CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues

[Naveed Hassan 10]

Got my case #! And it only took 2+ months.

Today is a good day.

Congrats Jenny, Finally Survived from TSC, Best of Luck for NVC

[aj2010 1]

I called 2 more officers. The last one being the nicest the 2nd one being the meanest, her name was Sarah (go figure). Jay, the last girl said she was so sorry. I cried to her telling her I'm looking at the photocopy of what I sent in to them and how it IS the original certified copy and that I'm sure of what my marriage certificate looks like. She said she can't see what I'm talking about and can only put in a service request to have a document reviewer look at my file. She told me I should wait until I get the letter from the NVC (hahaha I haven't even officially received an RFE) but if I want I can send in a new (the f*cking same) marriage certificate today if I want and it wont delay my case. It just turned 6am and I've already talked to three NVC customer service reps. I'm glad I didn't let Sarah discourage me because Jay was awesome (and sounded like she was 17 she kept saying the word like). Gonna send in the RFE marriage certificates today. They'll get them by tomorrow and input them in two weeks.

Also Sarah told me that I could write a letter stating that this IS the document and the only version. So I'm sending in that letter with another marriage certificate. A photocopy of it. A photocopy of what i originally sent it. and this French thing called a bulletin de mariage that is state issued saying that you got married (not a marriage certificate but it comes from the town hall) WOOF!

Did they send you an e-mail regarding this RFE or you checked AVR to find out?

[Moroccan wife 0]

Iam filling the DS-230 form right now, i wanna ask about question #20 : List below all places you have lived...................

shall i put in "City or town" only the name of the city or the complete adresse ??

[Saylin 1,605]

Iam filling the DS-230 form right now, i wanna ask about question #20 : List below all places you have lived...................

shall i put in "City or town" only the name of the city or the complete adresse ??

ONLY put the city or town. I know of a friend on VJ that put the complete address and got an RFE for it! Which I still find amazing. They got an RFE for putting TOO much information

[Moroccan wife 0]

ONLY put the city or town. I know of a friend on VJ that put the complete address and got an RFE for it! Which I still find amazing. They got an RFE for putting TOO much information

Thank you Saylin

[Saylin 1,605]

Thank you Saylin

You're welcome! Don't want anyone to get an RFE for such a silly thing!

[xelance 31]

hmmm...getting a sign in failed now for nvc portal..anyone else having problems?

[sarah et luc 7]

Wow, that's ridiculous! I've heard of a few cases where the original or certified copy weren't accepted by NVC even though it was the original or certified copy of the certificate. It's complete bull****! I hope the service request works, someone looks at it again and realises that it's the certified copy. Those reviewers need to realise that not all marriage/birth certificates look like the ones from the USA and they don't all look "official" even when they are.

I didn't know that that happend so much but if you do a search on VJ there are a lot of cases where people got RFEs for documents not being "official" or NVC saying they don't have them. I doubt that so many people would have the same RFEs if we all followed the same guides. It's just really discouraging. Even you Saylin, did you say that NVC said that "they never got your form" It's such BS. I'm going to give up obsessing now.

Did they send you an e-mail regarding this RFE or you checked AVR to find out?

I didn't get an email yet. I called 3 different operators and they confirmed that I sent in the wrong document. Which I find funny that the birth certificate and the marriage certificate came from the same place the same day.....Anyway the operators told me that they saw that I should be geting an email notification very soon.

[Saylin 1,605]

I didn't know that that happend so much but if you do a search on VJ there are a lot of cases where people got RFEs for documents not being "official" or NVC saying they don't have them. I doubt that so many people would have the same RFEs if we all followed the same guides. It's just really discouraging. Even you Saylin, did you say that NVC said that "they never got your form" It's such BS. I'm going to give up obsessing now.

Yeah, it's official, NVC can be ridiculous when it comes to RFEs.

And yeah, about 3 weeks after I emailed my documents, an operator told me to re-send them as it was still not in their systems.

[xelance 31]

yeah...im going to be sending a certified copy of our marriage cert. and im def. worried of getting an rfe because it totally looks like a photocopy if you just look at the front..the back says its a copy from the original in their archives, signed by the notary we were married at. This is the one that scares me the most for an RFE

[J e n n y 26]

Congrats Jenny, Finally Survived from TSC, Best of Luck for NVC

Thank you! I have all my forms and necessary documents ready to be mailed! Very anxious to get my bills and all that jazz!

[xelance 31]

I wonder why that payment portal has so many dang problems...maybe its because I requested an expedite? weird

[Moroccan wife 0]

You're welcome! Don't want anyone to get an RFE for such a silly thing!

I have another question on DS-230 concerning question #23 : List all educational institutions attended

i put the primary school and im not sure what to put on Course of Study

i put primary school on Degree or Diploma

Any suggestions?

[CaliforniaGuy 2]

That'd be a bad idea. Permanent marker would most likely leak through and would be visible on the other side.

"Using a pencil or felt pen, lightly print your name and Alien Registration Number on the back of each photo."

This is from the instructions of N400 Application for Naturalization

A passport photo has to be printed on photo paper which is like plastic so nothing would leak to the other side. So a Sharpie should be OK.

I have also read that passing a clean eraser on the back of the photo makes it easier to write with a pencil afterwards. And #4 and #6 pencil is easier to write with and the tips should be rounded. hahaha this is like rocket science

[bookcat1 0]

yeah...im going to be sending a certified copy of our marriage cert. and im def. worried of getting an rfe because it totally looks like a photocopy if you just look at the front..the back says its a copy from the original in their archives, signed by the notary we were married at. This is the one that scares me the most for an RFE

I had my certificates authenticated, which is just another notary seal/stamp. It is required in Colombia. I did this for the I-130 step and had no issues, and I know that some people did have problems.. but some did not, so it is up to you... however, i wanted to be safe.

Basicly, for a marriage certificate & Birth cirtificate in colombia to be legal it must be Authenticated by el Ministerio de relaciones exteriores/Cancilleria. It is just another signature and a seal that authenticates the Notary's signature and confirms that it is a valid document. just another way to get money out of you...... but, this is only my suggestion....