DijonMustard

3 hours ago, llcoolwil said:

 

Wonderful! Thank you both!

 

@Anna12 Hope you had a great interview experience and questions were pretty basic

Yes @Anna12 how did your interview go?!

2 hours ago, llcoolwil said:

Thank you! Ugh. I thought I had everything in order and then I realized that we didn't submit the 2022 tax return as we submitted our stuff in March before they were required and he was still collecting the docs. I'm nervous as hell now. 

Okay updates!!! My husband was approved for his green card this morning!! We’re so happy and literally couldn’t have made it without this community so thank you everyone. 
 

I uploaded my new I-864 and all my 2022 tax documents (federal tax return and all my W2s and 1099s) to the CEAC website last night in a panic and my husband had all of these documents printed to bring in to the interview. When he got to the booth where they ask for documents, they asked for his birth certificate, police certificates, and my W2. He asked if they also needed my I-864 and the office said no, she could see my I-864 in the system, but wanted to see the W2. I’m not sure what that indicates since I had uploaded everything, but maybe she was just saying that to verify? Not sure. But he provided my W2 and all was good. 
 

For reference, we were DQd Jan 27th and got our IL April 13th.

His status still just says “Appointment”, but when the office told my husband he was approved, he said the system was down, but he would approve him later this afternoon. I hope that doesn’t mean there will be a delay in getting his passport back, but we’ll see. 
 

thank you again to everyone!!!

1 minute ago, llcoolwil said:

QQ - my husband (petitioner) had to get an extension on his tax return. We were DQ’d April 5. Would we be deemed “mandatory”??

Hmm I don’t think so? Here’s exactly what my paralegal said:

“2022 Taxes are mandatory for anyone who is not documentary qualified. For anyone who is still pending documents to upload or is about to apply for residency as of April 18, 2023 the 2022 Tax Returns became mandatory. 

Just now, Anna12 said:

Yes, upload them on your ceac.state.gov website as additional documents and make sure you hit submit  

Thank you!!! Just uploaded and submitted! I did talk to our lawyer again and she said it’s only mandatory if we hadn’t been DQd before April, but….. I submitted it anyway. So thank you!

16 minutes ago, Anna12 said:

Hey

 

Yes please upload your recent tax return!!! After April it was mandatory to have most recent tax return. I read that people got 221g for not having the most recent tax return uploaded in ceac. 
I event uploaded some of our pictures as relationship proof. 

Oh my gosh thank you SO MUCH! You are a godsend! I feel stupid for not knowing this, but like I said, our lawyer said it was fine if we just bring the physical copies in. 
 

just to clarify (again, I know this is dumb), but I should upload this to the same website we uploaded all of documents to be DQd? CEAC.state.gov ?

again, thank you!

On 6/23/2023 at 12:49 PM, Anna12 said:

Hi everyone 

 

my interview is next week and I wanted to ask if there is anything extra I should upload in ceac,

We have uploaded all recent(2022) tax documents and recent payslips and some personal pictures as proof of relationship 

Can I somehow upload my recent travel dates, I crossed into states quite a bit from the time I filled out the application last year

i was thinking to make a document with all travel dates and duration of stay and upload them ? 

Let me know

 

thank you 

My husband’s interview is also next week! Do we have to upload additional/updated documents to CEAC? Our lawyer said we didn’t have to, but honestly I trust this forum more. We have an updated I-864 for me (I moved and got a new job) and my 2022 tax returns. Should I upload those?

Hello! I feel like I've seen someone mention before that there's a checklist compiled somewhere on VJ of documents you need to bring to your interview. Could someone point me in that direction? Thank you!

Hi friends! I'm registering my husband's visa appointment on the website and I'm at the part where it asks where we want his passport couriered after visa processing. Does it make a difference if we have it couriered to one of the addresses listed or have it couriered straight to our apartment? And also, for the Toronto applicants, is one of these addresses better than the others? It looks like they're all just addresses for random buildings. 

Thanks for your help!

2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Yes, normally, the visa expiration is 6 months after the medical....but sometimes, visas expire sooner than 6 months after the medical.  My wife's visa, for example, had an expiration date only 5 months after the medical.  I'm not sure why.  

Visa expiration is never later then 6 months after medical. 

Ah got it! As long as everything goes well at the interview, my husband plans to immediately move to the US so hopefully we'll be okay. But yes... nothing is predictable in this process. Thank you all!

