We were asked to upload missing documents a week before the visa interview

[American Husband 1]

Hello, everyone! With your kind help, we've finally gotten both the visa interview and medical examination scheduled. The visa interview is only a week away, but my wife just received the following email from the US embassy in Tbilisi:

 

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Dear Applicant,

As previously informed, your immigrant visa appointment has been scheduled at the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi on March 25, 2025. To ensure your case is fully prepared for the interview, we kindly request that you take the following necessary steps:

1. Upload Missing Documents: After reviewing your case, we have identified that certain documents are still required. Please upload the following missing documents to your application at your earliest convenience:

• Updated certified police certificates (this includes current and all former names) from Georgia, along with a copy and an English translation. In Georgia, this requirement is satisfied with two documents:

• • • Police Record (ცნობა ნასამართლობის შესახებ)
    • Report of Clear and Expunged Records (ცნობა გაქარწყლებული და მოხსნილი ნასამართლობის შესახებ)

2. Bring Originals of All Documents: You must bring the original documents listed above, as well as any other required documents, to the interview.
3. Medical Examination: Please ensure that you undergo a medical examination at Cito Clinic prior to your interview.

We strongly encourage you to review these requirements carefully and ensure that all documents are complete and in order. Failure to provide the necessary documentation or complete the medical examination may result in delays or a possible denial of your visa application.

Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,
Consular Section
U.S. Embassy Tbilisi, Georgia
http://ge.usembassy.gov
www.travel.state.gov

 

 

 

This is confusing to us because we followed all instructions carefully so of course we already submitted the police certificate. The wording does not explain what's inadequate about what we already submitted. When they say "this requirement is satisfied with two documents," do they mean we have two possible choices of document, or do they mean we need both? We had not been previously informed about needing a Report of Clear and Expunged Records in addition to the police record we submitted.

 

We're also wondering if maybe they want us to get a newer police certificate since the one we already did is from over 6 months ago. If that's the case, it seems unfair that they'd make us wait so long and then impose additional hardships as a result of the wait as though it was our fault. We've been waiting so long after our case was supposedly documentarily complete, thinking we have all our documents ready, that it's distressing that they'd wait so long to inform us that we need to get another document that notably takes a long time to get when we have so little time remaining, when they surely could have told us sooner.

 

Does anyone have experience with this type of email and this type of requirement? We are in urgent need of help, so we thank you kindly in advance. We already replied to the email since they said not to hesitate, but the matter is so urgent that we also want to see if we can get answers from faster channels.

 

Please disregard the medical examination portion of the email, since that's already scheduled and we're not concerned about that.

 

Thanks again!

[Edward and Jaycel 991]

This is what I could find on the DoS website for Tblisi:

If you are older than 16 years of age:  An original police certificate, including maiden names and former married names, from your country of current residence and countries of previous residence. Police certificates from Georgia need to be obtained at the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Tbilisi at P. Kavtaradze street 21. In the regions, they can be obtained at the structural units of the Service Agency. Please note that two separate Police certificates from Georgia (issued by the Service Agency) need to be submitted for IV purposes including current and expunged convictions.

 

Here's the link:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/TBL-Tbilisi.html
 

Edited yesterday at 06:11 PM by Edward and Jaycel

[American Husband 1]

Thank you! That snippet makes it look like the we definitely do need both documents. I must have missed that before. I couldn't find anything online about a "Report of Clear and Expunged Records" so I guess we'll have to ask about it in person. Since the link says the police certificate is good for a year, I'll take that to mean we don't need to get a newer version of the one we already have.

 

Also, I forgot to clarify that my wife has never changed her name, so we don't need to worry about that aspect.

[TBoneTX 46,537]

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