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On 3/12/2020 at 7:59 AM, E&W said:

Welp, granted Croatia isn’t on the banned country list yet, but I think I will be waiting out this 30 day ban to have my interview. I would need to switch to a connecting flight somewhere in EU anyway, so not like I got too much choices here. Ahhhh, lets hope this ban lasts only 30 days. 

Well I feel we can still schedule our interview and get the visa but just wait on buying the tickets. Or also, you can get the connection through London or maybe Istanbul if you are really missing your love 😊

I’m just collecting all the documents, so hopefully next week I’ll have everything and go ahead and see the availability for the interview.

11 minutes ago, Nikol993 said:

Apologize for intervene.
I am sure that if there was a need for ds5540, P3 would state it as necessary.
If  I am not mistaken ds5540 is only for DS-260
You just gather all requested as per P3 letter.

Good luck to you

First congrats to you guys

It's been really tricky for DS5540.. Some embassies were asking for it even for K1 visas lately. I might just fill it out just in case, so I'm ready if they ask for it.

@Greenbaum I tried to send you a private message but not able to do it

anyways, I received a P3 for Bosnia but it is in Bosnian language, so if you can pm me so I can forward that to you. However there was no ds5540 mentioned on it so not sure what to do now

7 hours ago, fernando2386 said:

Hello everyone,

 

My fiance's appointment at the consulate is tomorrow. We are extremely nervous and we are trying to keep the positive attitude but it is a bit difficult at times.

We are trying to see all outcomes.

Does anyone know or heard of people getting denied at the interview and the reasons? 

Thanks for any replies in advance. 

I’ve seen couple of threads on this forum where people got denied or just pushed back since they didn’t have all the documentation prepared for the interview. Which means if you guys have all the documents prepared for the interview and communicate well with the officer, there shouldn’t be any issues. There are couple of questions on the PDF file that can be asked during the interview, so maybe just go over them and you can see what to expect  😊

Good Luck 

I came along a really annoying issue.. I can't remember the address that was on my last tax transcript from 2017

I tried to request the online transcript and they "blocked" the account because I tried couple of addresses but none were successful

Anyone knows what to do now? 

6 hours ago, E&W said:

Oh yes, we received the email with the case number, CEAC says it's in transit. I am so excited, one step closer. 

Same here.. hope to hear from the embassy soon.. 

Did you or someone else who’s in transit try the DHL tip/hack from the PDF file? 

5 hours ago, HBundle said:

Working off of the assumption that K1 beneficiaries should fill out the DS 5540 for their interview, is there a de facto requirement that the beneficiary must immediately have health insurance?  I'm the petitioner and was planning on adding her to my health insurance once we are married.  Do I have to demonstrate that she will be insured for the few weeks before that? 

 

This whole change is so poorly explained by the government... what a surprise.

 

Thanks

Yes same concerns here. There is an option of getting a short term insurance, but not sure if that’s worth to do. Maybe there is a chance to get around it until marriage and then having spousal insurance

12 hours ago, Muhirwa&flowers said:

If the you’re the petitioner and working with insurance coverage from the employer, he or she may add the beneficiary to the employment’s health insurance

unfortunately the petitioner in our case is the medical student, so we have to find the other solution

3 minutes ago, Muhirwa&flowers said:

Yesss 

That actually really sucks now because I have no idea how to do that, and it was unexpected. But gotta get my ### moving lol

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PART 4 of DS5540

6. List below all U.S. federal tax returns you have filed within the last three years and attach your IRS transcript (or copy of the complete, filed tax return) for your most recent U.S. federal tax return.

So I was employed in the US from June 2016 to June 2017. Do I have to provide the IRS transcript for 2017?

1 hour ago, Greenbaum said:

At the embassy level when a document is in English most of the staff is American and therefor it makes sense that they can use your translation to English to help in the adjudication of the case in whole. They are trained to spot if something does not "jive" properly with the previous submitted paperwork. Also, if anything were to be amiss, they have access to other employees that are from the Embassy's country and can interrupt the document. With you having the responsibility of the translation then they can use their manpower doing other things and your record will move along with a quicker pace.

