Lia Luisa

7 hours ago, Hank_ said:

No.

10 hours ago, Reii said:

Hi Lia Luisa, 

Can you submit a photoshop birth certificate to rfe? 

I have the same problem, got a blurred copy

No, it has to be a copy from PSA  I had to fly to the island where I was born and request the local civil registrar to endorse a clearer copy to PSA. It took about 3weeks to 1 month. and i had to keep calling to follow up both LCR and PSA after it was endorsed. Keep a record/transcript of your request 

1 hour ago, SASAS said:

Hi - I submitted our documents on Oct 4th and got an email yesterday afternoon that my husband's police certificate was rejected and that i needed to upload my husband's work permit. I called the NVC right away to find out why the police certificate was rejected and the rep said it was fine and that a supervisor would review it. I was told to just submit the work permit. At midnight last night I got another notice from the NVC that there was a change to our case. Three documents that were accepted are now missing. I called and the rep couldn't give me a clear answer as to what was going on. She first told there is nothing wrong with the police clearance and to go ahead and submit the work permit. Except I can't because there it's showing that there are missing documents. The rep said it doesn't show any missing on their end. I said fine. I called another rep who said three documents are missing, accused me of never submitting them. I told him they were accepted yesterday and that the rep I spoke to yesterday actually opened the accepted documents.  Also there is no note to submit them. Do I submit the three documents again? How does this stuff go missing!!

That happened to me too. There were a couple of times that the docs I submitted online went missing and I just kept re-submitting them instead of questioning it. Until all docs were all submitted and approved. Unfortunately there's no good that comes out of questioning it or calling or emailing NVC (at least for me & based on my experience). I just had to follow their rules to the T until they were all accepted.

**Mine took five months !!! (because NVC didn't accept my blurred Birth Certificate copy. They didn't accept a clear copy from the Local City Registrar's Office where I was born. I had to look for a way to get a clear copy from the provider they required it from)

Good luck!

3 hours ago, Karim2018 said:

Each embassy/consulate is different. They may all ask for "common docs", but some ask the applicant/beneficiary to bring specific document, which other consulates consider auxiliary or optional. So you may want to ask and be better informed from applicants who conducted their interview in the Philippines. Just my 2 cents...Good Luck!

Thanks so much, I figured as much, but I knew for sure that tax transcripts were a must in our embassy as well so wanted to get more info about that specifically. But I agree to asking others who did the interview in the PH , what's ok in other embassies may not be ok in ours and the other way around 😂

13 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

2018 transcripts are required till April 15th 2020,   then it is 2019 

most get it online but i got from iRS office (just walked in with photo ID and SS card and had within an hour)

it costs a fee to do it online but this is fully acceptable

Best to you

Thank you so much, appreciate it

55 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Yes,  all you need from him are the IRS transcripts and copy of his W2(s) /some of us work for more than 1 company but usually one need the 1

 

allah yessir

Hi, 

I also have my interview coming up on the 28th Oct and preparing all docs to bring. Just wondering if the ones you mentioned here are also the same ones for me if my interview is in the Philippines Embassy? 

Also: 

1. For the tax transcripts, we submitted 2017 online because we filed end of March 2018. Should my husband also send in 2018 tax transcripts for me to bring to the interview since a year has passed already? And he has since filed his 2018 taxes?

2. Is getting it froM IRS online acceptable? 

hope i got all the information about tax transcripts correct.

Thanks for your time! 

-L

2 hours ago, AlexDRavn92 said:

Hello Luisa.

 

So we applied on 3 reasons.

 

1. My wife has MS, and therefore would need my help during the day, and she just moved to the US to start her job.

2. Financial hardship since we now are paying for two apartments in California and one for me in Denmark.

3. Extreme delay at the fault of USCIS, since they never sent our approved petition and would help us, since they stated that they can't do anything until we wait 90 days.

Hey thank you so much for getting back to me Appreciate it !! Will submit a request too.

Blessings on your journey!!

3 hours ago, AlexDRavn92 said:

Hello Visa Journey.

 

Friday I got accepted by the embassy to expedite my case, and received an email from the NVC that they sent it our already.

 

Does anybody know what is the next steps for me to do now?

Do I still have to submit things in the CEAC?

 

Hi Alex, 

if you don't mind me asking, what was the reason for your expedite request? we're also thinking of doing the same but just gathering information as to what kind of reasons are usually approved for this. if you don't feel comfortable posting, no worries. just that the process is taking longer than the 12-14 month time frame for our particular case and we'd like to start a family soon as i'm already 37 y/o. just wondering if a reason like this has ever been accepted or denied for the reason to expedite. 

thanks again, best of luck to you. 

Luisa

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

You need the cemar and annulment.  The embassy cares that you were free to marry when you married.   You should have done the ROM.  You will need it eventual You will need the NBI with a AKA for the married name.

 

Your issues would probably be best addressed in the Filipino section.

 

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

 

Thank you Paul and Mary, I will take a look at the link. 

2 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Not required for a green card.  Don't expect to get a new passport until you register

 

Your cemar won't show the marriage and that was the issue on the above post.

Okay, this is good. Thanks Paul and Mary! Just to confirm, you've been through this? Just asking because my husband just talked to an Immigration Atty. and the Atty. said I had to have it registered here in the the Philippines before my interview comes but I wanted to get a second opinion from people who has gone through it. 

Also, you mentioned cemar.., do I still need a cemar? If I've been married before? i do have my annulment papers..

