US Immigration from Serbia

Hi everyone!

I'm going through the K-1 process with my fiancee and I've encountered a rather unique issue that I was hoping someone here might be able to advise me on.

Our lawyer said that the consulate would request some form of certificate or proof of military service since I checked that I had it when filing the initial batch of documents.

My issue lies in the fact that my military service was 5 months in the French Foreign Legion boot camp, after finishing boot camp I decided to return home rather than sign on for 5 years.

I have written an email to the French embassy, who told me that they are unable to help and that I must write an email to the Foreign Legion head office, which I did and got no response. I wrote to their recruitment office email and got the following reply:

Forgive the wonky automated translation, but they said that it is not the responsibility of the recruitment office, but also that the legion does not provide such documents.

As a penultimate resort I have sent a physical letter to their HR department, but I'm not sure what to do if they don't reply.

Do I have to get on a plane and petition them in person, how can I prove that I've done everything in my power to obtain these documents when they don't really care to answer my email in a meaningful way, their response doesn't really scream official does it?

The lawyer said that if I can prove such an effort I can request a waiver for that specific requirement, but I would not resort to such a thing if I can help it.

It just seems like a very specific situation and I'm not sure how to proceed.

I greatly appreciate any replies!

Making this thread since I didn't see one for this month yet. Got the I-485 and I-765 receipt notices via SMS today, filed May 9th at Chicago office. Surprised I got the texts this quick, or at all lol.

My husband had his Citizenship Interview in Kansas City back in January and was approved on the spot. They told him he would receive his oath ceremony appointment notice and that he would need to come back to the Kansas City office to pick up his Naturalization Certificate after the ceremony (or at least that's what he thinks remembers). He was in such a state of relief that he passed the test, so of course his memory is foggy - he doesn't even remember the citizenship questions they asked!

His ceremony was scheduled for February 12 in Jefferson City, but a snowstorm hit the area the night before so it was cancelled. His new ceremony is March 28, next Friday, at the same place in Jeff City.

Do they give you the Naturalization Certificate at the oath ceremony and then bam! - you're done - or will he have to go all the way back to Kansas City to get it?

For reference, we live 4.5 hours away from Kansas City, so it's a bit of a drive.

Hello, I received this letter from the NVC. I did send them an inquiry asking for the case number but they sent me the K1-FTP letter via email not long after so i imagined the inquiry got ignored. I just got this letter from the NVC though which I wasn't expecting, do I need to respond or do anything with this? My fiancee has her interview next week so I hope this doesn't delay anything. It seems like I can just ignore this letter but idk, has anyone else gotten this letter after sending the NVC an inquiry?

My fianc e has her interview coming up. The instructions say to bring any previous or expired passports to the interview along with the current one. She's not sure if she has her old one(s), is this something they actually want to see? I think she has a student visa for Belgium on her previous one from like 2019 and she stayed there for less than 6 months. Not sure how relevant that would be. The DS-160 asked for any countries visited within the last 5 years and she has all those passport stamps on her current one. Would she be fine with just bringing only her current one?