Question:
I am thinking of the K3 route. How
long does it take? I think the I-130
process is a long one - Texas folks
have to apply at CSC which now lists
processing a receipt date of July
5,2005 for the I-130.
What is your
opinion of the K3? DCF is another
option, but I have heard bad things
from Indians who did it there. Looks
like DCF is a discretionary thing
and I DONT WANT MY CASE TO BE DISCRETIONARY
any more. We already suffered with
the K1.
Answer:
All visa processing
is discretionary. Are you a mixed-heritage
couple? Have you considered that
you may have other issues to address
than simply re-filing? Do you know
that being married is no guarantee
of a visa? Can you comment on arijit's
comment about where you went for
the fiance process? If you have
these "issues" in your case, they
are not going to go away *just*
by being married. Lots of couples
have done what you propose and have
been successful, but you seem to
be ignoring the underlying problem
with your petition. It is quite
unusual to have a petition returned
to the Service Center. DCF is not
discretionary if you are physically
present in India for 6 weeks. If
you are, you may file your peition
in New Delhi.
The US Consulate in Kolkata does
not do K1 interviews. All K1 > applicants
from the Kolkata consular district
have to go to Mumbai. I was curious
about this, too, because in all
the time I've spent in this forum,
I've never heard of Kolkata. So
I did a some Googling and discovered
that Kolkata=Calcutta. After a 2-3
minute search, I found the following
(emphasis added):
Quote:
US Consulate
General, Calcutta, India: FAQ About
Immigrant Visas, Orphan Immigrant
Visas And Fiance(E) Visas: (http://calcutta.usconsulate.gov/faqsiv.html)
FIANCE(E) VISAS Q. 1. Has the Consulate
received the fiance(e) visa petition,
and when can my fiance(e) get his/her
visa processed? Answer: We do not
process fiance(e) visa petitions
at the American Consulate General,
Calcutta. If we receive the approval,
we forward it to the American Consulate
in Mumbai for visa processing. Further
information regarding when the application
will be processed would have to
come from them. R. 2. Why does the
American Consulate in Calcutta not
process fiance(e) visas, when the
applicants are from our consular
district? Answer: All processing
of fiance(e) visa applicants from
our Consular District ... has been
handled by our American Consulate
General in Mumbai since July 1992.
S. 3. If the American Consulate
in Calcutta is not processing the
fiance(e) visas,
why are the
USINS offices still forwarding the
petitions to Calcutta?
Answer: Sometimes
files get accidentally routed to
the Calcutta Consulate. Please contact
the USINS office if your case has
been mis routed. Also, please request
that your case be sent to Mumbai
while filing the petition. T. 4.
What documents should we bring to
the interview? Answer: Please contact
the American Consulate General,
Mumbai for documents requirements.
So the question
is: How could the OP's fiancee have
her K1 fiancee visa interview at
a consulate that hasn't processed
K1 fiancee visas for more than 13
YEARS??? I wondered about this too,
when I read Arijit's post. The info
that you found appears to be a bit
dated, given the reference to the
INS and the fact that the USCIS
does not send approved petitions
directly to the consulates any longer.
One would think that the NVC would
send the petitions to the correct
consulate. I would be interested
to find out what's behind this paradox
also.
