US Immigration from Portugal

Shamelessly Copypasted from the previous threads.

This thread was created for those who are waiting for their NOA2 K-1 case assignment from NVC and then tracking your case on wards to your Embassy. Contained in the PDF below are many tips, tricks and hacks to help you along the way.

These are items that everyone asks for, so I thought I just post a PDF of them here for you to refer to when it's necessary. If you are new to this thread please read as these are most asked questions multiple times.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfin98c33IEpB0T0FlURERriblYmlm5O/view?usp=sharing

My wife moved to USA in February 2020. Her I-94 had some information wrong (which we resolved within a few months) - however, her SSN application got denied due to the I-94 mishap. By then, it was too late to get her SSN with the pandemic going on.

I got my K1 interview schedule, and was going trough the necessary documents to bring, but I have this question about the police certificate.

In the US France Embassy it says:

Police Certificate: A police certificate is required for each applicant aged 16 years and over, including France or Portugal and/or any country where an applicant has lived for more than six months after the age of 16. Please see http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/reciprocity-by-country.html for instructions on how to obtain police certificates for each country. All police certificates must cover the entire period of the applicant s residence in that area. Police certificates for the current country of residence must be less than one year old.

source:https://fr.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/immigrant-visa-required-documents/

I lived in the US for one year on a J1 visa. Does this mean that I need to provide a police certificate from the US, or do I only need to bring one from Portugal?

Thank you

Just want to let everyone know that I got an email today from the US Embassy in France saying that my K1 interview has been scheduled for May 5th.

K-1 visa applicants have not been receiving interviews for the regional travel ban countries since March 2020 (with the exception of the lawsuit plaintiffs), with the presidential proclamations being the reason given.

However, this update was released today:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/updates-to-national-interest-exceptions-for-regional-covid-proclamations.html

Am I understanding this correctly? Does this mean K-1 visa holders are now exempt from the regional travel bans? Meaning interviews for K-1 visas can resume, if the embassy is open?