Scandinavians Part 2

[Pinda 36]

I have a question about the divorce certificate that has been bugging me while we're waiting for the NOA2.

When I was getting all my paperwork ready for the I-129f I called Skatteverket to ask about the divorce certificate and they said it's just the Personbevis that they stamp and sign, can anyone here verify this?

[nasa2016 10]

10 hours ago, Pinda said:

I have a question about the divorce certificate that has been bugging me while we're waiting for the NOA2.

When I was getting all my paperwork ready for the I-129f I called Skatteverket to ask about the divorce certificate and they said it's just the Personbevis that they stamp and sign, can anyone here verify this?

Hej!

 

I'm assuming that you are asking about the divorce papers for your previous marriage? In that case I was in that situation (although I was applying for an I130 for my new wife, so maybe a bit different?). I found out that the "personbevis" is *not* enough. I don't remember exactly what it is called, but you need a copy of the actual court decision of your divorce (go / call the court in the "län" were you filed for divorce). It is easy to get, but you also need to get it translated into english. I did mine myself, which was accepted when filing but when my wife went to the embassy for the interview they said they needed a certified translation, so had to run out and get that...

 

Good luck!

 

/S

[Pinda 36]

9 hours ago, nasa2016 said:

Hej!

 

I'm assuming that you are asking about the divorce papers for your previous marriage? In that case I was in that situation (although I was applying for an I130 for my new wife, so maybe a bit different?). I found out that the "personbevis" is *not* enough. I don't remember exactly what it is called, but you need a copy of the actual court decision of your divorce (go / call the court in the "län" were you filed for divorce). It is easy to get, but you also need to get it translated into english. I did mine myself, which was accepted when filing but when my wife went to the embassy for the interview they said they needed a certified translation, so had to run out and get that...

 

Good luck!

 

/S

Oh man, guessing I'll get an RFE for that. 😕 I'll get working on the certificate now then. Should have gone with my gut and not trusted the woman on the phone. 

 

Thank you for the help!

[Scandi 4,166]

Personbevis shows that you're single and free to marry. It doesn't show that you were granted a divorce by a judge/court, so that's why a FULL divorce decree (ie ALL pages) is needed with signature/stamp/embossment. I doubt Skatteverket has anything to do with divorce decrees and that's why the person you spoke to only mentioned what they have on file (that would be the personbevis, they don't have any divorce decrees). 

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

Hi guys! I've been reading a lot here on VJ, but not writing much yet. But here I come! We just got our NOA2, the case is at NVC and got the STK number, so the Medical is next week already!

 

About the divorce papers: I had to contact Tingsrätten that issued the divorce and ask them for a copy of the divorce decree. However, the first one they've sent was literally just a print/copy so make sure to ask them for a signature and a stamp to avoid later questions. Then I had to translate it at a certified translator.  We got NOA1 on October 2, NOA2 on January 26th. No EFRs :) Good luck!

 

[Pinda 36]

3 hours ago, DatMotorcycleRide said:

Hi guys! I've been reading a lot here on VJ, but not writing much yet. But here I come! We just got our NOA2, the case is at NVC and got the STK number, so the Medical is next week already!

 

About the divorce papers: I had to contact Tingsrätten that issued the divorce and ask them for a copy of the divorce decree. However, the first one they've sent was literally just a print/copy so make sure to ask them for a signature and a stamp to avoid later questions. Then I had to translate it at a certified translator.  We got NOA1 on October 2, NOA2 on January 26th. No EFRs Good luck!

 

Congratulations on the NO2!! And good luck with the interview.

 

I stupidly thought Skatteverket was the place to contact. At least now I've learnt my lesson and hopefully it won't cause too much of an issue. Thanks for mentioning the stamp and signature!

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

Anyone here who got your NOA2 for K1 recently? How long did it take for NVC to process and send to the embassy? 
We got ours on Jan 25th, NVC received the case on February 28th and now silence.. We tried calling them and asking what is the reason for them not sending the package to the embassy, but "there is no reason"... I can't wait anymore for all this to go through and for us to be together, so I think I've gone mad now comparing the VJ timelines to ours and seeing that majority got their package sent off to the embassy in 1-14 days... 

[Jo&Bob 83]

 

10 hours ago, DatMotorcycleRide said:

Anyone here who got your NOA2 for K1 recently? How long did it take for NVC to process and send to the embassy? 
We got ours on Jan 25th, NVC received the case on February 28th and now silence.. We tried calling them and asking what is the reason for them not sending the package to the embassy, but "there is no reason"... I can't wait anymore for all this to go through and for us to be together, so I think I've gone mad now comparing the VJ timelines to ours and seeing that majority got their package sent off to the embassy in 1-14 days... 

Hi !

