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835 minutes ago, Naes said:
You need in English, but you or someone who is fluent have competence in translating can translate and then the certify documents themselves.
**basically in Turkey everywhere you go for translation works with a notary, which is extremely expensive, so you don't need to do that. You or someone competent just need to translate it and certify it (google or search on vj about certifying translations - this is basically signing it with an explanation etc.) and attach it with the original document. don't forget the original document tho.
I did my own "nufus kayit ornegi" and "adli sicil kaydi" myself with no problems. Good luck!
This is what I wrote under the translation to certify:
I, (full name), certify that I am fluent in the English and Turkish languages, and the above document is an accurate translation of the document attached entitled Nüfus Kayıt Örneği (change accordingly).
Address: xxxxxxxx
Tel : xxxxxxxx
e-mail : xxxxxxxxx
Signature and date
Thank you all for your answers. Just to clarify: these are the documents that I will submit for the DS-260. I've completed the form and now I've to upload those documents to NVC through the CEAC website. I looked at the website of the US embassy's website in Ankara, Turkey. The following is what they instruct to bring to the interview: Your original birth certificate (“Shenasname” for Iranian applicants), original English translation (if the document is not in Turkish or English), and a photocopy.
So NVC wants the English translations no matter what the embassy is OK with? I thought NVC would be sending them to the embassy anyway.
I can translate and certify if they don't want a notarized copy though. I was avoiding the all hassle and the cost to notarize them.
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Hello,
I looked it up on the internet but had different answers from different websites. My country is Turkey. So I was thinking it is OK to submit documents in Turkish to the Ceac system?
Thank you!
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Hello all,
I am filling out the form DS-260 and it is asking me if I need a new card issued. I already have a social security number along with a card since I was holding F-1 visa for 3 years and worked as a Teaching assistant in the US. Should I still say yes to this question or it is not necessary to have them issue a new card because they won't give me a new number anyway?
Thank you so much.
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Hello all,
The system does not let us choose an agent. We basically cannot click on it. It is taking us to the payment page automatically. So we just paid the AOS and IV app fee online.
I was reading the guide on https://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/EZGuideSpouse The relevant part from it says
"4) Log in to NVC online payment system at https://ceac.state.gov/CTRAC/Invoice/signon.aspx to see AOS fee is generated. (IV will not be generated until DS-261 is accepted unless you have a lawyer; then you will receive both)
5) Pay Affidavit of Support review fee $120 (AOS - I-864/I-864EZ)"
We could pay both AOS fee and IV. So we paid them both. Now it says "in process" for both. We do not have a lawyer. And we still cannot choose an agent. Is there something wrong with our application?
Thank you
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32 minutes ago, pushbrk said:
No police certificate from the US.
I would move ahead sooner. The visa is good for six months after issue. Your wife only has to show her intent to re-establish US domicile, not actually do it. Unless it's Canada, then it's a more strict. From which country are you immigrating?
Thank you so much for your answer. Turkey. I really don't know how long it takes here. Since we don't have any assets but bank accounts with some money in them in the US, we thought the safest way to prove my wife's domicile to rent an apartment in the US because finding a job in the US will take some time when she is there too. It is hard for her to get a job while she is in Turkey.
What are things showing "her intent to re-establish US domicile"? We bought a flight ticket for June. She will resign from her job here at the end of May. We only have bank accounts in the US. So if my interview is earlier than summer, the only things that I can provide for her domicile at the interview are her flight ticket, possible correspondence with real estate agents to rent a place -but they won't rent anything to us unless she is in the US-, possible job applications if there are any that she can apply for remotely, the bank accounts, and her state ID. I cannot think of anything else.
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Hello all,
I and my wife are living abroad now. We plan to go back to the US this summer. My wife will resign from her job here and leave the country where we live now for the US in beginning of June. I will need to be in the US around mid-August.
Our case is at NVC stage. We've been waiting to proceed with our application to decide our next step. Now the plan is to pay the fee of AOS and IV Application in a few days, submit AOS documents -my spouse's parents will sponsor me since my wife does not have a job in the US- in a few weeks. Then when the time is closer to my wife's departure in May, we plan to submit the IV application to get an interview date. Hopefully, it will be in late June or sometime in July so that I can prove my wife's domicile in the US - she will rent an apartment and get a job. Even if it takes a little time for her to get a job, she can hopefully provide me at least the lease for the apartment and some job correspondences showing her domicile in the US. Does this sound like a reasonable plan? The interview date is sort of gambling but I thought I can get an interview in 2 months after submitting DS-260 in the worst case.
