Estu and Torry

sorry what i mean to say is that we dont want to cancel but we have already resceduled one time because they sceduled the interview 2 days after they emailed us but we want to rescedule one more time for a month later from now instead of a couple weeks

just curious... how many times can you cancel and rescedule a interview date? thank you

after you email the embassy after all of the packet is finished... how long does it usually take until they email you back?

she said she would call the local kuta post office every day to see if they have it... but i also made another big mistake... i put the wrong address on the packet.... although i did put her name right on it and the name of the hotel right along with the zip code, city, state and country is correct also but the address is wrong.... so will they just try to take it to the hotel?? i am very worried about this and it is taking so long!!!!!

thank you everyone for the help.... she said she would call the local kuta post office every day to see if they have it... but i also made another big mistake... i put the wrong address on the packet.... although i did put her name right on it and the name of the hotel right along with the zip code, city, state and country is correct also but the address is wrong.... so will they just try to take it to the hotel?? i am very worried about this and it is taking so long!!!!!

i send the packet to my fiancee from here (seattle) to there (bali, indoneisa) on the 21st.... it was supposed to be 6-10 day delivery and she still hasnt gotten it yet!!!!!!!! does anybody know how long this usually takes or how long it took them... i used priority mail so they cant even track it!!!!!!!! i didnt mean to do that i meant to use fed ex!!!!!!!!!!!!! please help......

As Jim stated, if the State Department's reciprocity page states that a given document is "Unavailable" from the listed country, it means that DoS recognizes that it can't be obtained and therefore the consulate will not require it.

thank you very much for the help everyone... i really just wanted to make sure that it was saying that so thank you for the help

i cant get a good handle on this sentence... please help

Police certificate

Indonesia,

"Unavailable for applicants inside and outside Indonesia. Indonesian police certificates require initial processing at a local or village level, which is nonstandard in nature, can be subject to capricious decisions by officials and may require nonofficial payments to proceed further."

what exactly does this say? does it mean that she doesnt have to get one because the police in indonesia are corrupt?

theck the reciprocity table if you havent done so yet. select the country for which the police cert. is needed and then scroll sown to view the info

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3272.html

example for Indonesia

Police Records

Unavailable for applicants inside and outside Indonesia. Indonesian police certificates require initial processing at a local or village level, which is nonstandard in nature, can be subject to capricious decisions by officials and may require nonofficial payments to proceed further.”

yay!!! so i dont need a police cert then right?

Just go to the local office where she currently lives and apply for a new KTP. Just tell the office she lost her previous KTP from her hometown (Negara) and now that she lives in her current place she wants to get a new ID from the current place instead. It should be fine.

I lived abroad for years and came back to Indonesia only a couple of months before K-1 petition was sent. At one point when I still lived abroad I lost my Indonesian local ID (KTP) and I asked my parents to get a new one for me on my behalf. No problem at all. So I believe there should be no problem for your fiancee too.

Ooh... PS:

She might want to contact her current RT and RW head to issue a letter to help her getting the new KTP. My parents did that for me.

thank you so much for everything...

of course there is a but again.... she has told me that it is much harder to get a different or new id in a different city in bali or espcially in kuta

Just go to the local office where she currently lives and apply for a new KTP. Just tell the office she lost her previous KTP from her hometown (Negara) and now that she lives in her current place she wants to get a new ID from the current place instead. It should be fine.

I lived abroad for years and came back to Indonesia only a couple of months before K-1 petition was sent. At one point when I still lived abroad I lost my Indonesian local ID (KTP) and I asked my parents to get a new one for me on my behalf. No problem at all. So I believe there should be no problem for your fiancee too.

Ooh... PS:

She might want to contact her current RT and RW head to issue a letter to help her getting the new KTP. My parents did that for me.

thank you so much for everything...

of course there is a but again.... she has told me that it is much harder to get a different or new id in a different city in bali or espcially in kuta

It may take awhile to get the new local ID (KTP). I really hate to say this... but... you can speed up the process by "paying extra" (if you know what I mean...). I am not suggesting you doing that (I personally strongly against it...) but if you are running out of time, it's probably your only choice. The good news is, your fiancee needs to get police certificate from POLDA Bali (I believe it is located in Denpasar) instead of MABES POLRI (which is located in Jakarta) since she has lived only in Bali Island since age 16.

