I have got confusing options when I am scheduling interview with the New Zealand consulate.

[KK_Shanks 7]

Hi everyone, long time reader, but not a long time member of the forum.

My fiance and I have a K-1 visa appliation and after a year of waiting, we have made it through to the stage where today I have recieved my notification that I am now eligible to schedule a visa interview appointment. YAY for us.

I log onto https://www.usvisascheduling.com and create an account and when I get to the visa options page, it gives me the option of Immigrant and non-immigrant as the visa type. When I select non-immigrant the post visa category does not have an option for a K visa, so instead I select immigrant as the visa type and I now have the option for a K visa. I select the K visa and the next screen asks for my DS confirmation number - but it asks for the DS 260 confirmation number.

The problem here is I filled out the DS 160 as a non-immigrant visa application because I understand that a K-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa application with the intent to become an immigrant and that a DS 260 is NOT to be used for K-1 visa applications.

So I am confused, I have 3 options but all of them seem wrong...
- Do I start the visa interview appointment application again, select non-immigrant and select a different type of post visa category? (K-1 visa is not an option I can select under non-immigrant)
- Do I enter my DS 160 confirmation number where it asks for the DS 260 confirmation number and hope for the best? (it says it cannot be modified after entry - which worries me that I might scrw up the process and rewind the process a year or more)
- Do I fill out a DS 260 and use that confirmation number? (I have read multiple threads on here that says a DS 260 is NOT for K-1 visa applicants)

I've included some screen grabs of the interview scheduling site (no personal details included) to hopefully help explain what I am seeing.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.

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[KK_Shanks 7]

If anyone else runs into the same issue, the official answer from the consulate was just to use the DS160 confirmation number and it worked. Once I did that it correctly referenced the DS160 in all other places. So it must have been a glitch or a generic reference that needs to be corrected but they don't care enough to correct it.

Also, I now have my appointment schedule completed, waiting for the Auckland Consulate to respond with a date.

[Stephanie10 0]

Hey! I am trying to find some information about the Auckland embassy process and your post stuck out to me.

We are at the step that we just received confirmation letter via email from the NVC that our approved petition is intransit to Auckland Embassy. When I check the CEAC status it says "Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center."

Do we wait until that status says "Ready" to submit the DS-160 form? Or do we wait to receive something from the Auckland Embassy? I am just so confused!
 

Thanks in advance!

[KK_Shanks 7]

On 10/22/2024 at 5:05 PM, Stephanie10 said:

Hey! I am trying to find some information about the Auckland embassy process and your post stuck out to me.

We are at the step that we just received confirmation letter via email from the NVC that our approved petition is intransit to Auckland Embassy. When I check the CEAC status it says "Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center."

Do we wait until that status says "Ready" to submit the DS-160 form? Or do we wait to receive something from the Auckland Embassy? I am just so confused!
 

Thanks in advance!

I would say, if it gives you the option to submit the DS160, then do it.