7 hours ago, E&W said:

I certain countries, like mine, you have court certified translators. These are people that take a test to prove both their knowledge of a language and of the laws of the country. After they pass these exams they are considered certified and are used to translate documents in administrative work, court cases etc. Most government agencies here would not accept a translation done by anyone else but a court certified translator. They have a seal or stamp they apply on the translated documents to prove the authenticity of their translation.

I was also surprised that this is not needed, I could never submit a document to my government translated by myself, the only case I could do that if I had a friend certified translator go over my translation and check and certify if it’s correct. Which some translation agencies do, they have a non-certified translator do the initial work, and then a certified one go over the translation, check that it’s correct and apply their seal/stamp.

 

Yes same as in Bosnia.. So my thoughts were if Bosnia requires certified translation, US Embassy is probably even more strict lol

But seems like that's not the case.. anyways moving on lol

BTW.. fingers crossed to all of us who are waiting to be on tomorrow's DHL shipment 🙂

2 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

When you throw aspersions out there, it sure would lend credibility to your hypotheses that's illegal by sighting a source for your reason to make such a statement. Mine is based on more then 6 years here and close to 30,000 posts. I'll await your source. 

 

BTW. This process has been used by many here in VJ and not one has returned to tell me or others that IT'S BS, illegal and/or that they got denied because of it.

Ok so what kind of seal/stamp do you have on that translation? Isn’t it supposed to be notarized afterwards? 

I have no doubt that you have more experience in this, but I’m saying from my experience when I was translating documents for college, work etc etc.. where every document had to be lawfully translated and notarized! And don’t think that I didn’t want to save some money and do it on my own, but it wouldn’t be accepted by third party. 
 

PS no need to be rude and sassy, I never said that IT’S BS what you said

10 hours ago, Dome said:

The Canadian P3 requests "certified translations" for foreign documents. Can my fiancee and I translate the documents ourselves, or do we have to pay someone to translate and "certify" them?

 

Also, would a police certificate from more than 12 months ago still be valid if my fiancee has not returned to that country since before the PC was issued? It is not the country of her nationality, but a country she studied in for a semester in college.

9 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Yes. Just put this statement on it and sign:

 

CERTIFICATE OF TRANSLATION I, ___________________________, am competent to translate from ________________ into English, and certify that the translation of __________________________________ is true and accurate to the best of my abilities. ______________________________ Signature of Translator

Name of Translator _____________________________ Address of Translator ____________________________ Telephone Number of Translator ____________________________.

 

Find the country in question here Police certificates froem certain countries are unavailable and scroll down to PC's and see what the official word is on the validity time period.

I definitely think that it is illegal to translate documents on your own, if you DO NOT have the lawful rights to do that! I have been translating multiple documents, from high school transcripts for college to some simple certificates for work. 
 

One more time, I fully advice to get the documents LEGALLY translated and get a stamp from a person who is lawfully approved for that kind of work!

8 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Your not doing anything wrong. The message tells you it's a system error on their part and they are trying to remedy the situation. Wait a day and try again.

Will the payment affect the shipment to the embassy? 

So I completed the DS-160, but am not able to go and pay the fees online. This is the message they give me:

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Notice: Payments with a current status of "In-Process" are taking longer than expected to reflect final payment. This issue is currently being investigated.

I really feel I'm doing something wrong

4 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Am I supposed to fill out DS-160 now or do something else? YES

 

I have never received any instructions from NVC. For the K-1 you will not receive instructions as the instructions come from your embassy.

Went through the pdf file and found the answer.. I just missed it earlier.. Thank you

Just want to double check if I'm doing the right thing. After receiving the NVC case number I went on to the ceac.state.gov and went on the DS-260 create application link. After entering the case number and the invoice number I have received this message: 

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Summary Information:

 K visas are nonimmigrant visas that assist spouses or future spouses of American citizens in entering the United States. As with all nonimmigrant visa applicants, a DS-160 must be filled out in order for a consular section to process the case.

Am I supposed to fill out DS-160 now or do something else?

Also, once I went on Visa Status Check this comes up: 

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Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) that list the six steps you must take before NVC can schedule your visa interview appointment. This includes submitting to NVC various fees, forms and documents. Once NVC has received all the required items, they will let you know if anything is missing or incomplete. You can also find these instructions online at http://nvc.state.gov (English) and http://nvc.state.gov/espanol (Spanish). You will find contact information for NVC at http://nvc.state.gov/ask.