I think I saw someone else ask a very similar question, but now I can't find it. My husband's interview is scheduled for June 26th. He got a doctors appt for April 25th. Is this too far in advance? We saw other people saying there was a huge wait so when he saw the April 25th date, he booked it, but now we're worried it might not be close enough to the actual interview. 

Thanks for your help and sorry if this is a repeat question!

Hi all! So we just got our interview date and I'm trying to plan out our move afterwards (knock on wood everything goes well at the interview) and while I know the estimate the embassy gives is two weeks before we receive his passport, is that actually typical? I've seen some people say they got it three days later, but I'm wondering if that's common?

On 4/14/2023 at 10:03 AM, bal13 said:

I was DQ'ed Feb. 1/23. Received my interview letter Wednesday night. June 26 interview

We also have a June 26th interview! We were DQ'ed Jan 27th, 2023.

2 hours ago, Aya2538 said:

My visa is EB-2 NIW, but we also need to send civil documents. Also for birth certificates what did you sent? 

My husband is from Istanbul and he's immigrating to the US on an IR1/CR1 visa. He submitted a Nufus Kayit Ornegi, but specifically with the chart that lists all his family members in addition to his own information. We made a mistake initially and didn't include the chart and caused us delays.

Just now, thenextman said:

Interview letters seem to get sent out once per month, over the course of 2 or 3 days. The timing of the letters seems to change but generally seems to be either around the middle of the month, or close to the end of the month.

 

It sounds like you missed the current batch but wish you good luck for April!

That's what I was thinking as well. I'm just hoping we'll still be scheduled in May and not pushed back to June. Fingers freaking crossed.

Hi everyone,

Does the embassy only send ILs once per month? Like around the 15th? That's just kind of what I've been noticing and wondering if that's real.

We were DQ'd Jan 27th and noticed that other people who were DQ'd Jan 11th got their IL March 16th. I was hoping that we might get our IL last week or this week since that would seem chronological, but now I'm wondering if we won't hear until April 15th.

Thanks for all your help!

Just to carry on the timeline - we were DQ'd Jan 27th, but have not received an IL yet. Hopefully, we'll be in the next batch! Congratulations to all who received their IL last night!

1 hour ago, Shosho222 said:

I’m glad your issue was resolved. I got DQ’ed February 14. Do you have any idea how long is the wait for interview at ankara? 

Ah sorry, I'm not sure. My husband is living in Canada right now so he'll be going to the Montreal embassy when his interview is eventually scheduled. But congratulations on your DQ!

On 2/18/2023 at 5:49 PM, Shosho222 said:

Hello. Was your police certificate issue solved? Did you also got dq’ed? 

Yes! It turns out his birth certificate was correct, but we didn't upload the paper with the chart listing his family members which is what they were specifically looking for. And the Turkish police certificate was correct, but his Canadian police certificate was incorrect - they didn't take his fingerprints at the police station (which was frustrating because they specifically told him they were doing what they needed to do for a US green card, but they were obviously misinformed) so it wasn't the right document. But we got it corrected and we were DQ'd at the end of January. Hopefully we'll receive our IL soon. Thanks for checking!

1 minute ago, alexturgul28 said:

Congrats on the DQ! And thanks for all your help too! There don't seem to be too many CR-1/IR-1 Turkey filers on here and I want to get everything right the first time around so we don't have to wait even longer than we already have been

Yes, absolutely! And coincidentally, I also have family living in Corvallis, OR. Such a small world! Please feel free to reach out if you ever need anything - if we can help, we will!

10 hours ago, alexturgul28 said:

When my husband downloaded his from e-devlet, he selected "kisi"under the dropdown menu for "nufus kayit orengi tipi" and then "hayir" for "eski es lisetle" since he's never been married before. Try selecting kisi instead and it should give you the right document. And then for the last drop down menu "belgenin neden verilecegi" he selected whichever option means you're getting the birth certificate for individual use (I don't have it in front of me and can't remember the options off the top of my head). 

Okay, we WERE able to get the Düsüceler by following your steps so thank you! But we were DQ'd today by the NVC and we had submitted a nufus kayik ornegi that my husband received from the municipality in Turkey that did not have the Düsünceler table included. So I think as long as his family members are on there, it should be fine. 

Thank you for all your help!

