Document Experation Between NVC Stage and Embassy Appointment

[KMG 131]

Hello All,

 

My husband and I are starting to obtain documents that we know we will need in the NVC stage.  These documents are also specialized in Honduras- everything has to be in "folio" form and are very tedious to obtain- in other words, multiple steps to obtain them.

I am estimating we will be at the NVC stage in March.  So if we got them in December, upload them to the NVC say in March/April, will these documents still be good by the time we have an appointment at the embassy?  There is about a 3-4 month wait currently for an appointment in Honduras. I know the police report is only good for 6 months, so we will wait a little longer to get that one, but do the Birth Certificate and Marriage Certificate have to be within a certain time frame?

 

Thank you!

Edited November 28 by KMG

[aloe2024 1]

On 11/28/2024 at 10:52 PM, KMG said:

Hello All,

 

My husband and I are starting to obtain documents that we know we will need in the NVC stage.  These documents are also specialized in Honduras- everything has to be in "folio" form and are very tedious to obtain- in other words, multiple steps to obtain them.

I am estimating we will be at the NVC stage in March.  So if we got them in December, upload them to the NVC say in March/April, will these documents still be good by the time we have an appointment at the embassy?  There is about a 3-4 month wait currently for an appointment in Honduras. I know the police report is only good for 6 months, so we will wait a little longer to get that one, but do the Birth Certificate and Marriage Certificate have to be within a certain time frame?

 

Thank you!

 

I thought police certificates are good for two years (and if it's from another country that you haven't visited since then it doesn't expire) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html/

 

Re: the birth certificate and marriage certitificate, there's no required time frame or "expiration," since these documents are what you already have and they're singular/specific to your marriage. It doesn't matter when you upload them to the NVC vis-a-vis the interview. You'll just have to bring the originals to the interview.

 

 

[KMG 131]

9 minutes ago, aloe2024 said:

 

I thought police certificates are good for two years (and if it's from another country that you haven't visited since then it doesn't expire) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-7-collect-civil-documents.html/

 

Re: the birth certificate and marriage certitificate, there's no required time frame or "expiration," since these documents are what you already have and they're singular/specific to your marriage. It doesn't matter when you upload them to the NVC vis-a-vis the interview. You'll just have to bring the originals to the interview.

 

 

THANK YOU!