ShawnM

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to ask when my wife should schedule her medical. Her interview date is May 19th in Islamabad Pakistan. Also, will the interview appointment letter be enough for her to schedule her interview or does she need anything else?

Thanks!

I thought they said they scheduled interviews for the following month in the second week of each month? How did they give you a May 11th date already? They told me they would schedule interview dates for the month of May in the second week of April

It is with the NVC. I will send it in and I hope everything works out for the best. Thank you everyone for assisting me with this matter.

I called NVC and spoke to about 5 different Customer Service Reps and they all told me to just send in the Marriage Certificate and they will attach it to my original certificate to my petition as long as I have provided the barcoded document cover sheet. My main concern was that I did not want them to lose marriage certificate. They did not start to review my DS-230 yet but I guess I will just mail them the certificate before hand.I really hope that this does not slow down my process.

Hello everyone,

My brother just received an RFE because he did not provide his original marriage certificate. The reason he did not send it in is because his marriage certificate is in a different language. Instead of sending in the original he sent in a certified translation of the original. He now has to send in the original untranslated version.

I made the same mistake as my brother. I sent in the certified translation of the original. I just sent in the DS-230 on Tuesday using over night mail. The NVC did not start processing my DS-230 yet.

My question is, can I send in the Original Marriage certificate now or do I have to wait for the RFE? The reason I am asking this is because I do not want to waste anytime waiting and want my case to complete as soon as possible. Also, is there a chance that my additional papers(Original marriage certificate) will get lost and never get matched up with the DS-230?

Does anyone have any experience with this or know what I can do?

Thanks in advance for any help with this issue.

What Id are you referring to in the Police certificate? Is this specific to Pakistan or so?

The ID number I am refering to is the nationality card number. It is like a social security number in pakistan.

In my limited understanding, the Police Station messes up documents routinely so what you can do is perhaps write a letter along with the Police Certificate and state that it was typo made by the police station who issued the certificate and send that in with the form. Note that the police certificate expires in 3 months so by the time she is scheduled for an interview, I'd advice that you ask her to get another certificate made and take it to the embassy at the time of her interview and hand that in too. I had one sent in with the DS-230 and then one more for the interview and when I reached US and caught a glimpse of my file at immigration, I saw that new PC on top of all the documents. Its not something that could get her in trouble but its better to not take any risks and make her life easy. I hope this helps.

Thanks for the reply guys. Also, the Police Certificate is just a template with her information filled in and it is handwritten and not type written. Do you think I should send in this police certificate and include a letter? If so, what should I write.

Hello everyone,

My DS 230 package is all ready to go out. I just looked at my wifes police certificate and there is a problem. Her ID card number on the certificate is incorrect. Her ID number is xxxxxx681 but on the police certificate it is incorrectly listed as xxxxxx618. The "1" and the "8" numbers are reversed. All the other numbers are correct it is just that those two numbers are in reverse order. I do not know what to do. I have my package all ready to go out. The Police department made this mistake. How can I rectify this situation? I do not want to receive an RFE for this or have her have trouble at the embassy.

Please help me out!

My I-130 was approved yesterday(Feb 4th, 2011). I am SOOOOOOOO HAPPY! And BTW, it was at the Vermont Service Center. Good luck to all!

In another 2 weeks it will be 5 months since I filed my I-130. I am expecting an approval any day now as my brother received his approval almost 3 weeks ago and he filed 2 weeks before I did.

My question is: Is it ok to fill out and print the I-864, I-864a, DS230, and DS3032 now while I wait for I-130 approval? The reason I ask this is if I print out the forms today then I will have to put in today's date. Will the NVC not accept the forms if the date of signatures is a month or so old? I just want to speed things up as much as possible and that is why I want to have the forms ready now.

When did you guys start to fill out these forms? Does the NVC really care if the date on the forms is not recent? I would like to get some input from you guys.

Thanks

Did anyone receive their I-130 Approvals(NOA2) email/text alerts on a weekend or does it only happen on weekdays? Its Friday today and I want to know if I should expect to receive something this weekend or not...lol

Does anyone know if we can get approval letters or texts of NOA2 on a weekends or is it just on weekdays?

