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Translating Documents...So confused!!! HELP!!!

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Hiinsharm2011 Apprentice

Hiinsharm2011   0

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Filed: Country: Egypt
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I thought I had everything figured out and then it's time to send our packets and I'm not sure.

We have the DS-230 to send with all of the beneficiary's documents. If I remember correctly, these documents do not have to be translated if in the language of the country you are applying from? We are in Egypt and documents are in Arabic, so no need to translate right?

Then there's the AOS with all of the supporting documents and these do need to be translated right?

And then we send these packets to:

31 Rochester Avenue Suite 100

Portsmouth, NH 03801-2914
Also are the cover pages that you print out the same or are they 2 different ones? I can't tell, but they look the same to me.
I'm so confused and I want to be sure I'm doing everything right.
Thanks in advance!
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Conor<3Maresa   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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The first part you are correct, no need to translate it if it is in the language where the interview will be.

I'm not sure about the AOS, that someone else will need to answer... sorry.

Best of luck!!

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Juarez, Mexico

I-129F Sent : 2013-01-03

I-129F NOA1 : 2013-01-08

I-129F NOA2 : 2013-06-10

NVC Received : 2013-06-25

NVC Left : 2013-06-25

Packet 4 Received : 2013-07-09

Interview Date : 2013-07-18

Interview Result : Approved
Visa Received : 2013-07-25

Adjustment of Status

CIS Office : Salt Lake City UT

Date Filed : 2014-07-15

NOA Date : 2014-07-17

Maresa & Conor

Happytobe Proficient

Happytobe   164

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Morocco
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The documents may have to be translated. In Morocco they ask for them to be (I forgot where I located that info, sorry, I tried looking).

There are a several differences on the cover sheets with the barcodes. One is to Atn CMR, the other is Atn CMR AOS (or something close to that). You need to make sure, when you are in the payment portal that you have selected the AOS or IV receipt page and print accordingly. Another is the instructions. Also, where they print the beneficiaries name is, yet another.

01/28/2013 I-130 package sent

01/31/2013 Notice of Action Date After POE
02/01/2013 Received e-mail and text notification of acceptance 11/26/2013 Applied for SS#
02/04/2013 Received hard copy NOA1 (case not found in on-line system) 12/02/2013 ELIS site still states "accepted"
03/12/2013 Transferred to the local office 12/27/2013 received green card
04/10/2013 Case still not found in on-line system
04/15/2013 INFO-PASS appointment

05/01/2013 NOA2 sent petition approved

NVC Stage...of course it has to be complicatedreading.gifrolleyes.gif

05/09/2013 Case received by NVC

05/23/2013 Received case #'s from NVC

05/23/2013 DS-3032 sent from husband's e-mail

06/03/2013 First day I can not access payment portal

06/04/2013 AOS Fee invoiced and payment made

06/04/2013 DS-3032 resent with Supervisor Review

06/05/2013 DS-3032 acceptance e-mail

06/05/2013 AOS Fee shows "PAID"

06/06/2013 AOS package express mailed

06/07/2013 IV bill invoiced and payment made (still waiting on documents from Hubby)

06/08/2013 IV package express mailed

06/25/2013 IV reviewed - Checklist (2 errors, Birth document & date on DS-230)

06/26/2013 Requested supervisor review by e-mail & verbal request for birth document (fingers crossed)

06/27/2013 AOS accepted

06/28/2013 Checklist response sent for corrected DS-230 (I had my husband sign extra's just in-case)

08/02/2013 NVC requested a supervisor review on the checklist item over 20 business day window

08/05/2013 Case Complete!!! kicking.gif

08/27/2013 Interview Assigned

10/30/2013 Interview

11/04/2013 Pick up Passport

11/12/2013 POE @ JFK

queenofthenile Rookie

queenofthenile   2

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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ANY ARABIC documents MUST be translated into ENGLISH.... the visa application is for the U.S. the official language of the U.S. is ENGLISH....

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.

