> I am a US citizen living in Mexico. I'm married and have a
> stepdaughter
> - my husband and little girl are both Mexican citizens.
>
> We applied for a K-3 for my husband and his daughter in Juarez last
> April. A month later, we had an appointment. We were thrilled by how
> fast everything went, because we had heard that it would take forever.
> The consulate said they had to take fingerprints and that we needed
> some additional paperwork, and that they'd contact us as soon as the
> results were in for our next appointment, which they estimated to be
> July.
>
> July came and went and we didn't get an appointment, although we've
> been ready with our additional paperwork and have been told that his
> fingerprint results our in. We have been calling every month (just to
> make sure the letter didn't get lost in the mail), and every time
> we're
> given a different time-frame estimate.
>
> It occurred to me that this may go on past April, and I read that if
> your application get to be more than a year old, you have to reapply
> and repay. I emailed the consulate to see if that was true, and they
> responded that it is.
>
> I can't believe it! If it goes beyond a year, that isn't our fault -
> we've been ready with all of our paperwork since July! And even if
> we'd
> had the correct paperwork in May, they still would have taken
> fingerprints, so it wouldn't have gone any faster. The delay really
> isn't our fault.
>
> My questions -
> 1) Is it really likely that we'll have to pay and reapply even though
> the delay isn't our fault? I'm really upset imagining that we'd
> have to
> reapply, and frankly the idea of paying another $700 doesn't make
> me
> thrilled, either.
>
> 2) Is it common for an application to take this long through Juarez?
> Why were they so fast at first and then suddenly have moved to a
> snail's pace?
>
> Posted via http://www.mymigration.net
I know that Mexico is backlogged, but for more specific info, if you
have not done so have a look on www.immigrate2us.net, lots of people
there going through Mexico.
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