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Your obligation to sponsor the beneficiary ends after they’ve been working for a certain amount of time pr until they become an American citizen. It’s eay longer than 6 months. So your household for this visa petition will be at least three people: you, your wife, and your sister-in-law. 

2 hours ago, MsKayC said:

Hi all, just need to clarity on where to upload docs in ceac. Do I add the 2017, 2016 and 2015 w2, and 2015 and 2016 tax transcripts under additional aos supporting documents?

 

Should the only documents in required aos docs be the affidavit of support and my 2017 tax transcripts?

I only submitted the affidavit of support and the 2017, 2016, and 2015 tax transcripts. If your 2017 income meets the threshold, it’s probably enough to do the Affidavit of Support and 2017 tax transcript. You can also do all the transcripts and all the w2’s if you want.

I just got a case complete notification on September 12. I uploaded my AOS documents on August 28 and civil documents on September 2. I got my first response on September 10 asking for an additional police certificate for a country my spouse resided in for 10 months.  I uploaded a document in that slot saying that police certificates were not required for countries in which the IR-1 or CR-1 beneficiary resided for less than a year.  I got a response on September 11 requesting the same police certificate again.  Then I called NVC the morning of September 12 clarifying whether CR-1's needed police certificates for countries in which they had resided less than 12 months, which is different than the K-1 visa requirement. They said the beneficiary needed police certificates for all countries with more than 6 months residence. A few hours later, I got an email saying our case was documentarily qualified and that NVC would schedule an interview. I do not know what happened, but I'm guessing a supervisor took a quick look at my case and decided I was correct. I had emailed the Spanish Embassy months ago asking this very question and they had verified for me that my spouse would not need a police certificate for that country. Fingers crossed that there's no more hiccups for us.

I'm also getting an application error when I enter my case and invoice numbers. Same error on my cell phone, Safari on my computer, and Chrome on my computer. Definitely some kind of issue. Too bad 'cause I just need to upload my spouse's photos.

CEAC still down. They updated the message on the website saying they’re trying to restore access as soon as possible. I’m hoping this doesn’t go on for too much longer... just gives me anxiety.

10 minutes ago, proudtobabritgirl said:

Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking! You've been really helpful! Thanks! 

By any chance, do you know where I can find the number to call them up?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=NVC+phone+number

Just got the email with our Case Number and Invoice ID Number. Trying to explain to my husband that CEAC is down and he’s asking how the USG can let this happen. Haha... if he only knew how many systems problems we have from time to time.

Hoping it comes back soon so we can pay our fees and keep moving.

NVC received my approved petition on June 27. From a previous call, I knew I’d be submitting my documents electronically via CEAC (I dial option 5 when I call NVC). I’m a couple days away from the 4 week mark, so I thought I’d see if my NVC case number and invoice number were ready yet. The agent was very helpful and told me that my case is in a middle step. All of the information from my petition has been uploaded into their system. It’s in process of someone else checking the information to make sure it’s correct. Once that is done I should get my case number. He said there’s no firm timeline but it could take 2-3 weeks. I’ll update when I have a case number. Bummer to hear that CEAC is down from everyone.

You said DR. Sorry

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/DominicanRepublic.html

Birth

Available. Birth certificates (Actas de Nacimiento, in Spanish) are available for all persons born in the Dominican Republic. Certified copies of birth certificates may be obtained by visiting the Civil Registry Office (Oficialía del Estado Civil) having jurisdiction over the place in which the birth occurred. Alternatively, birth certificates may be obtained by writing directly to the General Directorate of Civil Registry Offices of the Republic (Dirección General de las Oficialías del Estado Civil de la República) in Santo Domingo, giving the place and year of the person's birth. The address of the General Directorate is Calle Paul Harris esq. Horacio Vicioso.

Two types of birth certificates are available: a condensed version called an "Extracto de Acta" and a longer version, called an "Acta Inextensa," which contains more information. Both versions are legitimate civil documents; however, only the Acta Inextensa is accepted for immigrant, K and V visa purposes.

Dominican civil documents used for visa purposes must be legalized at the Oficina Central del Estado Civil, the main civil registry office in Santo Domingo.

Marriage

Available. Certified copies of marriage, adoption, divorce and death certificates may be obtained by visiting the Civil Registry Office (Oficialía del Estado Civil) having jurisdiction over the area in which the marriage, divorce, adoption or death took place. Alternatively, such certificates may be obtained by writing directly to the General Directorate of Civil Registry Offices of the Republic (Dirección General de las Oficialías del Estado Civil de la República) in Santo Domingo. The address of the General Directorate is Calle Paul Harris esq. Horacio Vicioso.

Domincan civil documents used for visa purposes must be legalized at the Oficina Central del Estado Civil, the main civil registry office in Santo Domingo.

