police reports + change of passport during i-130 processing

[Gosha.Bee 1]

Hi, I'm new here and already packed with info thanks to this site. Thank you everyone for your expertise and willingness to share your knowledge.

I do have a few questions as there are still a few things that are a bit hazy to me about this process.

1. My husband and I got married civilly in the USA when I was there visiting for Thanksgiving. I came home (to Poland) a few days later and from what I read here, we should be ok even though we did get married on a tourist visa. Am I correct? We have a big wedding planned in Poland (March 2011) but figured we could speed up the immigration process with this court wedding.

2. I was a student in the US and lived there for 3 years so I will need police reports from there as well as from my home country. Where do I go for that? I keep reading about FBI etc. I'm not quite sure how to go about obtaining such reports. I'll appreciate any ideas. Also, when are those reports needed? Is this something I bring to the interview or are they part of some forms sent back to us from the NVC during the process?

3. We are hoping to file our I-130 by the end of December (I sent mine to my husband last week, now all he needs to do is put everything together and mail it to the Chicago Lockbox). My passport is about to expire in June 2011 so I will have to get a new one with my name changed etc. I understand we'll have to let someone know about this but I'm not sure who that would be. Is it USCIS, NVC or American Embassy in Warsaw where my interview will be held? OR does that depend on where we are with the process at that time?

Thanks for your help with this.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

1. Marrying on a tourist visa and departing the US is fine. Nothing to worry about there

2. No, no police records needed for the US even though you lived there as a student. They will do their own background checks on you. I was also a student in the US - no police cert. needed. The police certificates you do submit will be submitted at NVC

3. I got a new passport about 4 weeks before our interview. I was not required to notify anyone nor was it ever an issue. I brought both passports to the interview in case it was an issue, however it was not

Good luck

[Wayne and Claudia 40]

1. Marrying on a tourist visa and departing the US is fine. Nothing to worry about there

2. No, no police records needed for the US even though you lived there as a student. They will do their own background checks on you. I was also a student in the US - no police cert. needed. The police certificates you do submit will be submitted at NVC

3. I got a new passport about 4 weeks before our interview. I was not required to notify anyone nor was it ever an issue. I brought both passports to the interview in case it was an issue, however it was not

Good luck

[Gosha.Bee 1]

Thank you so very much :-)