France/America couples

[Lili 3]

Bienvenue Moonskin!

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Bienvenue !

[Aloha 0]

Bonjour tout le monde!

Depuis un moment je cree des topics car je suis desesperee et je n'ai pas vu celui-ci!!

Peut etre que vous pourrez m'aider...

Est-ce que quelqu'un a eu a faire des traductions d'une langue etrangere a une autre langue etrange pour presenter a l'ambassade lors de l'entretien? est-ce qu'on peut presenter des traductions d'un document en arabe par exemple en francais? (parcequ'on me dit que je dois faire une traduction assermentee en francais puis en anglais et les faire apostiller mais je n'arrive pas a avoir l'avis de l'ambassade la dessus)

j'ai (ou ai eu) d'autres nationalités que la francaise et sur le packet 3 ils demandent de fournir des extraits de casiers judiciaire des pays de nationalité, mais je n'y ai jamais habite et ce n'est pas evident de les obtenir... est-ce que vous sauriez me dire si les casiers judiciaires des endroits ou j'ai vecu apres me 16 ans sont suffisants?

Ils ne demandent pas de "proof of ongoing relationship"?

aille aille... je sens que je vais arriver a l'entretien et que rien ne va etre bon désoléee de vous embeter...

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Bonjour tout le monde!

Depuis un moment je cree des topics car je suis desesperee et je n'ai pas vu celui-ci!!

Peut etre que vous pourrez m'aider...

Est-ce que quelqu'un a eu a faire des traductions d'une langue etrangere a une autre langue etrange pour presenter a l'ambassade lors de l'entretien? est-ce qu'on peut presenter des traductions d'un document en arabe par exemple en francais? (parcequ'on me dit que je dois faire une traduction assermentee en francais puis en anglais et les faire apostiller mais je n'arrive pas a avoir l'avis de l'ambassade la dessus)

j'ai (ou ai eu) d'autres nationalités que la francaise et sur le packet 3 ils demandent de fournir des extraits de casiers judiciaire des pays de nationalité, mais je n'y ai jamais habite et ce n'est pas evident de les obtenir... est-ce que vous sauriez me dire si les casiers judiciaires des endroits ou j'ai vecu apres me 16 ans sont suffisants?

Ils ne demandent pas de "proof of ongoing relationship"?

aille aille... je sens que je vais arriver a l'entretien et que rien ne va etre bon désoléee de vous embeter...

Bienvenue !

La seule partie pour laquelle je peux t'aider est pour les "proof of ongoing relationship". Ils ne m'ont rien demandé du tout. Je te conseillerais quand même d'emmener quelques trucs, des copies de lettres ou email, juste au cas où, mais a priori tu n'en auras pas besoin.

En ce qui concerne la traduction, ça m'étonnerait qu'il te faille une apostille (étant donné que pour USCIS j'avais traduit mon acte de naissance français vers l'anglais moi-même, et juste signé une phrase disant que j'étais compétente dans les deux langages). Mais je n'avais pas de papiers étrangers à traduire comme toi, donc j'espère que quelqu'un dans le même cas pourra te répondre rapidement.

Et pour les extraits de casiers judiciaires, à mon avis il te les faut tous. A confirmer bien sûr.

[minimule 3]

hi

we received our noa 2, and im trying to get in touch with someone in the paris ambassade to see if they receive our files and iv tried so many numbers and i m going crazy, can anyone tell me who im supose to call and what the number is ?

thanks

[Aloha 0]

hi minimule,

I replied to you in the other topic already to tell u that it is impossible to call the embassy and get infos from them by phone. You have to show up there from 9 to 10 am on Fridays. From the moment we got the noa2 ( mid march) it took 3 weeks to get the packet 3 on the mail. The call center (15 euros per call) is useless. I see u just got the noa2 on 06/06... Wait and see if u get pack 3 in the next 2 to 3 weeks... Then u can worry... You can send an e-mail to the immigrant visa section but i don't think they will answer your question :S i'm struggling to get infos from the embassy too...Otherwise the only suggestion I can give you is to go to the embassy on Friday morning but I don't even know if it will worth it

[minimule 3]

hi minimule,

I replied to you in the other topic already to tell u that it is impossible to call the embassy and get infos from them by phone. You have to show up there from 9 to 10 am on Fridays. From the moment we got the noa2 ( mid march) it took 3 weeks to get the packet 3 on the mail. The call center (15 euros per call) is useless. I see u just got the noa2 on 06/06... Wait and see if u get pack 3 in the next 2 to 3 weeks... Then u can worry... You can send an e-mail to the immigrant visa section but i don't think they will answer your question :S i'm struggling to get infos from the embassy too...Otherwise the only suggestion I can give you is to go to the embassy on Friday morning but I don't even know if it will worth it

thanks, i didn t realize i asked that question twice...but thanks anyway

ill just wait

[Aloha 0]

Merci cecile pour ta Reponse!

Je voulais aussi presenter tous les casiers pour être sure de bien faire Mais je n'arrive pas a les obtenir:( ça fait déjà 2 mois que j'ai reçu le packet 3, bientôt le noa2 va expirer et j'ai toujours pas les casiers... L'un d'entre eux va prendre encore 50 jours a etre emis. Donc je me demandais si je pouvais tenter le coup avec ce que j'ai déjà... Si j'ai pas tous les docs a l'entretien ils me font revenir ou il faut tout recommencer depuis le début?