Taken from: 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Honduras.html

Instructions for birth certificate in Honduras:

Birth Certificates

Available

Fees:  There is no fee

Document Name:  Copy of Birth Folio (Copia de Folio del Libro de Nacimientos)

Issuing Authority: Registro Nacional de las Personas (RNP)

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: Certified copy of Folio (original seal and signature from the registrar of the issuance RNP’s office)

Issuing Authority Personnel Title: Registrar

Registration Criteria: If a child is not registered on his/her first year of age, parents will need a Resolution from the RPN’s “Oficialía Civil”. The procedure is called a “Reposición por Omisión”.

Procedure for Obtaining:

• Applicants residing inside of Honduras: Walk-in at the RNP offices.
• Applicants residing outside of Honduras:  Applicants may send proxies in their stead to request official documents, but the offices have the right to request a notarized document from the applicant granting the proxy permission.  Applicants may obtain these notarized statements at any Honduran Consulate and mail the certified forms to their proxies in Honduras.

Certified Copies Available: Certified copies are available

Alternate Documents: Birth folios prior to 1984 may be hand-written with the RNP stamp or logo on the document. Starting in 2000, folios were typed.

Exceptions: None

Comments:  For immigration purposes the Immigrant Visa Unit requires the Copy of Birth Folio. Expedientes de vida, hoja de vida, literals, certificacions, and its annotations are not acceptable for immigrant visa processing.

Instructions for marriage certificate in Honduras

Marriage Certificates

Available

Fees: There is no fee

Document Name:  Copy of Marriage Folio (Copia de Folio del Libro de Matrimonios)

Issuing Authority: Registro Nacional de las Personas (RNP) where the marriage occurred

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: Certified copy of folio (original seal and signature from the registrar of the issuance RNP's office)

Issuing Authority Personnel Title: RNP Registrar

Registration Criteria: There is no registration criteria

Procedure for Obtaining:  

• Applicants residing inside of Honduras: Walk-in at the RNP offices.
• Applicants residing outside of Honduras:  Applicants may send proxies in their stead to request official documents, but the offices have the right to request a notarized document from the applicant granting the proxy permission.  Applicants may obtain these notarized statements at any Honduran Consulate and mail the certified forms to their proxies in Honduras.

Certified Copies Available: Certified copies are available

Alternate Documents: Marriage folios prior to 1984 may be hand-written with the RNP stamp or logo on the document. Starting in 2000, folios were typed.

Exceptions: None

Comments:

• Only civil marriages are legally recognized; religious documents have no civil value.
• The office of the ‘Registro Nacional de las Personas’ has two variations of the marriage certificate.  For immigrant purposes, the Immigrant Visa Unit requires the long-form marriage certificate, also known as the ‘Folio de Matrimonio’.
• Expedientes de vida, hoja de vida, literals, certificacions, and its annotations are not acceptable for immigrant visa processing.

Once you’re a lawful permanente resident (entered the US with an immigrant visa like CR-1 or IR-1) or have you green card if oh adjusted status in the IS, you are required to stay in the US for the majority of the year. In practice, this is 6 months out of the year. If you’re out of the US for more than a year you’re at risk for losing your permanent residency status unless something happened beyond your control (medically emergency or otherwise). 

It’ll probably forward you to the actual CEAC site to fill out the DS-160. You’re overthinking it. Follow whatever instructions were given to you and you’ll get there.

Pivot cases are when NVC you submit your documents electronically rather than mailing them to NVC. I didn’t get a K1 visa so maybe it doesn’t apply to your case. Good luck reading though your instructions. Start filling stuff out. You’ll get there.

4 minutes ago, HamoAus said:

I will ask again, I just want a quick answer as to which one I should be using, CEAC or usatraveldocs.

I can't tell which one is eGov and which ones is USCIS, it is confusing, I guess I'm not as smart as you.

 

Thanks

 Medium glance would have made this clear. CEAC is where you fill out the actual IV application DS-260. In pivot cases, it’s where you submit your Adjustment of Status and Civil Documents at the NVC stage if you’re in a pivot country.

the ustraveldocs website is where you go to arrange delivery of your passport with visa to your address. In some countries it’s where you schedule and/or modify your appointment as well.

id recommend you actually look at these websites and read everything and it’ll make clear sense how they’re different.

3 minutes ago, jj0109 said:

Hi all,

 

Does the I-864 form have a barcode on it? I was reading about this online, but my form does not have a barcode anywhere. Most of my form is typed, but I'm going back with a black pen to record a few things that I couldn't type in, but I read that if they scan the barcode my handwritten stuff wouldn't show up. Let me know what you've experienced. Thanks!

THe older version of the I-864 had a barcode. Current version doesn’t.

