texpat_cymru

My fiance had his interview today, and I went with him.

Three hours of waiting in a very cold waiting area.

About 15 minutes total with Embassy officials.

When we first arrived I realized that we had forgotten the appointment confirmation letter and started hyperventilating, but the ladies out front said not to worry about it, as we had a different letter with his name and case number and stuff.

Once inside we waited about an hour and a half we were called for the first part.

The first lady took our paperwork. I had to have my parents co-sponsor, since I've been a full time student the last 3 1/2 years, so I gave her information on their financials. When I started to give her a letter from the place I work (when I'm in the US) she told me it wasn't necessary.

Then it was back to more waiting.

When his number was called again we went to an (American) man who gave him the oath, asked him where we met, when we met, how he proposed and what color my eyes were.

Then said we were approved and that was that.

He didn't want to look at any of my photos or any of the other evidence I had brought with us.

*shrugs*

But yay! We're approved!

Fiance booked his flight this evening (will be flying home with me mid-July for a July 26 wedding, as we have to wait for me to graduate first).

I'm glad everything is over. For now.

So we just called the department of state to see if we could find out out interview date and time. Apparently it is March 18 at 930am. (for my fiance's k1 interview. I'll be going with him since I've been studying in the UK since september).

So it's in 2 weeks exactly.

But we've received no packet 4.

Should I be worried?

Yeah the national insurance number is the UK equivalent of a social security number.

For question 14 (national identification number) would my fiance (a british citizen) put his UK national insurance number??

Hahaha

Yeah, I've had dealings with the Italian consulate before I studied in Bologna for a semester, but I found them a lot easier to work with than the Spanish consulate. Applying for my permesso di soggiorno is a different matter that caused lots of stress for me.

I'm also in the process of applying for Italian citizenship through Jure Sanguinis. I would have attempted the translation of my American documents, if it wasn't for the fact that they had to be done by a consulate approved translator. The process has been 2 1/2 years and counting. USCIS is super fast compared to them! Hehehehe

yeah, I knew the consulate wouldn't be able to get the police certificate for her, but I figured it may be something they are asked often enough about that they may know the procedure or where to forward the poster on to.

As for the translation, some of it made me as it is not the type of Italian I am used to translating. I admit I had to look up quite a few words, but I might as well put my massive dictionaries to good use!

I just checked your post history and see that you are trying to get a police certificate from Italy.

In all honesty, I would contact that the Italian Consulate in Miami where you will get someone who speaks English who can probably direct you to what you need.

http://www.consmiami.esteri.it/Consolato_Miami

Disclaimer: Italian is my third language and I am not completely fluent. I have attempted to translate it, but it is nowhere near perfect, as I have done it quite quickly, but I hope it helps you a bit get the gist of what you need.

everything in [ ] is what I have added myself. Hopefully someone completely fluent in both English/Italian will see this thread and be able to give you more help. If not, well I hope this is a starting off point for you.

What type of certificate are you needing to obtain from Italy?

"From abroad:

For the issue of the certificate of records (general-civil-criminal) everyone, Italians and foreigners, can turn to/address any attorney or to the Public Prosecutor's office (Procura della Repubblica) care of il Tribunale di Roma - local office of records– Piazzale Clodio – 00100 Roma.

The aforementioned office also has the possibility of a response in English.

Tel. 06 38701 – 06 38704012 – 06 38704009 - Fax 06 39736198 – 06 39736135 - e-mail: procura.roma@giustizia.it

By proxy:

If the interested [party] cannot personally bring the certificate requests and appoints (the responsibility) to another person, the request of every certificate must be personally signed by the interested [party], who, with the proper delegate (proxy) can appoint another person to the relevant presentation; in this case, the delegate must present a photocopy of a valid i.d. of the applicant and bring their own valid i.d.

Request by mail:

It is possible to request by mail the certificate from any Public Prosecutor’s office.

The conditions of requesting from the Procura di Roma (the best equipped for this service) are the following:

The requested sum (amount of money) must be attached to the application

The required fees can be sent by bank draft ( drawn from a bank that has a branch in Italy) addressed to Casellario Giudiziale – Procura della Repubblica di Roma (for foreign residents), or by money order bearing the abovementioned heading [i’m guessing this refers to Casellario Giudiziale – Procura della Repubblica di Roma ], or in cash (this last form of payment carries a high risk of theft). You must enclose the filled out envelope with the destination address and the corresponding postage enclosing the sufficient funds for sending, or international response coupons. [i take this part to mean that you must include a self-addressed stamped envelope, with the appropriate postage for them to send the certificates back to you]. The possible remainder will be returned in stamps.

Costs:

Criminal certificates: 1 mark? stamp? for the right to a certificate for 3,10euro (opposed to 6,20 euro if you are in a rush and need to obtain the certificate in the same day that you ask for it)

Here are the contact details for the office in question:

Procura della Repubblica presso il Tribunale di ROMA – Ufficio del Casellario

Via Mario Amato13/15 - Tel. 06/38704012

User information services- Tel. 06/38703511

Public hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am- 12:30pm, Mondays and Wednesdays 2:45pm-4:45pm [it is common in Italy for offices to close in the middle of the day, it appears this office only reopens in the afternoons on Mondays and Wednesdays, just fyi.]