Again thanks so much for the time and effort.

 

Hi beautiful people! 

I just wanted to see if anyone here has ever gone through a similar situation. But first, background:

home country: Philippines
date of marriage: July 29, 2017

place of marriage: Wisconsin, USA

USCIS application for green card start date: end of April 2018

The situation is this: We're waiting for the approval of the last document that I need approval for (my birth certificate// process is delayed because of an "unclear document" but that's a different topic) and as I was scrolling through Philippine US Consulate Reviews, I chanced upon a review that encountered issues regarding "no on the spot visa approval" because the applicant never registered their marriage in the Philippines resulting in her going home without a visa ( screenshot of review attached and this is the link: https://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?trim=no&cty=&cnty=Philippines&page=8&dfilter=5&topic=IR-1/CR-1 Visa )

My question is should I have registered our marriage here in the Philippines before the application? Should the marriage already have been registered here in the Philippines before my interview takes place? [Because based on research, it apparently takes 6 months to a year for our marriage to be successfully reported to PSA (Philippine government office in charge of these things) Will I run into issues if my interview comes and our marriage is still in the process of being "reported"? Hope my questions are clear enough. 

Thanks in advance!

16 hours ago, Hank_ said:

Yes that is U.S. time, eastern time zone.    They have an email also, I will hunt it down.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/contact-us/us-visas.html

Okay I will call them. Then follow it up with email. Just want to know exactly why they're not accepting it and what I need to submit exactly.

11 hours ago, radharose said:

What about it is hard to read? Small print? Stamps/seals obscuring words? Faded text? Poor contrast issues can easily be corrected in Photoshop or similar programs.

Blurry with shadows.. 

"Poor contrast issues can easily be corrected in Photoshop or similar programs." --> so scan it then edit via photophop?

1 hour ago, Hank_ said:

Have you went back to PSA to request a clear copy.    Ya, I know.. sometimes they are never clear.

 

Is the copy from the local registry clear?   

 

Have you tried calling NVC ?    

 

(603) 334-0700. Please be advised that the NVC has temporarily changed the hours of operation for our call center.  Customer Service Representatives are available from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.  Due to high call volumes, wait times can be in excess of 30 minutes. 

 

 

Thank you Hank_ , I've decided to fly to the place where I was born and request for LCR to request PSA to provide a clearer copy of my BC. 

I very much appreciate giving me NVC's number. I will also call them. Their business hours is US timezone, right? 

Thanks everyone!!! You're all really great !!! 

8 hours ago, MarryMe987654 said:

Some birth certificates in the Philippines are written in cursive. Some are poorly printed or letters are typed in improperly (letters typed on top of other letters or shadowed, etc.).

The PSA or Philippine Statistics Authority, then scan a copy of it on a security paper. 

 

Here's an example:

 

According to the PSA website, this can be resolved by requesting the local civil registrar to endorse a clearer copy to PSA. If the record in the civil registry and PSA is not clear, a petition can be filed to correct it.

 

Since you are overseas, a family member in the Philippines can do this for you.

 

More information available here > https://psa.gov.ph/civilregistration/problems-and-solutions/blurred

 

I understand that the link is talking about 'blurred' copies of birth certificate but this may also help on your case.

 

Hope this helps!

 

This is very helpful MarryMe, thank you. I've decided to fly to the town where I was born and request my local civil registrar to endorse a clearer copy to PSA since their copy is clear to start with. 

Hoping for the best!

2 minutes ago, Daisy.Chain said:

I don't know much about the Manila embassy, so I may be shooting in the dark here. However, is the document in English?

 

If it's not (and possibly if it is!) I wonder if you could attach a translation and certification of ability to translate, along with a note explaining the issue.

 

Translating English to English might be interesting.. but maybe you could make it clearer if it's hard to read or rephrase it a little?

 

What is hard to read about it?

 

Anyone else want to chime in?

Hi Daisy, yes the document is in English. I do agree that it's hard to read. 96% of what is on it is hard to read. From my full name to my parents name, everything. It's how it's printed fron the Philippine Statistics Office which seems odd since the original copy from the Local City Registrar's office (where I was born) is clear enough to read. 

But your suggestion "..attach a translation and certification of ability to translate, along with a note explaining the issue."  

Anyone here have had to go through this? And has maybe tried Daisy.Chain's suggestion at all? 

"Translating English to English might be interesting.. but maybe you could make it clearer if it's hard to read or rephrase it a little?" --->> I've tried to scan both copies from Phil. Statistic's Office and Local City Registrar's office and put a note that they are both the same documents that support each other. But they still came back and said it's "invalid" 😕

Thanks Daisy!!

Hi everyone!! A year in to our green card process & this is the first time I've chanced up in this website with a lot of great information that I could have used while preparing for everything !!! But better late than never. 

Anyway, I've been trying to look for topics about submitted documents that are not  being accepted because they're "difficult to read" and I haven't seen any yet. 

Has anyone ever encountered submitting a Birth Certificate that's not being accepted by NVC (via online portal/submission) because it's "difficult to read"? I've tried to submit a clearer copy but coming from the Local City Registrar's office as opposed to the Philippine Statistics Office's copy which, I believe, is what NVC looks for and requires. And of course it came back as an "invalid" doc. 

My question is for anyone who's encountered this- what are the next steps, and how long it took? 

This is the only document left to be checked and approved for me. Look forward to some helpful information! Thanks!!!