RFE processing time

[saradanielle 2]

I am praying for your speedy approval. Goodluck to all of us.

Thanks for the positive thoughts and congrats on your recent case complete too!

[sxdx79 0]

So you sent in the documents but they said they never got them at all right? That is what the RFE was for? not that the police documents themselves were wrong. I am so worried about sending those in today, they are originals, (they dont need to be translated by the way, sorry no one told you ) but they are different looking from state to state and the only one that was notarized was the federal one, the other 2 states ones did not have to be from my understanding, what did you do exactly for your police certificates?

My understanding, including what my lawyer has told me, is that they need to be translated. It also says that on the NVC website. I know there is some dispute about that (and even NVC officers have told me different things), but my understanding is that translations are required for all documents written in a foreign language.

You might want to do a post, asking if people generally send in translations or not or whether anyone has gotten an RFE for not providing translations - I have never heard from people one way or the other on that...

Yes, I did send in the original documents the first time around, but then the NVC said they did not have them. As for the police certificates themselves, I believe we did the same thing as you. The federal one does need to be notarized, though the state ones do not.

Best of luck!

No , no translations needed as long as they are in english or portuguese, if it is a foreign language for Brazil then yes. But NVC website says any language that is not in english or the language of the country in which the visa application is being filed needs to be translated. Edgarvirginia can tell you that too, they sent in portuguese only too. It has been stated in many forums so I am so sorry that your lawyer made you go through all that money (translation in Brazil is so expensive). Tell him to brush up on the NVC filing rules and ask for some money back!!!!!!!!!!!! Good luck to you too, who knows we might see each other in Rio, my DS 230 arrives tomorrow to NVC.

Oh, I understand. Yes, it is very unfortunate that I have spent so much money on translations. Well, it is all over and done with now, so I suppose I can't do anything about it. I just hope that they accept the documents and complete my case already! Anyway, it is very possible that we will have similar interview dates, if you get a quick go-ahead from NVC. I (like everyone else) am just done with waiting and I want it to be over with already!! Anyway, I hope that you get a case complete ASAP (and I hope I get one too!)

Good luck and let me know how it goes.

If I remember correctly when we filed the K1 visa it was at the NVC for about a week before it was sent off to the consular in Rio. I did send in translations to the VSC with the K1 although the policy may be different now. We filed the K1 three years ago. The consular speaks portuguese so translation is not an issue there but don't know the NVC policy or what they do with your package, maybe they just put it all together with their forms and send it to Rio.

Good luck with everything