Second question is regarding the police certificate. There is a statement about the police certificate that we are supposed to bring to the interview:
"If you are older than 16 years of age: The original police certificate from your country of current residence and countries of previous residence. If these three items are all true, you must bring a more recent police certificate to the interview: 1. You are older than 16 years; 2. You obtained a police certificate more than one year ago; and 3. You still live in the country that issued the police certificate."
So I am going to bring a police certificate from the country where we are living now. But I lived in the US for 3 years on F-1 visa. Am I supposed to bring a police certificate from the US either? I am a little confused because technically I was a non-resident alien on F-1 in the US so it was not "residence". I also have a feeling that they already have the necessary information about my background in the US so the purpose of asking police certificates from other countries of residence is for people who lived countries other than the US. Am I right?
Thank you so much.
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On 11/10/2018 at 4:01 AM, pushbrk said:
Then it won't hurt to pay the fee as your first item of business. No hurry on that.
Thank you so much for your help. And I assume I will see the "choose an agent" thing after the payment.
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6 hours ago, pushbrk said:
What happens or changes when you click on "pay now"?
It just takes me to a page where I am supposed to select AOS fee and IV fee. When I click on AOS fee and click on "pay selected fees", it takes me to a payment page where I am supposed to write the bank account or credit card whatsoever to pay the fee. No signs of "choose an agent" or something like it.
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21 hours ago, pushbrk said:
I'm suggesting you do step one https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/after-petition-approved/step-1-choose-an-agent.html and pay the first fee. Although there is no hurry to pay that fee. Pay it maybe in six or eight months. Then proceed normally starting around December of 2019. Get the visa no sooner than March. It's good for six months. July, 2020 will fall in the validity period of the visa.
1Thank you so much! This sounds like a plan for our situation. I am still only confused about "choose an agent" part. I see it on the mainpage ceac.state.gov but when I logged in by clicking on it, it directly takes me to the "summary information" page and the only clickable thing is "pay now". I cannot click on any other thing, thus I do not see an option to choose an agent.
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22 hours ago, pushbrk said:
Correct. Don't go a year without doing anything. However, your affidavit of support and police report(s) must be current for the interview. To avoid sending them twice, why not just start by delaying the agent of choice, then pay the $120 fee. When you are ready to proceed (within a year of paying the first fee) just do all the rest in a short period of time.
Thank you so much for your answer.
Since I have not proceeded with the application, I am not sure what exactly "the agent of choice" means. The only action we took since we got the NOA2 was to login ceac.gov because the letter said we were supposed to log in within a year. When we log in on ceac.gov, I don't see any option like "the agent of choice" but I can only pay the fees as the first step. I've been looking at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/after-petition-approved/step-1-choose-an-agent.html The agent of choice looks like kind of the first step although I am not sure where it is. Is that true? In this case, you actually suggest us that we should not start the process with the NVC until we are ready? I feel like I am missing something.
More specifically speaking, I got NOA2 from NVC in April 2018. Is it ok for us just to wait without paying anything or without submitting any document, say, until August 2019? When you say "don't go without doing anything within a year", is only logging in counted as an action that keeps us good for a year? Or should we just pay $120 and wait without doing anything further like submitting documents until we are ready? Possibly I am asking some silly questions but I do not have a full command over the application process yet.
Long story short, we plan to go back to the US in July 2020. I am trying to figure out a time schedule for us to make things work smoothly.
Thank you!
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Oh probably now I see what you mean. I should pay the $120 and send the i864 within a year. I can pay the $325 and send the civil documents another year. So I can stretch the process, say, 2 years. The point is not passing a whole year without doing anything.
Thank you so much!
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9 hours ago, aleful said:
hi
no, within a year, not whenever you want, after a year immigration will close the case and deemed as abandoned
Hello,
Thank you so much for your help and answers. But I am a little bit confused so I want to make sure I understand you correctly. So what you suggest is that we should submit i864, the documents related to it, and $120 within a year. But is this enough to keep the case active more than a year? What about DS-260? Are we supposed to submit it along with its payment within a year, too?
I am sorry for taking your time over and over. I just don't want to make a mistake. We are gonna make our plans depending on this situation. If it is enough to send i864 and pay $120 within a year, we will do this and wait for submitting DS-260 another year.
I really appreciate your help!
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On 11/1/2018 at 1:52 PM, aleful said:
hi
your wife has to pay the $120 within a year or the case will be closed. Regardless of income she must submit an i864 as the primary sponsor, her parents can be joint sponsor and household member between them. so they only submit the forms to your wife, with all the financial proof and proof of citizenship or being al resident, and your wife will submit all the forms and documentation together with her i864. if she doesn't have any income at the time, she must submit a letter explaining why she hasn't filed taxes, even if she lives abroad
Thank you so much.
