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On 9/25/2023 at 9:39 PM, AnnaSalu said:

Hi, 

I have received the report from RCMP which looks exactly like yours - it does not have the "entire holdings" wording. Did yours turn out to be the correct one?

 

Thanks!

I had my interview today – albeit in London rather than Montreal – and they didn't find any issues with my paperwork, so I am assuming that it was in fact the correct one!

We got our case number yesterday! Called to book the medical (way in advance, don't worry) this morning. I believe the case number came about 52 days after NOA2, which is better than we were expecting.

I hope this is the right subforum for this topic.

When we filed our I-129F, I (the beneficiary) was a self-employed contractor doing content writing work for one company only. I listed that company on the I-129F, filling in my job title as "Contract Content Writer," as it was my sole job at the time. Our I-129F was approved without issue.

Since then, I have ended that professional relationship and acquired other freelance jobs. I'm now wondering how to describe my employment on the DS-160. I believe I've been self-employed the whole time, but I'm torn regarding whether I should list the first role (the one I listed on the I-129F) separately from my subsequent self-employment, to avoid creating an obvious discrepancy between the I-129F and the DS-160.

I would love to get a steer from anyone else who has filled out the DS-160 while self-employed. Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

This is so helpful. Thank you so much – at this stage in the process, knowing what to expect is a real gift! Glad it all went smoothly for you.

11 minutes ago, 0508 said:

i had requested the right one but they gave me the wrong one- it's a matter of them ticking the correct box at the bottom. it needs to be "personal" and "other".

if it helps at all, i think it typically takes 4-6 weeks for the right one to come!

here's a photo below of the correct one-

 

I'll add that based on conversations with other people who have recently needed Canadian police certificates, the correct certificate no longer makes reference to 'databank CMP-PPU-030'. Mine (and others') read: 'Your application for personal information held in the National Repository of Criminal Records has been processed. No personal information about you was found in the National Repository of Criminal Records.'

Just now, Shades8 said:

Right then I did mess it up.  The Commissionaires asked me what it was for and then picked visa type when I said it was for a green card application.  So I guess I just lost a whole month on that and have to start over on this step.   Argh. 

I'm really sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The Canadian police certificate process is really confusing and opaque – I hope you can get the mistake corrected easily and quickly.

9 minutes ago, Shades8 said:

Which one did you originally ask for? I am on week 4 of waiting for mine and now I’m worried I requested the wrong one! I went to commissionaires and she asked me what it was for and I said immigration so she checked that option. Not sure if this was the right one or not.  

If it helps, I requested a "certified criminal record check for personal use, subtype Other" and asked that it include "RCMP National Repository entire holdings." That's based on the DoS website as well as advice I found on VJ.

5 hours ago, Elays said:

Guys USCIS has finally touched our case😭❤️

 

It's a RFE but I'm so so happy I'm crying so hard😭❤️

 

We were expecting a RFE bcs we forgot to sent my bf criminal court records so we suppose the RFE is related to that😭❤️

 

I will keep you all updated😭❤️

 

➡️NOA1 27th June

➡️Range 98500

➡️388 days

HUGE congratulations – I'm so happy there is some forward movement on your case after such a long wait. Hopefully the RFE is taken care of quickly!

Huge congrats to all the recent approvals! I know it's been a rough wait and I hope you get to enjoy the relief of being closer to the move. ❤️ 

Hi all – I am hoping you can provide a very quick sense/sanity check on my Canadian police certificate, which arrived today. I requested it through Commissionaires, and specifically asked them to search RCMP National Repository Entire Holdings. However, I can't see that wording anywhere on the certificate.

Here's what it looks like. Do I have the right certificate, or do I need to request a new one?

Joining this thread with a NOA2 date of June 26 2023! Congrats, everyone.

They've started processing May cases, gang... I'm crossing my fingers that we all get good news in the next few months.

15 minutes ago, AndiB said:

Looks like you're right! May has officially started, Obllaks sheet has May changes ❤️

In my capacity as a June filer I am absolutely climbing the walls with both nerves and joy...!

1 hour ago, Bh_sarah said:

How did you know?? But yessss! My case was approved this morning! One of the two approved in the 53500. 447 days later.
It really comes when you least expect it, caught me totally by surprise! This phase is finally over!!! I'm still in disbelief!

Hoping everyone still waiting can hear good news this week!!! 🤍
 

I'm literally not even a February filer, but when I saw your NOA2 date in your signature in another thread I had to come and say congratulations! I see you around the forum a lot and I've really been rooting for you as you've waited for this. Huge, huge congrats.

1 hour ago, Bh_sarah said:

Oh, definitely. I understand it doesn't matter to some people, but I'd be suffering more. I even have issues thinking we might need a quick city hall, just-sign-the-papers wedding to get ahead of AOS when I get there. It just doesn't feel right. And I am not talking about big weddings either. I feel it should have more significance than a written agreement.

