Scandinavians Part 2

[Jo&Bob 83]

11 minutes ago, myjourney2018 said:

We don't know if a BC even exists since she immigrated to Sweden as a child and never had a BC, we thought the swedish personbevis would be enough to proof her identity.  We started researching for me to apply for a residence permit in sweden in case they deny our petition.  

I´m sorry to hear, tracking down old papers can be a pain.. What about her passport or what she used to get a passport maybe that document can be found?

[myjourney2018 52]

Just now, JosephineAndBobby said:

I´m sorry to hear, tracking down old papers can be a pain.. What about her passport or what she used to get a passport maybe that document can be found?

The original passport she used to immigrate to sweden was toss several years ago.  We contacted immigration in sweden to try to get any records we can but were told wait time is 3 weeks to 3 months -_-.  

[Jo&Bob 83]

1 minute ago, myjourney2018 said:

The original passport she used to immigrate to sweden was toss several years ago.  We contacted immigration in sweden to try to get any records we can but were told wait time is 3 weeks to 3 months -_-.  

Damn.. more waiting. Is there a time limit to submit the BC for the 221(g)? Because then going through immigration seems like the only option, even though that wide time estimate is crazy. 

[myjourney2018 52]

18 minutes ago, JosephineAndBobby said:

Damn.. more waiting. Is there a time limit to submit the BC for the 221(g)? Because then going through immigration seems like the only option, even though that wide time estimate is crazy. 

on the 221(g), it says 1 year to submit the evidence if not then they return it to USCIS.  

[LilyJ 1,258]

3 hours ago, Unidentified said:

If it says in your instructions that you need to bring it for the medical yes. I was never required to do so in Sweden because it was before they re-instated the draft. 

It says that it is needed for the medical, but my question lies on whether he needs to bring both letters or not since he has 2 and both have the logo on it

Edited February 23, 2019 by LilyJohansen

[LilyJ 1,258]

7 hours ago, JosephineAndBobby said:

Thank you so much! 😊
Did you also experience short waiting time to schedule an interview?

Unfortunately, we're still waiting on our NOA2, I just like to make sure on lots of things ahead of time so there's no delays so we've been trying to find out which ones he needs so he can get them with his regular doctor and won't have to pay more for them at the medical 😂 I hope that we have such luck with the scheduling though! Makes me hopeful that it won't be too unbearably long of a process despite us getting assigned to Nebraska Service Center

[Unidentified 2,930]

2 hours ago, LilyJohansen said:

It says that it is needed for the medical, but my question lies on whether he needs to bring both letters or not since he has 2 and both have the logo on it

Unless there are any Danish people on here who can answer you should contact the clinic where you will do your medical.

[myjourney2018 52]

3 minutes ago, LizM said:

Just out of curiosity, I assume her personbevis say the location where she was born? 

 

Might seem like a stupid question but actually during some time in Sweden in the 90s they used to print a Swedish birthplace in the passports of children who were born abroad but eligible for Swedish citizenship. No clue why, because it's not like you have to have a Swedish birthplace to have Swedish citizenship, so it was really a weird routine. But the "real" birthplace would show up in the personbevis either way, which makes sense I guess.

 

I hope it won't be too difficult to find her BC - is it tough to get records from the country she was born in?

Hi LizM, her personbevis does say the location she was born in and it was vietnam.  The only issue is she might not even have a birth certificate there because this was over 30 years ago.  During her interview, she did express to the CO that a BC might not be possible and he said to her "to try get to one/something to show that she made an effort".  

[myjourney2018 52]

1 minute ago, LizM said:

Gotcha, well, if she reaches out and they're not able to locate her records, probably a copy of the communication where they say they couldn't find anything would be adequate proof that she made the effort. I would hope they would store records even from 30 years ago, but I see how it might be difficult to figure out not being there.

Yeah we are documenting the attempts we are making to get the BC/information.  Like contacting immigration, getting records of name change since Swedish citizenship. We will probably include affidavit from relatives attesting to her identity and place of birth.  

 

A bit frustrating that this is the only thing holding us up but overall I must say I have learnt a lot about immigration regarding the Swedish system.  

[myjourney2018 52]

5 minutes ago, LizM said:

I understand, sounds tricky. Have you gotten in touch with their authority that governs the population registry?

Not yet, a relative will be going for us this monday.  Hoping they can get some sort of information or possibly re-register my fiance.  

[myjourney2018 52]

38 minutes ago, LizM said:

That's helpful. Good luck to the both of you, hope you'll get the visa soon!

thank you! 

[LittleBird 25]

So our petition was approved last week and been sent to NVC. Right now I am trying to collect all the papers needed for the next step. 

I read somewhere that you need to bring your medical journal to the medical examination however I didnt see that stated on the official information from the US embassy in Sweden. Did any of you request it from the archives to bring copies of it for the medical? Or how does it work? 

[Unidentified 2,930]

14 hours ago, LisaN said:

So our petition was approved last week and been sent to NVC. Right now I am trying to collect all the papers needed for the next step. 

I read somewhere that you need to bring your medical journal to the medical examination however I didnt see that stated on the official information from the US embassy in Sweden. Did any of you request it from the archives to bring copies of it for the medical? Or how does it work? 

Not needed. Not unless you're currently being treated against something major I believe. But in general not needed. 

Edited March 1, 2019 by Unidentified

[LittleBird 25]

17 hours ago, Unidentified said:

Not needed. Not unless you're currently being treated against something major I believe. But in general not needed. 

So what did you bring and what questions were you asked?

[Scandi 4,176]

On 2/28/2019 at 1:55 PM, LisaN said:

So our petition was approved last week and been sent to NVC. Right now I am trying to collect all the papers needed for the next step. 

I read somewhere that you need to bring your medical journal to the medical examination however I didnt see that stated on the official information from the US embassy in Sweden. Did any of you request it from the archives to bring copies of it for the medical? Or how does it work? 

Nah, didn't bring anything apart from proof of vaccinations I have had, my case number, two passport style photos, ID that was never asked for and money to pay. 

 

You get a form where you fill in every issue you have/had (it's a long list of boxes you check). For me for instance the only box I put a check mark on was that I wear glasses/contacts. No other issues, the Doctor (in Gbg) didn't ask for any journals or anything like that, he barely looked at my vaccination records.