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Hi, There are 2 kinds of police certificate in Korea:
 
1) Criminal Records Check Reply and Investigation Records Check Reply - This can be issued as one document titled "Criminal (Investigation) Records Check Reply or as separate documents. You can only obtain this from the local police station in South Korea. Last year, I ask my friend who was still in Korea to get this on my behalf. So i filled up the application form and the power of attorney then I had it authenticated first by the Korean embassy in my country then i gave it to her along with the copy of the passport/passport stamps that i used when i was in South Korea. But now, as far as I know it seems that their policy has changed and they don't release this even if you have the power of attorney. 
 
2) Criminal Records Certificate - This is the one issued by the embassy. All you have to do is to fill up the application form which is available on their website then go to the embassy in person, submit the form along with the other requirements. I used my maiden name for my police certificate but my friend got her certificate with her married name on it (she was not married yet when she lived in Korea). She just gave them a copy of her marriage certificate. 
 
Actually, this is little confusing because on the travel.gov website, they said that for For Foreign national applicants, the Criminal Records Certificate (this is issued by the embassy) is required but i got an RFE at NVC because in the comment section, the title of the certificates that they need should be Criminal Records Check Reply and Investigation Records Check Reply which is issued only at local police stations. So i provided them with both types police certificates. 

After DQ and Before the interview at the consulate, we uploaded and submitted our documents that we updated (e.g. police certificate, 2019 tax transcript, my husband's employment certificate). As for our I-864EZ, we only brought the updated version on the interview and did not upload it on ceac just to be prepared. However, In our case, the CO officer didn't ask for a new I-864EZ at the interview. 
 
The documents we uploaded at ceac after DQ remained on "submitted" status even after our interview. My interview was approved and I already have my visa on hand. I was interviewed at Sydney consulate. 

Thanks.. but this envelope was sent to my home address by the medical clinic. i'm guessing it's the copy of my vaccination records. my medical exam is E-medical which means all results (including x-ray) were sent directly to the consulate. i guess i'll just keep it sealed and let the immigration officer at POE open it. 
 
P.S. I already have my US visa in hand. My interview was on August 11 and i got my passport back on Aug 14, only the passport and a letter (right to reside to US) was sent to me. no yellow packet. 

After DQ and Before the interview at the consulate, we uploaded and submitted our documents that we updated (e.g. police certificate, 2019 tax transcript, my husband's employment certificate). As for our I-864EZ, we only brought the updated version on the interview and did not upload it on ceac just to be prepared. However, In our case, the CO officer didn't ask for a new I-864EZ at the interview. 
 
The documents we uploaded at ceac after DQ remained on "submitted" status even after our interview. My interview was approved and I already have my visa on hand. I was interviewed at Sydney consulate. 

After DQ and Before the interview at the consulate, we uploaded and submitted our documents that we updated (e.g. police certificate, 2019 tax transcript, my husband's employment certificate). As for our I-864EZ, we only brought the updated version on the interview and did not upload it on ceac just to be prepared. However, In our case, the CO officer didn't ask for a new I-864EZ at the interview. 
 
The documents we uploaded at ceac after DQ remained on "submitted" status even after our interview. My interview was approved and I already have my visa on hand. I was interviewed at Sydney consulate. 

After DQ and Before the interview at the consulate, we uploaded and submitted our documents that we updated (e.g. police certificate, 2019 tax transcript, my husband's employment certificate). As for our I-864EZ, we only brought the updated version on the interview and did not upload it on ceac just to be prepared. However, In our case, the CO officer didn't ask for a new I-864EZ at the interview. 
 
The documents we uploaded at ceac after DQ remained on "submitted" status even after our interview. My interview was approved and I already have my visa on hand. I was interviewed at Sydney consulate. 

After DQ and Before the interview at the consulate, we uploaded and submitted our documents that we updated (e.g. police certificate, 2019 tax transcript, my husband's employment certificate). As for our I-864EZ, we only brought the updated version on the interview and did not upload it on ceac just to be prepared. However, In our case, the CO officer didn't ask for a new I-864EZ at the interview. 
 
The documents we uploaded at ceac after DQ remained on "submitted" status even after our interview. My interview was approved and I already have my visa on hand. I was interviewed at Sydney consulate. 

