Carlos&Nunis

My fiancee studied in Brasil for about 1 year, nearly 3 years ago.

She's not brazilian, and she's trying to obtain the brazilian police certificate through a brazilian contact who has a power of attorney for that purpose. Nevertheless, the travel.state.gov site explains that

"If the applicant is residing outside Brazil, it is highly unlikely that he/she will get the Police certificate"

What if, in spite of trying, she doesn't get to obtain this certificate? Can the embassy deny the visa?

Even if the American Administration is aware of the fact that obtaining that document when you're residing our of Brasil is "very unlikely"?

We're not on interview process yet, but we would like to avoid any problem. Has anyone on VJ been in that situation? We would like to know about similar experiences and/or your opinions.

Thank you very much.

Hello everyone!

I'm an US Citizen (born in NY) raised in Dominican Republic (lived there for almost 25 years). I met my fiancee in DR 3 years ago; she is an Spaniard with dual citizenship (Spain-DR: Her mother is Dominican, but she was born on Spain) who is currently working and living there.

On Feb. 2012 i got a job in the US and decided to move, leaving my girlfriend in DR with the promise we would get married.

We finally initiated the K1 Visa Process after we gathered every document needed. As of today (1/14/13) we only have received NOA1 (Received on august 6, 2012). We are estimating still 2 to 4 months to finally get the interview at the US Embassy at Dominican Republic, and after that we are hoping the be married in less than 1 month. After all of that we would still need to wait from 1 to 3 months to finally get the work permit for her; wich is our ultimate goal. Being realistic we are looking around 4 to 7 months until our goal of getting her EAD.

I recently learned the possibility of the Direct Consular Filing (DCF) wich would gives us the opportunity of getting her green card (no need for EAD) in less time.

Please help me with the following questions:

1. Can we apply for DCF, even tho im not currently living in DR, but i have all the proof i have lived there for more time than the 6 months required?

2. Do i have to be present at the DR during all the filing process? Or can i make arranges to be present only during the interviews?

3. Since we are not still married i would proceed to do so, but can we submit the paperwork with less than a month married?

4. Since she has dual citizenship we decided to make the K1 petition as Spaniard; is there any difference regarding that matter in DCF?

5. Knowing the above, does it makes sense to even attempt to proceed with the DCF, leaving behind the K1 process? Even when we have spent a lot of time in the process, our estimated time to end the process is longer. We would like to know our possibilities before spending more time and money.

I know its not certain that they even do DCF at Dominican Republic, but i wanted to make sure i could even apply to begin any action.

Thanks in advanced!

No

Thanks! I will then file the petition for her as an Spaniar living in Dominican Republic. I hope we don't have any problem.

On all forms that as for your fiancee's address, write her address in the Dominican Republic. This will ensure the file is routed to the Embassy in Santo Domingo.

But is there any difference if we file the petition for her as a Dominican citizen or Spain citizen?

Hello,

My fiancé was born in Spain but since a few years ago she moved to Dominican Republic where we met. She obtained the Dominican citizenship during this time. We recently decided to move together to USA and opted for the K1 Visa, but we have a doubt of how we should proceed. Should we fill the documents stating that she is a Dominican living in her country; or an Spaniar living in Dominican Republic? I would guess that it should be as an Spaniar citizen but we would like to make sure that the process can be done in the Dominican Republic Embassy.

Carlos