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Hello all you knowledgeable folks! I'm assuming that the documents we uploaded to NVC that are now considered expired in Peru, would also be expired when we take them to the Embassy interview? Should we be working on getting all copies and translations updated? Thanks!

Thanks, Chancy! 1 more question - does the interview letter from NVC arrive via mail or email now? Thanks again!

Hi, I've seen similar questions, but can't find one from the last few months. We were DQ'd last week. We are still waiting for the embassy interview date (beneficiary in Peru). We have purchased a house in the US. I, the sponsor, can receive mail there now and will be able to receive mail at my current address through April. How do we update our US address? I'm assuming what I've seen previously still holds true, but would love confirmation - we only need to let them know at the interview? Thank you!

Our NVC case was finally updated. They had previously said that Court and Prison Records were missing, so we uploaded the same Peru Prison Records that we had previously uploaded. Today, finally, they provided more detail: Please replace this with an acceptable U.S. court record from a correct issuing authority for your 2011 DUI. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines. Previously, my husband was in the US and deported after the aforementioned DUI. (Over 10 years ago). He is currently in Peru (and has been for over 10 years). Can somebody please tell me what court records they need? That link is for international documents - not for documents from a US issuing authority. As part of his "Deportation" documents, we already submitted these court records. I'm guessing they should be separated from the Deportation package and resubmitted as just the court records? How could he get US prison records? I thought that wasn't a requirement for beneficiaries in other countries? Thank you sooo much for all of your help. We are pulling our hair out over here, having submitted and resubmitted documents several times over during this whole process (which is now going on a year and 3 months).

Hi! We received an email Dec 23rd that "NVC updated the status of your immigrant visa application". But when we log in to our account, there are still some documents at "submitted" status and there are no new messages in the inbox. Has this happened to anybody else? Any advice? Thank you! Amber

Can somebody please help me? I, US citizen, was divorced in Peru. We erroneously only uploaded the Resolucion de Gerencia Municipal for our Civil Documents on NVC website. It was rejected with this message: PERU requires 2 divorce, annulment, or death certificates. Please replace what you have submitted and submit all of required documents together at the same time. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines. The same day, I uploaded as 1 PDF the Resolucion de Gerencia Municipal and the marriage certificate with the divorce annotation on the back and the translations. It was rejected again with the same message. I'm at my wit's end and I don't know what to do. Upload it again with an explanation of what I'm uploading? Is the Resolucion de Gerencia Municipal not the same thing as the Resolucion de Alcaldia mentioned on the website above? Please help. Thank you

Hello everyone! As always, appreciate your guidance on this new message: We received an update to our NVC case, 2 messages: 1. "This case does not meet the minimum income requirement to sponsor the intending immigrants. To avoid delays, an additional Affidavit of Support Form I-864 from a joint sponsor may be submitted. For more information visit https://nvc.state.gov/aos. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of the interview. For more information, please visit https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p." However, I used my US-based income, which does meet the over 125% of Poverty Guidelines. All of our I-864 documents now show "Accepted" on the website. 2. PERU requires 2 divorce, annulment, or death certificates. Please replace what you have submitted and submit all of required documents together at the same time. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines. - I - the US citizen - was divorced in Peru. It looks like my husband only uploaded the Municipality's dissolution, but did not upload the marriage certificate with the "dissolved" stamp. So, do we only need to scan those 2 documents together and upload them as 1 PDF? Or do they mean upload all of the required civil documents again even though the others all show "Accepted"? And once we do this, any idea how long it will take them to review this newly uploaded document? Thanks again for all your help! Amber

Yes, I know that now, which is why I shared it on the "Stupid RFE" post. I wasn't looking for advice. The hope, as I understood the post to be intended, was that nobody else would make the same stupid mistake.

Well, now I have a new thing to worry about as my husband also had a DUI 10 years ago. I am so glad your issue has been resolved! I can only find the following information: "Alcohol-related arrests or convictions may cause an applicant to be inadmissible to the U.S. under Section 212(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). If, during the Embassy interview, it becomes known to the Consular Officer that an applicant has a history of alcohol-related arrests or convictions (such as driving under the influence or domestic violence), the Consular Officer must refer the visa applicant to a panel physician for an evaluation. The circumstances under which the Officer must refer the applicant for a substance abuse evaluation have been changed by the new guidance. Whereas in the past the referral to a panel physician was to be made if a single alcohol-related arrest or conviction occurred within the last three years, the new changes require a referral if the arrest or conviction was within the last five years. Further, under previous policy, a referral was required where two or more alcohol-related arrests or convictions occurred at any time in the past. However, the recent changes only require a referral if the two or more arrests or convictions were within the last ten years." Does anybody have a link or other resource they could refer me to that indicates "no matter how long ago"?

