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Will do. I have another question. For the "financial support since marriage" evidence they are requesting, is it better to give only the remittance receipts of the money I sent to her each month OR should I include her bank account statements since marriage that shows her actually receiving the remittance? In the remittance receipts, it shows my name and address and it shows her name, address, and bank institution name.

How do I resubmit the new Police Clearance Certificate? The 221g form states that I must upload it by clicking "start now" in the DS-260. My DS-260 shows "ACCEPTED" for Civil Documents. If click the "ACCEPTED" link, it goes to the Civil Documents Page. How do I remove the previous Police Clearance Certificate? There is no delete button. Do I click the "Submit Documents" button? I do see another section under Civil Documents called "Optimal Documents". The description on that page for that section states "Your country of origin and/or the US Embassy you are visiting may require that you upload additional documents for review. If additional documents are required, please upload them by clicking the"Add a Document" link. I guess I have to upload it in the "Additional Documents"?? What happens to the existing Police Certificate that is already uploaded?

I planned to upload these documents: Remitly remittance transcript from 01/2021 to 03/2023 totaling about $15,000 USD. This will show my (name, address) transferring to my wife (name, bank name) My wife's bank account continuous statement (1 statement) detailing all the activities from 2021 to 2023. We got married 04/01/2021 but we also include the bank account activities from 01/2021. Various Grocery Bills. Not sure if this is a good idea....the receipts are in her father's name but paid from her bank account. I was the one who did the order, I put her father's name on the order because the address is hard to find (there are 6 streets with the same name). Cell Phone and Internal Bills. Not sure if this is a good idea, again the receipts are in her father's name but paid from her bank account. Rent, Water, Electricity payments. Not sure if this is a good idea, again the receipts are in her father's name but paid from her bank account. I cannot use my debit or credit card, it would be declined because of the "awful" implementation of their payment system.

Yes, I will do ask they requested. My main focus is on these points: I'm assuming I don't need to upload these remittance receipts to the CEAC? I'm assuming I don't need to submit my bank statements? The remittance receipts clearly show it was from me (my name and my address) Should I include receipts of where this money went? The Bank Statement already shows most of it. Should I include Grocery Store Receipts, Phone Bill Receipts etc. The problem is these bills are all paid using her account. I can't pay most of her bills directly because their payment systems are awful and my cards get declined. That's why I need to remittance the money. Like I said, I remittance a lot of money to her since we first met. That's cause I didn't want her to go in "three wheels" (known as tuk tuk in Sri Lanka, it's a dangerous mode of transportation), I wanted her to eat organic food, I didn't want her to work, I wanted the best for her. We are on FaceTime 24/7, there is not a moment where we're not on video call with each other for the last 4 years. Treating your wife the best way possible seems to be a "red flag" now. It's such [deleted].

I don't understand. Am I not allowed to treat my wife the way I live? Then this is entirely a [deleted] process proving nothing. If I love her, I must financially support her but if I dare support her too much, it maybe an issue. Just entirely a idiotic process. There are no algorithms or gubermint [deleted] in the world to prove whether this love is real or not. It's just real stupid that we have all these useless red tape wasting peoples precious time and money for no reason. This is where 1 person who is having a bad day has the power to ruin 2 peoples lives. This CO rejected almost everyone that day except 1 person. They were the only one working that day.

I don't want to upload it because it may contain identifying marks. I will type the form below. It is a yellow paper slip. 1) For the Police Clearance Certificate, I will get a new one. Do I just need to delete the existing Police Certificate in the NVC site and then upload the new one? I will also submit the original in the sealed envelop to the embassy. 2) For the evidence of financial support, I have about 150 remittance receipts totaling over $45,000 USD to her bank account. This includes money for the Bahamas flight tickets and honeymoon but mostly it's for basic necessities like Rent, Phone Bills, Internet, Groceries, Uber Eats, and Gifts for special occasions. Some months, I do 3-4 remittance transfers. We order dinner from outside almost everyday using their version of Uber Eats (called PickMe)....so we got a lot of restaurant delivery receipts. I'm planning to show 34 of the remittance receipts that cover every month from 2021 to 2023. The 34 remittance receipts only total about $15,000 USD. I'm also planning to show her bank statement from 2021 to 2023 which show the entire $45,000 USD. The remittance transfers are identified by a special description in her bank statements. I'm assuming I don't need to upload these remittance receipts to the CEAC? I'm assuming I don't need to submit my bank statements? The remittance receipts clearly show it was from me (my name and my address) Should I include receipts of where this money went? The Bank Statement already shows most of it. Should I include Grocery Store Receipts, Phone Bill Receipts etc. The problem is these bills are all paid using her account. I can't pay most of her bills directly because their payment systems are awful and my cards get declined. That's why I need to remittance the moeny.

