2017 Mexico I-601a waiver processing time

[Pichu23 2]

3 hours ago, CA1515 said:

You know i thought the same thing, it doesn't make any sense because they already did the biometrics so their record should show up. But we did it anyway we got the police clearance from our local police station same day and the state you could get in a week, and the mexican police certificate can also be done in about 1-2 weeks if your family out in mexico move quick. 

Yesss that is why I questioned it. Since he already had biometrics done, I didn't see the need for it. We were going to start with the request for the clearance in Mexico but stopped when we heard that the letter for the clear from our local police station was going to take 6-8 weeks to arrive. I'm just disappointed because we could have gotten this done a long time ago if would have known. I guess it's I'm fault because we should have researched a bit more. Thank goodness I found this  page. thank you all for answering back to me. 

[CA1515 78]

16 minutes ago, Pichu23 said:

Yesss that is why I questioned it. Since he already had biometrics done, I didn't see the need for it. We were going to start with the request for the clearance in Mexico but stopped when we heard that the letter for the clear from our local police station was going to take 6-8 weeks to arrive. I'm just disappointed because we could have gotten this done a long time ago if would have known. I guess it's I'm fault because we should have researched a bit more. Thank goodness I found this  page. thank you all for answering back to me. 

No problem, its ok they told us the mexican police clearance is only valid for 3 months so you coulnd't get that too long ago anyway. 

[maryLu 58]

It is so confusing at times to hear lawyers giving different opinions on the same topic, isn't it? My understanding is that you do not need clearance from the USA, they automatically run background checks on all applicants for visas.  NVC requires a police clearance for all the countries you lives in over the age of 16 for more than six months. That's how  I understand it from this link.  Click on police certificate and it says very clearly what is needed. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-5-collect-supporting-documents.html

[Diana S 7]

13 minutes ago, maryLu said:

It is so confusing at times to hear lawyers giving different opinions on the same topic, isn't it? My understanding is that you do not need clearance from the USA, they automatically run background checks on all applicants for visas.  NVC requires a police clearance for all the countries you lives in over the age of 16 for more than six months. That's how  I understand it from this link.  Click on police certificate and it says very clearly what is needed. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-5-collect-supporting-documents.html

It can get confusing! My husband was asked for a police report of Texas, where we live now. He did not need a Mexican police report because he younger than 18 while he lived there. 

 

We just returned from his consular interview. Everything went great and smooth!

 

Good Luck everyone. 

[maryLu 58]

10 minutes ago, Diana S said:

It can get confusing! My husband was asked for a police report of Texas, where we live now. He did not need a Mexican police report because he younger than 18 while he lived there. 

 

We just returned from his consular interview. Everything went great and smooth!

 

Good Luck everyone. 

Oh how exciting! Congratulations! That must feel so good!

[newgirl01 8]

20 hours ago, Pichu23 said:

Yesss that is why I questioned it. Since he already had biometrics done, I didn't see the need for it. We were going to start with the request for the clearance in Mexico but stopped when we heard that the letter for the clear from our local police station was going to take 6-8 weeks to arrive. I'm just disappointed because we could have gotten this done a long time ago if would have known. I guess it's I'm fault because we should have researched a bit more. Thank goodness I found this  page. thank you all for answering back to me. 

We didn't submit a police clearance letter from the U.S. We just submitted a police clearance letter from my husband's home state in Mexico. Thankfully, his mother was able to get the letter without a power of attorney (maybe she was just lucky) and we submitted that to the NVC.  Our case was completed on January 9, 2018. Just waiting for an interview now.

 

We are planning on getting a new police clearance letter while in Ciudad Juarez for our interview just in case the one we submitted to the NVC is expired/not the correct one. 

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[Oro 01 0]

1 hour ago, Diana S said:

It can get confusing! My husband was asked for a police report of Texas, where we live now. He did not need a Mexican police report because he younger than 18 while he lived there. 

 

We just returned from his consular interview. Everything went great and smooth!

 

Good Luck everyone. 

Congrtz!! How many days did it take?

[Diana S 7]

2 hours ago, Oro 01 said:

Congrtz!! How many days did it take?

In total we stayed a little over a week, but the wait time for the package after he was approved was exactly 3 days. 

4 hours ago, maryLu said:

Oh how exciting! Congratulations! That must feel so good!

Yes it does! thank you

[Oro 01 0]

5 minutes ago, Diana S said:

In total we stayed a little over a week, but the wait time for the package after he was approved was exactly 3 days. 

Yes it does! thank you

Aproved by NVC? How long after I601a was approved did you hear from NVC??

Thanks!!!

[ICM 11]

6 minutes ago, Diana S said:

In total we stayed a little over a week, but the wait time for the package after he was approved was exactly 3 days. 

Yes it does! thank you

 Congratulations how long after Ds-260 did you get the interview appt

[Oro 01 0]

Hi, my I601A was just aproved at exactly 6 months,  can anyone tell me what comes next?

[Diana S 7]

1 hour ago, Oro 01 said:

Aproved by NVC? How long after I601a was approved did you hear from NVC??

Thanks!!!

Yes, I heard back about 2 months later with the interview appointment letter. 

[Diana S 7]

1 hour ago, ICM said:

 Congratulations how long after Ds-260 did you get the interview appt

I submitted around May 2017, Got approval from I-601A in October, then Interview letter in December 2017.

[Diana S 7]

1 hour ago, Oro 01 said:

Hi, my I601A was just aproved at exactly 6 months,  can anyone tell me what comes next?

NVC will send you your interview appointment letter. I received ours about 2 months after I-601A was approved. They could take longer or shorter due to the availability of appointments. 

[jhigareda41 30]

HII GUYS!!

 

Can someone help me or point me in the direction of the answer- the most recent cases approved by CDJ although I know all cases are unique, there must be a common criteria 

 

Anyone that has already been approved at the VISA interview, does NVC or the Mexican consulate require 3 years of tax information or just the most recent year? I see that the USCIS instructions state one year, and the DOS website also states recent year, yet I have heard conflicting information on what to send in.

Also this question is for the medical exam part. I do not take a tb test because i always test positive, I have always gotten chest x rays and have always come back negative. Last month I had blood work as part of my TB clearance for my new job at a school and that came back negative as well. Does anyone know if this will delay the process? Has anyone had experience going through the medical exam knowing they test positive? Or does anyone know if taking my most recent test results suffice?

PLEASE HELP!! :)))