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It may be because it was all in French. When I ordered my Quebec birth certificate online, I got it in English. Had no problems at NVC or the consulate.

That was my thought, but French is an official language as Canada, obviously. Doesn't make sense that that would be the problem, but I suppose we could try to order her a new one in English, if that's possible.

I called the NVC this morning asking for more information on the birth certificate checklist. The lady on the phone was rather unhelpful. We KNOW it is the long form as it contains my wife's parent's names. The short form does not for QC residents. I guess we'll just resubmit what we originally sent and see what they respond back with.

Got a checklist just now regarding the birth certificate:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
______CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTIONS:_________________________________
For electronic processing, all forms and documents that we request and require from you should be scanned and e-mailed to
NVC as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The documents should be sent as attachments with your e-mail
response and not in a web file. NVC is unable to process documents submitted in web files. Forms and documents should not
be mailed through the postal service. The applicant must present all original forms and documents to the Consular officer at
the visa interview. Failure to present the required originals at the visa interview will result in a denial or delay in obtaining a
visa for the sponsored applicant. Any questions regarding your petition should continue to be directed to
NVCElectronic@state.gov.
PLEASE NOTE: No interview will be scheduled until ALL of the information requested has been emailed to the National
Visa Center.
______3 - BIRTH CERTIFICATE:_______________________________________
Please submit this applicant's original, or a certified copy of the original document listed above. Each
applicant must obtain an original birth certificate issued by the official custodian of birth records in the
country of birth, showing the date and place of birth, and the parentage of the alien, based upon the
original registration of birth.
Documents must be from the appropriate issuing government authority. Failure to provide the
correct document will delay your case and may result in re-scheduling of your interview or refusal
of a visa.
The certificate must contain the following information:
? Person's date of birth
? Person's place of birth
? Names of both parents, and
? Annotation by the appropriate authority indicating that it is an extract from the official records
If the certificate is a certified copy of the original, it must come from the issuing government authority
and it must contain annotation by the issuing authority indicating that it is an extract from the official
records.
In addition to sending the original documents or certified copies of the documents to the NVC, a
photocopy of the original documents must be submitted.
Unobtainable birth certificates
If the applicant's birth record is unobtainable, please obtain a certified statement from the appropriate
government authority stating the reason that the applicant's birth record is not available. The applicant
must submit secondary evidence with the certified statement. For example:
? A baptismal certificate that contains the date and place of birth, as well as both parents names
(providing the baptism took place shortly after birth)
? An adoption decree for an adopted child
? An affidavit from a close relative, preferably the applicant's mother, stating the date and place of
birth, both parents names, and the mother's maiden name
Suitability of documentation for immigration purposes
For many countries, the U.S. Department of State has established country-specific criteria for ensuring
that applicants submit documents appropriate for visa processing. Please go to our website
immigrantvisas.state.gov to determine if the U.S. Department of State has issued any country-specific
guidelines for the document requested.
All documents not in English or in the official language of the country where the visa application will be
processed must be accompanied by a certified translation. Your translation must include a statement by
the translator which includes the following:
? Translation is accurate.
?Translator is competent to translate.

Canada has two official languages, French and English, and my wife's in French. I don't know what was wrong with what was provided as it includes all required information. I'm going to email them the birth certificate again tomorrow morning. Strange.

Anyone have any tips on how soon I should start calling the NVC about case status after I received the email stating to wait 20 business days to review our documents? We got that email on the 19th of this month, so it's really only been a few days, but obviously we're anxious to move along with either a checklist or case complete.

Is the full 20 business days for review pretty normal for those who have reached that point?

Anyone have any tips on how soon I should start calling the NVC about case status after I received the email stating to wait 20 business days to review our documents? We got that email on the 19th, so it's really only been a few days, but obviously we're anxious to move along with either a checklist or case complete.

Is the full 20 days pretty normal for those who have reached that point?

Wow, that's another long wait! Did you send both packages in thru one email?

