Cr1 visa is there only 1 packet ?

[Captain Oates 911]

NOW I AM CONFUSED !!!!!

Just called the DOS in Washington about my cr1 visa and london..

the guy said 'everything is good and they are just waiting for an interview date to become available'

I said 'I thought I would be getting a document checklist first, and then I would send that back and then they would allocate an interview date and send another letter'

He said 'nope its just a letter with an interview date and a list of documents etc'

Now I reckon I have posted before on VJ about this with the CR1 visa done through the US service centers rather than DCF...

and some people said 'one letter ' and some said 'a packet 3 type thing and then a packet 4 with the interview date'

and so I still don't know what to expect..

are there any CR1/IR1 people out there who can confirm what happens for our particual kind of visa ?

Anyway I asked if it was now loaded on the London system and he said yes it was... so thats good.

thanks

alan (still clutching at straws)

[MargotDarko 0]

NOW I AM CONFUSED !!!!!

Just called the DOS in Washington about my cr1 visa and london..

the guy said 'everything is good and they are just waiting for an interview date to become available'

I said 'I thought I would be getting a document checklist first, and then I would send that back and then they would allocate an interview date and send another letter'

He said 'nope its just a letter with an interview date and a list of documents etc'

Now I reckon I have posted before on VJ about this with the CR1 visa done through the US service centers rather than DCF...

and some people said 'one letter ' and some said 'a packet 3 type thing and then a packet 4 with the interview date'

and so I still don't know what to expect..

are there any CR1/IR1 people out there who can confirm what happens for our particual kind of visa ?

Anyway I asked if it was now loaded on the London system and he said yes it was... so thats good.

thanks

alan (still clutching at straws)

It's my understanding that when done through the NVC, you would receive the interview letter with the list of documents to bring. I believe the other people who are saying that you'll get a packet 3 are those who have done Direct Filing in London.

[Captain Oates 911]

NOW I AM CONFUSED !!!!!

Just called the DOS in Washington about my cr1 visa and london..

the guy said 'everything is good and they are just waiting for an interview date to become available'

I said 'I thought I would be getting a document checklist first, and then I would send that back and then they would allocate an interview date and send another letter'

He said 'nope its just a letter with an interview date and a list of documents etc'

Now I reckon I have posted before on VJ about this with the CR1 visa done through the US service centers rather than DCF...

and some people said 'one letter ' and some said 'a packet 3 type thing and then a packet 4 with the interview date'

and so I still don't know what to expect..

are there any CR1/IR1 people out there who can confirm what happens for our particual kind of visa ?

Anyway I asked if it was now loaded on the London system and he said yes it was... so thats good.

thanks

alan (still clutching at straws)

It's my understanding that when done through the NVC, you would receive the interview letter with the list of documents to bring. I believe the other people who are saying that you'll get a packet 3 are those who have done Direct Filing in London.

Margot - if you are right I will blow you a HUGE kiss ! -- just need another couple of jyers to endorse this.... alan

[Lansbury 19]

Have you filled out your application for a visa. That it basically what packet 3 the Embassy sends out is, the form for you to apply for the visa, plus the checklist of documents and instructions for arranging the medical. If you have already filled out the application and it went to the NVC don't see why London would send you another one.

[Captain Oates 911]

Have you filled out your application for a visa. That it basically what packet 3 the Embassy sends out is, the form for you to apply for the visa, plus the checklist of documents and instructions for arranging the medical. If you have already filled out the application and it went to the NVC don't see why London would send you another one.

Yes thats what I was expecting - but the DOS Washington made it sound like they send out the medical instructions and the Ds-230 part 2 at the same time as the interview letter and not like the packet 3 system where you fill that in, send it back and then wait 4 weeks for an interview date to be allocated...

I know the packet system works for K1 as I did it before and I reckon it works for DCF, but for CR1 via NVC, there is a strong hint that I simply get an interview appointment letter with the ds-230 part2 form and instructions for the medical..

I can't nail it yet and I need a couple of vjers who have done this via NVC and STANDARD embassies to confirm it....

It would be wonderful if it were so...

alan

[MargotDarko 0]

Have you filled out your application for a visa. That it basically what packet 3 the Embassy sends out is, the form for you to apply for the visa, plus the checklist of documents and instructions for arranging the medical. If you have already filled out the application and it went to the NVC don't see why London would send you another one.

Yes thats what I was expecting - but the DOS Washington made it sound like they send out the medical instructions and the Ds-230 part 2 at the same time as the interview letter and not like the packet 3 system where you fill that in, send it back and then wait 4 weeks for an interview date to be allocated...

