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Gorkhali   214

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nepal
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Wow.. I thought we had all the question resolved and are ready to file our I-130 for CR1. But there are still few question which popped up yesterday night. I am sorry folks for asking so many question. Thank you very much with all the helpful replies.

  • i have a question about the nepali marriage certificate. (our nepali marriage certificate has one copy in Nepali language and another one in english. That's how nepali marriage certificate are) since it is in a foreign language and english as well...do you think i need to get a translation expert to certify it says what it says or do you think the english copy will do?
  • so there are four questions that needed additional space for the answers. Do you think i need to put each question on a separate page or do you think if it all fits on one page that i can send just one page??

I look forward to hear from you guys. Thank you very much for all the support.

Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   6,002

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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1. If the official cert is in english as well as Nepali, no translation needed.

2. If you can comfortably fit it on one page, I'd do that- less chance of them loosing something.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Tenzy   8

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I don't know if this helps but I got a RFE cuz my marriage certificate was in English & not Hindi. My original marriage certificate was drafted in English & therefore I sent that in. So I don't understand why they would ask me for a legible copy with foreign language in it?

Anyways coming to the point, I think you should sent in both copies incase you end up getting RFE like me, but my case is slightly different cuz I don't have a marriage certificate that was issued in Hindi. So I just replied them with another copy & got it notarized stating it's a true copy & explained them that the original is in English language only.

Petition for Alien relative (I-130); Case nature - CR-1 Spouse Visa USCIS: (6.3 months)12/18/2010 - Met on Facebook after 3 years (went to same school together before) 12/26/2013 - Got married in India (L)03/20/2014 - Sent package to USCIS03/25/2014 - NOA1 notice received (PD - 03/24/2014, Nebraska Service Center)08/26/2014 - RFE sent 08/30/2014 - RFE letter received by mail09/02/2014 - RFE reply sent09/05/2014 - Status changed to "RFE review"09/16/2014 - Sent e-service request09/17/2014 - Received email - Approved09/20/2014 - Received NOA2 in mail09/30/2014 - Received email about Address change? (Went back to Initial Review?) - USCIS said its a computer glitch10/01/2014 - Status changed to Acceptance (Duplicate notice sent out)10/06/2014 - Received duplicate NOA2 with new notice date - 10/01/201410/07/2014 - Status changed to Post-Decision Activity (Shipped to NVC) NVC: (4.0months)10/22/2014 - CASE received by NVC (confirmed by phone- will take 42 days to assign case #)11/13/2014 - received case # via email (welcome letter)11/14/2014 - DS-261 (choice of agent) completed12/01/2014 - AOS Invoice Received/Paid 12/02/2014 - IV Fee Received/Paid 12/06/2014 - AOS + IV Supporting Documents mailed 12/08/2014 - DS-260 Completed 12/09/2014 - AOS + IV Package Scan Date (received email on 12/11/2014)02/06/2015 - Checklist for PCC (False b/c called NVC and confirmed CC)02/12/2015 - Interview Letter03/05/2015 - BOMBAY - Interview on hubby's birthday. He was approved!!03/10/2015 - Picking up visa03/31/2015 - JFK, New York :) <p>
Stressed Out Rising Star

Stressed Out   81

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Yeah just send both marriage certificates. Assuming the Nepali one is the original and the English one is an international version (in Germany this is offered as well) they'll be wanting both copies.

Like Penguin said, try to fit it all on one page. Just be sure to properly mark which question which answer is referring to.

Myself: US citizen; Husband: German citizen

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(B-2 Journey):

 

 

-(then fiance) H-2B work visa application terminated due to qualification difficulties in Aug. 2010.

-(then fiance) B-2 tourist visa denied due to lack of strong ties to Germany in Sept. 2010.
-Third ESTA denied due to his suspiscious visa status on Oct. 15, 2012.
-B-2 tourist visa approved on Nov. 16, 2012!

 

(IR-1 Journey):

 

 

-Extended German residence permit obtained Aug. 23, 2014. (to qualify for DCF)

-Husband's new German passport picked up Aug. 28, 2014. (Old one expires 2015)

-I-130 packet sent to Frankfurt (DCF) Aug. 29, 2014!

