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How can an NVC officer verify a document in a foreign language without an English translation? I'm sending in the translations. The last thing I need is an RFE! :)

Hi Jenny, you are right – according to the State Dept website, you definitely need a certified translation of the civil documents:

Documents the Applicant Must Submit

(See "Translation Requirements")

USCIS171 days
08.03.2010: Sent I-130 (Received at Chicago Lockbox on 08.05.2010 – Priority Date)
08.24.2010: NOA1 – Notice Date (Case transferred from CSC to TSC on 11.02.2010 and back to CSC on 02.07.2011)
02.11.2011: NOA2 – Approved! (hard copy received on 02.17.2011)

NVC46 days
02.26.2011: Got NVC case number from AVR (entered on 02.24.2011)
02.28.2011: Called operator to give email addresses and get IIN; emailed beneficiary's change of address and DS-3032; received instruction emails from NVC; AOS fee bill invoiced and paid
03.01.2011: AOS fee shown as "paid"
03.03.2011: DS-3032 accepted; beneficiary's address updated by NVC; IV fee bill invoiced and paid
03.07.2011: IV fee shown as "paid"; AOS and IV packets sent out together via USPS Priority Mail (delivered on 03.09.2011)
03.22.2011: AVR and operator tells us we will receive an RFE
03.26.2011: Received RFE checklist via email (asking for PCCs from China and Taiwan)
03.28.2011: Sent checklist response via USPS Priority Mail (explaining/demonstrating that PCC should not be required)
04.10.2011: AVR message says that checklist response was received on 04.08.2011; sign in failed
04.11.2011: Case completed at NVC!
04.13.2011: Interview date assigned, received Packet 4 via email
04.25.2011: NVC sent case to embassy in London

Embassy – London, United Kingdom
05.23.2011: Medical at Knightsbridge Doctors
05.31.2011: Interview - APPROVED! (301 days from filing)
06.02.2011: Visa in hand
06.07.2011: POE at SFO

Removal of Conditions

04.16.2013: Sent I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

04.18.2013: I-751 packet received at VSC (check cleared on 05.03)

05.04.2013: Received NOA1 (dated 04.19)

05.11.2013: Received biometrics appointment notice for 06.05.2013 (notice dated 05.08)

05.13.2013: Completed biometrics as a walk-in (would have been out of town for scheduled appointment)

08.21.2013: APPROVED! (Received email update that USCIS has ordered production of new card)

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Don't you guys think we should find a ways to track USCIS to NVC Forward activity,,,, and also ways to lit burner under TSC people to get it faster...

agree. but how? our cases are now between uscis and nvc and what can we do in this situation? anybody with any briliant idea???

06/16/10: I-130 mailed for both parents | 06/25/10: MIL (mother-in-law)

06/18/10: Packet delivered | 06/28/10: MIL

06/25/10: Checks cashed | 07/06/10: MIL

06/28/10: NOA1 received | 07/09/10: MIL

11/10/10: I-30 approved for parents | 01/13/11: MIL

11/23/10: Case Number assigned | 02/18/11: MIL

11/25/10: Rcvd email for AOS and DS-3032 | 02/23/11: MIL

11/27/10: Paid AOS for both parents | 02/23/11: MIL

11/27/10: Emailed DS-3032s | 02/25/11: MIL

11/30/10: AOS Fee Status "PAID" | 02/25/11: MIL

12/02/10: I-864 mailed | 02/28/11: MIL

12/05/10: DS-3032s entered in NVC system | 03/01/11: MIL

12/07/10: Rcvd IV Fee Bill Email and Paid $404 for each parent | 03/03/11: MIL

12/21/10: Mailed DS-230 Documents both Sets to NVC | 03/04/11: MIL

12/21/10: I -864 Entered into NVC System | 03/17/11: MIL

12/23/10: DS-230 Received by NVC | 03/07/11: MIL

01/12/11: LOGIN Failed | 04/13/11: MIL

01/13/11: CASE COMPLETED | 04/14/11: MIL

01/18/11: Rcvd Emails for Interview | xx/xx/11: MIL on xx/xx/11

02/19/11: Medical Appointment at Abu dhabi| xx/xx/11: MIL

02/22/11: INTERVIEW COMPLETED at Abu dhabi| xx/xx/11: MIL

xx/xx/11: Rcvd Passports and sealed envelope | xx/xx/11: MIL

xx/xx/11: entered US at philly | xx/xx/11: MIL

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24th January. So it is ok.

