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Office is probabaly closed due to snow. Try tomorrow. Or later.. it's possible they're just overwhelmed.

Either that or they're furloughed and today is the day off.

That's true, I didn't consider that. According to NPR however, furloughs will not begin to take effect until sometime in April.

Ah, OK. Thanks for this. Hopefully it will get cleared up in the next week or so. I have tax documents to wait for in the meantime, anyway

Been blowing up the NVC line for the past 3 hours. On the chance that it's not busy, I get an automated message saying that inquiries are not available at this time. Same thing happened yesterday. Is this a common thing? Office closed? Staff too busy?

I am starting this thread because I can't seem to find anywhere information relevant to my situation. In advance, please do not post a reply referring me to the DOS reciprocity web site, fingerscan.ca, or any other site that gives general information about how to obtain police certificates; I've exhausted these resources.

I met my wife in Istanbul, where we lived together for a year and a half. She is Italian, and is now in Italy while we await our NOA2 documents. Of course, she will need a Turkish police certificate. However, there doesn't seem to be a consensus regarding what kind of police certificate is appropriate for our application. In regards to those filing for a Turkish spouse, people will say that the police certificate must say "archive" on it. Web sites -- including official ones providing information about how to get a police certificate for US, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian visas -- instruct you to write to the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Judicial Records and Statistics in Ankara. Still other web sites make a distinction between a police certificate from the Emniyet and one from the Ministry of Justice records.

Now because my wife didn't want to have to go back to Turkey, she had an official proxy made up in Italy, and had a contact in Turkey go to Ankara to the Ministry of Justice to get the document. What she received was a notarized document signed by a judge with her name, birthdate, place of birth, and statement that claims, "We certify that the named person Anna xxx has no criminal records." The document is in Turkish, French, English, and German. It does not say "arsiv kayitli adli sicil kaydi" as the DOS reciprocity website claims it must.

My question is this: has anyone had experience obtaining a police certificate for a non-national in Turkey, and if so, what did the document look like? I understand the DOS wants an archived record, but I feel that a notarized record from the ministry of justice signed by a judge is more than enough to certify lack of criminal record. But, I'd hate to be wrong and have this be a setback to our application.

Thanks so much.

I'm going to answer my own thread now that I've found the answer by calling the DOS Visa Inquiry line. The gentleman who helped me was very friendly and was able to answer my question with minimal holding time.

It appears that if you request the police certificate from the police in Turkey, the certificate must say archive on it. However, if you request it from the Ministry of Justice in Ankara, that document (the one which my wife received) is acceptable, as the MoJ's records ARE the archived records. So my suggestion would be not to fool with the police (who, in my research, seem to get the record wrong when requested) and get the criminal record directly from the Ministry of Justice. This can be done from abroad by writing the Ministry of Justice in Ankara (instructions here), obtaining a notarized proxy and having a contact in Turkey go to the MoJ to obtain the document for you (what my wife did), or by contacting the Turkish embassy in your contry and having them request the document. When I contacted both Turkish embassys in New York and Milan, they informed me that it would take 6 months to receive the police certificate from the MoJ. However, because my wife also requested the document from the embassy in Milan and was told to expect it to take the same time, it actually took a little more than a month---so now she has two identical police certificates! Better for the interview, I suppose though.

Anyway, I hope that this will be helpful for people who may have the same dilemma of conflicting information in the future.

I am starting this thread because I can't seem to find anywhere information relevant to my situation. In advance, please do not post a reply referring me to the DOS reciprocity web site, fingerscan.ca, or any other site that gives general information about how to obtain police certificates; I've exhausted these resources.

I met my wife in Istanbul, where we lived together for a year and a half. She is Italian, and is now in Italy while we await our NOA2 documents. Of course, she will need a Turkish police certificate. However, there doesn't seem to be a consensus regarding what kind of police certificate is appropriate for our application. In regards to those filing for a Turkish spouse, people will say that the police certificate must say "archive" on it. Web sites -- including official ones providing information about how to get a police certificate for US, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian visas -- instruct you to write to the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Judicial Records and Statistics in Ankara. Still other web sites make a distinction between a police certificate from the Emniyet and one from the Ministry of Justice records.

