Croz

I'm hoping you're right and what I've read is wrong. I'm moving forward just as you have said because it's my best chance to get her here before her medical clearance expires on Dec 9th (we literally got the embassy letter 8 days ago)....and we're already up on a visa expiration??....anyway - the State Dept form (DS-4194.....the authentication request form) has a drop-down for "document type"... and one of the options is "FBI criminal background check". That concerns me....along with what I read last night at 2:00 am when I was freaking out, but can't find right now. I was only on official websites though - this is the only "chat" I've referred to.

If you got this from a FB group - absolutely stay on FB. This poster is dead wrong. You don't need an FBI criminal record check for the sponsor for the interview with the US embassy for your Fiance - but you very well may need it with the CFO. Just finding out that I need it after being told it wasn't needed - then she went back to the CFO with a background Check and now being told it has to be an FBI criminal record report. Further - I'm reading that it has to be authenticated with the US Dept of State (5 weeks) and then has to go to the Philippine embassy. If you got this from a FB group - absolutely stay on FB. This poster is dead wrong. You don't need an FBI criminal record check for the sponsor for the interview with the US embassy for your Fiance - but you very well may need it with the CFO. Just finding out that I need it after being told it wasn't needed - then she went back to the CFO with a background Check and now being told it has to be an FBI criminal record report. Further - I'm reading that it has to be authenticated with the US Dept of State (5 weeks) and then has to go to the Philippine embassy. If you got this from a FB group - absolutely stay on FB. This poster is dead wrong. You don't need an FBI criminal record check for the sponsor for the interview with the US embassy for your Fiance - but you very well may need it with the CFO. Just finding out that I need it after being told it wasn't needed - then she went back to the CFO with a background Check and now being told it has to be an FBI criminal record report. Further - I'm reading that it has to be authenticated with the US Dept of State (5 weeks) and then has to go to the Philippine embassy.