Somehow waiting to get married and start my married life for 2 years is better than waiting to start actually living my married life for 2 years, if that makes sense.

I feel absolutely the same way – I don't think I'm very sentimental about weddings themselves, but I do know for sure that I'd be ten times more miserable if we were married and living apart. It just doesn't feel like the way I want our marriage to start out.

2 minutes ago, AndiB said:

I agree! US is so big it's difficult to completely write off I feel. There's a lot of Kansas I wouldn't wanna live but he's in a very liberal, friendly area. He also lives near family and we get on so I'm excited to move there.

 

Also originally from South Africa so I find UK waaayyyy to claustrophobic for me, look forward to wide open empty space again 

I really agree with you about writing off the whole US – so many of my British friends are horrified that I would even consider moving there! But it's easy, when you're from a country as small as the UK, to forget that each US state has its own subculture (and many states are big and diffuse enough to have several). I'm sure you'll have an awesome time in Kansas!

9 minutes ago, ChiuA said:

Moving to San Frans QQ 

I will also be in San Francisco! and despite the probable bug with the numbers today, I'm excited because I just picked up the custom-made trousers I'm going to get married in. It's all feeling very real!

6 minutes ago, myohmyohmy said:

I hope you're right and I hope there isn't this huge surge the media is predicting.

A thing I have to tell myself a lot (as a person who is also predisposed to worry) is that I'm already doing everything I can. I've prepared and researched as much as possible. Past a certain point, things are out of my hands. And that isn't ideal, but it's also something that kind of has to be tolerated. Until we get to the inquiry date, there's nothing my partner or I can do to make USCIS go faster or make them pay attention to our case. I am desperate to live with him and start our life, but if I let every single fear take up real estate in my brain, I would never get anything else done – and there are things I can be doing instead, like earning and saving money to help us out when I'm not able to work, that are actually productive and that help me to feel in control.

It is so hard to balance staying informed with staying sane! But it is also worth keeping in mind that (and I hope this isn't inflammatory) one of the media's favourite hobbies is panicking about illegal immigration, because it garners outrage and keeps their viewer numbers (and advertising profits) high. It's a reliable bugbear that doesn't necessarily take into account the finer points of how immigration works. I think that on the list of things to be worried about, the end of Title 42 is more likely to be low than high.

I hope this isn't presumptuous of me, and I don't want to suggest that your worries aren't legitimate – just that it's worth taking a step back from them and finding ways to manage them, especially given how long you'll be stuck with them otherwise. This is a long haul, and over a year of full-tilt anxiety is no good for anyone!

6 minutes ago, AndiB said:

I also didn't think government shut down affected uscis? They're funding is almost entirely by users, not government 

Yeah, this site seems to suggest that USCIS being fee-based means it keeps ticking over as usual – at least it did during the last major shutdown. Hoping that's true! (I mean, I'm hoping there's no shutdown, but I think one can hope for the best while preparing for the absolutely unthinkably bad.)

38 minutes ago, FromMexico W/Love said:

The big total number might not be there, but April has beaten March by a significant margin when you account for the length of the month. Doesn't make sense to track the monthly numbers because some months are shorter/longer than others. April has processed significantly more cases per day than March 240 to 220. If you take April's average per day and put it in March you have ~5,500 cases processed, if you put March's average per day in April you'd have 4,400 cases processed.

 

All that to Say April > March lol

 

This is so smart, you're right – also I have no idea what's happening in that gif but it's so satisfying to watch (kind of like the lines going up on the spreadsheet graphs).

Not convinced we're going to hit 5000 this month, but it still (touch wood) seems like it's been a good week!

Hi! I am currently living in Canada, and am planning to come back to the UK for my K-1 interview. Because of concerns about delays with ACRO (I saw they had a cybersecurity incident), I would like to apply for my ACRO certificate as soon as possible.

I just wanted to check whether (in your experience) it matters whether the address on your ACRO certificate is the same as your address at the time of the interview. Should I wait to apply until I'm back in the UK, or should I do it now so I have it? I know it's good for at least a year once you have it, but I want to be absolutely sure the address won't be an issue.

Thanks!

3 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

Thank you! Fingers crossed!! And I thought the 'processed' word had a meaning it was closed since they talk about completed cases when explaining the processing times here. In fact, they say "Processing time is defined as the number of days (or months) that have elapsed between the date USCIS received an application, petition, or request and the date USCIS completed the application, petition, or request (that is, approved or denied it) in a given six-month period."
So it's not really just touched (like an RFE), but fully completed/adjudicated, right?

Yeah, I think that's what that means. Fingers crossed so tightly that you hear something soon – the uncertainty must take such a toll, especially with people in your NOA1 month getting approvals.