Hello everyone,

I have a question about sending the I-864 and the IV packet. I read the shortcuts and I remember it saying to send originals of the documents as well as an extra copy of all documents.

Do I really have to make and send copies of all the original documents that I will be already be including in these packets?

Did you guys send these packets with or without extra copies?

If I send extra copies, do I also have to send copies of the original filled forms as well(ex; a copy of the form I-864)?

thanks in advance

Hello everyone,

What do I put as "Current Occupation" on the DS-230 if I graduated college and never worked before. I graduated with a B.A and am studying for the GMAT to try and get my Masters degree. I never had a job and I do not think I am classified as a student since I am not currently in school.

Also on the I-864 they ask for "Sponsors income and employment." Should I put in "Unemployed" even though I was never employed?

I meant to write "Fee" in the title, not "Free"

Also, the DS-3032 has not been generated yet. My brother called the NVC again and they told him to wait until he receives his AOS fee invoice in his email before he can pay.

Hello all,

I am asking this question for my brother.... he recently received his NOA2 on Jan 12th.

When I login to the online application fee payment site with my NVC case number and iid number it says…AOS fee amount $88.00…payment status not paid… It tells me to enter my bank information to make the payment. I called the NVC and asked if I should pay the AOS fee bill and they told me not to make payment until my DS-3032 is generated. As per LingChe’s shortcuts it seems that one can pay the AOS fee as soon as you receive your iid number. As a side note the NVC operator told me that my case just arrived on Tuesday January 18, 2011. What do you guys think? Should I pay my AOS fee bill and once the payment status says paid then mail my AOS package to the appropriate address?

Thanks in advance

Should I ask my wife to get a Police Certificate and send it to me BEFORE my I-130 gets approved? The reason I am asking this is because I here that the police certificates are good for 3 months and I do not want it to expire before I get to use it. I also read somewhere that even though the 3 months are up the certificate is still good for up to one year. Can some one give me some input about this?

I just spoke to my wife and she said that she will only be able to get one original copy

She said that she will send me the original and keep a copy of it for her interview

Does the DS-230 form that the NVC sends out have any barcodes on it or would I have to print out my own barcodes attach it to the form? I want to speed up the process and that is why I want to have this form filled out by my wife and sent to me before I get the one from NVC.

Can I have my wife fill out the DS-230 form and send it to me now or do I have to wait until I get that form from the NVC?

TO ADMIN: Please move this topic to NVC, sorry about that.

You will not be expected to produce a 2010 return until after tax day this April.

If you do have the W2 and or 1099 forms, you can always attach copies as evidence of your 2010 income.

Moving this to NVC forum, I-864 is not filed with I-130 when filing the petition.

Thank you.

It says that I have to submit the 3 most recent tax returns for the I-864 Package. Can I use the tax returns from 2008-2010 since I have not filed tax yet for the 2011 season? Or do I have to wait until I have filed in 2011 and then be able to submit the I-864 package.

it is advisable - as then you have a spare- and it can be cheaper too. Yes, they want copies - or at least certified copies of all civil documents.

Did you mean to say originals instead of "copies"? Sorry, I'm kind of confused again. Do I have to send in my original marriage certificate?

You will need an original. In the UK, if you order a Police cert, you can order extra copies at the same time, but you will need all originals for NVC.

Im sure the police cert sent to the nvc is forwarded by the nvc to the consulate prior to the interview.

Thanks for clearing that up for me because I did not know that the NVC needs only original documents. Does this also go for my marriage certificate, I mean do I have to send in my original marriage certificate?

And if possible, do you think I should ask her to try and get 2 original copies of the Police Certificate(one for me and one for her)?

She needs to request it, and then send it to you for you to mail in the IV/AOS package.

Can I ask her to mail me a copy instead of the original or does the NVC only accept the original? Because I heard that she will also be needing a copy of the Police Certificate once she is called for the interview.