I have never received any instructions from NVC

EDIT: Found the answers!

Is it the only way to get the case number by calling the NVC, or they will notify us? Because we are approved January 24th with notice date january 27th and still didn't hear anything from NVC.

What do you ask them when you call?

6 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

OP how are you planning on filing the I-864 for your AOS?   Are the same issues going to come up with sponsorship?

So I just looked at i864 after you mentioned it and this is what I see on it.

I feel like following the same rule for i-134 will make it work as well!

Well if the annual income is 3 times above the poverty guidelines, I feel like there’s no need to show all the savings, which is completely understandable from the sponsors side not to show, I think. 
 

Speaking of i184 for AOS, we still have not looked at that one, but there will probably be the same circumstances. 
 

3 hours ago, Hank_ said:

The copy of tax return/transcript could be an embassy requirement not necessarily as listed for the I-134.   Need to look at what the embassy states in their documents checklist.

That means we need to wait for P3 right?

Refresh!

Hi all, 

I have couple of questions about filling out AoS form:

1. In the AoS instruction PDF file says: "Evidence should consist of copies of ANY of the documents listed below that apply to your situation."

                  "A. Statement from an officer of the bank or other financial institutions with deposits, identifying the following details regarding the account:
                             (1) Date account opened; (2) Total amount deposited for the past year; and (3) Present balance.
                   B. Statement(s) from your employer on business stationery showing:
                             (1) Date and nature of employment; (2) Salary paid; and (3) Whether the position is temporary or permanent.
                   C. If self-employed:
                             (1) Copy of last income tax return filed; or (2) Report of commercial rating concern.
                   D. List containing serial numbers and denominations of bonds and name of record owner(s)."

             Regarding that, if the co-sponsor is not willing to show all the deposits on his/her account since it's a shared account, will it be enough to submit the supporting documents just under B section?

             And since not self employed the co-sponsor is not supposed to submit the tax return, W2?

       2. (Section: Part 3, question 4)If the annual income from co-sponsor is good enough, in this case 60k+, does the co-sponsor have to show the savings balance or it can be N/A.

       3. (Section: Part 3 question 8.a.) If the real estate is shared does it have to be filled out and if yes how does that impact the value we are supposed to put in?

       4. (Section: Part 3 question 26-29) Does this have to be filled out on co-sponsor's form or only on the petitioner's form?     

I hope this is clear enough.. Sorry for a long post.

Hi all

So I'm trying to figure out when I go to get the bank statement for the i-134, how do I cover the student loans refund. Since it says to show the "Last year amount deposited", will it say on that statement that it is refunded from the loans. 

Hope my question is clear

1 hour ago, Greenbaum said:

The system was never designed to take first in first out. It was designed to move cases when they are finished at that "stop". We have tried to figure out what, when and where for so long that we just gave up. We have found ways to work around "roadblocks" or to see how things move along with the intent to keep and "eye" out for our files progress. I hope this address's your concern and I am sure it wasn't the answer you were looking for but this has been my experience for the past 6 years.

Yeah definitely. Well I’m sure there are more reasons why that happens, but we can’t reach to that 😊

1 hour ago, E&W said:

I would imagine that these things are processed in batches. Your petition might have an earlier date, but it can also end up being the last case in a batch, while someone’s with a later date ends up being the first in a batch, and thus  gets worked on earlier. Plus some cases missing stamps, some people work slower, someone gets sick in the office etc. It’s like waiting in line in a bank, you may enter the bank sooner then another person, but your line just ends up being slower.

Just my 2 cents.

Those are the reasons too, definitely. 

18 minutes ago, Zaraliaya said:

I obviously don't know the actual answer.

 

But to me, it's probably the same reason people with later NoA1s get approved faster than people with dates earlier than them. The government just likes to mess with us. 

 

But really, maybe some workers are faster than others, or the mail was delayed or something.

I don’t think that it should be the same reason, because when getting NOA2 you are going through many background checks which can affect the processing. However, the second one makes sense. Maybe just some workers are faster on mailing those approved cases. I was thinking the same, but maybe someone just knows something more 😊