I know the packet system works for K1 as I did it before and I reckon it works for DCF, but for CR1 via NVC, there is a strong hint that I simply get an interview appointment letter with the ds-230 part2 form and instructions for the medical..

I can't nail it yet and I need a couple of vjers who have done this via NVC and STANDARD embassies to confirm it....

It would be wonderful if it were so...

alan

Okay, with this new comment, I feel a lot more confident in saying you won't get a packet 3. You sound like you've already done DS-230 Part I. DS-230 Part 2 does indeed come at the same time as the interview date letter, and that's considered packet 4.

So, from my understanding of your case, your case is complete at NVC and is being forwarded to London. You've already done the DS-230 Part I and paid the IV fee bill. If that's the case, it would strike me as very strange if you received a packet 3. The next thing you get should be the packet 4 with interview date from London. Do you have the checklist with the documents you'll need to take to the interview?

EDIT - Nevermind! Just saw in the CR1/IR1 guide that when going through NVC, the checklist comes with packet 4. You are definitely now just waiting for the interview date letter, DS-230 Part 2, and checklist, and they should all come in one pack from London.

Edited September 11, 2007 by MargotDarko

[Captain Oates 911]

Okay, with this new comment, I feel a lot more confident in saying you won't get a packet 3. You sound like you've already done DS-230 Part I. DS-230 Part 2 does indeed come at the same time as the interview date letter, and that's considered packet 4.

So, from my understanding of your case, your case is complete at NVC and is being forwarded to London. You've already done the DS-230 Part I and paid the IV fee bill. If that's the case, it would strike me as very strange if you received a packet 3. The next thing you get should be the packet 4 with interview date from London. Do you have the checklist with the documents you'll need to take to the interview?

EDIT - Nevermind! Just saw in the CR1/IR1 guide that when going through NVC, the checklist comes with packet 4. You are definitely now just waiting for the interview date letter, DS-230 Part 2, and checklist, and they should all come in one pack from London.

Margo !

You make me feel so young - you make me feel that Spring is sprung !

Looking at the CR1/IR1 guide - you are right it does read like there is no checklist to return and that the 'first contact' by the embassy is the interview date.

I started to doubt this morning as I thought - hang on what about Police Certificate - they haven't officially told me to get one and wouldn't that instruction be a bit late if it came in the interview letter ? ... (I have had mine since January and it is yellow with age but still valid)

I suppose they could schedule an interview without confirmation from me that I had acquired the documents/scheduled the medical/got the Police certificate as long as the interview was 6 weeks out... In fact I have done all those things...

Nope I have not sent in a checklist to NVC during that process....

I do hope you are right...I do...I do... ok I will keep beavering away at it but I am slowly getting convinced of ONE letter...almost.......

alan

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

At the risk of advising something I would never normally do, perhaps it's worth a call to the extortion line right now? Although the DoS knows what's going on in your case, sometimes even before the guys up in Scotland do, perhaps getting confirmation from the moneygrubbers could settle your nerves. It does seem a bit odd to me that they wouldn't ask for your "I'm ready!" checklist, but then again I'm a DCFer and unschooled in the mysteries of the NVC...

[Captain Oates 911]

At the risk of advising something I would never normally do, perhaps it's worth a call to the extortion line right now? Although the DoS knows what's going on in your case, sometimes even before the guys up in Scotland do, perhaps getting confirmation from the moneygrubbers could settle your nerves. It does seem a bit odd to me that they wouldn't ask for your "I'm ready!" checklist, but then again I'm a DCFer and unschooled in the mysteries of the NVC...

But I am a Yorkshire man (A Scotsman with the generosity taken out)

So I would have to swap one anxiety for wadanxiety.... jeez now I have to make the choice and that is choiceanxiety....

ok decision made...I will see if some VJ person who has done NVC and a STANDARD embassy like London can say for absolute sure..

If I can't find one I will have to pay megabucks to the Embassy while I listen to all those recorded messages before being told that the information is not on the file right now and to wait for 6 to 8 weeks for further advice....

There has to be lots of VJ folk on here who KNOW .... but they will have got their visas shortly after so might not visit often....

I would love to text Carolyn in Milwaukee and tell her its only 1 step and not 2....

Edited September 11, 2007 by saywhat

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Alan, just did a timeline search for you and I can't find anyone recent who has done the IR1/CR1 process that wasn't doing DCF...typical! I thought about it a bit, and wonder if, as Margot points out, sending the DS-230 is the signal you're ready? Perhaps a bigger shout out to IR1/CR1 folks in the Embassy/Consulate forum might help...

