Collecting documents before NOA2 - is it a good idea to start early?

[pedia 0]

From what I have read, a police certificate is one of the many documents the consulate will need. is it too early for me to request one now? or do i need to wait to receive the NOA2 before getting the cert?

[Hell0W0rld 10]

you can start collecting phone bills, chat logs, emails, text message logs, all of the official documents like police documents can get later.

[YuAndDan 153]

Depends on consulate and country, as well as past countries that you may have lived in for longer that 1 year.

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[Cmehat 0]

I would wait because you need to make sure that everything is well updated as dates are concerned. As far as emails, phone bills etc goes, you can definitely have all that ready but when it comes to certain documents with signatures and dates, you want to wait until you have a date. You want to keep everything as updated as possible

Cindy

[myperfectflaw 11]

From what I have read, a police certificate is one of the many documents the consulate will need. is it too early for me to request one now? or do i need to wait to receive the NOA2 before getting the cert?

I have already filled out all the forms that I downloaded, and just left the dates/signatures blank. I've accumulated what proof we have now, and I keep adding to it as more is received. I contacted my embassy, and the police certificate/medical records are good for one year, so we plan on doing them around the time we expect our NOA2--even if we get it later than we expect, they'll still be good for a year after that date. So, yes, you can prepare now and get your stuff together and ready to go as far as is possible. I don't like sitting around waiting, so this makes me feel better about the situation. And when the time comes that we receive our packet 3, we will have very little left to do to finish preparing and can get an interview date ASAP.