One of the items requested on our RFE was for missing blank pages. On the I-130, we checked the box and signed that we had not used a translator/attorney. The following page is where the translator or attorney would sign. Since that information was in blank - because we very obviously had already indicated that we did not have a translator/attorney - they said those pages were missing. Had to send in blank pages. (They also made a HUGE mistake looking over our information and we had to hire an attorney to resubmit everything that had already been submitted - costing us significantly more money and adding 3 months to the process.)

We submitted the IV application on Oct 4th and this whole time gone about thinking that it was too late to upload a document we forgot and that we'd have to wait for them to ask for it. I logged in today to see what date I had submitted the I-864 and it looks to me like additional documents can still be uploaded. Before we go and made yet another mistake... can anyone confirm this? Thank you all so much, I always appreciate your feedback!

Thank you so much!! This is amazing advice that we'll keep in mind when the time comes!

That's awesome to hear!!! I'm so glad to know they let you in and ... CONGRATULATIONS!! Now you've motivated me to travel for the interview as well (although looks like that's going to be quite a long way away yet). Happy moving plans! Thanks for the timeline details, you know how stressful not knowing is.

Could you please tell me what the wait time was between being DQ'd at NVC to the interview date? Just trying to calculate what we might be looking at for Lima when we get to that stage. Thank you so much and good luck with the interview! I'm not an expert, but I'd assume they wouldn't allow you in, not even to wait in line with him. I lived in Lima for 10 years and any time I had to do something at the embassy, my husband would just wait for me at the Sarcletti's cafe across the street.

Thank you all for your responses. Concerning the EOIR FOIA for a copy of his file - we sent a copy of this file showing the judge's decision of allowing voluntary departure. This was accompanied with a copy of the return plane ticket and passport stamp of return to Peru. All of this ocurred in July 2011. We didn't even meet until January 2013, which was included in the original cover letter. We submitted the I-130 in August of 2021, after consulting an attorney who said the I-212 wasn't necessary because his 10-yr bar was complete. The RFE wording is as follows: - USCIS records indicate that you wed the beneficiary after they were placed in removal proceedings, further evidence is required to meet the exceptions to the bar prescribed by INA 204(g). - USCIS records indicate the beneficiary was entered into removal proceedings on July 15, 2011 and was granted voluntary departure on July 18, 2011. The evidence submitted indicates that you and the beneficiary were subsequently married on November 30, 2015 while he was in removal proceedings. As such, the petition is deniable under INA 204(g), which states that a spousal petition may not be approved if the marriage was entered into while a beneficiary is in removal proceedings UNLESS one of the following exemptions is met: 1. Beneficiary found not to be inadmissible or deportable, 2. Form I-122, I-860, or I-862 is canceled, 3. Proceedings ar eterminated by an immigration Judge or Board of Immigration Appeals, 4. A petition for review is granted, 5. beneficiary has resided outside the US for 2 or more years following the marriage, 6. petitioner establishes a bona fide marriage (if the beneficiary has not resided outside of the US for 2 years). We submitted our Peruvian marriage certificate, copies of photos and visas from trips, affidavits from friends, the bill of sale of our house in Peru, copies of letters sent to both of us at that address, Copy of the Purchase of our condo in Peru, copies of the shared mortgage, copies of our shared credit card accounts, copies of employer statements on letterhead showing that we met there in 2013 and that the beneficiary has been working there since 2013 through date of application, copy of his current national ID card with Peruvian address, copies of passport pages. I think we'll resubmit these items with a clearer cover letter I guess. We have also requested a Immigration Certificate from Peru which shows his arrivals and departures that maybe is more clear than the passport photos already sent. We are also going to include the car insurance policy that was in his name for more than 2 years after the date of our marriage. I also have an appointment with an attorney because honestly none of it makes sense, particularly since we are not applying for an exception to the bar because that clearly ended and all of the documents we sent clearly show an established life in Peru for more than 2 years after the date of marriage.