Info taken from.... http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html

NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,232

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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ANY ARABIC documents MUST be translated into ENGLISH.... the visa application is for the U.S. the official language of the U.S. is ENGLISH....

Translation Requirements[/size]

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.
Info taken from.... http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html

Egypt is where the application for the visa is being made. Not the USA.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,232

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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The forms should be completed in English but the documents may be in a foreign language. The AOS should be completely in English due to the fact that only US based income and assets are looked at. I'm not sure why any of it would be in a foreign language.

It doesn't hurt to send in translations for documents. Anyone can translate as long as you're fluent in both languages. Nothing needs to be "certified" but translations aren't required.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

Hiinsharm2011 Apprentice

Hiinsharm2011   0

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Filed: Country: Egypt
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Ah ok because the application asks for the beneficiaries income and assets, so I thought to include my husband's apartment that his owns, so that would be his ownership papers and something showing the net value of the apartment. We also have a joint bank account together in Egypt and was thinking to send our most recent bank statement. So if he doesn't have any income or assets in America, then I put in zeros for everything on the beneficiaries part as if he has nothing??? Confused.

NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,232

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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Do not include anything that will not continue in the USA or isn't in US funds or easily transferred into US funds.


The I-864 asks for those things because it's also the same form that people use to adjust status in the USA. So then, a person may have a job in the USA that will continue so a beneficiary's income could count and be combined. However in your case you shouldn't include anything from the beneficiary because he lives abroad.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

Wingnutfish Enthusiast

Wingnutfish   18

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Taiwan
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ANY ARABIC documents MUST be translated into ENGLISH.... the visa application is for the U.S. the official language of the U.S. is ENGLISH....

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.

Info taken from.... http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html

Egypt is where the application for the visa is being made. Not the USA.

Also, English is not "the official language" of the U.S. The country has no official national language. English is just used customarily as the first language of government and law.

Removal of Conditions:

2016-09-27: I-751 removal of conditions petition sent (with fee waiver request)

2016-09-30: I-751 petition delivered to California Service Center

2016-11-01: Informed in USCIS customer service call that they had no record of receiving our petition, but that it might still be languishing somewhere in fee waiver limbo

2016-11-01: Filed I-751 again, this time with payment check instead of fee waiver request (sent Priority Express)

2016-11-03: Date on I-797 Notice of Action (received 11/7)

2016-11-09: USCIS mailed out denial of our original fee waiver request, with denial letter dated 2016-11-02

2016-11-19: Biometrics appointment notice issued, for 2016-12-07 appointment

2016-11-26: Second biometrics appointment notice issue, for 2016-12-16 appointment (see this thread)

2016-12-07: Biometrics appointment. Allowed to complete biometrics despite mix-up on their end (again see this thread), but some people had to come back for second appointment date.

2018-05-01: Notice that our case was transferred to National Benefits Center in Lee's Summit, MO

2018-06-11: Approved after N-400 interview in Portland, OR (they seemed to be waiting for that before bothering with it)

 

Citizenship:

2017-12-11: N-400 Application for Naturalization submitted online while still waiting to hear back on I-751, received same day

2017-12-15: Biometrics notice

2018-01-04: Biometrics completed, on appointment date (Portland, OR)

2018-02-28: Interview scheduled for April 12 in Portland, OR

2018-03-01 (approximate): We sent in a letter requesting that the interview be rescheduled to after June 8, due to combination of work and family travel plans

2018-03-07: Notice that our April 12 interviewed had been "canceled" (pending rescheduling, but the letter didn't actually say that; officer at InfoPass later explained that interviews aren't scheduled until five or six weeks before the interview date, so they were waiting until closer to our requested rescheduling window)

2018-05-03: New interview scheduled for June 11.

2018-06-11: Citizenship interview - approved!

 

stevie b Proficient

stevie b   141

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Fiji
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Also, English is not "the official language" of the U.S. The country has no official national language. English is just used customarily as the first language of government and law.

oh yeah .. NOT


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
"about me"

NVC

6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

 
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