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How long does it take to get Instruction Package Letter (PKT3 – K) after "ready" status. Mine is at the London Embassy.

2 hours ago, JoshKT21 said:

My fiancee has scheduled her medicals and interview, but one of the things it says to bring is a copy of the letter or email you receive from the consular section. Does anyone know who to contact to get a copy of that if we've not received it yet?

Did you ever figure this one out? I'm afraid once mine is "ready" to schedule the appointments before receiving anything by mail/email from the embassy.

On 7/20/2023 at 12:59 PM, JoshKT21 said:

I'm wondering if I just put the DS 160 number in there. The other option doesn't list K visa at all. 

Did putting the DS-160 number work?

8 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

I didn't tell you to fill any DS-261 (or DS-260 - immigrant one). You only need DS-160. And you told me you already filled it. And your case is ready, so it's at the embassy. So you're done with NVC. 

Let me go back to the start. K1 is non-immigrant. However, when we go and check the status of our cases on CEAC here, we gotta choose the immigrant option to see the real status. You only use your case number to check it. The case number starts with the 3 letters representing your embassy + 10 numbers. No DS-160 application number is needed. 

What is your embassy? Every embassy has specific systems and ways of proceeding. No way to help if I don't know what's your embassy, unfortunately. 

 

Ok thank you, I understand now. it is at the London Embassy. I believe the website is down right now, but I will check in a few hours to see what the status is. Thank you for your help. 

15 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

So you got your case number, correct? And when you track your case number here on CEAC (note that it's immigrant, not non-immigrant), it shows as ready? If it shows as ready, then your case is at your embassy. You already filled DS-160. Your NVC stage is done. Now it's embassy stage and every embassy has its own requirements. 

Did your embassy email you anything? They are supposed to email you the packet 3, but some take some time to do it. What is your embassy? The suggestion from the comment above is only specific to UK, every embassy is different and has its own system to schedule interviews and pay fees.

I don't know why NVC gives out people invoice IDs or beneficiary IDs, those are completely useless to us. We don't need to create an account on CEAC (that is why your status there shows as no status), we don't need to submit any documents to CEAC/NVC and we definitely don't need to pay any fees at all at CEAC/NVC. I am sorry this process isn't transparent at all and the lines between immigrant and non-immigrant get blurred during NVC.

I guess I'm still confused because it said the to fill out the DS-160 (non-immigrant), but you said fill out the DS-261 (immigrant)? No, the embassy has not emailed me anything. When I check under the non-immigrant with my confirmation number starting in AA from the DS-160 confirmation page it just says "No status". Should I fill out the DS-261 also?

I got this message from NVC after inquiring about where my welcome letter was, because we had not received anything after our I-129f was approved. 

Then I filled out the DS-160, and the status on CEAC website said "ready" for like one day then changed to this:

The NVC finally sent me my invoice ID and beneficiary ID etc., so when I tried to pay the fees on their page I got this notification:

I'm not really sure what to do/ what the next step here is?

Is there another thread for people who have had their petition approved, but still haven't received their welcome letter from the NVC. We are going on 105 days since approval with no welcome letter.