Hey Timosha - did you get your NOA2 hard copy yet? They should be due. Just checking, because we were a day after you in approval.

04/2010 - Marriage in Weirsdale, Florida

USCIS

07-07-2010 Filed I-130 - K3

07-12-2010 Priority date

07-23-2010 NOA1 (California Service Centre)

11-03-2010 Transfer to Texas Service Centre

01-24-2011 NOA2 NVC

02-26-2011 Case #

02-28-2011 Docs delivered to NVC

03-06-2011 NVC received docs

03-06-2011 NVC SIF & Expedite approved

04-06-2011 Medical exam - Failed (bad cold - shadow on lung)

06-13-2011 2nd Medical exam - Passed

06-22-2011 Interview at London Embassy - denied due to previous overstay (3 year bar)

07-06-2011 I 601 Waiver accepted at London

07-19-2011 MP & Senator wrote to US Embassy to request expedite

08-13-2011 I 601 approved!

08-22-2011 Visa delivered

09-07-2011 POE Orlando - took 20 minutes to be admitted

I-751

08-15-2013 I-751 Received by Vermont service center

08-21-2013 I-751 Application check cashed

08-22-2013 I-751 NOA1 received dated 08-16-2013

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Hey Timosha - did you get your NOA2 hard copy yet? They should be due. Just checking, because we were a day after you in approval.

Yes, we got it on Saturday.

I printed copy and put it on my refrigerator :)

How is yours?

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ROC...

05/04/2013 I-751 sent to CSC

05/06/2013 package delivered

05/13/2013 check cashed

05/15/2013 received NOA ( receipt date 05/06/2013)

05/17/2013 received biometrics letter

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Hey Timosha - did you get your NOA2 hard copy yet? They should be due. Just checking, because we were a day after you in approval.

hey guys, we got our hard copy NOA2 on friday the 28th; approval date & email was the 21st. i called nvc on friday (i'm eager) and nothing yet, but i will be trying again on wed. :)

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EGUZI,

when you call NVC, what do they tell you? did you do anything? and did you get any response from NVC or USCIS? please let us know.

NVC says they have no record of my case, so they always ask me to email a copy of the approved notice and I "Always" tell them I already have, in the end they reply, "well sir there is nothing we can do if we have not received the case from USCIS, which I understand that :). Then I call USCIS, if I get ahold of a lazy agent, they will usually tell me you have to wait till february 26th which is the 90 days period :S, if it happens to be a nice agent they will tell me sir, we have to collect the paperwork from various directories and usually it takes time :(... So basically my case is collectiong dust under a pile of early approved cases :'( ...and the waiting continues

NVC where are you

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no translations are needed...Read this:

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made, must be accompanied by certified translations. The translation must include a statement signed by the translator stating that :

If they are in spanish, and your husband is from Paraguay, you are fine. You do not need a translation.

7/2/10- NOA1

2/9/11- NOA2 (transferred to Texas)

NVC

2/28/11- case number received

3/2/11- Paid AOS bill

3/5/11- Paid IV bill

3/12/11- expedite to Bogota consulate approved!!!

3/14/11- left NVC to Bogota for further processing

3/17/11- received by Bogota, emailed consulate and was told to send DS-230 and DS-2100 (packet 3)

3/18/11- packet 3 emailed to Bogota consulate, email confirmation on March 23

3/31/11- Interview date! Approved!!!!!!

Keep the faith, everything works out for the very best

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no translations are needed...Read this:

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made, must be accompanied by certified translations. The translation must include a statement signed by the translator stating that :

If they are in spanish, and your husband is from Paraguay, you are fine. You do not need a translation.

