US Immigration from Ireland

Im a US Citizen petitioning for my husband, we did a change of name on the marriage certificate but I haven't gotten to changing it on my passport, or SSN...is the certificate enough evidence when filling out my information as the spouse giving my new last name, (same as his) when filling out family name through out the I-130?

Secondly, under his I-94 it asks for an arrival date, but he is currently living in Canada and comes every other weekend or so while the visa is valid. There is no single date of arrival...should I just leave this blank??

Thanks in advance!!

I have resubmitted multiple times but they won't accept it. I keep getting this notice:

"Please replace this with an acceptable police certificate from a correct issuing authority. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines."

The police certificate is the correct one. It meets all their guidelines. I am applying from Ireland. There are no other certificates.

I have sent multiple enquiries which were not helpful. One just said to upload front and back since it has a stamp. Othwise they just redirected me to the document finder page.

Anyone else encounter this problem? It's extremely frustrating since correspondence with the NVC takes so long - my immigration has been set back months because of this.

Hi all,

Posting on behalf of my brother.

He is planning to travel to the US to visit me and applied for an esta which was denied. He has strong ties to Ireland so dont understand reason for denial.

He has applied for the b2 visa. The expedited appointment is on Friday the 15 however he is meant to be flying the Thursday 10th.

What other ways is there to conract the embassy and asked to be put on cancelation list etc?

Hey everyone!

Just posting this as a public cry to anyone here that has gone through/is going through the K1 visa process via the US Embassy in Dublin, Ireland to kindly share their timelines

I know there isn t a ton of info out there about how things move in Dublin (seriously, it s like a black hole ), so I m hoping to gather a few case timelines to maybe see a pattern.

Please share

When you submitted your Notice of Readiness (NoR)
When the embassy responded/sent Packet 4
And when your interview was scheduled for

The wait is brutal right now and I m just trying to get a sense of what to expect. Any insight would be massively appreciated

Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone in this crazy process!

Hi everyone! I m in the process of helping my fianc prepare for his K-1 visa, and we recently encountered a little uncertainty regarding the medical exam and vaccinations.

He had his medical exam today, and we learned that the facility doesn t administer vaccines, so he went ahead and got the MMR, Hep B, and DTP(diphtheria, tetanus, & polio) vaccines (instead of the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) yesterday. We realized that he still might be missing the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

The doctor was impressed that he was proactive, and said he didn t need the pertussis vaccine for his visa, but we re not sure if that applies just to the K-1 visa or the whole Adjustment of Status (AOS) process. We really want to make sure everything is squared away now to avoid any extra costs later when he comes to the U.S.

For anyone who is around the same age (27 or so) and recently went through the K-1 or AOS process, could you share if you were required to get the pertussis vaccine (as part of the Tdap)? Or if it wasn t necessary for the visa process?

Thanks so much for any insight you can provide!