Two different emails, but they were only sent maybe 20 minutes apart.

My wife tells me she is choosing not to become an American citizen because of her personal feelings against renouncing other citizenship during the oath. She is a proud Canadian and while dual citizenship doesn't affect that, she feels more comfortable staying solely a Canadian citizen and a permanent resident of the US.

During my attempts at calling I had to call around 10 times repeatedly before I was able to get into the queue. At that point I waited approximately 20 minutes on hold before talking to a representative.

I would have thought the NVC would provide a toll free 800 number, especially for international callers, but I guess that's too much to ask.

Last night the NVC sent back responses to my wife and I's e-filed supporting documents stating they got them for our case and to wait 20 business days for a response. I had originally submitted them all on March 3, so that's about two weeks worth of business days before they received them.

So close!

My wife is in the Ottawa area and we also went to Commissionaires. It took two days for her to get the check completed and sent back. Easy as pie and not expensive at all.

congrats and good luck with the process!

It won't let us. It says it doesn't match their records. Which is impossible.

Ugh, that's very frustrating. Does the IRS have a support line you could contact about that?

Can't you now pull all transcripts online? I did that just last week.

I sent in a form 1099 that I had along with the W2 and form 1040A. I'll be forwarding all three documents to my wife for her interview.

Good to know for other folks that it wasn't necessary, but I'd rather send too much than not enough.

This should tell you all you need to know, in detail: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/support/instructions.html

Basically you can use the EZ form if all of your income comes just from W2 forms, you don't have a co sponsor, and you are petitioning for only one person. The catch is you must hit all three criteria before you can use form I-864EZ.

In my wife and I's journey, I had a form 1099 with interest income for my taxes the previous year so I used form I-864 and not the EZ form.

When I file I put my wife's name where it asks and then I put "NRA" for non-resident alien in the spouse tax ID field. That's what it says to do in the instructions.

He'll have to file a paper return to do this.

He should have filed Married filing separate from everything I've read up on the subject. That's how I've filed the last two years as my wife has no tax ID (SSN) and we decided not to get her a tax ID number. I

I'm not a tax expert, but I would think he could amend his return with the proper filing status.

I feel your pain on this. I sent an email almost three weeks ago and received no response. Finally called and got busy tone after busy tone, just as my wife had gotten prior to me sending that email.

I called and after repeatedly hanging up and calling back I was able to sneak into the queue and waited 20 minutes before talking to an operator for my questions that took about 2 minutes to answer.

About a week and a half after I got my questions answered from that email I sent, I got the response in the email.

Frustrating, to say the least.

I scanned and copied my most current W2 and 1040 forms as part of my I864 evidence and then my last two tax transcripts (2012 and 2011). I haven't heard anything back...and hopefully I don't until it's case complete!

thanks for the replies, I really appreciate it!

I was hoping someone would know that when I am submitting my AOS supporting documents to the NVC electronically with the naming convention of this: ABC2009123456_John_Doe_I864.pdf

Am I to use my wife's name, the benefitiary, or my own name, when submitting these documents? This would include the I864 itself along with my tax return, employment verification letter, etc.

Also, and I know it has nothing to do with eletronic submission, but does anyone know if getting an interest income form 1099A disqualifies me from using the form I-864EZ since all of my income doesn't come from just W2s?

Any advice given would be really helpful.

Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN

Your Case Status: Post Decision Activity

On October 21, 2013, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

wow i cant believe it. im finally approved. My wife gave birth to a beautiful little girl sunday evening and monday her 130 gets approved. how cool is that!

congrats on both accounts!

Congratulations! This gives me hope.

patience, as we all know, is a virtue. We'll be keeping you and others who are still waiting in our thoughts!

Congrats!!!. was your file at NBC?

yes it was. It was an MSC receipt number. We never found out if it got moved to another center or not.

Our receipt showed up online immediately when it was received and today was the first time I ever saw a status change.