Nope. You still need to pay $220 that's the green card (form I-551) fee. They also call it as the USCIS Immigrant Fee.

Our interview is DONE!

According to my husband, these were the questions asked (and apparently very tailored to our situation):
 
1. When/how did you meet? (2010)
2. What year did you get married? (2017)
3. Why did it take so long to get married? (lol)
4. Did your family attend the wedding?
5. What job do you do? (As stated before, he has a job offer for the US already as he is transferring with his current company from the Aus branch to the US)
6. What job does the sponsor do?
7. Why did you do study abroad in California, not Texas? (my school didn't do the same SA program so we didn't care where he went)
 
TBH we were surprised at the Study Abroad question. That didn't even cross our minds as being a potential question... not that we had any real worries about it!
 
He also reported that there was only one agent working the counter. As we provided an additional 40 pages of documents for review (I864 and I864a) it took an additional 30 minutes to review. He also reported there was another applicant there and feels they may have been frustrated with us for taking so much time (sorry!).
 
Thank you, @zochu for your experiences as we were able to get a sponsor before the interview. The agent said that while my income (for 2019) and his offer letter with his company in the US would have been very tempting documentation, the sponsorship is what pushed us overwhelmingly into an approval.
 
THAT SAID, we're currently chilling at 'Refused' as the medical hadn't arrived to the consulate yet. Medical was completed on 8/12. We were advised that we should hear more later this week! My husband is giving the Dr. office a call today.
 
We're almost done with the whole rigamarole!
 
EDIT: OH! And no issues with that darned police certificate!
 
 

Just got my CR1/IR1 visa Approved earlier today at US consulate Sydney. Had my Medical exam on Jul 31, the results were sent to the consulate on Aug 4. The CO just checked my civil docs and asked few questions like when, where and how did we meet. He also asked for some pictures of me and my husband. Finally, he asked when will i finished my PhD. 
 
They check the AOS documents (we used I-864EZ) but did not asked for the DS-5540 (although we submitted it on our ceac account previously).
 
Now waiting for my passport, which according to the CO, will arrive within 2 weeks.
 
Goodluck to everyone

Just got my CR1/IR1 visa Approved earlier today at US consulate Sydney. Had my Medical exam on Jul 31, the results were sent to the consulate on Aug 4. The CO just checked my civil docs and asked few questions like when, where and how did we meet. He also asked for some pictures of me and my husband. Finally, he asked when will i finished my PhD. 
 
They check the AOS documents (we used I-864EZ) but did not asked for the DS-5540 (although we submitted it on our ceac account previously).
 
Now waiting for my passport, which according to the CO, will arrive within 2 weeks.
 
Goodluck to everyone

Just got my CR1/IR1 visa Approved earlier today at US consulate Sydney. Had my Medical exam on Jul 31, the results were sent to the consulate on Aug 4. The CO just checked my civil docs and asked few questions like when, where and how did we meet. He also asked for some pictures of me and my husband. Finally, he asked when will i finished my PhD. 
 
They check the AOS documents (we used I-864EZ) but did not asked for the DS-5540 (although we submitted it on our ceac account previously).
 
Now waiting for my passport, which according to the CO, will arrive within 2 weeks.
 
Goodluck to everyone

yay! That’s so good ! Congrats! 🎉🥳☀️
 
I think passport will be a lot sooner than 2 weeks. They posted mine last night - day my approval came in! 
 
seems we had the same guy, I’m glad he was in a better mood for you today 😂🙌

Just got my CR1/IR1 visa Approved earlier today at US consulate Sydney. Had my Medical exam on Jul 31, the results were sent to the consulate on Aug 4. The CO just checked my civil docs and asked few questions like when, where and how did we meet. He also asked for some pictures of me and my husband. Finally, he asked when will i finished my PhD. 
 
They check the AOS documents (we used I-864EZ) but did not asked for the DS-5540 (although we submitted it on our ceac account previously).
 
Now waiting for my passport, which according to the CO, will arrive within 2 weeks.
 
Goodluck to everyone

It just switched over to "ready"  means the embassy has it now!
 
Yep, this happened to us.We got an email a few hours after expedite approval. There is a thread about it in the NVC forum. When that person called, NVC said its an automated message to clear their interview logs since they are not going to schedule the interview. You will work with the embassy to get it scheduled.