What’s Next???

[LeThanhTon 14]

Just filed my I-130 petition on behalf of my spouse at the U.S. Consulate General in Saigon, Vietnam (got special clearance). Anyone know what’s next? The IV unit staff worker told me that I would receive an email from them within a week and mentioned I would need to fill out a D-260. 
 

Not sure what to expect as this route is less common. Thanks for sharing any experiences filing directly at the consulate.

[Dashinka 24,638]

I would start with reviewing the DS260 and gathering the required documents such as birth, divorce records and police reports.  Here are a couple of links that may be helpful.

 

Good Luck!

 

Note: on this guide it mentions a DS230, either this is a typo or the form number changed and the guide was never updated, otherwise it is helpful as to the DCF process.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DS-260-Exemplar.pdf

[LeThanhTon 14]

On 9/15/2020 at 6:30 PM, Dashinka said:

I would start with reviewing the DS260 and gathering the required documents such as birth, divorce records and police reports.  Here are a couple of links that may be helpful.

 

Good Luck!

 

Thank you. I got an email update from the consulate today (two days after visiting). Among other things I will indeed need to fill out the online DS-260 as well as the completed Evidence of Support (I-864). Cheers!

[Just Paul 4,595]

Once you get the DS-260 done it is up you to stay on top of things and schedule the consulate appointment.  Make sure that you include everything with the I-864 that you would have sent to the NVC.

[millefleur 5,047]

On 9/15/2020 at 5:48 AM, LeThanhTon said:

Just filed my I-130 petition on behalf of my spouse at the U.S. Consulate General in Saigon, Vietnam (got special clearance). Anyone know what’s next? The IV unit staff worker told me that I would receive an email from them within a week and mentioned I would need to fill out a D-260.

It's basically the same as the other route but you skip the NVC step. So it goes faster. You just need to bring all the same documents you would send to the NVC to the interview at the Embassy. If you are living abroad, you also will need to include "intent to re-establish domicile" evidence as well.