Schedule an Interview

[titabela 0]

Hello, 

 

This questions are for my peeps who filed a K1 in Costa Rica.

 

We received the U.S Embassy letter with the instructions packet. We have done everything, we paid the fee and filed the DS-160. The next step would be to schedule an appointment for my fiance to get interviewed at the U.S Embassy in Costa Rica and get his medical exams done before the interview. 

 

Now,

 

1. How do you schedule the appointment? Is the embassy going to schedule that for you? When we try the website https://portal.ustraveldocs.com/?country=Costa Rica&language=Spanish it keeps saying that there are not available appointments, are we doing something wrong? 

 

2. In Costa Rica they use the first name, middle name and the two last names, let's say that my fiance's name is Juan José García González. That is how it shows in his passport, once we paid the $265 fee at ustraveldocs.com the name required was First Name and Last Name so we wrote Juan Garcia. Is this going to be an issue at the moment of the interview? The receipt says 'Juan García' but I'm scared they are going to be very strict about this. 

 

3. His first passport ever was expiring next July 2024, they are asking for a passport that has more than one year validity so he processed a new passport that will expire in years from now. When we filed the DS-160, we included the old passport's information because the new one would be delivered in a month or so. Do you thinks this is also going to be an issue? We are thinking about presenting both passports at the embassy. 

 

Please, please, please help! Thank you. 

[Stook 25]

I can't speak for Costa Rica embassy, but it's not uncommon to get "no appointments available" until appointments become available. 

We are scheduling through Bangkok embassy and we were checking all throughout the day, for 3 weeks, before 10 appointments got added for October.

 

So, just keep checking.... a lot.

[Mike E 11,741]

9 hours ago, titabela said:

1. How do you schedule the appointment

What does 

 

9 hours ago, titabela said:

instructions packet

say?

[titabela 0]

7 hours ago, Mike E said:

What does 

 

say?

It says NOTHING about scheduling, it has all the instructions about preparing for your interview but nothing about getting an appointment

[Mike E 11,741]

2 minutes ago, titabela said:

It says NOTHING about scheduling, it has all the instructions about preparing for your interview but nothing about getting an appointment

Inform the embassy that you are ready to interview.

[titabela 0]

11 hours ago, Stook said:

I can't speak for Costa Rica embassy, but it's not uncommon to get "no appointments available" until appointments become available. 

We are scheduling through Bangkok embassy and we were checking all throughout the day, for 3 weeks, before 10 appointments got added for October.

 

So, just keep checking.... a lot.

Thank you, Its very confusing because I don't know if they are the ones scheduling and notifying me, I don't know if I need to do something else before they schedule it or if I have to do like you explained and keep checking to schedule myself. 

[Stook 25]

13 hours ago, titabela said:

Thank you, Its very confusing because I don't know if they are the ones scheduling and notifying me, I don't know if I need to do something else before they schedule it or if I have to do like you explained and keep checking to schedule myself. 

 when you completed the DS-160, did that site tell you to wait for Packet 3 & 4 to be emailed to you?  Packet 3 & 4 has the instructions for your specific embassy. Follow that. 

[Sharonse 0]

 I see this on Boundless:
 

Once the initial application is approved, USCIS sends it to the U.S. Department of State, which will handle the rest of the process, including the interview. The applicant’s local U.S. embassy or consulate will notify the applicant about the date, time, and location of the interview and what official documentation to bring. The notification is usually sent within 30 days of the application’s approval, while the interview will generally take place four to six weeks after the embassy or consulate’s initial notice.

https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/k-1-visa-interview-explained/

[DaniU_ 0]

On 9/25/2023 at 4:31 PM, titabela said:

Hello, 

 

This questions are for my peeps who filed a K1 in Costa Rica.

 

We received the U.S Embassy letter with the instructions packet. We have done everything, we paid the fee and filed the DS-160. The next step would be to schedule an appointment for my fiance to get interviewed at the U.S Embassy in Costa Rica and get his medical exams done before the interview. 

 

Now,

 

1. How do you schedule the appointment? Is the embassy going to schedule that for you? When we try the website https://portal.ustraveldocs.com/?country=Costa Rica&language=Spanish it keeps saying that there are not available appointments, are we doing something wrong? 

 

2. In Costa Rica they use the first name, middle name and the two last names, let's say that my fiance's name is Juan José García González. That is how it shows in his passport, once we paid the $265 fee at ustraveldocs.com the name required was First Name and Last Name so we wrote Juan Garcia. Is this going to be an issue at the moment of the interview? The receipt says 'Juan García' but I'm scared they are going to be very strict about this. 

 

3. His first passport ever was expiring next July 2024, they are asking for a passport that has more than one year validity so he processed a new passport that will expire in years from now. When we filed the DS-160, we included the old passport's information because the new one would be delivered in a month or so. Do you thinks this is also going to be an issue? We are thinking about presenting both passports at the embassy. 

 

Please, please, please help! Thank you. 

Hello my case is at the Costa Rican embassy, you have to schedule the interview but at the moment there are no available dates, I believe maybe at the start of next month.

[Stook 25]

On 9/27/2023 at 5:59 PM, Sharonse said:

 I see this on Boundless:
 

Once the initial application is approved, USCIS sends it to the U.S. Department of State, which will handle the rest of the process, including the interview. The applicant’s local U.S. embassy or consulate will notify the applicant about the date, time, and location of the interview and what official documentation to bring. The notification is usually sent within 30 days of the application’s approval, while the interview will generally take place four to six weeks after the embassy or consulate’s initial notice.

https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/k-1-visa-interview-explained/

 

For what it's worth, Boundless (and many other similar sites) has lots of bad/incorrect/outdated information.  

[Sharonse 0]

On 10/3/2023 at 10:30 PM, Stook said:

 

For what it's worth, Boundless (and many other similar sites) has lots of bad/incorrect/outdated information.  

 

Fair enough.