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We have our appointment today at the embassy. My fiance son is sick and he is applying as a k2. Does he need to attend the appointment at the embassy? He is 9 years old.

That is amazing!!!!!! I am happy that it all worked out for your family, congratulations to you all.

What is the PKT3? WE are all done with our medical and waiting for our embassy appointment and I dont know if I ever got this

Good morning, I believe you said your appointment was yesterday so I hope you were approved and yensions have been reduced with you and your loved one.

I think this is the choice I would take too. Knowing that we are one step closer does relieve some anxiety and once approved the visa is good for 6 months so plenty of time to get the children tested so they can have their visa approved. I dont think that children are required to have an interview at the embassy (someone can correct me) so it seems that once the tests are available and the children pass they can be issued a visa and you will not need a new embassy interview. Other more experienced members can clarify but that is the choice I would make.

Hi, We were actually not told anything about the test shortage. My fiance just happened to look on the website a day or two before our appointment and happened to see the nitification and that prompted me to make this post. I think they put the notification on the website in anticipation of running out and we were just one of the lucky few that got in before the test were all gone. A courtesy call to each person with a scheduled appointment would be nice but I thik too much to anticipate or expect. This is the Philippines and things dont always go as planned there.

fyi, there are cancelations all the time...just keep checking

thats so strange because my son went yesterday and completed it all. I am thinking maybe they have a shortage and at some point will run out so they are setting the expectation low to minimize drama when they eventually run out for real.

Also, I was too afraid of some kind of mishap, the tb test results or some other craziness to schedule our medical that close to our interview. My nerves would be a wreck in that 9 day period in between. Good luck.

ok, I dont understand what happened...but when she checked in she was told that there was a shortage on the tests and she would have to bring my son back and they would call to reschedule. Then when she got upstairs they actually did the test. So apparantly there is a shortage but they still have some as of today. I agree with the other poster, I would not reschedule my appointment either.

It actually says this explicitly on the notice that no interviews will be given without the medical report.

The tickets were for me to fly into the Philippines to attend (or wait outside) the interview appt and then we all fly back home together.

They are not refundable but changable with a fee. Hopefully since our medical is today and the interview appt isnt until Dec we will have enough time to get it resolved.

Thank you...we still plan to attend, just not sure what happens after and if we will be able to have my son tested in time for the interview.

I'm not sute what happened but suddenly I was able to create an account and schedule the appointment.

My fiance and son have the medical appointment today and I just saw this posted on their website. If I understand this correctly this means because of the shortage of tests he (9 years old) cannot have this test and therefore we cannot go to our embassy interview. Is that correct? Our embasssy interview is currently scheduled for Dec 5th but because of his age he is not even required to be there. If I understand this right once they get more test in they will notify us to reschedule? I dont trust them to reach out to each and every person to let us all know and all the appointments will be booked very quickly if/when they do. Has anyone ever see this before? What exactly is the IGRA test? If they do not release the medical report are we stuck because we cannot have the interview? We have purchased our tickets already and i have taken time off work so I am concerned about the timing of this announcement. Has this happened before and does anyone have any guidance on how to proceed?

Thank you, She just got her reciept and I couldnt move forward but the 24 hours make sense as things are not likely so streamlined that it will show instantly. Thanks for the clarity and good luck to you guys too.

This is what I think is next She pays the fee for the appointment visa first (MVR). Then she takes the receipt number and books the appointment online at ustraveldocs Once the visa appointment is made online then she can book the medical appointment Yes? or do we have to wait for a letter from the embassy with instructions

ok so I have been going in circles about this and we are a little lost so here goes...... We are already "READY" on the CASC status website I completed the DS-160 for both my fiance and a seperate one her son We already registered at SLEC for the medical (didnt pay yet) she has an appointment for oct 11 We already registered at ustraveldocs. c o m to schedule visa appointment but didnt pay yet. We have not gotten a letter from the embassy with any instructions or invoice number. When we try to walk through paying we get to a page that asks for a reciept number for ther DS-160. I dont know where to get a MVR reciept number and I am stuck there. When I try to walk through the payment steps to get a reciept they ask for the receipt number and I am going in circles. What am I missing?

I've actually been on there all last night and this morning trying to make an account but keep getting an error message. sooo frustrating

ok i think i need to pinch myself and dont know what to do next....i am stuck and dont know what is next. I did the DS 160 already now what??

oh....also mine is showing in transit already...maybe i already had a case number and they didnt let me know.

We just got our case number this morning...its just so crazy how things are processed our of order but as long as we all get to the finish line I think that is all that matters. Cheers

my case is at NVC but we have no case number yer. our NOA2 date is Aug 22

I am a little confused...... Are we supposed to fill out the I-134 (affidavit of support) or the I-864 (affidavit of supoort)