[Captain Oates 911]

Alan, just did a timeline search for you and I can't find anyone recent who has done the IR1/CR1 process that wasn't doing DCF...typical! I thought about it a bit, and wonder if, as Margot points out, sending the DS-230 is the signal you're ready? Perhaps a bigger shout out to IR1/CR1 folks in the Embassy/Consulate forum might help...

Yesc I tried that - apolgised for it being aduplication - still no takers !

jeez its like trying to sell my house - no takers...

hopefully somebody will stumble on the post - doesnt have to be london - any standard embassy will do...

fingers crossed

[andy2006 0]

Hi,

I'm in the same situation having gone throught NVC, just been told my documents are at the London Embassy and my I-129F is still being proccessed. So from that someone on the K3 visa forum has told me it's now a CR1 I'm going for. They also said it sould be just a packet 4 no packet 3.

Also the last letter from the NVC gave the web link init which told me to get my documents ready that included the police certificate.

Andreas

(I hope I'm right)

My worry is do I need my wife's and her mothers (needed as my wife's tax return for last year wwasn't enough) fincial details with me in London, they were all already sent to the NVC but do London want to see them too?

[Captain Oates 911]

Hi,

I'm in the same situation having gone throught NVC, just been told my documents are at the London Embassy and my I-129F is still being proccessed. So from that someone on the K3 visa forum has told me it's now a CR1 I'm going for. They also said it sould be just a packet 4 no packet 3.

Also the last letter from the NVC gave the web link init which told me to get my documents ready that included the police certificate.

Andreas

(I hope I'm right)

My worry is do I need my wife's and her mothers (needed as my wife's tax return for last year wwasn't enough) fincial details with me in London, they were all already sent to the NVC but do London want to see them too?

Interesting - my last letter from NVC confirmed 'case complete' and that the case had been sent to London - but no mention of police certificate..and no web link for documents either - if we are both CR1 then the different system doesn't make sense...

I am planning to take wife's original tax stuff in case...

are you sure you are not doing k3 ? alan

[andy2006 0]

I was doing k3 application, but because my I-130 has completed this is a reply I got from someone

If your I130 is at the embassy (meaning you have completed the NVC processing and paid the IV fee bill, etc.), you are headed for a CR1. Even if the I129F is approved and forwarded to the embassy, you really can't do a K3 anymore. The embassy would cancel it since they already have your I130. >The CR-1 is a better visa anyway (your spouse will get a green card shortly after arriving, SSN, etc., no need to adjust status which means paying $1010 and waiting for USCIS to process another petition).

Cheers

the other response was

For CR1, the packet three equivalent comes from NVC, so only the "packet 4" with interview appointment letter etc. will come from the Consulate. Of course, you've already submitted the I-864 but the Consular Officer may want to see one more up to date, depending on how long ago you sent yours to NVC. I'd have a fresh one with fresh pay stubs if I were you. If your 2006 tax return wasn't included already, bring that too.

any help?

Edited September 11, 2007 by andy2006

[Captain Oates 911]

I was doing k3 application, but because my I-130 has completed this is a reply I got from someone

If your I130 is at the embassy (meaning you have completed the NVC processing and paid the IV fee bill, etc.), you are headed for a CR1. Even if the I129F is approved and forwarded to the embassy, you really can't do a K3 anymore. The embassy would cancel it since they already have your I130. >The CR-1 is a better visa anyway (your spouse will get a green card shortly after arriving, SSN, etc., no need to adjust status which means paying $1010 and waiting for USCIS to process another petition).

Cheers

the other response was

For CR1, the packet three equivalent comes from NVC, so only the "packet 4" with interview appointment letter etc. will come from the Consulate. Of course, you've already submitted the I-864 but the Consular Officer may want to see one more up to date, depending on how long ago you sent yours to NVC. I'd have a fresh one with fresh pay stubs if I were you. If your 2006 tax return wasn't included already, bring that too.

any help?

Well thats interesting but you know packet 3 is the thing that tells you about the police cert and birth certs etc...At no stage has NVC told me to collect those - not even the latest letter about 'case complete - gone to London' - so I wish wish wish it were true but somehow it doesnt make sense that they would send a firm interview date at the SAME TIME as saying go get a police certificate and these other certificates. Why would they not just do that with K1 if they thought it was workable ?

Hum - a big envelope came today and I nearly broke my neck going downstairs for it... we hardly get any mail here... it was an updated brochure for selling my house in Yorkshire - drat !

I still need someone who has done CR1 via a standard embassy to SAY one or two letters. Think I will go back through the threads and pm a few folk...they probably dont do VJ any more but a pm causes an email so that my work...

I bet I get a 50-50 response as to 2 letters or one - then that puts me back nowhere !

I will report back

alan