California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2

[Saylin 1,605]

Saylin Thank you very much for the info i'll check around for more info around this forum just like you said

You're welcome. Definitely a good idea to look more here on the forums. I don't much about requirements for other countries, so I can't be of much help

[lucas_34 4]

So, it looks like you don't need to translate any documents if they are in the same language of the country where you will be applying for an immigrant visa per the following statement:

Translation Requirements

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made, must be accompanied by certified translations and submitted to the NVC.

Correct thinking?

According to http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_4881.html?cid=3622 there are no police records available to Mexico I'd ask an operator specifically about this. Have you searched the Mexico portal here on VJ for information?

Also, if you have any documents not in English, you have to provide the original/certified copy not in English plus translations. From http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html:

Translation Requirements

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made, must be accompanied by certified translations and submitted to the NVC. The translation must include a statement signed by the translator stating that the:

• Translation is accurate, and
• Translator is competent to translate.

[xelance 31]

yes, you do not need to translate the documents. I confirmed this with an NVC operator..he told me to not have them translated, it is just a waste of money...so this quote is not correct.

"Also, if you have any documents not in English, you have to provide the original/certified copy not in English plus translations. From http://travel.state..../info_3195.html "

This part is the most important of them all: or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made

Edited February 28, 2011 by xelance

[lucas_34 4]

OK, on a slightly separate thought - once one receives from the USCIS the approval notice of I-130, do you still have to wait for the USCIS to send you another notice indicating they have sent the approval notice to NVC, or they do that automatically and you won't be receiving anything from the USCIS in mail anymore?

[xelance 31]

it really has differed from service center to service center. In Texas, I got an email saying it had been transferred with no hard copy of this transfer, but in Cali, people seem to have just got NOA2 hard copies stating that their case was approved and it would now be forwarded to the NVC.

[lucas_34 4]

So, it seems that irrespectively whether the NOA-2 comes from Texas or Cali (hard copy I mean) would always have the same boilerplate that the case was approved and forwarded to the NVC on the same paper, but with Texas in addition to that you would get a status update online right?

it really has differed from service center to service center. In Texas, I got an email saying it had been transferred with no hard copy of this transfer, but in Cali, people seem to have just got NOA2 hard copies stating that their case was approved and it would now be forwarded to the NVC.

[xelance 31]

So, it seems that irrespectively whether the NOA-2 comes from Texas or Cali (hard copy I mean) would always have the same boilerplate that the case was approved and forwarded to the NVC on the same paper, but with Texas in addition to that you would get a status update online right?

exactly, or thats how it should be...I am sure some have slipped through the cracks at Texas and have been forwarded onto NVC without any email notification. If you were approved in California, you should have that message printed on the NOA2

This was the message I received from Texas:

On February 16, 2011, we shipped this approved or re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly.

Also, for some weird reason, my case got a touch today lol.

Edited February 28, 2011 by xelance

[redsnap 13]

yes, you do not need to translate the documents. I confirmed this with an NVC operator..he told me to not have them translated, it is just a waste of money...so this quote is not correct.

"Also, if you have any documents not in English, you have to provide the original/certified copy not in English plus translations. From http://travel.state..../info_3195.html "

This part is the most important of them all: or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made

Sorry that I interfere your discussion but I wanted to make something sure. It says or in the official language of the country, in which application for a visa is being made. My application is made in the US, same as yours, right? How will they able to read all the documents in all the different languages? I'm preparing my stuff for NVC and I'm still not sure if I should get a translation. It just seems so unlikely that they accept papers in all the different languages if they can't even read them. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I just want to be 100% sure.

[lucas_34 4]

If it was your thinking process then everyone always would have to have their original documents translated into English, because we all apply initially through the US. However, what "application for a visa" means in this case is where you will physically go to have an interview at the embasssy/consulate abroad and as long as your original documents are from the same language (German for Austria and applying through the US embassy/consulate in Austria), then all you need is original docs without English translation.

Sorry that I interfere your discussion but I wanted to make something sure. It says or in the official language of the country, in which application for a visa is being made. My application is made in the US, same as yours, right? How will they able to read all the documents in all the different languages? I'm preparing my stuff for NVC and I'm still not sure if I should get a translation. It just seems so unlikely that they accept papers in all the different languages if they can't even read them. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I just want to be 100% sure.

[xelance 31]

exactly lucas, you are right I did confirm this with an NVC operator, he said NO translations are needed.

[redsnap 13]

If it was your thinking process then everyone always would have to have their original documents translated into English, because we all apply initially through the US. However, what "application for a visa" means in this case is where you will physically go to have an interview at the embasssy/consulate abroad and as long as your original documents are from the same language (German for Austria and applying through the US embassy/consulate in Austria), then all you need is original docs without English translation.

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[MACE2U 1]

ok guys n dolls, any help would be greatly appreciqated, the wife got the hard copy notification that we had been transfered back to CSC from TSC today, we were told that by the mighty badger last week via email, so, she calls CSC and the customer service person just told her to wait 60 ( sixty ) days.

is this some sort of joke?

Mace

[Danger Fire 1]

Just got my notice...

On February 28, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN.

[LARAREYES 0]

if the documents are in Spanish your don't have to translated them

[Rakmaster 1]

Just got my notice...

On February 28, 2011, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN.

CONGRATS!!!!