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2 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Irish and South Korean police certificates are available to those who are required to have them.  In your wife's case, upload a letter stating that the requirement is not applicable because of the short duration of your wife's stay.  Note that the interviewing officer has discretion to ask for the police certificates anyway, but that's rare.

 

Thank you. So upload the letter at CEAC in lieu of the Police Report at this menu? (See attached photo). 

Upload it under "Upload Document'? 

3 minutes ago, EmTi said:

We uploaded a detailed letter indicating that based on the State department’s website, a new certificate is not required. And we included the screenshot from the website. We added my husband’s old expired certificate showing the date of the previous certificate, along with a lease from the new country we were in to show he lives in a new country.

Sorry to hear you had to go through that. Hopefully all finished now? 

2 minutes ago, EmTi said:

My husband and I are examples too. We submitted a screenshot similar to yours showing that if we moved from a country after the last certificate was obtained and haven’t been back, we don’t need to submit an updated one from that country. Well, we got an RFE.
If it’s possible to get one, I recommend getting one. 

Thanks. 

What did you upload to the CEAC site in place of the police certificates that it was looking for? 

2 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Do not select "Not Available" for police certificates, unless your wife never lived in France (country of nationality) or Taiwan (country of current residence) for more than 6 months after age 16.

 

We have those police certificates. 

She lived in Ireland at 18 for 7 months and Korea 15 years ago for 10 months, but we do not have those. We did not get them b/c they are clearly outside the bounds of the guidelines set out by the government. 

For Ireland and Korea do I put 'Not Available'? I've read others writing an explanation letter and submitting that. 

42 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

i did not read in any of his responses where he told us where she currently lived and if this was her country

he says it will be difficult to get but he does not ID embassy ,  her country and give enough info for a good reasonable response 

our embassy request 2 clearances (criminal report and driving record) and clearance from any country lived in for 6 months 

Our case is currently scheduled to be interviewed in Taipei, but I have submitted an email inquiry to the NVC to move the case to my wife's home country of France. 

Just now, JeanneAdil said:

Yep,, from the following site US immigration site:

 

  INSTRUCTION FOR IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Supplemental/RGA - Riga.pdf

 

5.POLICE CERTIFICATES: Each visa applicant at least 16 years of age, must submit an original police certificate:  from the police authorities of the applicant's country of current residence if the applicant has resided there for at least six months after attaining the age of sixteen;

I'm sorry, but that clause is for "country of current residence." The country I am talking about is NOT our current residence nor is it the applicant's country of nationality. 

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

My thoughts as well.  Thanks.

Thanks. 

Any recommendations on how to proceed? Do I upload a letter in place of the Police Certificate on CEAC? 

Just now, Kuchiki said:

NVC is unpredictable. Just to give you an example, NVC also states in its instructions on I-864 that if IRS transcripts are submitted then W2s are not required. However, many here on VJ have reported getting RFEs for W2s even though they clearly followed the instructions on the AOS form. 

 

Long story short: Submit a police certificate if she has lived more than 6 months. 

That's a very tall order at the moment. We followed the instructions according to the travel.state.gov website on civil documents and now we are not in a position to get more certificates without undue hardship. 


Do you agree that according to the photo linked (from the travel.state.gov site) that they are not required unless living 12 months or more? I'm just making sure that I am reading it correctly.
 

Just now, mytruelove18 said:

I have seen many people getting rfe because they didnt submit police certificate from country where they live 6 months or more

Ok, thanks. 

But looking at the picture that linked, do we agree that ACCORDING TO THAT, there's no need for a police certificate unless living 12 months or more in a particular country?

1 minute ago, mytruelove18 said:

Police certificate is required from all country you have live 6 more or more

With much respect, how did you come to this conclusion? The picture I linked clearly says otherwise and it's from travel.state.gov. Applying for a IR-1, not a K-1. 

So I just submitted my wife's DS-260 and now I'm looking at the civil documents. 

My understanding is that police certificates are not required for any place that she lived less than 12 months. 

So do I just select 'Not Available' on the Civil Document upload menu? 

I'm attaching the Travel.state.gov flow chart that clearly indicates 12 months or more as the bar for police certificates

Does the I-864 need a cover letter for myself (the petitioner and sponsor) and/or the sole joint sponsor?

