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Hi all,

I have just paid the IV fee online, and am happy at how fast things seem to be moving now! Just a question that I really can't find an answer to anywhere. Info: We are pursuing IR1-CR1 for spouse of USC. I am the USC in the US, and beneficiary spouse is in New Zealand.

-We read that New Zealand had specific county requirements for PCC, and this included turning in an auth form to the consulate, and THEY handle PCC, and the PCC remains at the consulate afterwards.

-Spouse beneficiary called the consulate to ask for the form (to get an early start) and they said that she can just request one herself from the country's justice department webpage and have it mailed to her... it's the same clearance and it didn't matter to them. (She has applied for this police clearance)

However after paying for our IV fee, we were referred to this page cautioning us to make sure we are aware of country-specific PCC requirements, and provided a country-specific form to be turned into the NZ consulate, mentioned above. Either way, we are of course going to fill out this form and submit to the consulate, ASAP.

We just want a clear answer! Since the consulate will keep this PCC, does this mean that we should send in the rest of the IV docs, with a letter of explanation as to why the PCC is missing? Or should we wait and include the PCC that OH had previously applied for herself before sending off documents to NVC?

Sorry this is so convoluted. Any advice would be greatly helpful!!!

(Attached is country-specific form mentioned above)

Regards,

Sean

NZ Police Clearance Authorization.pdf

Thank you for your info regarding this, it helps to know others have been on this same path and we must be patient when it doesn't go textbook according to other timelines.

Where did you file?

FWIW, we filed on May 18th with CSC and I was losing hope quickly, but just got I-130 back last week.

On the timeline http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/ it shows CSC is processing May 28th applications for CSC I-130's for IR-1/CR-1 and K3.

Good luck, and if you happened to put your email address on the I-130 like I did, I got my NVC case number, invoice and DS-3032 via email four days after I received the NOA2s.

Hi Everyone! First time posting here, so if this is misplaced, please excuse my ignorance.

I am a USC currently in the US, and my wife is a New Zealander currently in New Zealand. We are obviously applying for IR-1/CR-1 and are in NVC processing at the moment (will submit I-864 shortly). I am trying to avoid bottlenecks, and have seen the police clearance for my wife in New Zealand as a potential one. I have found that for US immigrant visas in NZ, PCCs must be obtained through a form obtained either at the US consulate or in the DS-230 packet when it's mailed out (we're not to that stage yet).

I would like to get a jumpstart on this, if possible, to prevent delays.

1) Does anyone know the PCC form number to ask for at the consulate?

2) Will they even give out/accept this form/start the clearance before they receive the package from NVC?

3) Does anyone have a timeframe as to how long this immigrant PCC in NZ took them?

I've found some answers and suggestions here, but timeframes numbered only two... one claimed 6-8 weeks and the other only about 10 days. ???

Could anyone shed some light before my wife calls the consulate for NZD$3 a minute? Many thanks for any suggestions!!

Thanks for the very helpful replies, everyone.

I'm looking at the time lines for IR-1/CR-1, but the numbers there assume an I-129F hasn't been filed. I have heard that filing the I-130 with the I-129F delays the process. Does anyone know how much longer I-130 acceptance takes filing alone, versus in the case of when they're filed concurrently? I know every case is different; just trying to get as accurate a time frame as possible.

Thanks again.

Hi everyone. Just want to say thanks for all the contributors here-- this site is a veritable wealth of information for a long, difficult and confusing process.

Got some bad information from an immigration attorney we hired here:

1) We were going to do AOS, but he convinced us to do K-3, claiming it only takes 6-8 weeks total.

2) He obviously also didn't know that K-3 has been/is being closed, which I just found out today.

I should have done my own homework, but I trusted him. My fault.

I'm a USC, spouse is New Zealander. I married and lived with her for 5 years in NZ. She returned at end of May to NZ, before expiry of WVP. We're 2-months into the K-3 process. Have only received NOA1; I-129F and I-130 have been filed.

If we know that we are going to have to go the green card route (i.e. longer time to spend outside the US), she can get a job over there and have a life over there (instead of living with parents). From what I'm gathering, there is no way to cancel a I-129F and the only way you know if the application will be channeled to K-3 or Green Card is if NVC receives both forms (I-239F and I-130) at the same time. Is this accurate? How much more likely is one scenario versus the other? Will they let me know what to do if the process gets changed?

I haven't set permanent roots down in the US yet, so if the Green Card process is going to extend our time apart by several more months, I'm tempted to return to New Zealand and complete remaining steps back there, with spouse (I'm a permanent resident there).

I know other posts have overlapped my question, but I just wanted some reinforcement, if it doesn't waste your time too much. I'm feeling a bit lost. Thanks for any comments.