Question regarding checklist form

[Andrew + Bethany 4]

So just to clarify (it's amazing how nerves destroy my common sense...), I do not send DS-230 part 2? Just the first 2 pages of DS-230?

Sorry for the dumb question!

[beatlesrebel 0]

So just to clarify (it's amazing how nerves destroy my common sense...), I do not send DS-230 part 2? Just the first 2 pages of DS-230?

Sorry for the dumb question!

It's not a dumb question at all! I know how you feel. My fiance filled out both parts of the DS-230, signed part one and left part 2 unsigned. I was told by another member here that they did the same thing and the embassy just pretty much threw part 2 out. We didn't get very detailed instructions from London, so we figure if they don't need part 2, at least we covered ourselves and sent it.

[Andrew + Bethany 4]

Thank you! Man, I don't know what we'd have done without this forum. It's made everything so much smoother for us!

[beatlesrebel 0]

Thank you! Man, I don't know what we'd have done without this forum. It's made everything so much smoother for us!

Anytime! I agree, there's no way we would have gotten this far without the help of everyone here and the guides, example forms, etc... I never knew just how hard immigration was until now!

[RUSSandRACHEL 3]

Apparently, after much waiting, London have now sent out our packet 3 (on thursday - yaaaay!) so I am putting together the checklist and forms and am confused by one thing on the checklist... 'notarized statement' and a checkbox. What is this??? We have been told by everyone on here that nothing needs to be notarized... is this refering to the letter of intent???

[beatlesrebel 0]

Apparently, after much waiting, London have now sent out our packet 3 (on thursday - yaaaay!) so I am putting together the checklist and forms and am confused by one thing on the checklist... 'notarized statement' and a checkbox. What is this??? We have been told by everyone on here that nothing needs to be notarized... is this refering to the letter of intent???

From what I was told and what I researched is that if four months goes by without you sending off your forms showing you're ready for the interview, the foreign fiance would need to provide a notarized letter of intent. I'm sending a notarized letter of intent, but I'm the US citizen. My fiance left that part blank, so hopefully that doesn't screw us up.

[RUSSandRACHEL 3]

Thank you. Oh, I thought it was 4 months from NOA2 (it says from 'approval' on the checklist)? Oh well, we've sent packet three off now and ticked that box so we'll see what happens. I have heard from alot of VJ people on here that nothing needs to be notarized, not even the letter of intent. Hmmm... confusing

Edited December 3, 2009 by RUSSandRACHEL

[beatlesrebel 0]

Thank you. Oh, I thought it was 4 months from NOA2 (it says from 'approval' on the checklist)? Oh well, we've sent packet three off now and ticked that box so we'll see what happens. I have heard from alot of VJ people on here that nothing needs to be notarized, not even the letter of intent. Hmmm... confusing

I'm so sorry, that's what I meant (long day yesterday lol). If your interview is more than 4 months after your NOA2 approval then you have to have the notarized letter. At least, that's how I took it. I don't really know. I went ahead and got my letter of intent notarized, but I work with a public notary so it was simple and free for me. As for my fiance, I'm hoping his interview is this month or he'll have to get a notarized letter (if that's what the checklist means) and he hasn't been able to find a cheap place to do it. I have to say, I find the London embassy VERY confusing.

[FrostyMist 1]

I took the notarized letter of intent thing to mean that it has to be done four months after NOA2. If I remember correctly, it says on the checklist to have the letters of intent notarized, and also, when I wrote to the Embassy, they asked for this too (although their instructions were somewhat vague and unclear about which of us needed to have the letters notarized.) We both got ours notarized in the end, though I'm worried that they might not accept my fiance's because he did it about 4 weeks before the actual "expiration" date.

We shall see, I guess.

Edited December 3, 2009 by FrostyMist

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I think the notarized statement is for Mums who are taking children with them to the US. The father of those children has to grant his permission for the children to leave the UK and it has to be notarized or otherwise done up legal by a solicitor. There have been some Mums on here in the past who explained what they had to get, but I don't remember the British legal terms.