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Oh, I see. Sorry about that, I am just going through so many pages and information that I am messing everything up 😂

You're right I should wait for the email with packet 3! 

Thanks again and sorry for misleading anyone else 🙏

So I was just trying to go back to the checklist I recently posted from the link and I realized it does not work. I somehow messed it up. Anyways I'll upload the PDF. Hopefully it's going to work this time

NPL-Naples.pdf

This is awesome really! The bible as somebody else said before me

Wondering around I found this link that might be helpful, it was updated on the 1st of june and it includes a checklist ( I love checklists :D)

 
Just thought it might be useful for those waiting for the interview Naples Checklist

Best of luck to everyone!!!

The only thing you can do if you want to obtain one without going back to China is to hire a lawyer. The PSB will not issue that to any friends or family. You need to give the Power of Attorney to a lawyer making the request on your behalf. Try contact the Law Offices I told you in the previous post, explain your situation and ask if they can help.

You lived in China but as of what I understood the local offices from the different cities you lived in will cover the period of your residence permit in that specific city. Very different from the Italian one, for example, where the certificate states that I didn't commit any crime on Italian territory. Again that's how I understood it but I might be wrong. It's really a pain to get it done so I advise you start inquiring soon! Did they give you a deadline for presenting the police certificate after the interview? 

I am not sure how it works with different cities as I imagine you had to register at the PSB anytime you moved around. Personally I hired Chodorow Law Offices since they seemed very reliable being based both in the US and in China and they specialize in immigration matters. Try getting in touch with them, they are very responsive and helped me in anyway they could -even called the embassy here in Italy multiple times on my behalf since I could not get any infos from them-.

Don't get frustrated, I know the feeling especially with dealing with massive bureaucracy issues, take it one step at a time! You will manage to get this for sure

And if you can't obtain it the lawyer will certify the reasons you cannot obtain a CNCC. Since mine was unobtainable for the first five weeks, the lawyer collected all the proofs that we had and filed a detailed 35 pages report: (maybe also a little too much )

"According to the US State Department Police Certificate can be waived under two circumstances:

First, “In the event that the immigrant establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer that” a police certificate “is unobtainable, the consular officer may permit the immigrant to submit … other satisfactory evidence of the fact to which such document or record would, if obtainable, pertain.” 9 FAM 504.4-4(F) (emphasis added). Second, even without proof the certificate is unobtainable, if the Applicant “has presented a comprehensive police certificate” from their “country of principal residence,” then a consular officer need not require a police certificate from a “former residence,” provided the Applicant presents other satisfactory evidence of good conduct. “For example, it has been held that proof of membership in or affiliation with a reputable religious organization in a religious capacity during periods of foreign residence may be accepted as such evidence.” 9 FAM 504.4-4(B) (emphasis added)."

Let me know how it goes! How much time do you have up to your interview?

Hi Grazy!

So yes, I lived in China for a year and a half and had to obtain Police Clearance Certificate. I am not going to tell you it was an easy thing to obtain, but any case is different depending on the city you were living in. I had a student visa that I turned into a residence permit and kept all the documents (police registration slips and enrollment papers from the university). You have two options:

1. Go to the PSB where you had your residence registry at and ask for it in person;

2. Hire a lawyer and let him take care of what can turn into a giant mess.

If you lived in China I am sure you are familiar with the bureaucracy and the rules vary and changing from person to person.

I lived in Kunming (Yunnan) and apparently is one of the most difficult to get the CNCC (Certificate of No Criminal Records) so I hired a lawyer who was great in assisting me in this matter. I could not personally fly to China because of work reason so I had to send him:

-Original passport

-Fingerprinting Card (Notarized and authenticated from the Chinese embassy in Italy)

-Original residence registration slips

-Power of Attorney (also notarized and legalized authenticated from the embassy)

A lot depends from the city you make the request too, some are much easier to get. Also like in my case they refused to cover the first 5 weeks simply because I had the student Visa in that time and the residence permit takes a few weeks to be issued. The lawyer provide a full documentation, translation and notarization explaining all of this addressing directly to the US consulate in Naples.

Before hiring the lawyer I inquired to two law firms that specialize in this matters and the rates were he same. All in all it costed me USD 1200 and took me 3 months, I am just in these days waiting for the original documents to be shipped. It might be much easier for you tough, if you lived in Beijing or Shanghai or Guanzhou. Let me know if I can help you with any other information!

Thank you guys so much for the answers. Naples consulates was very fast in replying to my email and confirmed that I can go the the interview with a new passport. 

Such a relief! 

Thanks again and crepi il lupo! 

42 minutes ago, Naes said:

Police certifications are not connected with a passport number even if the passport number shows on it. So don’t worry about that.

 

I-129f has no connection whatsoever with beneficiary’s passport either as that number is only required if the person is in the states (although I wrote mine even though I wasn’t in states at the time) so that’s also not important. Because I-129f is a petition by the us citizen and not an application for visa by the beneficiary (foreigner).

 

but having a valid passport at the entry and during the visa process is important, and your passport by the time you finish the process may barely have 6 months on it. Go and renew your passport and apply k1 with the new passport. (They May ask to see your old passport at the embassy too)

 

Good luck!

Thank you so much, I feel better now 💪☺️

Hello everyone!

Me (Italian citizen) and my Fiancée filed for the K-1 Visa and received NOA1 on February 12th 2018. As I am currently gathering documents for the interview, I realized I might have a problem with the expiration date of my Italian passport which is 19th of May 2019.
VJ timeline suggests that the case will be approved around 29th of August - 2nd of September. After that, Naples consulate states: "The transfer of your case from NVC to Naples can take up to 3 weeks. Once we receive your case we will send you an email with instructions on how you can proceed with your visa application, including what documents you need to obtain before your interview. Overall, processing time from when we receive your petition to when you are scheduled for an interview generally takes from two to four months."

Just today I read on the Naples consulate page here on VJ that the passport has to be valid for 8 months in order to be able to get the Visa.

Considering this amount of time I might not have enough validity time left on my passport, maybe even for a few days.

I do have an appointment scheduled on the 14th of August for the renewal of the passport, but I am considering to skip it because the I-129f is filed with my current passport number. I am also obtaining a Certificate of No Criminal Records from China which will have my current passport number on -that's the passport I had when I lived in China-.

I just sent an email regarding this topic to the Consulate in Naples and I am waiting for an answer.

Any of you had a similar experience?

Thanks a lot!

Hi everyone!

NOA1 (text and email) received yesterday. So exciting, the journey has officially started! I am very glad to read that things are speeding up a little and didn't expect to see the beginning of september as an estimate for the NOA2. 

Best of luck to everyone!

Hi everyone, first post here! Trying to read around and getting ready for the long painful process that awaits us

We've been told from a friend immigration lawyer who offered to have a look at our papers that every signature needs to be a wet ink signature.

I sent him the intention letter via Italian Post, got there in 6 days and spent € 4.50. But even if it was 80 I wouldn't take a chance

Best of luck!