Rejected K-1 Interview - DS-160 Confirmation Number Different than Appointment Confirmation

[armadillo321 1]

Hello all - 

 

I apologize if this is redundant but I didn't see any other answers when trying to search.

 

My fiancé and I showed up for our K1 visa interview today at the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam embassy. We checked in outside but they stopped us and told us that the DS-160 confirmation number on the Appointment Confirmation is different than the actual DS-160 confirmation. I cannot at all understand how this could have happened since we only completed one DS-160 application online.

 

Because of this, they didn't let us inside and now don't know what to do.

 

I have emailed the embassy asking for leniency to reschedule a new appointment and calling them doesn't go anywhere.
 

I understand I made a grave error in checking everything else in our packet but never even thought to think that there is a different DS-160 number on the appointment confirmation.

 

Does anyone have any additional advice on what to do? Thank you so much!

[SalishSea 17,952]

2 hours ago, armadillo321 said:

Hello all - 

 

I apologize if this is redundant but I didn't see any other answers when trying to search.

 

My fiancé and I showed up for our K1 visa interview today at the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam embassy. We checked in outside but they stopped us and told us that the DS-160 confirmation number on the Appointment Confirmation is different than the actual DS-160 confirmation. I cannot at all understand how this could have happened since we only completed one DS-160 application online.

 

Because of this, they didn't let us inside and now don't know what to do.

 

I have emailed the embassy asking for leniency to reschedule a new appointment and calling them doesn't go anywhere.
 

I understand I made a grave error in checking everything else in our packet but never even thought to think that there is a different DS-160 number on the appointment confirmation.

 

Does anyone have any additional advice on what to do? Thank you so much!

Did your fiance have a previous nonimmigrant visa application?

 

All you can really do is hope they reschedule.

 

And did you not bring a print out of the appt confirmation?   Or-  you did, and it did not match?

Edited December 5 by SalishSea

[armadillo321 1]

Hi SalishSea -

 

Thanks for the response. My fiance did have a previous tourist visa application that was rejected last year.

 

I did bring a print out both the DS-160 confirmation and the Appointment Confirmation but the DS-160 numbers did not match.

 

We found that the embassy does allow us to resubmit a new DS-160 form after 24 hours and pay a new fee. Then we can reschedule at the next available, whenever that could be.

 

Everyone - please make sure to check that the numbers match and do not make this idiotic mistake that set us back a few months if we are lucky. I still have no idea where the mismatched DS-160 number even came from.

Edited December 5 by armadillo321

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[W199 342]

19 hours ago, armadillo321 said:

Hi SalishSea -

 

Thanks for the response. My fiance did have a previous tourist visa application that was rejected last year.

 

I did bring a print out both the DS-160 confirmation and the Appointment Confirmation but the DS-160 numbers did not match.

 

We found that the embassy does allow us to resubmit a new DS-160 form after 24 hours and pay a new fee. Then we can reschedule at the next available, whenever that could be.

 

Everyone - please make sure to check that the numbers match and do not make this idiotic mistake that set us back a few months if we are lucky. I still have no idea where the mismatched DS-160 number even came from.

Is it possible the mismatched DS-160 confirmation number was left over from the  profile when doing  the Tourist visa and got automatically populated?

[armadillo321 1]

On 12/6/2024 at 7:24 AM, W199 said:

Is it possible the mismatched DS-160 confirmation number was left over from the  profile when doing  the Tourist visa and got automatically populated?

We looked but the numbers were different from her rejected tourist visa. 

 

At least we were able to get a new appointment in February so hopefully no more issues. 

[W199 342]

1 hour ago, armadillo321 said:

We looked but the numbers were different from her rejected tourist visa. 

 

At least we were able to get a new appointment in February so hopefully no more issues. 

Hopefully not. Just make sure none of the required paperwork will "expire".  For example visa photos, medical report,  and some embassies want the police clearance certificate to be within ~3 months old despite what their webpage or document says, I have no idea about Vietnam.   Remember, she must enter the USA before her medical expires,

 

[armadillo321 1]

1 hour ago, W199 said:

Hopefully not. Just make sure none of the required paperwork will "expire".  For example visa photos, medical report,  and some embassies want the police clearance certificate to be within ~3 months old despite what their webpage or document says, I have no idea about Vietnam.   Remember, she must enter the USA before her medical expires,

 

@W199Thank you so much, this is great. We will go through the required documents one more time and ensure all are still valid. Visa photos are OK, medical is OK and police certificates we need to double check about.