Best of luck to you

thank you so much

but the problem to begin with is when she went there they told her that she has to have a local id and she does have an id but she got it issued from negara... and she read the information you wrote but she said that the first thing she still has to do is go to the local office where she lives and they already told her no there

She does need a local ID (KTP) to make police certificate. Depends on where your fiancee has lived within Indonesia since age 16, here's what she should do:

1. If she has lived only in the same province since age 16, she only needs police certificate from provincial level police department (POLDA).

2. If he has lived in different provinces since age 16, she needs police certificate from national level police department (MABES POLRI).

The procedure to get either of those above is the same.

1. She needs to have a local ID (KTP) issued by the village level government office (LURAH) where she currently lives.

2. After she gets her KTP, she should go see head of RT and RW where she lives (just tell her this, she'll understand) to get a letter stating that she really is a local resident.

3. Bring the letter from RT and RW to the village level government office (LURAH) to get the a letter stating that she needs to get a police certificate.

4. After she gets the letter from LURAH, she has to bring the letter to district level police department (POLRES) office to get district-level police certificate (this certificate will be in Indonesian only). Tell the POLRES that she needs the police certificate to get police certificate in English as the requirement to obtain US visa. She should be able to get this certificate on the same day.

5. Bring the police certificate from POLRES to POLDA or to MABES POLRI (refer to my explanation above) to get the police certificate in English.

I know it's alot of things to do, but there is no way to get around this. Better start as soon as possible. Good luck

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thank you so much both of you....

but yes she lives in kuta but her id is negara and she said you have to have local kuta id and that you can only have one id at a time... how much time does this whole process of changing id's take?

she is supposed to get her police information for the last year and she went to the police station today to get it but they said that she can not get it in the city she is living... and is the city she is living in now and has been for the last 3 years... they said she needs a local i.d. but she was raised in another city two hours away which is on the same island of bali and that is where she has her i.d. but they told her that since she doesnt have a local i.d. they will not give her a police certificate.... i dont know but that sounds either like the police are really stupid or they just have some weird rules there... it makes no sence!!! but i read the form i got from the jakarta embassy and it says on it "Police Certificate... Each applicant aged 16 or older must have police clearance from any country where the applicant resided for one year or more" and under that it says.. "Police Certificate for Indonesia is not required"?? please help i dont know what to do

where exactly can i go to check the progress of my case with this new case number the nvc sent to me? or is it for the consulate because they told me that they already forwarded it...

what do i put for refrence... i dont understand and i cant figure out how to get it out of the year 2004...

depends on how long NVC takes...

does it usually only take week or two?

usually... and then it depends on how long it takes for the file to get to your consulate

and then it depends on how your consulate is scheduling interviews

so it usually doesnt take a real long time in the nvc but it takes longer to ship the forms??

for Kiev it is 2-3 weeks from when NVC ships for the file to get "on post" and into the appointment scheduling system....

Guangzhou is about 2-3 months

no idea how Jakarta handles it

yes it seems like couple of weeks at the most.... than you very much

depends on how long NVC takes...

does it usually only take week or two?

usually... and then it depends on how long it takes for the file to get to your consulate

and then it depends on how your consulate is scheduling interviews

so it usually doesnt take a real long time in the nvc but it takes longer to ship the forms??

does anybody know how long it takes to clear nvc???

depends on how long NVC takes...

does it usually only take week or two?

i was wondering how long it will be until i would know my interview date if i got nao2 a week ago...

my lawyer said that i need three things...

Original Letter of from Your Employer

Copy of Your Three Months Bank Statements

Original Letter from Your Bank on Bank Letterhead proving the day you opened your account(s) and the account's current balance

but i dont know how to get these things... pls help

thank you

is there a timeline that shows what to do after you recieve na02?

K1 Flowchart has the info

do you know how long it usually takes from now until she will get her interview date or an approximation??

is there a timeline that shows what to do after you recieve na02?

Congratulations

To edit timeline click the "My Assistant" link at top of page then Edit/Add Timeline

thank you very very much!!!!!!