Ohh, that's a good point. My thinking was that unless you are doing Direct Consular Filing, the "country in which application for a visa is being made" would be the U.S., since you're sending your application to the NVC (although aside from the Affidavit of Support, I guess the NVC is mostly just collecting the documents to send along to the consulate).

Even if it's not necessary though, it seems like the safest thing to do would be to send in translations because maybe the consular officer would want to see them. Again, I don't know what's necessary/best, but that's just what I would do to be on the safe side. Obviously this situation is different, but when I was applying for my Taiwanese passport (which I applied for while here in the States), I had to translate my birth certificate into Chinese.

USCIS171 days
08.03.2010: Sent I-130 (Received at Chicago Lockbox on 08.05.2010 – Priority Date)
08.24.2010: NOA1 – Notice Date (Case transferred from CSC to TSC on 11.02.2010 and back to CSC on 02.07.2011)
02.11.2011: NOA2 – Approved! (hard copy received on 02.17.2011)

NVC46 days
02.26.2011: Got NVC case number from AVR (entered on 02.24.2011)
02.28.2011: Called operator to give email addresses and get IIN; emailed beneficiary's change of address and DS-3032; received instruction emails from NVC; AOS fee bill invoiced and paid
03.01.2011: AOS fee shown as "paid"
03.03.2011: DS-3032 accepted; beneficiary's address updated by NVC; IV fee bill invoiced and paid
03.07.2011: IV fee shown as "paid"; AOS and IV packets sent out together via USPS Priority Mail (delivered on 03.09.2011)
03.22.2011: AVR and operator tells us we will receive an RFE
03.26.2011: Received RFE checklist via email (asking for PCCs from China and Taiwan)
03.28.2011: Sent checklist response via USPS Priority Mail (explaining/demonstrating that PCC should not be required)
04.10.2011: AVR message says that checklist response was received on 04.08.2011; sign in failed
04.11.2011: Case completed at NVC!
04.13.2011: Interview date assigned, received Packet 4 via email
04.25.2011: NVC sent case to embassy in London

Embassy – London, United Kingdom
05.23.2011: Medical at Knightsbridge Doctors
05.31.2011: Interview - APPROVED! (301 days from filing)
06.02.2011: Visa in hand
06.07.2011: POE at SFO

Removal of Conditions

04.16.2013: Sent I-751 packet to Vermont Service Center

04.18.2013: I-751 packet received at VSC (check cleared on 05.03)

05.04.2013: Received NOA1 (dated 04.19)

05.11.2013: Received biometrics appointment notice for 06.05.2013 (notice dated 05.08)

05.13.2013: Completed biometrics as a walk-in (would have been out of town for scheduled appointment)

08.21.2013: APPROVED! (Received email update that USCIS has ordered production of new card)

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NVC says they have no record of my case, so they always ask me to email a copy of the approved notice and I "Always" tell them I already have, in the end they reply, "well sir there is nothing we can do if we have not received the case from USCIS, which I understand that :). Then I call USCIS, if I get ahold of a lazy agent, they will usually tell me you have to wait till february 26th which is the 90 days period :S, if it happens to be a nice agent they will tell me sir, we have to collect the paperwork from various directories and usually it takes time :(... So basically my case is collectiong dust under a pile of early approved cases :'( ...and the waiting continues

EGUZI,

from your response, now I am confident that we can not do anything before 90 days. it is going to be another three or four months added to i-130 NOA2 before our case reach nvc. it is so sad that CSC cases only takes 10 days to reach nvc but TSC cases forever. We are now caugth between nvc and uscis and both don't take any responsibility. it means that for long time we have to just call nvc and listen to nvc AVR that we have no record of your case!!!!!