I-864EZ, 3 Years of Tax Transcripts, 1 year of Pay Stubs, 3 years of W-2s It seems income wasn't the issue.......the CO wanted evidence I have been supporting my wife since we got married. Basically, they wanted to see me regularly transfer money to my wife as financial support evidence. I never seen this required from the State.gov requirements....otherwise I would have taken the remittance receipts. My wife offered to show some receipts of Jewllery I had bought her. She even offered to bring her phone quickly and show the remittance receipts....but the CO did not want to see that, they want us to submit it. What a waste of peoples valuable time.

For my Bank Statements, can I cross out other transactions that is not related to remittance?

BTW, they kept the marriage certificate original and original birth certificate and gave back the passport. The CO said there wont be another interview, just submit the documents following the Yellow Paper directions. If she got the passport back, how will she get the VISA once we submit the documents and it gets approved????

Regarding, cell phone bills etc.....it is all paid using her account. I can't pay it using my account directly because it gets declined. All I do is remittance to her once every 2 weeks or so.

I'm very disappointed. The CO grilled my wife. We provided lots and lots of evidence for each question. The CO was hellbent on giving a refusal today and was extremely rude (when my wife responded to a question, she asks "wheres the evidence?? wheres the evidence?? wheres the evidence???"). 1) She ticked "Other" in the "Financial Sponsorship Responsibilities" and wrote "provide evidence of financial support after marrying". It's not enough that I brought her all the way to Bahamas and spent 3 months together. It's not enough I signed the AOS, put her as the beneficiary on all my accounts. 2) We also need to provide a new Police Clearance report. The Police Clearance application is so badly designed that it only lists until the 2020 which was determined by the address history and didn't include the present address. It looks like they want me to submit the new Police Report at CEAC and then also drop off the original in an envelope to the embassy. For the "Financial Sponsorship Responsibilities", do I provide my bank statement, her bank statement, and remittance records through Western Union? Also the receipts that I ordered dinner for her everyday, paid cell phone bills, internet bills, rent etc. I've probably remitted about 30,000-40,000 USD since we got married.

Ah ok, thanks!

That's the Sri Lankan site: https://www.ustraveldocs.com/lk/lk-iv-kvisa.asp#heading-2 Is this for a different class of VISA? My wife is CR1 Visa.

Do we need to register on ustraveldocs for "IV Address Registration"? It says on that page: PRIOR TO the visa interview, you MUST register an address on USTravelDocs for document/visa delivery. My wife is going for the interview at the Sri Lanka Colombo embassy and I did not notice any requirement like this before. https://www.ustraveldocs.com/vn/vn-iv-addressregistration.asp

Is a PCR Test required for CR1 visa when my wife enters the US?

It's good to know she can wear slippers at the interview (it's more common than shoes in Sri Lanka and it's normal to wear for interviews too). One more question, can she take her cell phone (smartphone) to the interview? I was told by another Sri Lankan who went to the interview that they did not allow phones at the interview room and that they had to leave it at the security check-in.

The Passport size photos for the interview, do we need to sign or initial the back? We submitted one of them to NVC and we never signed the back.

Embassy is in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Can my wife wear slippers to the interview?

There are 2 more issues I just noticed: 1) The Pay stubs state "Taxable Marital Status: Single". My Tax Filing Transcript for Tax Year 2021 from IRS however state Married Filing Separately (MFS). 2) The Pay Stubs have a extra letter in my middle name. Instead of "tu" I sometimes spelt it as "thu" (added an H). My drivers license, passport, SSN all are without the "H" but my paystub and work profile is with the "H" in the middle name. Will these 2 issues cause any issues at the interview?

Thanks, I know this but my question is regarding the Employer Name.

I work for Company A. I'm the petitioner. Wife is the beneficiary. In 2021, Company A was acquired by Company B. In 2022, Company B was acquired by Company C. Company B is considered a Company C company amongst their many companies. The Federal Employer identification number is the same for all of my W-2s. The Employer State ID is slightly different (an extra number was added recently). All of the W-2's shows address of employer as Company A. As far as I know, I'm still working for Company B and not Company C. Everything, all the branding and such, is Company B. My question is, if the consular officer asks which employer I work for, what should my wife say? Company A, B, or C. How does she justify it?

My wife had her medical done today and she had to get 3 vaccines and an X-Ray. They took the vaccine card and also did not give the X-Ray results (no CD either). When she asked about it, they said that everything is done online and they will submit it to the embassy. Will not having the vaccine card or X-Ray results be an issue in the future? Especially when it comes time to filing the I-1751 or N-400 etc or even port of entry.

Sorry, this is for the CR1 medical exam.

My wife got the 1st and 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine but she did not get any booster. Is the booster absolutely required? Is there any documentation stating that the booster is required?

How much is it and where or when do you pay it? My wife's country is in a currency and economic crisis and debit/credit cards have daily limits, I just want to make sure she is able to pay it without issues. If it's payable online, I'd like to go ahead and pay it.