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Wondering if any of you guys also got the Police Clearance Certificate as well? I know it is not required by US Embassy Islamabad, but apparently people still get it. I would appreciate if you can share your personal experience and thoughts on it. Thanks

Anyone with some personal experience? Would really appreicate it.

I am just wondering if my USC wife has to be physically present at the embassy for visa interiew along me? I have heard some embassies require that petitioner be present at the visa interview. So I am just curious.

I appreciate your reply and you're right. I had read that too and thus was not going to send in the certs but then curiosity got the best of me and I contacted a PK couple here on VJ who were at the NVC stage and apparently they got a RFE for not submitting the PCC. On top of that I read this PDF on what to bring to the interview at the Islamabad embassy site and in it, along with medical reports, they had specifically mentioned the PCC. Hence, ended up confused, played it safe.

Can you please share the link to the PDF on Islamabad Embassy website stating that Police Clearance Certificate is required from the residents of Pakistan?

The limit is $10'000; anything above that, you can still bring, but need to declare.

I was hoping someone with personal experience could share some info. What happens when you declare it? They tax the USD?

I have heard conflicitng information with reagrd to the amount of US Dollars one is allowed to carry on him when traveling to US, or any other international destination. Two figures I have heard is $5,000 and $10,000. I am wondering if someone with information can help out here.

If you are carrying the USD withing the allowed limit, are you required to fill any paper work or declare that money to the Customs official or anywhere else before leaving? How about if you are carrying USD above (but no an insane amount, just little above) the allowed limit and have hiddent it in your carry on lugguage, how would the customs official detect this money? Do the USD show up on scanners?

Thanks

Yea it shouldnt craete any problem. If it makes you feel better, you can file the change of address of form and remove the comma from the address.

Corret me if I am wrong but I read somewhere on this forum that whether you get CR-1 or IR-1 depends how long you have been married to the beneficiary when entering US. If you have been married for less than 2 years when entering US, you get CR-1. If you have been married for more than 2 years, you will be issued IR-1.

Additionally, CR-1 is valid for 2 years while IR-1 is valid for 10 years.

Yep but if you were married for less than two years when you started the process, all the papers will say CR-1 and the CBP officer will most likely just issue a CR-1 visa, unless you point out that you've now been married for two years.

What do you mean by "start the process"? Can you be more specific please.

My brother in law is a lawyer and has been handling immigration cases of Somalis for some years. Even he told me about I-485. You wont believe how many lawyers arent familir with DS-261 route. Fire that lawyer

You can use the AOS cover sheet in place of IV cover sheet for the IV package.

Short answer: its not a big deal. Please go through another thread on this issue started my someone else recently.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/541454-i-864-aos-form-expires-3312015/

Police certificate, along with other civil documents regarding the beneficiary, goes with the Immigrant Visa (IV) packet. On the other hand, the financial documents required from the petitioner go in the AOS packet. Please read the wiki on NVC process here. It has a lot of helpful info on the process.

Long answer:

The Office of Budget and Management (OMB) is part of the Executive Branch of the US government and it is the government agency that has the duty of creating and managing the thousands of Federal forms used by the US government. They keep track of the current verison by issuing a date of validity. It is up to each department within the US government to submitt an updated form or version to the OMB and they will make it the current verion with a new expiration date. It is up to each department to determine if they will accept older versions. A good example is the IRS. They will not accept a 1040 for 2014 if the date is 2013. The USCIS however, will accept older versions of some forms and not others (the I-864 is one I can think of where they changed to format so much that they will only accept the current version). Go to the USCIS website to get the latest form and to check which versions are valid. There is usually a section as follows(this is for the I-485):

Edition Date

06/20/13; (01/18/11, 11/23/10, 11/08/10; 7/15/10; 12/03/09 editions also accepted.)

So as long as the USCIS will accept that version of the form you are good to use it.

Dave

So the USCIS will accept the I-485 that expired in 2013 and you can also see that that was the last time they bothered to update this form.

Thanks a lot. That was very helpful.

Hi Saylin,

What does OMB stand for? Thanks!

My question too. Google tells me its for Office of Management and Budget. Not sure how they fit in if that what Saylin meant by OMB.

I would suggest reading wiki here. Also, there is not much you can do to expedite the process. Since you said your petition was approved on March 17, you need to give NVC few more days before they recieve it.

I would also suggest to go ahead and submit the IV package with copy of old passport. But take the renewed one to the visa interview.

the wiki page, link below, is always current and updated.

always.

Ummm....Didnt you forget to post the link?

Scan date is when NVC received your packet and started processing your application. You can view it in CEAC tracker.

By CAEC tracker, you mean the following link?

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

You did not mention when your case was transferred from US Embassy in Naples Italy to that in Moldova.

Yea thats what I thought. Thanks for responding though.

Was going through threads here and came across this "scan date" multiple times. Apparently I am the only one who doesnt know what is it, and I would appreciate if someone can explain what is it.

Thanks

p.s: that makes two silly questions I have posted today so far.

Hello all, just wondering if the household size in form i-864p is the household size of the petitioner including beneficiary or excludng him? I think it makes sense if we include beneficiary as the household size starts at 2. But I just wanted to be sure. Thanks

In the past, I didnt had to file taxes by myself. Instead my sponsor took care of it so I am not very familiar with form 1040 or any variants of it. I was finally able to go through my wife's 1040 form and I understand what both of you have posted above. I finally understand what you guys are talking about. I appreciate the effort.

Hi All,

I was browsing some posts and I found someone was saying " you can schedule your interview by yourself ". So my question is how can we schedule our interview ? And after which step we are supposed to that ? As I am still waiting for my interview letter from the embassy.

-Thanks

Yes, NVC schedules interview for you. If you are unable to attend interview that day, you can request them to postpone your visa interview.