OF-156 Vs. DS-156

[ladykelia 0]

Hooray! We finally got our Packet 3 from the Vancouver consulate, and we faxed it back right away, so I hope we get our interview date soon

But I was looking at the consulate information, and was a bit confused by the "order to put stuff in" list.. So my question is:

Is the OF-156 the same as the DS-156 or are they for different things? Since we are applying for the K1 Visa do we need to worry about it? I can't find much information about it.

[YuAndDan 153]

They are the same thing, OF is the old designation and DS is the new designation for the forms.

OF = Official Form

DS = Department of State

I = Immigrations

DS was adopted to better differentiate what department used the forms.

[AngelD 0]

Hooray! We finally got our Packet 3 from the Vancouver consulate, and we faxed it back right away, so I hope we get our interview date soon

But I was looking at the consulate information, and was a bit confused by the "order to put stuff in" list.. So my question is:

Is the OF-156 the same as the DS-156 or are they for different things? Since we are applying for the K1 Visa do we need to worry about it? I can't find much information about it.

Congrats!

We got our packet 3 on Friday. My question is, did you have all the documents you needed in hand before you faxed it back or did you just send it in hopes to get it all back in time--mainly the criminal check?

I still need to get some things and don't know if I should send the check list in now so we can get our interview date sooner rather than later.

Thanks for your help

Angel

[AngelD 0]

One more thing! Your timeline in the timeline on the processing time page says your interview is set for the year 2008---a type-o or is it really that far away??

Angel

[Lance27 19]

I think its just a Typo, Vancouver is pretty fast in scheduling interview dates at about a month from sending packet 3. Montreal is the one that is running behind with scheduling interviews about 5-6 months from receiving back packet 3.

If you are going through Montreal I would suggest sending back Packet 3 ASAP since its on a first come first serve basis..

One more thing! Your timeline in the timeline on the processing time page says your interview is set for the year 2008---a type-o or is it really that far away??

Angel