-NOA1 issued Sept. 9, 2014 (received Sept.13)

-RFE regarding evidence of bona fide marriage received along with NOA1

-RFE reply packet sent to Frankfurt Sept. 30, 2014

-E-mail response (NOA2) received by USCIS Frankfurt on Oct. 23, 2014 (Petition APPROVED Oct. 20!!!) :dancing:

-Paper NOA2 received in the mail Oct. 29, 2014

-Case number assigned by IV unit Oct. 30, 2014 (Received by email Nov. 3)

-Paper "Packet 3" arrived in mail Nov. 4, 2014

-DS-260 and Document Delivery Registration submitted to Frankfurt Nov. 4, 2014

-Mailed in priority date request found on Packet 3 to IV Unit Nov. 5, 2014

-IV ("Packet 3") package sent to Frankfurt Nov. 17, 2014

-Medical completed by Frankfurt panel physician Nov. 17, 2014

-Received "Packet 4" via e-mail Nov. 20, 2014

-Interview booked for Dec. 3, 2014 (booked Nov. 21, 2014 after email authorization received)
-Visa approved, issued AND picked up by the courier all within 7 hours, Dec. 3, 2014 :dance:

-Visa packet arrived in the mail Dec. 4, 2014

-Visa packet had to be returned to Frankfurt for correction on Immigrant Data Summary sheet (wrong birthplace listed) Dec. 5, 2014

-Corrected visa packet received in the mail Dec. 11, 2014

-$165 Immigrant fee paid Dec. 11, 2014

-POE (through Dublin, Ireland) Jan. 18, 2015

-Registered manually for social security Jan. 27, 2015

-Social security card arrived within 2 weeks after applying in person/green card arrived within 30 days after entering U.S.

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silverjetplane Explorer

silverjetplane   34

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The other commenters are correct - send in both COPIES. Do NOT send in the originals with the I-130 step. I made a copy of the front and back of our certificate.

You will be required to send in the originals (or certified copies) during the NVC process (after the I-130 process).

Spoiler

 

19 Jan 2014 Married

USCIS

11 Apr 2014 I-130 Sent

17 Apr 2014 NOA1

02 May 2014 NOA2

NVC

21 May 2014 NVC Received

06 June 2014 Case Number, INI, and BIN generated

06 June 2014 AOS bill / DS-261 generated

03 July 2014 Paid AOS bill

03 July 2014 DS-261 completed and sent electronically

07 Aug 2014 AOS package sent

12 Aug 2014 AOS Package received by NVC (scan)

20 Aug 2014 DS-261 accepted

20 Aug 2014 IV invoice generated

20 Aug 2014 IV invoice paid/printed cover sheet

21 Aug 2014 DS-260 completed and sent electronically

22 Aug 2014 IV package of supporting documents sent

27 Aug 2014 IV package received by NVC (scan)

07 Sep 2014 Realize error on AOS (AGI vs. Total Income)

09 Sep 2014 AOS I-864s (joint sponsors) resubmitted

11 Sep 2014 AOS Re-submit received by NVC (scan)

16 Sep 2014 60-day notice received (note: this is the first 60-day notice I have ever received)

20 Oct 2014 CASE COMPLETE! (AOS and IV)

Embassy

08 Dec 2014 Medical Appointment

22 Dec 2014 Interview and APPROVAL!

27 Dec 2014 Receive passport and paperwork from the embassy

POE/Post Entry

23 Feb 2015 POE at Houston - No problems on entry

01 Mar 2015 Received SSN via USPS

02 Apr 2015 Received physical green card

ROC

19 Dec 2016 Sent I-751 Packet

26 Dec 2016 NOA1 Received

12 Jan 2017 Biometrics Appointment

14 Feb 2018 Infopass Appointment (LA) for ADIT Stamp

15 May 2018 ROC APPROVED! (I-797 NOA received 5/21/18 - GC in production!)

 

 
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