Enfin... En tout cas merci bcp! (j'ai déjà une question en moins ) si quelqu'un peut m'aider pour les traductions... Car le nvc m'a répondu que chaque ambassade avait ses propres règles qui n'étaient pas les mêmes que le uscis...

[Aloha 0]

You are welcome minimule!

And i've been posting my questions 100 of times too in the hope someone would answer me:( I hope they don't consider that I'm flooding;)

Best of luck for u and if you have any question that u think I can help with don't hesitate to ask me...

[anh-dao 0]

Hello everybody,

I am new on VJ - I've been registered for like 2 years but this is my first post!

I am the Frenchie, and I already got married to my American, in France, in Oct. 2007. And trust me, marriage is not the end of the problems, or at least it wasn't for us

We've already been through the whole distance thing, and all the hassle about both trying to be together working in the same country, we even tried to go to Canada in hope that it will work for us! So we decided to get married, and to avoid another separation to do it in France where it's a bit easier. I was also lucky that he spoke a little French and liked France enough to try to live there for a while. So he got his papers here in France (carte de séjour), found a job a little after that, in a different city than me, but at least we didn't have to cross an ocean to see each other! then his mother got cancer, he had to come back to the US, and after a few months when he finally came back to France he had obviously lost his job. Then the economic crisis came along, and now he has been unemployed for more than 6 months. On top of that he's starting to miss his family and friends a lot, and he's really wearing out, even starting to really hate France

So we're considering doing the DCF since we meet all the requirements.

Sorry for the long story! my question is, I've seen that, on this particular forum at least, not that many people have been through the DCF, but does anybody know how long does the whole process take through the Paris embassy?

I've read that after 2 years of marriage I can get the definitive green card right away and not the "conditional" one. And we're going to celebrate our 2-year anniversary at the beginning of October, so at this point it would be stupid not to wait, so I'm wondering, when should I approximatively start the process?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Camille

[C&D 0]

hi minimule,

I replied to you in the other topic already to tell u that it is impossible to call the embassy and get infos from them by phone. You have to show up there from 9 to 10 am on Fridays. From the moment we got the noa2 ( mid march) it took 3 weeks to get the packet 3 on the mail. The call center (15 euros per call) is useless. I see u just got the noa2 on 06/06... Wait and see if u get pack 3 in the next 2 to 3 weeks... Then u can worry... You can send an e-mail to the immigrant visa section but i don't think they will answer your question :S i'm struggling to get infos from the embassy too...Otherwise the only suggestion I can give you is to go to the embassy on Friday morning but I don't even know if it will worth it

It is possible!! Here's the number, usually you have to leave a voicemail (be concise), in english or in french, with your name and NVC case number, and of course your phone number. And they will call you back: 01 43 12 27 87 and i also used 01 43 12 21 79.

Good luck!!

[C&D 0]

hi minimule,

I replied to you in the other topic already to tell u that it is impossible to call the embassy and get infos from them by phone. You have to show up there from 9 to 10 am on Fridays. From the moment we got the noa2 ( mid march) it took 3 weeks to get the packet 3 on the mail. The call center (15 euros per call) is useless. I see u just got the noa2 on 06/06... Wait and see if u get pack 3 in the next 2 to 3 weeks... Then u can worry... You can send an e-mail to the immigrant visa section but i don't think they will answer your question :S i'm struggling to get infos from the embassy too...Otherwise the only suggestion I can give you is to go to the embassy on Friday morning but I don't even know if it will worth it

Or an email at parisconiv@state.gov -> They answered me (almost) everytime.

[Aloha 0]

Why is it that i never get it working for me :( Never got a reply...I guess that I've been frustrated with the non replies and I assumed it was the same for all... I'm sorry

[minimule 3]

hiya

i have another question,

i remember asking here a while ago about the visa fee and i got a response that it was 107 euros, but i keep seeing that it s 325 dollars

so i am a lil confused, can someone explain this to me,im trying to figure out how much i will need total for my trip to paris and ambassade.

also i read that i can do my blood tests and xrays on my own and bring it to my visit medical? is that true? if so what are the requirements ?

thans for yall time

cammie

[Sophie123 1]

i remember asking here a while ago about the visa fee and i got a response that it was 107 euros, but i keep seeing that it s 325 dollars

so i am a lil confused, can someone explain this to me,im trying to figure out how much i will need total for my trip to paris and ambassade.

also i read that i can do my blood tests and xrays on my own and bring it to my visit medical? is that true? if so what are the requirements ?

Re: fee -- You should have all this information on the Packet 3. If you don't have it yet, well, wait for it: better to get exactly what you need than approximately.

I paid 107 euros for the K1 visa. If you're coming with a different visa, it might be a different amount. But for the French embassy, the amount should be in euros. Euros only. So I'm not sure what your $ amount represents. Maybe the next leg of the journey?

Re: medical -- And don't do the tests and X-rays in advance: for the Paris embassy, you can't do them in advance, they'll just have you do them again. That's what the doctor told me. There's no way to cut the cost of that one, unfortunately. Actually, the only thing is to have your vaccines updated, so you don't have to go twice to the doctor's.

Hope that helps...