The Eighth Step - Forms and Checklist Sent to Foreign Beneficiary

Well, I'm finally caught up when it comes to steps.

After waiting for a while, the forms were finally sent to me.

How do I know?

I received them today, haha.

The thing is, most people would call the Department of State to see if their forms have been sent or even been logged into the system.

You see, thanks to Montreal being really slow, it can take them almost a whole week just to log your case into their system. Mail takes a few days.

I didn't call the Department of State, because I just didn't have the money.

I was going to call them eventually if I hadn't received "Packet 3" as its called by the 1st of October.

Packet 3 consists of a few things. Apparently it's been changed now, so it contains less than it used to.

The old one sent the letter, the checklist and all the forms that are needed to be completed. The old one also asked for only one form to be sent back.

Apparently the new one does not send forms at all. They only send the letter and the checklist. This one also asks for ALL the forms back. I guess it's not so bad, but it seems like a waste of paper. Oh well, not my choice.

My mom called me today saying that something from the consulate came in the mail for me.

Mom: Something came from the consulate in the mail for you.

Me: About time.

Mom: Says something about an interview.

Me: Yeah right, I have to wait 3+ months for that.

And pretty much it ended there. I didn't get her to open it, but now I'm curious about it. Here's hoping she actually drops it off to me tomorrow. I don't want her taking her sweet time doing it. The longer I take, the longer I have to wait... and I think 6 years of waiting is long enough.

Steps of a K-1 Visa:

• US Petitioner and Foreign Beneficiary Collect Needed Documents
• I-129F Package Sent
• Notice Of Action 1 Received by US Petitioner
• Notice Of Action 2 Received by US Petitioner
• Case Forwarded to the National Visa Center
• Case Forwarded to the Foreign Beneficiary's US Consulate
• Case Received by Foreign Beneficiary's Local US Consulate
• Forms and Checklist Sent to Foreign Beneficiary
• Foreign Beneficiary Compiles Needed Forms
• Foreign Beneficiary Sends Completed Forms to US Consulate
• US Consulate Issues Interview Date
• Interview Conducted at the US Consulate

Legend: Strikethrough + Blue show past steps, Bolded + Red shows current step