My wife used to have a green card. She abandoned it officially at an embassy after being outside the US for 7 years. 

We are at the NVC stage and filling out the DS-260. 

For the former US travel...is her time inside the US as a legal resident considered TRAVEL?

On 2/15/2020 at 11:10 PM, otta said:

Btw, this is potentially an important question. USCIS, for example, has a new policy of rejecting forms that have any fields left blank for some visa types (see this article in the Washington Post a couple of days ago). It's worth being careful and keeping an eye on how the Dept of State / NVC is handling such frankly minor / irrelevant aspects of applications.

 

I'm planning to manually write in "N/A" everywhere on the I864EZ form when I print it to sign, but would love to hear if others have had any experiences or received any advice related to this. This would all really be much easier if the I864EZ form allowed one to enter "/" and comply with instructions...

 

From the WaPo column:

 

Any updates on how this went? Did you write N/A or NONE in every blank space?

A week a go, I sent an 'email inquiry' via the NVC system requesting a change of interview location from Taipei to Paris. 

France is my wife's home country so I included her passport as well. 

I've heard nothing. So what do I do now? Do I call the embassy? Do I call the NVC? Do I go ahead and submit my NVC paperwork? 

1 minute ago, JeanneAdil said:

for France , i can only guess ,   not a high fraud country , and probably take the documents to interview

but i am not familiar with France /

the portal for France may have better info

hit the word portal above

and select France 

 

Thanks very much!

2 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Some countries they will require a new I 864 and 2021 tax transcripts before they dq them and send to embassy

but others say take the new I 864 with tax trancsripts to interview

U will need 2021 for both u and joint sponsor  by interview time (as your interview will not happen before the 18th of April)  or case will go into AP while the CO waits for them

Thanks, any idea how to figure out which countries? We are interviewing in Paris.

I'm about to file the paperwork for my wife at NVC. 

My dad is the joint sponsor. 

We will file before April 15 so technically the most recent tax year is still 2020.

Question: will NVC send me a checklist for updated tax info when they review our paperwork in ~2-3 months time (by then the 2021 will be the most recent) or will my wife just be required to bring it with her to the interview? 

Alternatively, my dad will probably file an extension. He retired in 2021 and has letters of declaration for his retirement income that is more than enough to qualify as a financial sponsor. 

Just now, etrangais said:

bad idea.

Submit each document as NVC lists them

Make sure your documents are fully filled out, signed and include all pages (even blank ones in the AoS)

Make sure the PDF files are upright (not sideway or upside-down)

The system wouldn't accept any file that is more than 2MB

Thank you!

My wife is applying to immigrate. 

We are about to send in the documents to NVC. 

For the supporting and civil documents is there a best practice in how to submit them so as to avoid a checklist?

On 3/24/2022 at 2:56 AM, Kor2USA said:

Immigrant visas are processed for citizens and residents of France and Portugal. 

Its not an exact science but you can look at DQ to Interview timelines for members from those two countries on VJ. 

 

Latest Interview Timeline: 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=388866

DQ'ed 2021/12/29 Interview: 2022/02/16

 

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=France&op1=3&op2=&dfile=No&op3=5&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=0

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=Portugal&op1=3&op2=&dfile=No&op3=5&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=0

 

 

thank you

On 2/11/2020 at 3:33 AM, cloobn said:

 

In the same boat. I resubmitted a few AOS documents that were "editable" on December 13th. Still anxiously awaiting their approval. Hopefully we'll hear back this or next week. 

What do you mean "editable"? 

On 3/11/2022 at 4:46 AM, Sean7 said:

It actually took about 2 months for me.

How long ago was that?

On 5/18/2021 at 10:10 AM, Kimber367 said:

Hello!

 

Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere, does anyone know the wait time for an interview at the Paris embassy after DQ, cr1 visa?

 

My husband is French, we are currently in Ireland and have just been DQ'd. We are thinking about moving back to France and transferring his case to Paris. I've looked at timelines on here and it seems some people have only waited a couple months for an interview recently but it's hard to tell if these were expedites or special circumstances.

 

Thank you! 😊

How long did it end up taking you?

How do I find out the backlog/current wait time at the consulate in Paris?

Just now, Enii said:

Everything went well. After contacting NVC I was asked to provide my birth certificate and my interview location was changed in 2 days. 

Sweet. Thank you!