Missing police certificate/Chances of approval at interview?

[Anvil 1]

Hi everyone,

I've been on VJ for several months now and even though I don't post often, this community has really helped me thought the K1 process. Now I could really use some input on what could be a potential game stopper for us.

My fiancée works in international development and between education and work she has lived in several countries. We have secured all the police reports but one, Kenya.

We have had everything else we need for the interview ready for over a month now. A few weeks ago we began worrying about our petition expiring (June 18) before we get the report from Kenya. So she called the embassy and explained and was told to schedule her interview prior to the expiration date even if she didn't have that one document. Her interview is scheduled for June 8th at the embassy in Tokyo and we still have nothing from Kenya.

What we do have are clean police reports from 5 other countries. Japan is not a high risk immigration fraud country. What are the chances of her being approved without that last report? Are there other possible outcomes besides flat out denial of visa? Is there a way to extend the I-129F approval? Any input or advice would be appreciated.

[Morganalmonshid94 84]

They won't deny her visa but give her a form afterwards requesting her to submit it to them when she gets it to continue the processing of the visa .

[Anvil 1]

Thanks! That makes sense, but what happens if we pass the June 18th expiration date?

[Morganalmonshid94 84]

You can notify the embassy that you need to extend it due to your reason and they will extend it . Shouldn't be an issue .

[icechamp31 11]

We were in the same situation. We showed up at the interview without it and got denied under 221g and were given a year to send the certificate. We are sending it today.