bobmal99 Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 If you have been told your P-3 was mailed then do this, who cares if the P-3 never shows up at your door!!! I believe the only thing you really need in the P-3 is the OF-169 and the DS-230. Download them, fill them out, and have them sent to GZ by EMS. If they said they have sent the P-3 then just get those two forms filled out and sent back ASAP!!!!! When you send the P-3 in hopefully by EMS then you can make sure they have your fiance's address in Chinese. She can write it for GZ, as the P-4 is the most important packet. You don't need to waste time actually waiting for the P-3. Once GZ, tells you it was mailed, send in your forms. The P-4 is the one with all the info you will need... Good Luck, to everyone.... It would be a good idea to have these forms already filled out and waiting, once GZ, says they have mailed the P-3, to you.... This way you will be all set and save some time... Link to comment
JerryL Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 You also need to send back the Supplementary Info form. Jerry Link to comment
warpedbored Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Now let me get this straight. Once you know that GUZ has you in thier system and you have a number you don't have to wait for them to send you P-3? You can just download the forms fill them out and send them in? I don't know how long it takes them to send out P-3 once you're in the system but I can see how it could save you at least a week just in mail transit time. Carl Link to comment
Francine-gg Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 If you have been told your P-3 was mailed then do this, who cares if the P-3 never shows up at your door!!! I believe the only thing you really need in the P-3 is the OF-169 and the DS-230. Download them, fill them out, and have them sent to GZ by EMS. If they said they have sent the P-3 then just get those two forms filled out and sent back ASAP!!!!! When you send the P-3 in hopefully by EMS then you can make sure they have your fiance's address in Chinese. She can write it for GZ, as the P-4 is the most important packet. You don't need to waste time actually waiting for the P-3. Once GZ, tells you it was mailed, send in your forms. The P-4 is the one with all the info you will need... Good Luck, to everyone.... It would be a good idea to have these forms already filled out and waiting, once GZ, says they have mailed the P-3, to you.... This way you will be all set and save some time... Bob is correct, I know many ppl who waited weeks in not months for the documents to arrive but never did for whatever reason, it could be a bad address or was just simply not mailed, If you have your GUZ number and it is confirmed by GZ and DOS just download and send the forms back via EMS...if you need the address it is also available. As long as your case is uploaded in to the system ......go for it. Link to comment
bobmal99 Posted November 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I am 98% sure the supplemental forms are for the P-4. We never received our P-3 and we just sent by EMS the two required forms.....One month later we had our P-4 and interview DATE!!!! Link to comment
JerryL Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I am 98% sure the supplemental forms are for the P-4. We never received our P-3 and we just sent by EMS the two required forms.....One month later we had our P-4 and interview DATE!!!!Guess they don't need all the forms, then. We just got our P3 less than two weeks ago and there were three forms to send back, not two... Jerry Link to comment
jasonw Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I had to send back 3 forms, my advice is to send back 3 just to be safe. Better safe than sorry! Link to comment
bobmal99 Posted November 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 I sent mine back in July of 2002. We all know how often BCIS changes what they want... Link to comment
karen&ivan Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 I am 98% sure the supplemental forms are for the P-4. We never received our P-3 and we just sent by EMS the two required forms.....One month later we had our P-4 and interview DATE!!!!Let me clear it. For K1 there are 3 forms need to be sent back. But for K3 only two forms DS-230 and OF-169 need to be sent back. K1 has a " Packet 3 Supplemental Information Sheet " but K3 doesn't. Link to comment
robhon Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Yeah folks, I'm getting lots of conflicting information here. My lawyer's assistant says I should send in DS-230, DS-156 and I-134 Affidavit of Support. I told him that didn't look right to me. I thought the I-134 was a P4 doc. I also saw that site for Richard Sun, but that someone whose case went through last year on the old system. I'm leaving in the morning and a feeling very unsure about the docs that I have in my hands. ....Not a good thing. Link to comment
robhon Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 I'm also typing waaaay too fast and dropping lots of keystrokes. Sorry. Link to comment
robhon Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 And also, when I look up the form OF-169 on the www.travel.state.gov site I get a form for Seoul Korea. Link to comment
karen&ivan Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 K-3 also has the medical forms, doesn't it?Yes. That's true but no need to send back. Only DS-230 and OF-169 need to be sent back. Other forms need to be brought for interview or medical check. Link to comment
hypoclear Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Now let me get this straight. Once you know that GUZ has you in thier system and you have a number you don't have to wait for them to send you P-3? You can just download the forms fill them out and send them in? I don't know how long it takes them to send out P-3 once you're in the system but I can see how it could save you at least a week just in mail transit time. CarlHi Carl, I'm a little confused by why the P-3 forms are being sent out from GZ for you? Our's are being sent frm the NVC in portsmith, NH. We have already returned the affidavit of support and because they didn't recieve the check for the DS-230 in St. louis we had to resend. So they recieved it and that form was mailed out on Nov.10 and we are still waiting. A regular letter to friend and family from here in Shenzhen to say mass takes about 10 days and same give or take a day or two from them to us.Most all of our mail from NVC is running 24 to 30 days from date on the letter head. So we are figuring by dec 10 we should have that form and we will FedEx back to NH and they will have it in 2 to 3 business days. From our experience of doing this back to mass.. fed ex is right on with their delivery.. Geeez we would love to push this along but are concerned about the bar code page and others that would be needed but awwwww it sure is tempting.. just concerned that saving a week or so by doing that could cause us months of delays if NVC pushed for that bar code page etc.. I guess than the clock will start ticking on the 6 to 8 week process there which invilves the name check and than on to GZ for who knows how long??? Link to comment
warpedbored Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 The room is spinning again. Too much conflicting information. Are you saying that NVC sent your P-3? I could swear that it is sent by GUZ to your fiance. I guess time will tell. I am still waiting to clear NVC. Link to comment
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