Am I missing something?

[donutmoon]

So here's my dilemma... The whole K1 process has been going, until now, smoothly for my Chinese fiancee and I.

Our documents were electronically mailed from the NVC to the consulate at Guangzhou, China and we got our notification.

We then started completing and collecting necessary documents in preparation for the future interview as well as educate ourselves on the process a the consulate.

We submitted the DS-160 online before getting the P3. Then sometime later (Dec 19th) we got the P3! requesting that we send them back a copy of the personal information page of the passport, 2 inch square photographs, and the letter they sent to us back to them. No more, cause submitting any other documents to the Consulate at this time would be destroyed.

We got confirmation that they received them. Last week with no follow on instructions. We went to the CGI Stanley site and began filling out all the stuff and paid that 1 time fee.

On Dec 29th we got and email, the P4, from Chief immigrant visa unit:

 

"Dear Applicant, Petitioner, or Agent of record:

This office is ready to begin final processing of the immigrant visa applicant(s) named above in this case. Please follow these steps to schedule and prepare for your visa interview:"

 

We've done all of it already, besides scheduling appointment cause we can't, but when we go to the the page after the fee payment, receipt number is already there, all we get is:

"There are currently no appointments available."

 

I've been reading into this for hours and people have gotten the same message but they at least have a calendar, I don't.

Also when my fiancee was looking into it she noticed other applicants say they had a "DS-160 confirmation number" on their "update profile" tab in CGI Stanley appointment scheduling site. I don't see that for us either.

 

Also on the dashboard of the CGI Stanley site the payment fee still shows as $265. Does that mean I've paid that amount already or that's how much they still need.

 

What should I do? Please help. Should I try to resubmit the DS-160?

[Randy W]

Maybe someone else will have more specific advice, but they are at the END of their first day back after the holiday season - try again tonight or tomorrow.

 

One thing they HAVEN'T been concerned with is making the whole process logical.

[Greg.D.]

.......

"There are currently no appointments available."......

That's actually the reassuring part. That means everything is working and your payment was accepted.

 

We never saw a calendar, usually saw "no appointments available", but were able to schedule and re-schedule, when needed.

 

Just try everyday until your daily allotment of (10?) tries is used up and you are locked out. Everybody gets an appointment. It's just not well-documented that you have to keep coming back to the site until an appointment appears. But, one will and you will be relieved.

Edited January 4, 2016 by Greg.D. (see edit history)