5 minutes ago, DijonMustard said:

Sorry if I'm just being dumb now, but I'm still not able to pull a document from e-devlet that includes a table called "Düsüceler". I clicked the options on the drop down menu as instructed (photo below) and the document e-devlet gives me is what you've labeled above as Vukuatsiz (not vukuatli). How do I get the document with the Düsüceler table?

 

Quick follow up - I went back to the travel.state.gov page to look at the requirements for the birth certificate and this is what it states: Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: Government of Turkey seal in red color placed at right bottom side of the document - white paper with black ink. Signed by preparer and approver. Currently available in A4 sized paper.  It is a chart printed in landscape format with the holder’s name, last name, father’s name, mother’s name, PDOB, Marital Status on the first line. The following lines would list holder’s family members and their biographic information written in the next columns in the same order. If it is obtained through e-Government website, the document would have a barcode on upper right instead of red stamp and signatures.

It sounds to me like all that's necessary is the top table with the list of the applicant and their parents' biographic information. Or maybe the Düsünceler doesn't show up on my husband's because he and his family were all born in Turkey so their citizenship didn't need to be reported on the document? And no one has a previous marriage? I have no idea honestly. I wish the travel.state.gov included more details about the documents so there wasn't so much confusion.

We submitted a NÜFUS KAYIT ÖRNEĞİ to USCIS for my husband's I-130 that was approved in October and it did NOT have the Düsünceler table included. Although, it's definitely possible NVC has different requirements.

Thank you for all your help and sorry for my continued confusion.

19 minutes ago, alexturgul28 said:

@SBHbb67 this is excellent, thank you so much for explaining it so clearly! We were confused because the birth certificate he obtained in-person looks different from the document he can download from e-devlet. Hopefully this will help @DijonMustard too!

Sorry if I'm just being dumb now, but I'm still not able to pull a document from e-devlet that includes a table called "Düsüceler". I clicked the options on the drop down menu as instructed (photo below) and the document e-devlet gives me is what you've labeled above as Vukuatsiz (not vukuatli). How do I get the document with the Düsüceler table?

1 minute ago, alexturgul28 said:

@DijonMustard did you have any luck with finding the vukuatli nufus kayit ornegi? My husband is also Turkish and he can download his "nufus kayit ornegi" from e-devlet, but it doesn't have "vukuatli" in the title. Do you know how to obtain a "vukuatli nufus kayit ornegi" if such a document exists? Is it the same as the one that you can download from e-devlet?

 

Tagging @SBHbb67 also in case they have any input!

 

Thanks both!

@SBHbb67 does it say "vukatli" anywhere on the document? That's how we got ours, too, and it has the death and marriage information on there, but doesn't specifically say "vukatli".

7 hours ago, pushbrk said:

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

 

Police Certificates

Available

Fees: Varies by Province

Document Name:  Certified Criminal Record Check – Type of Criminal Record Check for Personal Use: Other / RCMP National Repository Entire Holdings

The following documents WILL NOT be accepted:

• Type of Criminal Record Check for Personal Use: Visa-Border Crossing, Foreign Travel, Work document.
• Type of Criminal Record Check for Personal Use: Active Criminal Record document
• Provincial or City issued police certificate

Issuing Authority: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: The requested document is fingerprint-based, but the report does not include an image of the applicant or the applicant’s fingerprints.

Issuing Authority Personnel Title: There is no issuing authority personnel title

Registration Criteria: There is no registration criteria

Procedure for Obtaining: To obtain this document, you must submit your fingerprints to a local police service or RCMP-approved partner agency. You must request a Certified Criminal Record Check – For Personal Use – subtype Other and ask for a search of the RCMP National Repository Entire Holdings.

Certified Copies Available: Certified copies are not available

Exceptions: None

Comments: None

For more information on how to request this document, visit rcmp-grc.gc.ca

 

 

Yeah I've scoured this page, but can't find anything that specifically points out the document that form I posted is referencing. The attendant at Frontier said that was correct though, so we should hopefully be okay.

15 minutes ago, hyoliyuli said:

I have a similar question. 

I got an automatic email saying check status, and one more email right after that one saying we are DQ and will schedule interview. But no updates or messages on the website. The documents I had to re-scan and upload still just say submitted.  Anyone seen that happen? Are we truly DQ?

We did not get a message saying we were DQ'd, but can I ask how long ago you re-scanned and re-uploaded? We have to get a new police certificate so we're trying to figure out how long this will delay us.