US Immigration from South Africa

Hello,

My fiance is from South Africa, but we met in Shenzhen, China when we were both working there from 2018-2020. I know she is required to obtain a Chinese Police Clearance Certificate. However, it seems as if this may be an extremely difficult or at least considerably expensive endeavor. Is there anyone on here who has had success in obtaining this document? We still have some friends in China and were thinking that maybe they could facilitate the collection of this certificate.

I also read that it is possible that thje consular may waive this requirement if you can prove that the document is unobtainable. Is this realistic or common? Has anyone successfully demonstrated that a Chinese Police Clearance Certificate is unobtainable? Has anyone been approved for a K1 Visa without this document?

Thank you so much for any help or advice.

Hello,

I recently received my NOA2 from the USCIS (July 26, 2021) and am now waiting for a case # to be issued by the NVC. My fiance is South African, but she has recently moved to South Korea as she wanted to work while we were waiting for the Visa to process. Is it possible for her to be interviewed at the Consulate in Seoul instead of in South Africa?

If so, how do I go about facilitating that? Can I change her address of residence with the NVC? How soon can I do that? I know the waiting period in between NOA2 and NVC case number is about 30 days, should I begin calling them at that point?

My fiance and I have ran into a small snag with our K1 post filing. Just last week our I29F was received and shortly after we found out some new information from his mother. It seems, his biological father was not listed on his birth certificate (which we still don't have due to a backlog at home affairs in SA). Instead, she thinks she may have listed her former spouse as his father or simply listed the father unknown and registered him under her married name which matched hers at the time. We only found this out when requesting the official copy of his birth certificate and being told a the surname must match either the father or the mothers last name. Given that his biological fathers surname is different he could not have been listed as the father.

My question is do we wait until we have the official birth certificate to make an update or go ahead and do an amendment now with an explanation and then make the final correction once we receive the official certificate. Based on the NOA1 phase one my initial thought is we should be ok to wait out the 4 to 6 weeks to get the certificate. Any thoughts? Has anyone else needed to make any amendments?

I recently Moved from South Africa to the USA 15 days now, Please what is the next step. I need some help

My mom was a joint sponsor for us because arriving in the US last year, my husband only had half a years salary on our tax return so, we didn t qualify financially on our own.

My son just had his interview and was told we need my moms 2020 tax transcript or proof she filed for 2020. She does things old school and filed a paper return. We can t get her transcript from irs.gov and when she called today was told they haven t apparently uploaded her return yet. She was required to pay in and has the cancelled check they cashed, but does anyone know if that s enough proof that she filed? Or is there anything she can ask for during her appointment with the local IRS office that would constitute proof?