Now because my wife didn't want to have to go back to Turkey, she had an official proxy made up in Italy, and had a contact in Turkey go to Ankara to the Ministry of Justice to get the document. What she received was a notarized document signed by a judge with her name, birthdate, place of birth, and statement that claims, "We certify that the named person Anna xxx has no criminal records." The document is in Turkish, French, English, and German. It does not say "arsiv kayitli adli sicil kaydi" as the DOS reciprocity website claims it must.

My question is this: has anyone had experience obtaining a police certificate for a non-national in Turkey, and if so, what did the document look like? I understand the DOS wants an archived record, but I feel that a notarized record from the ministry of justice signed by a judge is more than enough to certify lack of criminal record. But, I'd hate to be wrong and have this be a setback to our application.

Thanks so much.

Sweet Lord sorry. They do work weekends and have since July. However they don't answer the phones. Thats USCIS that answers on saturdays. Sorry. You will have to call monday.

But I know NVC has been having all manner of issues with payments. People paying and its taken 1 to 2 weeks to say paid and withdrawal. It just started freeing up for some this week. But call first thing monday.

Thanks mimolicious didn't have my coffee when I answered.

Ah, OK. Thanks for this. Hopefully it will get cleared up in the next week or so. I have tax documents to wait for in the meantime, anyway

It didn't---the office was closed when I called. My wife told me she sent the DS-3032 over a week ago, being international post it may take a bit longer. However, when the DS-3032 was emailed to me, I was informed that I could pay the fee, and the option was available on the DOS site. The $400 fee (IV?) is not yet available for me to pay.

Paid my first NOA2 fee of $88 dollars over a week ago, but no withdrawal has been made on my account, and the DOS fee payment site says it's not paid. I know that the guide says not to pay the fees twice, but.....has anyone else had this problem?

I am starting this thread because I can't seem to find anywhere information relevant to my situation. In advance, please do not post a reply referring me to the DOS reciprocity web site, fingerscan.ca, or any other site that gives general information about how to obtain police certificates; I've exhausted these resources.

I met my wife in Isatanbul, where we lived together for a year and a half. She is Italian, and is now in Italy while we await our NOA2 documents. Of course, she will need a Turkish police certificate. However, there doesn't seem to be a consensus regarding what kind of police certificate is appropriate for our application. In regards to those filing for a Turkish spouse, people will say that the police certificate must say "archive" on it. Web sites -- including official ones providing information about how to get a police certificate for US, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian visas -- instruct you to write to the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Judicial Records in Statistics in Ankara. Still other web sites make a distinction between a police certificate from the Emniyet and one from the Ministry of Justice records.

Now because my wife didn't want to have to go back to Turkey, she had an official proxy made up in Italy, and had a contact in Turkey go to Ankara to the Ministry of Justice to get the document. What she received was a notarized document signed by a judge with her name, birthdate, place of birth, and statement that claims, "We certify that the named person Anna xxx has no criminal records." The document is in Turkish, French, English, and German. It does not say "arsiv kayitli adli sicil kaydi" as the DOS reciprocity website claims.

My question is this: has anyone had experience obtaining a police certificate for a non-national in Turkey, and if so, what did the document look like? I understand the DOS wants an archived record, but I feel that a notarized record from the ministry of justice signed by a judge is more than enough to certify lack of criminal record. But, I'd hate to be wrong and have this be a setback to our application.

Thanks so much.

Hi there everyone. I am about to begin the IR-1/CR-1 process to have my wife join me in the States, and I have a couple questions:

1. Are there any limitations on who can become a financial sponsor if I cannot sponsor myself? I live with my mother and her fiance, who

supports all of us, and I would like to get him to sponsor me, as he is financially stable.

2. I met my wife in Turkey, where we were working together. At the company we worked for, we were paid in cash and not given any documentation of work. Because I have been out of the country for several years, I need to file back taxes. However, I'm wondering what to do about my job in Turkey--I have no document of my income there, so I thought it best to leave it out when I file my taxes. However, looking at the G-325a, I see that both myself and my wife will need to declare past addresses, places of employment, etc. Obviously I can't hide the fact that I lived in Turkey, so my question is whether not decaring my job in Turkey on my taxes would create any conflict to the application process.

I realize question 2 is a bit speculative, but any opinions are appreciated. Thanks a bunch!!