So if we just pay $120 and submit all documents along with I-864, we won't need to pay $325 and complete DS-260 as long as we want? Is that true? If that is true, then I assume we will also need to update the affidavit of support documents when I go to the interview sometime later, won't we?
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Hello all,
Our application is at NVC right now. We got our NOA2 in April 2018. We have neither paid any fee nor uploaded any document since we got our NOA2. I've two questions.
1. It looks like we might not be able to proceed with the application another year until November-December 2019. Can we simply just wait until then before we pay the fees and upload the documents? It will be more than a year since we got our NOA2 from NVC. Is it a problem?
2. This is sort of irrelevant. My wife cannot be my sponsor since we are living outside of the US. She will be looking for jobs for domicile purposes but still won't be able to provide tax documents since we've been living abroad. Her parents will be my sponsor but when I click on the "pay fees" on the system, I just see my wife's name and 120$ to pay. Should we contact NVC to add her parents to the system? How does it work? Or should we just have them fill out the documents and upload them without paying extra?
Thank you so much
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Hello all,
I've two questions that confuse me a little bit. I and my wife got married in the US in May 2017. I am holding F-1. Then we moved to my homeland country because of work-related things. We've been living here in my homeland country since July 2017. Our case right now is at the NVC stage. We just still haven't submitted the financial proof etc.
We are planning to go back to the US this summer. My wife will go a little earlier than I will because she most likely will be getting a job there. So my questions:
1. When I am at the interview at the consulate, I will provide my wife's job documents as proof of her domicile. She will be staying with her parents. Is it OK to get a letter signed by her parents saying that it is going to be our accommodation for a while? Because I don't think she will rent a place until I go there. So we won't have a lease or something.
2. Because of work-related things, we might need to live in different cities for about 9 months until our reunion in the same city again. Am I supposed to enter the US where she enters, or is it OK to enter the US somewhere different?
Thank you so much!
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First of all, I did not know that it is a procedure to start a new topic on VJ. Thanks for letting me know for my next posts. I am so sorry for hijacking the original poster's post.
20 hours ago, geowrian said:Your wife must still be the primary sponsor even if she doesn't meet the I-864's financial requirements. She can utilize a joint sponsor, though.
Yes, your wife must establish US domicile (or show sufficient intent to establish domicile). This is something the CO will determine at interview time...not NVC.
My father-in-law will be my sponsor. He is already in the US so there is no domicile problem. But for my wife, according to my understanding, she will just fill out I-864 although she does not have any income in the US since we left it. And we won't provide any documents to NVC regarding her domicile. But when I go to the Consulate for the interview, I will take the documents showing sufficient intent to establish domicile on behalf of her? This makes more sense because it will too early to apply for jobs in the US for her or to rent an apartment in the US for us at NVC stage. However, I just wanted to make sure I understand you correctly.
Thank you so much.
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Hello,
I have sort of a similar question so I decided to ask my question here instead of submitting a new post if it is OK.
My wife sent the I-130 form in June and got the notice from USCIS in July. We will do the consular processing. We left the USA in July after we had the notice of action and submitted one of our friend's address in the US as our mailing address. Since then, we have not done anything but just waiting. We thought we are just supposed to wait. Also, we are not in a rush because we won't be in the US one more year. Frankly, we have been misinformed ourselves while reading tons of websites regarding immigration visas' application, because we thought the receipt number is our case number. But apparently, it is not.
Now, it has been 4 months and we've started to think about proceeding with our application. Are we supposed to call NVC to get a case number? What should be next for us?
Meanwhile, my wife won't be able to be a sponsor for me because now we are not in the US. Her parents will be my sponsor -and my wife will be in the document although she does not have income in the US right now. I think that's OK? But more importantly, according to our understanding, my wife will need to reestablish her domicile in the US. Is this something that we can do after getting a case number from NVC?
I am sorry for asking dumb questions but probably I and my wife are frustrated after having a bombardment of information that has confused us more.
Thank you so much.
do the documents which will be submitted to NVC need to be in English?
in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures
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Thank you all.
I think there is confusion about this issue in general if not I confused people. I found the same page that Lil Bear copied. I was totally clear about it. Then I decided to make sure on the internet by looking at other people's practices. And there are tons of people who say that there must be a translation attached to the original document.
More importantly, there are tons of people saying that even if the NVC does not ask for translations, the officers of NVC can cause trouble so it is better to submit the translations.
For me, the confusing part is how the NVC people read in Turkish or any other language than English. I assume they just forward the documents to the Embassy. It is not their job to read them or something. And maybe the reciprocity information on travel.state.gov helps them a little bit to have an idea of what they are looking at.