off. Who knows? hehe. Funny she got her packet 3 today as well in the mail from the embassy. Tomorrow she will e-mail it just in case because she wrote in blue ink and it did not come out so well in the first scan. So she wrote over it in black ink and will scan it again. She will e-mail the forms tomorrow if they tell her that she did not get the fax when she calls. She is also going to try and get a little info on maybe getting a push for the july interview date. If she speaks as well as I do.. who knows?!

hehe

ALMOST THERE!

[psho 0]

BTW,

I'd fax and email the forms for the packet 3.

(DS-230 is NOT required, this is a common misunderstanding, since the checklist is issued for both K1, K2, K3 and other visas. DS-230 is required for immigrant visas. K1 visa is not an immigrant visa)

I think that is only true of Warsaw -- London requires it:

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/...processing.html

The biographic data form DS-23O-I should be completed for each person applying for a visa, regardless of age. The form may be photocopied if insufficient copies are received for each family member. The DS-230-I should be completed and returned immediately to the Immigrant Visa Unit at 5 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, W1A 2JB, in order for the Embassy to begin the administrative processing of the application. Failure to return the DS-230-I promptly will delay the processing of the application. At the same time, please complete and return the form DS-156 and DS-156K and DS-157 if applicable. Note: Please do not sign the the DS-156 or DS-156K. The forms must be signed before a consular officer on the day of the visa interview.

Bears repeating: different consulates have different instructions!

We're going to send off Packet 3 tomorrow or Wednesday! YIPPEE!

[iamjasonbunch 0]

Well.. believe it or not.. I wrote that quote off of the Warsaw page in the Embassy section of VJ. And... after reading the Warsaw US Embassy web site and calling them on the phone and reading the checklist... Warsaw does require it. This reminds me kinda of a common occurance on here where people end up making rules up, and false claims to what needs to be done and what doesn't. I also keep leaning towards this idea of just following directions. Even though the directions have not been totalllly clear at times, the process is still pretty basic and has not caused any headaches for me thus far.

[reeses16 8]

We got our interview date- June 26th! I called the Embassy today, they've already mailed packet 3 to his PO Box (In Ethiopia, packet 4 is done in person at the interview). The lady who answered my call also gave me the date and time of the interview. Jesus! What a wonderful way to begin the day!

-DA

On a side note, I still have not received the hard copy of my NOA2 or the NVC letter.

[CarlaM 0]

my interview is in less than 2 weeks but i dnt know if my SO will send me the rest of the documents. Good luck guys

[jackieandkathy 0]

my interview is in less than 2 weeks but i dnt know if my SO will send me the rest of the documents. Good luck guys

wow .... you guys are so efficient !! share with us your interview later !

I just received my Packet 3 today ! but it's good that we have prepared quite a lot of things in advance !

my fiance is coming to Hong Kong this Sunday and will stay for a week !

[lucho562 0]

We have faxed and mailed packet 3 already. We are waiting for our interview date to be set. Which should be around the last week of June or first week of July.

[6th Nephilim 0]

Woohoo! Praise Smurfette! We got our Packet 4 today!

Interview date is June 26th!

[Dawny&Tommy 0]

Congratulations, 6th Nephilim!

Dawn.

[poppscc 0]

poppscc,

How long is the typical wait time for an interview in Vietnam?

Usually 3 months after packet 3 arrives. I got my NOA2 March 26 and still no interview date yet

[iamjasonbunch 0]

I am sooo anxious to hear about the interview date! I know that my Fiancee will call them on Tuesday to see what the status is because we have some planning to do... airline tickets, hotel, etc.

They have not posted the dates yet on the Warsaw page for June... but I have this strong sensation that it will be in late June as we requested to the Embassy on a phone call after they received our fax.

I am super impressed how the US Embassy in Warsaw has treated us. They are SUPER nice to us so far. Both my Fiancee and I have called and they have been nice and helpfullll to the two of us. Guess I just have to wait for the memorial day weekend to end to find out anything!