06/16/10: I-130 mailed for both parents | 06/25/10: MIL (mother-in-law)

06/18/10: Packet delivered | 06/28/10: MIL

06/25/10: Checks cashed | 07/06/10: MIL

06/28/10: NOA1 received | 07/09/10: MIL

11/10/10: I-30 approved for parents | 01/13/11: MIL

11/23/10: Case Number assigned | 02/18/11: MIL

11/25/10: Rcvd email for AOS and DS-3032 | 02/23/11: MIL

11/27/10: Paid AOS for both parents | 02/23/11: MIL

11/27/10: Emailed DS-3032s | 02/25/11: MIL

11/30/10: AOS Fee Status "PAID" | 02/25/11: MIL

12/02/10: I-864 mailed | 02/28/11: MIL

12/05/10: DS-3032s entered in NVC system | 03/01/11: MIL

12/07/10: Rcvd IV Fee Bill Email and Paid $404 for each parent | 03/03/11: MIL

12/21/10: Mailed DS-230 Documents both Sets to NVC | 03/04/11: MIL

12/21/10: I -864 Entered into NVC System | 03/17/11: MIL

12/23/10: DS-230 Received by NVC | 03/07/11: MIL

01/12/11: LOGIN Failed | 04/13/11: MIL

01/13/11: CASE COMPLETED | 04/14/11: MIL

01/18/11: Rcvd Emails for Interview | xx/xx/11: MIL on xx/xx/11

02/19/11: Medical Appointment at Abu dhabi| xx/xx/11: MIL

02/22/11: INTERVIEW COMPLETED at Abu dhabi| xx/xx/11: MIL

xx/xx/11: Rcvd Passports and sealed envelope | xx/xx/11: MIL

xx/xx/11: entered US at philly | xx/xx/11: MIL

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EGUZI,

from your response, now I am confident that we can not do anything before 90 days. it is going to be another three or four months added to i-130 NOA2 before our case reach nvc. it is so sad that CSC cases only takes 10 days to reach nvc but TSC cases forever. We are now caugth between nvc and uscis and both don't take any responsibility. it means that for long time we have to just call nvc and listen to nvc AVR that we have no record of your case!!!!!

My 90 days will be up on 02/23/2011, but I am hoping every day that I will receive a text or email from USCIS saying that my case has finally been forwarded to NVC. I have had the NVC paperwork prepared for quite some time now. It is inconceivable that USCIS would need to "finish processing" an approved petition.

NATURALIZATION

02/25/2014 - Eligibility date.

03/03/2014 - N-400 package mailed.

03/11/2014 - Check cashed.

03/14/2014 - NOA received.

04/09/2014 - Biometrics.

04/28/2014 - In-Line for Interview - 6 hours later Interview Scheduled!!

05/02/2014 - Interview Letter received. (Mailed on 29 April)

05/26/2014 - 3 year anniversary.

06/02/2014 - Interview. PASSED!

09/11/2014 - Oath Ceremony.

09/16/2014 - Updated driver licence and registered to vote.

10/08/2014 - Updated Social Security

10/14/2014 - Applied for U.S. Passport

10/27/2014 - U.S. Passport arrived in mail (13 days - DID NOT expedite)

10/30/2014 - Naturalization Certificate arrived in mail (was not folded)

MY IMMIGRATION JOURNEY IS OFFICIALLY FINISHED!!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Cambodia
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So there is no need to send in a translation with the birth certificate? I already translated it so I was going to send it attached. I also translated the police certificate. It wouldn't hurt to send in the translations, right?...

They didn't have a problem with the translations at all. The only issue I had was "Original Birth Certificate". I sent a certified copy with the translation the first time. When I got the RFE, I called them and said the NVC already has two copies of translated and certified copies of the Birth Certificate so I'm only gonna send the original one. They said that it was fine as long as the language on the birth certificate is the same as the language spoken. She's from Cambodia and we have our own written script different from English. Send everything translated since you already have it. Less chance you end up with a huge headache like I did. Good Luck.

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well I agree it wouldnt hurt to send in translations, but according to the part on translations, they are not needed. The country in which the visa is being made would be the beneficiary's country, not the US.

7/2/10- NOA1

2/9/11- NOA2 (transferred to Texas)

NVC

2/28/11- case number received

3/2/11- Paid AOS bill

3/5/11- Paid IV bill

3/12/11- expedite to Bogota consulate approved!!!

