DamianB

NVC advise that you schedule your medical exam after you receive your interview appointment date: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview.html

Thanks Melc! I actually went through my DS-260 to double check and there's no reference to the UK anywhere there (other than countries visited).

We re-submitted the Gibraltar certs yesterday with two pieces of additional information: 1. Email correspondence with Gibraltar Police explaining that they no longer issue "Certificate of Good Conduct", instead they call it now Subject Access Request Certificate; 2. A letter explaining we never resided in the UK (pointing them to that documents website). 

Hopefully this will clarify it 🤞

4 hours ago, Melc said:

Usually this website is a good go-to to see what documents are accepted by geography:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Gibraltar.html

 

It mentions the following:

 

Though some of the data on Gibraltar is out of date; it hasn't been updated to reflect same-sex marriages being available. 

Thanks for your response Melc - this is exactly what we submitted and it has been rejected with a request to provide a UK police cert 🤔  Hopefully just a missunderstanding.

Hi guys, 

Just got a message from NVC (CR-1 process) that they've rejected my police certificate from Gibraltar (Subject Access Request Certificate) and asked for a certificate from the UK instead (even though I've never lived there). We called them and kind of clarified this - they said we should submit an explanation letter, but wanted to check if anyone here had to provide a police cert from Gibraltar and if so, how did they go about it.

Thank you

4 hours ago, HelsinkiFi said:

Thanks for the reply! That’s a relief to hear  so we submitted our stuff on the same date. We’ve had no updates so far! Hopefully we both get DQ’d soon! 

Same here, submitted all documents on the 15th July and waiting... 😄

Re. Travelling while i130 pending

My understanding is that you can travel to the US while pending i130 (actually, I did back in November '19) - I was flying from Dublin so precleared there - no questions asked. But now they might be more strict. Have a look at this article: https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/when-can-i-visit-my-spouse-in-the-united-states/.

Any documents proving your ties to the UK like a letter from employer, proof you study there (or about to start), etc - something to show you are planning to come back. I was never asked about it but had it ready. 

Re. Travelling to the US during Covid-19.

Can't answer on this one but again, I think you should be fine. My wife just travelled from the US to Poland - she had to show our marriage cert, my ID (passport) and proof of address in Poland (to the airline staff, not at the border). Somewhere on this forum I read that you might also need a pre-approval from the US embassy, but this could've been only for banned countries. 

Hope this gives you some point of reference. Best of luck!