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South African Unabridged Birth Certificate Processing Times

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Amandi   4

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Hi- I am filing for the K-1 Visa and awaiting NOA2 and need the birth certificate for the upcoming interview. Has anyone filed for an unabridged birth certificate recently and know what the current processing times are? We filed for one and they said about four months, but I've seen all kinds of estimates from others online, and wondering if it would be worth it to pay for an expedited service rather than wait on Home Affairs. Thank you! 

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injejo14   17

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: South Africa
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2 hours ago, Amandi said:

Hi- I am filing for the K-1 Visa and awaiting NOA2 and need the birth certificate for the upcoming interview. Has anyone filed for an unabridged birth certificate recently and know what the current processing times are? We filed for one and they said about four months, but I've seen all kinds of estimates from others online, and wondering if it would be worth it to pay for an expedited service rather than wait on Home Affairs. Thank you! 

I got mine within 6 weeks... I was in the US at the time and my parents applied in Randburg which i find to be one of the more efficient offices. I was not worried about my timing since i applied at the beginning of my CR1 process... K1 processing can be faster, so maybe don't take the risk and pay to expedite.

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Amandi   4

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6 minutes ago, injejo14 said:

I got mine within 6 weeks... I was in the US at the time and my parents applied in Randburg which i find to be one of the more efficient offices. I was not worried about my timing since i applied at the beginning of my CR1 process... K1 processing can be faster, so maybe don't take the risk and pay to expedite.

OK thanks so much! We also applied early on knowing it could take a while, but also heard of some people not getting theirs for over a year which scared me a bit, but I think that was in part due to that travel rule when children had to have theirs to travel, maybe creating a back log. Hopefully they are going faster now B-)

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LuFlolady Proficient

LuFlolady   881

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is  unabridge BC only for those born in South Africa? my fiance was born in Congo

Luflolady

Jan 26th: Mailed I-129F

Jan 29th NOA1

Feb 2nd: Check Cashed

Feb 9th: rcvd hard copy of NOA1

Aug. 28th Notified of RFE being mailed

Sept. 1st received hard copy of RFE in the mail

Sept. 4th mailed response to RFE

Sept. 10th received txt that my response to RFE was received

Oct. 10th Received txt that we were approved (NOA2) 30days after RFE response

Oct. 13th received hard copy of NOA2

Oct. 31st case arrived at NVC

Nov 2nd received case number

Nov. 19th Case is "ready" to schedule an interview

Feb. 14th Interview (2019) APPROVED!!!!!!

 

AOS

July 24th: mailed AOS pkt

July 31st: received txt msg of receipt numbers for all documents

Aug 5th received NOA hard copies dated July 31st

Aug. 9th received Biometrics letter in the mail

Aug. 19th Biometrics appt.

Sept. 20th notified of RFE via website 

Sept. 25th Received hard copy of RFE (copy of BC)

Sept. 27th Sent response to RFE

Sept. 30th Response was delivered

Oct. 2nd... Response to evidence received updated on website

Feb 12, 2020 case is ready to schedule for interview

Feb 12, 2020 New card is being produced (EAD)
Feb 13, 2020 Notification that EAD  and AP was approved

Feb 18,2020 received hard copies of AP and EAD approval

Feb 18,2020 notification AOS interview scheduled and EAD mailed

Feb 20, 2020 received EAD card

Feb 24, 2020 received interview letter (March24th)

Aug 4, 2020 received notification of new interview date(rescheduled because of pandemic)

Sept. 14th new AOS interview
Oct. 30th AOS approval

Nov. 9th New card is being produced
 

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LuFlolady Proficient

LuFlolady   881

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On ‎9‎/‎8‎/‎2017 at 9:25 AM, Confusedtinybird said:

Your fiance will have to get his BC from the Congo.

 

But will have to get a Police Certificate for South Africa.

thank you he has his BC from Congo...any idea of a translation service to translate it from French to English and how long does it take for the police certificate to come back?

Luflolady

Jan 26th: Mailed I-129F

Jan 29th NOA1

Feb 2nd: Check Cashed

Feb 9th: rcvd hard copy of NOA1

Aug. 28th Notified of RFE being mailed

Sept. 1st received hard copy of RFE in the mail

Sept. 4th mailed response to RFE

Sept. 10th received txt that my response to RFE was received

Oct. 10th Received txt that we were approved (NOA2) 30days after RFE response

Oct. 13th received hard copy of NOA2

Oct. 31st case arrived at NVC

Nov 2nd received case number

Nov. 19th Case is "ready" to schedule an interview

Feb. 14th Interview (2019) APPROVED!!!!!!

 

AOS

July 24th: mailed AOS pkt

July 31st: received txt msg of receipt numbers for all documents

Aug 5th received NOA hard copies dated July 31st

Aug. 9th received Biometrics letter in the mail

Aug. 19th Biometrics appt.

Sept. 20th notified of RFE via website 

Sept. 25th Received hard copy of RFE (copy of BC)

Sept. 27th Sent response to RFE

Sept. 30th Response was delivered

Oct. 2nd... Response to evidence received updated on website

Feb 12, 2020 case is ready to schedule for interview

Feb 12, 2020 New card is being produced (EAD)
Feb 13, 2020 Notification that EAD  and AP was approved

Feb 18,2020 received hard copies of AP and EAD approval

Feb 18,2020 notification AOS interview scheduled and EAD mailed

Feb 20, 2020 received EAD card

Feb 24, 2020 received interview letter (March24th)

Aug 4, 2020 received notification of new interview date(rescheduled because of pandemic)

Sept. 14th new AOS interview
Oct. 30th AOS approval

Nov. 9th New card is being produced
 

 
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