ALL Potomac I-130 Filers (New Center) [merged threads]

[Bostorican 17]

I revieved this update today. Does anyone know what it means?!

Case Was Sent To The Department of State

On April 15, 2016, we sent your case, Receipt Number SRC169******** to the Department of State for visa processing. Please visit our website for general information on Consular Processing.

Congratulations

[od0016 2]

What country are you and wife getting visa from?

Hi there,

My wife and I got an RFE this week from Potomac stating that the marriage certificate we submitted is not sufficient (they claim is a marriage registration document, not a marriage certificate). The problem is that what we submitted is actually the official marriage certificate from my country (together with a translation), I've checked with the civil registry and that's the document they provide as marriage certificate. Now we don't know what to do, we're thinking of submitting the same document with an apostille but we don't know if that will help.

Did anyone experience a similar situation?

Our PD is Jan 26

[amren 2]

Along with your marriage certificate, you should send photos of you and your family together.. like marriage photos and holiday photos, maybe even the wedding invitation card (if you have one). Plus you should send any evidence of if she came to see you in the US like tickets or boarding pass. You can submit yours too like plane tickets of when you went and saw her etc. More evidence of your relationship is required.

Hi there,

My wife and I got an RFE this week from Potomac stating that the marriage certificate we submitted is not sufficient (they claim is a marriage registration document, not a marriage certificate). The problem is that what we submitted is actually the official marriage certificate from my country (together with a translation), I've checked with the civil registry and that's the document they provide as marriage certificate. Now we don't know what to do, we're thinking of submitting the same document with an apostille but we don't know if that will help.

Did anyone experience a similar situation?

Our PD is Jan 26

[Ashan 0]

Thank you very much guys. Now that my case was sent to the NVC, what should I expect now?

[blondedoc 35]

Hi there,

My wife and I got an RFE this week from Potomac stating that the marriage certificate we submitted is not sufficient (they claim is a marriage registration document, not a marriage certificate). The problem is that what we submitted is actually the official marriage certificate from my country (together with a translation), I've checked with the civil registry and that's the document they provide as marriage certificate. Now we don't know what to do, we're thinking of submitting the same document with an apostille but we don't know if that will help.

Did anyone experience a similar situation?

Our PD is Jan 26

Im not sure, bug i think the apostile will work... I had mine directly with the apostle and I never had problems. I got married in Bahamas which has a kind of different marriage certification and thy accepted that.

Apostle gives credibility for the document...

[alanuchi 2]

Along with your marriage certificate, you should send photos of you and your family together.. like marriage photos and holiday photos, maybe even the wedding invitation card (if you have one). Plus you should send any evidence of if she came to see you in the US like tickets or boarding pass. You can submit yours too like plane tickets of when you went and saw her etc. More evidence of your relationship is required.

We sent all that stuff too, but the RFE is very specific about the marriage certificate only, they don't ask for additional evidence.

[alanuchi 2]

Im not sure, bug i think the apostile will work... I had mine directly with the apostle and I never had problems. I got married in Bahamas which has a kind of different marriage certification and thy accepted that.

Apostle gives credibility for the document...

That's our plan for now. We will submit the original document even if they only ask for a photocopy.

[Bosna1234 17]

i had mine put an apositle on it so ?????i guess that works its a hard proof once you have it

[tawan0621 0]

I have been on this forum for a few months now and got a lot of useful information for my I-130 and I just want to share my timeline hope to help somebody

Priority date is October 8th 2015

got approval notice via text message on April 13th 2016 and I am still waiting the hard copy notice to be arrived at my house

but the meantime I have booked my air ticket to china to see my wife for a month before the NVC Stage

does anyone know Can I send my documents and AOS from China or it must be filed in the United States

and how long does the NVC stage gonna take

thank you

[JFH 12,189]

Lots of useful info on the NVC threads. But you can mail the documents from wherever you want. Main thing is they get to the NVC. Since the NVC stage is all about the beneficiary, the documents are usually sent by the beneficiary to the NVC from overseas.

There are things you can do to speed up or slow down the NVC stage. You have more control over it than the USCIS I-130 stage.

Take a look at the NVC wiki on this site. It's very useful.

[Gisselle94 1]

Any update.

[tawan0621 0]

Lots of useful info on the NVC threads. But you can mail the documents from wherever you want. Main thing is they get to the NVC. Since the NVC stage is all about the beneficiary, the documents are usually sent by the beneficiary to the NVC from overseas.

There are things you can do to speed up or slow down the NVC stage. You have more control over it than the USCIS I-130 stage.

Take a look at the NVC wiki on this site. It's very useful.

Thank you for the reply

I have read the NVC wiki and found out that I could do the electronic processing but seems a lot work to do than the mailing paper documents.and do you have an idea on how much time the electronic processing method will save compare to paper

and also when the interview date is set will my wife get a notice by mail in china or I will get a notice here in the states.

thank you and sorry for so many questions

[JFH 12,189]

I don't know about the electronic processing because the UK doesn't have it.

But regarding the interview, your wife will be contacted.

[Bosna1234 17]

still waiting.........

[Bosna1234 17]

what is the wait after NOA 2 to the NVc stage thanks guys