kurumu

I have a question about the police clearance. The embassy website says that Police clearance is valid for two years. Ours is 8 months old. We're now a week before the interview and the embassy send us the email telling us what documents to bring. They said the police clearance is expired and we need to get a new one. Obviously a week before the interview that's impossible (it's a minimum of two weeks to get the document.) I called the embassy visa hotline, and they told us it was ok to continue the interview if we don't have the proper document, but I'm wondering if the expiration date is a mistake? It says very clearly on the Japanese US embassy site: Obviously if we need a new certificate we will get one. But my wife is on edge about getting another delay over paperwork.

I should also add, that I know about the contact form, but I'm hoping for a method that doesn't take two months to get a reply.

I got my NVC docs sent back to me, asking for "proof of income" for the two sponsors. But there's no information on what income is missing documentation. For myself (primary sponsor) I gave them three years of tax transcripts, along with the equivalent of a W2 (I'm not based in the US) For my Joint sponsor (retired father,) I gave them the latest tax return, and 4 different 1099R showing various retirement and investment income. Any ideas on what else they could want?

So it's ok that the status still says it's waiting on documents?

As the title says. I don't remember the exact date, but everything is uploaded and submitted, but when I check the status it still says "action required" Will it basically stay this way until the documents are reviewed, or do I need to contact them because there's a problem?

No, I'm in Japan, my wife is Filipino but also here in Japan, so we're going through the Tokyo Embassy. This was the site at the Tokyo Embassy: https://jp.usembassy.gov/visas/contact-us/ Looks like this has the number for the call center you'd use for the Philippines: https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-main-contactus.asp

I used the contact form on their website, took about a month to get a reply. You should see if your embassy has a visa hotline, they were much more helpful and fast for me.

If you're a K1 Visa, you're not allowed to work. After married you'd need to do an adjustment of status to a CR1 visa. I think where you're confused is that if you've been married for two years, you get an IR1 visa, which includes work permission automatically. If you have a CR1 visa, you need to ask for permission to work. It doesn't mean you have to wait two years, it just means a few extra steps.

Fees paid. Forms filled. Now collecting the supporting documents. I ended up calling and talking to someone at the call center. (surprisingly easier than I thought it would be.) They told me that all Immigrant interviews are done at Naha or Tokyo, and can't be done in Osaka. The other consulates only handle non-immigrants. Also, you're expecting to be out of NVC next month? Does it really take that long? Your timeline says you started two months ago. It's like a shot in the face after getting excited that we finally got NOA2...

After posting this I decided to call the embassy hotline, they asked me to email them the certificate so they could see it, and then they will tell me if it's admissable.

My wife is from the Philippines, and has a police clearance which she can renew with the NBI. It has her married name on it, but has an older address. The NBI told us it's no problem to renew with the old address, but will the NVC accept it? The address listed is one of the addresses we put on the DS-260 as a previous address, and the police clearance would be valid and unexpired, just not with the current address. I tried emailing NVC last week, but seems any reply is a long time coming.

We're currently in the NVC stage for an IR1 visa, and when I log in to CEAC, it says the Interview location is Tokyo. Do we really need to pay hundreds of dollars in travel expenses to go there for an interview when we're literally in bicycle distance to the Osaka consulate, or does NVC just list the main embassy for the country?

I'm getting the same error. They say in the email that it may take 3 days for your login to be active. I assume that error is just because it's not ready yet.

Got it today in email, so it came about 5 days after NOA2.

Not yet. Approval was only a few days ago. At least by looking at other timelines, it seems to be about a week between NOA2 and the NVC packet.