We got our Noa2 on February 14, but we haven´t heard anything yet whether it has arrived at NVC or gone for the embassy yet, so I´m sorry I´m not for more help yet and we are a few weeks after you guys anyways. As far as I can tell it takes about 1 month to get to NVC, so you guys were on normal time with that, why they haven't sent it to the embassy yet is weird.. but it could also be with any shipment now. As far as I can tell that others have shared is that NVC sent out shipment to embassies every 5th and 19th of the month, so maybe you guys are with the next shipment on the 19th!  Hang in there!

[Unidentified 2,930]

10 hours ago, DatMotorcycleRide said:

Anyone here who got your NOA2 for K1 recently? How long did it take for NVC to process and send to the embassy? 
We got ours on Jan 25th, NVC received the case on February 28th and now silence.. We tried calling them and asking what is the reason for them not sending the package to the embassy, but "there is no reason"... I can't wait anymore for all this to go through and for us to be together, so I think I've gone mad now comparing the VJ timelines to ours and seeing that majority got their package sent off to the embassy in 1-14 days... 

I don't know how much it will help but you could try contacting your congressman/woman and see if they can find out what is going on or at least get the embassy case number if NVC hasn't given it to you yet. That way you can at least book your medical while you're waiting for them to send it off. 

[AlexDRavn92 37]

Any other Scandinavians who are still waiting for their NOA2?

 

I filed the I-130 in may 2018 for CR1/IR1, and still haven't received anything. (Nebraska Service Center)

Hoping that it is on the way in the mail, since we both live together here in Denmark, but no signs of any approval yet.

Edited March 19, 2019 by AlexDRavn92

[LilyJ 1,258]

8 hours ago, AlexDRavn92 said:

Any other Scandinavians who are still waiting for their NOA2?

 

I filed the I-130 in may 2018 for CR1/IR1, and still haven't received anything. (Nebraska Service Center)

Hoping that it is on the way in the mail, since we both live together here in Denmark, but no signs of any approval yet.

Nebraska is very very slow. But, you filed in May so your approval should be right around the corner

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

On 3/14/2019 at 10:07 PM, JosephineAndBobby said:

 

Hi !

We got our Noa2 on February 14, but we haven´t heard anything yet whether it has arrived at NVC or gone for the embassy yet, so I´m sorry I´m not for more help yet and we are a few weeks after you guys anyways. As far as I can tell it takes about 1 month to get to NVC, so you guys were on normal time with that, why they haven't sent it to the embassy yet is weird.. but it could also be with any shipment now. As far as I can tell that others have shared is that NVC sent out shipment to embassies every 5th and 19th of the month, so maybe you guys are with the next shipment on the 19th!  Hang in there!

Thank you so much Josefine, I was "holding my breath" and updating the page till 19th, and here it is! "In Transit" so you were right Thank you! Kept me sane for a week! 
Have you tried calling NVC yet to see if its arrived and if they have assigned the case number yet? We got zero of that information through email/mail... also had to provide our email again to NVC when we called them the first time. Calling on Fridays was more effective to reach through than other days. 
Yesterday we got our first email from them about the case being sent to the embassy 😇

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

On 3/14/2019 at 10:11 PM, Unidentified said:

I don't know how much it will help but you could try contacting your congressman/woman and see if they can find out what is going on or at least get the embassy case number if NVC hasn't given it to you yet. That way you can at least book your medical while you're waiting for them to send it off. 

Thank you, luckily we didn't have to contact them, now the case is in transit also did the medical last week. Trying to prepare package 3 in advance, but we will see what is it the Embassy wants in it. 

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

On 3/19/2019 at 7:13 AM, AlexDRavn92 said:

Any other Scandinavians who are still waiting for their NOA2?

 

I filed the I-130 in may 2018 for CR1/IR1, and still haven't received anything. (Nebraska Service Center)

Hoping that it is on the way in the mail, since we both live together here in Denmark, but no signs of any approval yet.

Hi! maybe not the best advice, but have you tried searching for similar timelines with Nebraska Service Center? in our case in was pretty accurate comparing the date +- 1-2 weeks. 

Hope you will hear from them soon! Good luck! 

[Jo&Bob 83]

3 hours ago, DatMotorcycleRide said:

Thank you so much Josefine, I was "holding my breath" and updating the page till 19th, and here it is! "In Transit" so you were right Thank you! Kept me sane for a week! 
Have you tried calling NVC yet to see if its arrived and if they have assigned the case number yet? We got zero of that information through email/mail... also had to provide our email again to NVC when we called them the first time. Calling on Fridays was more effective to reach through than other days. 
Yesterday we got our first email from them about the case being sent to the embassy 😇

That makes me very happy to hear that I in some way could help just a little!
And great for you guys that your case on the way to the embassy! You much closer now! congratulations
We haven´t heard anything yet and haven´t called yet either, we were hoping to recieve a NVC  email about them sending our case to the embassy here yesterday or today, but nothing yet, so we´ll call probably Friday and hear 😊