3/14/11- left NVC to Bogota for further processing

3/17/11- received by Bogota, emailed consulate and was told to send DS-230 and DS-2100 (packet 3)

3/18/11- packet 3 emailed to Bogota consulate, email confirmation on March 23

3/31/11- Interview date! Approved!!!!!!

Keep the faith, everything works out for the very best

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I saw on Saylin's spreadsheet 2 people got their NVC case numbers after more than 40 days of their approvals!!! So where is TSC and NVC located?? One on the earth and the other one in Mars?? blink.gifwacko.gif

Here is the spreadsheet if some of you would like to check it https://spreadsheets0.google.com/ccc?hl=en&key=tX9SX5PguE40eauWOTNv8ug&hl=en#gid=0

USCIS journey
07/30/2010 I-130 sent
08/13/2010 NOA1
11/02/2010 Transferred to TSC
01/13/2011 NOA2 (approved in 5 months and 2 days since NOA1)
01/21/2011 Received hard copy of NOA2

USCIS journey completed in 155 days [165 days since priority date]

02/08/2011 TSC shipped approved petition to NVC

NVC journey (after 1 months and 5 days since approval)
02/17/2011 NVC case number assigned & invoice number given
02/18/2011 Emailed DS-3032
02/23/2011 Paid AOS
02/24/2011 DS-3032 accepted, received confirmation email.
02/24/2011 AOS fee marked as PAID
02/25/2011 AOS package sent
02/25/2011 IV fee invoiced and paid
02/28/2011 IV marked as paid, IV package sent
03/15/2011 SIF!!!
03/16/2011 Case complete!
03/25/2011 Interview date assigned
04/11/2011 Medical- DONE!!!!

05/10/2011 Interview - approved!

05/12/2011 Visa received by courier
06/06/2011 POE Dublin
07/05/2011 Welcome letter received
07/25/2011 Received GREEN CARD!

08/01/2011 Social security by mail

11/09/2011 Driver licence in hand! Wooo hooo wink.png

ROC
15/04/2013 ROC docs sent to Vermont

03/05/2013 NOA1 received

05/10/2013 Biometrics letter received

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Germany
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I wonder if this 90-days business counts towards their "goal" of 5-months processing time. Honestly, it's been 6.5 months for me, and it would probably get to NVC sooner if I refiled at CSC TODAY.

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07-20-2010 NOA1

02-11-2011 NOA2

03-09-2011 Sent both packages to NVC

03-28-2011 Case complete

03-31-2011 Expedite Request Sent

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I wonder if this 90-days business counts towards their "goal" of 5-months processing time. Honestly, it's been 6.5 months for me, and it would probably get to NVC sooner if I refiled at CSC TODAY.

hummm... i doubt that!

USCIS journey
07/30/2010 I-130 sent
08/13/2010 NOA1
11/02/2010 Transferred to TSC
01/13/2011 NOA2 (approved in 5 months and 2 days since NOA1)
01/21/2011 Received hard copy of NOA2

USCIS journey completed in 155 days [165 days since priority date]

02/08/2011 TSC shipped approved petition to NVC

NVC journey (after 1 months and 5 days since approval)
02/17/2011 NVC case number assigned & invoice number given
02/18/2011 Emailed DS-3032
02/23/2011 Paid AOS
02/24/2011 DS-3032 accepted, received confirmation email.
02/24/2011 AOS fee marked as PAID
02/25/2011 AOS package sent
02/25/2011 IV fee invoiced and paid
02/28/2011 IV marked as paid, IV package sent
03/15/2011 SIF!!!
03/16/2011 Case complete!
03/25/2011 Interview date assigned
04/11/2011 Medical- DONE!!!!

05/10/2011 Interview - approved!

05/12/2011 Visa received by courier
06/06/2011 POE Dublin
07/05/2011 Welcome letter received
07/25/2011 Received GREEN CARD!

08/01/2011 Social security by mail

11/09/2011 Driver licence in hand! Wooo hooo wink.png

ROC
15/04/2013 ROC docs sent to Vermont

03/05/2013 NOA1 received

05/10/2013 Biometrics letter received

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