Not sure if this is the correct place, but this is in ref to an I-130 application.

[Demise 1,369]

17 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Maybe a typo but "online" meeting doesn't count.  In person time between the Utah proxy marriage date and the petition filing date is what is required.  You do not need to show you cohabitated.  His passport stamps entering and exiting the Philippines is all the "consummation" evidence needed, but it is absolutely required.

Yeah sorry, meant to say "met in person".

[pushbrk 13,267]

17 hours ago, Aradieus said:

Thanks everyone. If anyone can clarify the police clearance question, that would be awesome. What I've read is, if my wife has lived anywhere for 12 months past the age of 16, she needs a police clearance from that country. We have lawyers in Romania and they said this can be done in about 30 minutes and forwarded to us in The Philippines. 

 

I'm just wondering if this is absolutely necessary though?

It is absolutely necessary, unless actually not available.  See how and what here.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Romania.html

 

[Aradieus 5]

5 hours ago, pushbrk said:

It is absolutely necessary, unless actually not available.  See how and what here.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Romania.html

 

Hi, I'm not sure if I said the question correctly. So I'm us citizen, my wife is a Philippines citizen. She worked in Romania for 2+ years and now we are applying for an 1-130 to the US.

 

I can get her police clearance from Romanian, this just seems excessive if true.

[Lemonslice 5,025]

4 minutes ago, Aradieus said:

Hi, I'm not sure if I said the question correctly. So I'm us citizen, my wife is a Philippines citizen. She worked in Romania for 2+ years and now we are applying for an 1-130 to the US.

 

I can get her police clearance from Romanian, this just seems excessive if true.

More than one of us has given you the instructions, directly from the source.  Also, please follow to instructions listed on the reciprocity schedule to get the right documents.  

[Aradieus 5]

5 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

More than one of us has given you the instructions, directly from the source.  Also, please follow to instructions listed on the reciprocity schedule to get the right documents.  

Sorry,my wife just doesn't believe this lol. I've had to show her multiple sources *these comments as well* so you understands.  I knew as soon as it said "age 16 +12 months" what that meant. Thanks everyone much appreciated. 

[pushbrk 13,267]

2 hours ago, Aradieus said:

Hi, I'm not sure if I said the question correctly. So I'm us citizen, my wife is a Philippines citizen. She worked in Romania for 2+ years and now we are applying for an 1-130 to the US.

 

I can get her police clearance from Romanian, this just seems excessive if true.

It doesn't matter how it "seems" to anybody.  It must be obtained exactly as instructed.

[Aradieus 5]

4 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

It doesn't matter how it "seems" to anybody.  It must be obtained exactly as instructed.

I understand. Thank you and Thank you to everyone else. This is a very big step for us and i just don't want to be caught in a situation where we need a document and we don't have it. I've explained to my wife now, because she thinks here old police clearance from Romania dated back to something like 2019 is acceptable and I told her no.

 

 

[pushbrk 13,267]

6 minutes ago, Aradieus said:

I understand. Thank you and Thank you to everyone else. This is a very big step for us and i just don't want to be caught in a situation where we need a document and we don't have it. I've explained to my wife now, because she thinks here old police clearance from Romania dated back to something like 2019 is acceptable and I told her no.

 

 

Your question should have included that. If she has the correct document and it was issued AFTER she left Romania, then she does not need a new one.  Details matter.

Edited Sunday at 04:32 AM by pushbrk

[Aradieus 5]

19 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Your question should have included that. If she has the correct document and it was issued AFTER she left Romania, then she does not need a new one.  Details matter.

Apologizes. The police clearance was issued after she arrived in Romania. Essentially she had a police clearance from Romania that is definitely out of date.

 

The good news is, we have lawyers in several European countries,from my businesses there. I apologize if this came off confusing, but neither of us have immigrated for the purposes of citizenship. I only had a business visa in Romania, she had a work visa.

 

Which is weird, I never had to get a police clearance for my business visa 🤔.  I just paid my lawyers and they did whatever needed to be done, but I went through my records and don't have one myself haha.

[Lemonslice 5,025]

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

It doesn't matter how it "seems" to anybody.  It must be obtained exactly as instructed.

Lawyers or not see the bolded this part from @pushbrk

 

Edited Sunday at 05:21 AM by Lemonslice
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[pushbrk 13,267]

15 hours ago, Aradieus said:

Apologizes. The police clearance was issued after she arrived in Romania. Essentially she had a police clearance from Romania that is definitely out of date.

 

The good news is, we have lawyers in several European countries,from my businesses there. I apologize if this came off confusing, but neither of us have immigrated for the purposes of citizenship. I only had a business visa in Romania, she had a work visa.

 

Which is weird, I never had to get a police clearance for my business visa 🤔.  I just paid my lawyers and they did whatever needed to be done, but I went through my records and don't have one myself haha.

"After she arrived" is not the issue.  It must have been issued after she left or as she was leaving.  Otherwise she needs a new one, exactly the one described, and obtained exactly as instructed in the link I gave you.  No police clearances are needed for the petitioner. (You)

 

Now is also a good time for  you to understand the I-130 is a petition for alien relative, not an "application". When YOUR petition is approved, the foreign relative(s) are invited to "apply for" immigrant visas.  Both details AND terminology are important for understanding the process and what is needed.

Edited Sunday at 08:49 PM by pushbrk