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Our interview was yesterday and it went well. Now just waiting to get the passport back!

Not sure, but following closely. My husband's interview is this month. Have you contacted the US embassy? I was under the impression you got them soon. Online it says within 10 business days

@JedMills

We submitted a letter with the following information: New Zealand does not issue police certificates directly to the applicants. They send the police record straight to the US consulate General in Auckland, as seen at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/NewZealand.html We copied and pasted a screen shot of that link into the letter. We attached our email to the NZ police concerning our submitted Section 14 form, asking for confirmation when it was completed. We attached a copy of our submitted Section 14 form. This was accepted with no issues. We were thinking we'd have an RFE on this, because so many people seem to, but got lucky with it

We've submitted both 33 and 35 and gotten both rejected. We've contacted the AFP to make sure we had the right certificate following the directions on travel.state.gov They said we did. Not sure what else to do now beside reupload it with the emails from AFP saying that these are the certificates they issue and that there's been a wording change. Resubmitted the emails and the police certificate on 11 July - now the wait begins again

Resubmit the same certificate with the AFP emails is my best plan now

I’ve done both codes, have submitted both certificates and both have been rejected

I would love to contact NVC - however the only way to contact them right now is through their public inquiry email system. As of 25 July 2022 - they are responding to emails they received on 30 May 2022. They used to have phone lines, but they shut them off at the end of May 2022. I contacted the Auckland consulate about my police certificate being rejected, asking them if they could assist me with the issue and they replied "You will need to contact the NVC if that is the agency that has rejected the submitted document." So stuck between a rock and a hard place. Have to wait no matter what I guess. If anyone has any other advice I'd welcome it

This is what NVC said when they rejected it "Please replace this with an acceptable police certificate with NAME AND FINGER PRINT CHECK or COMPLETE DISCLOSURE from Australian Federal Police. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines." AFP said the certificate I have, submitted, and was rejected is the only one they give out following the instructions listed at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/australia.html The form I have is the COMPLETE DISCLOSURE form. It just no longer states that at the top of the certification. It also says on the travel.state website that you don't have to have fingerprints - now the NVC is saying that it's needed, even though I have the correct certificate.

Tracking your progress. We had our Australian police certificate rejected for a 2nd time - even though as far as we can tell it's the correct certificate. Not sure what's gonna happen now, but hoping once we finally make it to your status it goes fast and smooth. Good luck and looking forward to your update.

Hi All, I've uploaded only the front of the police cert. I've given them both 33 - original upload that was rejected - and 35 - which was most recently rejected. We called the AFP - got them to confirm in an email that the steps outlined on the NVC website results in the certificate we uploaded and we've resubmitted all that information. Now we wait. @JedMillsWe anticipated that our NZ certificate would cause issues, but that was accepted the first time. Fingers crossed that this goes smoothly the next time.

Submitted documents 11 April RFE early May and resubmitted on 5 May Just got another RFE this morning - does anyone know if I upload stuff again today, will it take another 2+ months?

Was this the right one? Having issues with my husband's Australian police certs being rejected. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm currently having the same problem. I think we must have accidentally chosen 35 - they rejected this cert early May. Got the new cert with code 33 - It says Immigration/Citizen Australia Name Check Only and I just received a rejected email from NVC. It says this on the comment internal email when they rejected the cert "Please replace this with an acceptable police certificate with NAME AND FINGER PRINT CHECK or COMPLETE DISCLOSURE from Australian Federal Police. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines." I'll call the AFP when they're open and get confirmation, like someone mentioned earlier. Any other suggestions? Thanks for the help

@Louis10182Thanks for the reply. I had to come back to the US at the end of January, leaving my husband and 5 month old daughter in New Zealand. I was so hoping we'd be reunited by her 1st birthday, which is end of August, but it's seeming unlikely. Super disappointed and frustrated, like I'm sure everyone in our situation is.