still waiting for Package 3.

[Alaska101 2]

hi everyone. We are still waiting for my fiancee package 3 from Ho Chi Minh Consulate. i received a letter from NVC stated that my case had been sent to Ho Chi Minh Consulate on Feb 24,2012. it has been more than a month and we are still waiting. I called NVC today and they do not tell me anything, except contact the consulate there. Is it typical for them to take this long? i will leave for Viet Nam in 2 days, so i hope to get all the paperwork ready first. I already have the updated I-134 package and a new letter of intent in hand. Do i have to get anything else ready? Thanks for your help.

[quann 26]

usually around a month but you just gotta wait it out. are you going back for the interview? if so that's way too early. the interview is usually set up around a month after you get packet 4.

[ScottThuy 140]

Call DoS and see if.the hard copy has arrived..nothing happens until they get the hard copy.. NVC says case it is there but they are talkin electronic version not hard copy.. dos will know if pkt 3 has been sent...

[Alaska101 2]

quann, yeah, i hope to be there for the interview. i will there for 2 months so i think i could make it. ScottThuy, I have not call DoS. is it the same as NVC? Do you by any chance know DoS number? Thank you so much.

[ScottThuy 140]

202-663-1225 Push option 1 then 0 to speak to a visa specialist.

[Alaska101 2]

thanks ScottThuy, i will give them a call first thing tomorrow morning.

[ScottThuy 140]

pkt 3 is on the HCMC website...

[jac_chappin 24]

Op - Per Scott's comment, Instruction Package for K1 Visa (formerly known as package 3) can be found at the following location:

http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/iv/forms/package.html

When you call the DOS and they tell you the package has been sent, you can actually go to consulate and drop off Forms DS-2001 and DS-230 Part I (DS 2001) is at bottom of instructions.

My fiancee at the time never received package 3.

Best wishes!

[quann 26]

i mistakenly read you called nvc as you calling dos...but yea i'm guessing when you call dos there's a good chance they've sent the packet 3 already. get used to the dos #s. you'll be calling them wondering where the appointment letter is also .

the packet 3/4 link scott gave is a good checklist of what you need.

[ScottThuy 140]

I faxed pkt 3 to the consulate.

[Alaska101 2]

thanks everyone. what will be the best way to send the forms to the consulate? Email, Fax, or hand deliver? I do not trust the postal service there.

[ScottThuy 140]

thanks everyone. what will be the best way to send the forms to the consulate? Email, Fax, or hand deliver? I do not trust the postal service there.

for me.. see post 10 above

[quann 26]

i emailed them, that seems to be the worst option. i don't think they received it, i had to airmail it to my uncle in hcm and they mailed it in (my wife was up north at the time).

[Alaska101 2]

haha, wow, my fiancee lives in Ho Chi Minh city. so i think we will hand deliver the forms to the consulate.