This California code explains which marriages aren’t permissible according to State Law. First cousin marriages are not among the list and are widely interpreted to be legal in the state of California.

California FAM Code subsection 2200

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=2200&lawCode=FAM

Both. USCIS so there’s no problems downthe line with Adjustment of Status, Employment Authorization Document, and advance parole if you need it.

https://egov.uscis.gov/coa/displayCOAForm.do

NVC because you’ll need to receive communications from them now. 

Call NVC. Be ready with your birthdate, receipt number and full name, and your fiancé’s full name. 

23 minutes ago, proudtobabritgirl said:

Hey guys! 

Guess I will be joining this thread now that my approval has come through (July 2nd) we have already received noa2 confirmation in the post. However, myself and my husband are currently in Asia for the next six weeks backpacking. Now that we have been approved, should be fly back home? Or will it be a while until we hear the next few things? I know that we have to now wait for an NVC case number is that correct? If so how long does that take (I have read up to ten weeks?) 

Depends on how much of a rush you are in. Six weeks is nothing in non-pivot cases. For pivot you’re submitting things online anyway so if you already have your documents on the cloud maybe you could do it from where are you are. I would enjoy my vacation. No point cutting it short assuming you don’t have some other urgency.

1 hour ago, Tristan1978 said:

So does this mean that cause London is now Pivot there's a chance I could get to pay my fees earlier than 8 weeks? 

Yes it’s possible.

17 minutes ago, makrm said:

hi,

Document cover sheet 

I'm confused between IRS tax transcript  & federal income tax return on the Document cover sheet !

 

i already have all the recent 3 years IRS tax Transcriptions, do i still have to provide Federal income tax return 

 

thank u

You don’t need to provide tax returns if you provided tax transcripts for CR-1/IR-1. If you filed married filing jointly then you also need to submit your W-2 in addition to the tax transcripts. Good luck!

Hey @girlonfire! Embassy Madrid emailed me back confirming that for a CR-1/IR-1, you only need police certificates after twelve months of residence in a country if it’s not your country of residence or your country of nationality. Did you hear the same from Dublin? I think the requirement may be different for K-1 visas from what I’ve been reading in other fora. Anyways, my mind is arbitrary ease not having to get more PCCs than what I have already.

For a CR-1/IR-1 visa, it’s 6 months over the age of 16 in your country of nationality and your country of current residence. Every other country is 12 months. 

9 minutes ago, lindinhos96 said:

Someone here said that pivot cases are taking 8 to 10 weeks for case number, but for some people it has been going considerably faster (mine took about three weeks). So I think you should get your police certificate as soon as you can in case you're one of the lucky people who gets a case number quickly, especially since you had a reason to expedite. It's actually not annoying to have to pay the two fees separately. There are two separate payments but they can be done just a minute or two apart; you just have to insert your bank details twice. Mine were processed at the same time and they took about four business days to process. Good luck!

Yes, my husband is going to get his police certificate this coming week. We’ll be ready.

I didn’t realize that about the payments. I thought you couldn’t do them close together based on what I read. Good to know you can. Thanks! 

15 minutes ago, girlonfire said:

 That's really smart. I hadn't even thought of that! I'll email the consulate in Dublin to check as well. Italian police cert wasn't difficult for my husband as he was just living there but I'm not sure what the process is like from abroad. 

Most countries have you go through their Embassy or consulate when you’re abroad. What’s annoying is if you don’t live near said Embassy or consulate.

46 minutes ago, girlonfire said:

THANK YOU. I don't understand where the confusion on the 6/12 months is coming from. I understand that they have final approval but you would think that if that was the case they would've updated the website by now . 

Agree with you. I think if there’s a field asking for additional Police Certificates, that I’ll plan on uploading the letters that NVC employee told you to do. I’ll also look into how hard it would be for my spouse to get PCC’s from the other two countries he’s lived in for more than 6 months. He’s Spanish living in Spain so I’m hoping it’d be quite easy to get French and Italian PCC. I’m going to email the Consulate in Madrid to doublecheck as they’ll have the final say on what documents we need.

4 hours ago, ramesesthe2nd said:

Looking at your timeline, you are a lucky person if your USCIS case was approved in just 2 months. 

Yes, I’m lucky my expedite was approved.

4 hours ago, valentinasc said:

It doesn’t matter. If someone resided more than 6 months in a country after the age of 16 y/o they need a PC. I had to obtain 4 myself.. Italian, Colombian, Australian and New Zealand. Make sure you check you have 2 from Italy ! Good luck x

I don't think this is true. As shown in screenshot from travel.state.gov, the 6 month and older than 16 years old rule only applies to the country of your nationality and the country of your current residence. All other countries, should be 12 months in order for you to need a police certificate.

Did NVC specifically request all of the places you were at for less than 12 months (with the exception of the countries of nationality and current residence)?