Furthermore, on the website www.giustizia.it/servizi_cittadino/c1-5.htm you will find published an information card and the application form.

Thank you for contacting us, we cordially greet you"

[here is the website in English http://www.giustizia.it/sito_trad_inglese/en_index.htm ]

I think y'all are unfairly jumping down her throat. In my view, the only mistake she has made is waiting so long to submit the application, but what's done is done.

I booked my venue for my July 26, 2009 wedding in July 2008. I submitted our I129F application in August, because I wanted to make sure we had more than enough time to get approved (even if there was a chance of an RFE). Since I have been living in the UK for the majority of the last 4 years, we were also planning on doing a NON-legal ceremony here right before moving to the US, for all the friends and family who we weren't expecting to make the trip to America, but after most of them said that they will be coming to America, we decided to save the money and put it all towards the real ceremony.

Yes, the poster runs the risk of not being allowed entry into the US for the visit, but they wouldn't technically be getting married, so the visa (when/if approved) would not be invalid.

Yes, you could run into trouble with the embassy if they catch wind of it.

Is it possible, though? yes.

I hope everything works out for you.

Looks like it's Vermont today, doing its thing.

However, I'm glad to see there are more people who are NOT looking to move to the US the moment they receive their visa. (Or, in other words, those who'd like to play with dates to get it all sorted the way that'd work best for them.)

Could all of the people who are not in a hurry please notify their respective service centers so those of us who ARE in a hurry can step to the front of the line. Just kidding (No, not really).

Happy for all you who got approval. I am sure you will have no problems with your timeline. I believe the 6 months is from Visa issuance to you, so that would be after the final interview, so your probably looking at February or March anyway so + 6 months gives you plenty of time.

Hahaha, if I could give you my approval first, I would. It's just that with how slow they were doing approvals I made sure to apply to give us enough time in case they went really slowly, or if we received an RFE for any reason.

But the thing with us is that I am the American, but I have been doing my entire undergrad. degree in Wales, which is where I met my fiance two years ago. I will graduate July '09, and we are planning to get married pretty quickly afterwards. So we applied with lots of time and just hoped they wouldn't approve us *too* quickly (because it would kind of suck if he had to move to America like a month early without me, live with my parents, and miss my graduation) but I think this will all still work out.

We got approved today.

We were number 146 on the Vermont list.

So I am maybe being really thick right now, but I don't see an 'edit' button for my above post, but I forgot to say that we got that approval with ZERO touches.

So if you haven't shown any touches online, don't worry, because they are probably still looking at your file.

I just got home from a Christmas shopping trip, checked my email, and there it was: NOA2 approval.

We were number 146 on Igor's list.

Now I'm all frazzled.

So much to do! So much to do!

Now to time the interview so that the six months to enter the US after the visa approval doesn't end before July 16...

long time lurker, second time (?) replyer. (I think I posted at the beginning of this thread).

I submitted at the beginning of August, but I haven't been too active here. I check in every couple of days, but haven't posted much because I'm sort of in a different situation to everyone else.

I'm the American, but I'm living overseas in Wales for my last year of university, so I'm currently with my fiance. (But we did spend 15 months apart before this September, so I feel all of y'alls pain!).

I don't graduate until mid-July, so I was sort of hoping that I wouldn't be approved too quickly, so that we don't run out of the 6 months time to use the visa if we got approved really quickly.

Our wedding is set for July 26, 2009 (if all goes according to plan!) in Texas. I have pretty much everything planned, as I wanted to get it done over the summer while I was home, or else I would have to leave all the choices up to my mother (eek!).

For whenever my fiance has the interview in London, I am going to go with him. What kind of proof do you think we need? I guess I could scrounge up phone records. Would him taking in my passport with my UK student visas saying, "she's lived here for three years" and my cell phone and his cell phone and just showing the logs work as well? Lol.

We probably have, maybe, 400 pictures together, but I doubt we have any letters sent to each other. Emails, yes. Letters, no.

*shrugs*

I am also in the process of applying for Italian citizenship, as I am eligible through Jure Sanguinis. It will be helpful if we decide that we don't want to live in the US anymore, we won't have through go through this brouhaha in the other direction.

I'll try to maybe post a bit more now that it is getting to the nerve-wracking, exciting time of NOA2s being just around the corner.

Just adding myself to the list of people who submitted in August.

Sent in the packet to the Vermont Center on August 6 (I lost the form from the post office so I could check online when it was delivered), and they cashed my check today.

Yeah, my parents will forward me anything that comes in the mail.

Do I need to put on the application that I will be out of the country?

I am going to be leaving TX in the middle of September to finish my last year of university in Wales.

I am going to submit the I-129F petition packet soon, in the hopes that the timing will all work out that we can get married soon after graduation July 09

Now, my question is what to do about my different addresses. I have put my permanent address in TX as my address, but from September 19, I will have my address in Wales for the duration of the school year.

Any mail I get from USCIS at my TX address would be forwarded to me in Wales, but I don't know where to put on the application that I will be living in Wales for 9 months.

Do I put a supplement attached to the I-129F?

For the G-325A, I listed my addresses for the last five years (permanent US address first as since 1990) and then my two previous addresses in Wales and in Spain and in Italy.

Should I put at the bottom of this list from from September 08-July 09 I will be in Wales?

Do I need to put anything at all?