US Immigration from Pakistan

Hi all,

I am Pakistani national, due to my work i have been living in Riyadh Saudi Arabia for more than 6 years. We got married in Pakistan on 9 March 2019, got our NOA2 approval email on 14 November 2019 (letter came a bit later via snail mail). Now we are waiting for welcome letter from NVC. Its gonna be any day now. Meanwhile, I am preparing our case file for NVC processing. During this process I come across few points which i am little confused about. The wording on NOA2 letter says

Quote

It [NVC] also determines which consular post is the appropriate consulate to complete visa processing. The NVC then forward the approved petition to that consulate.

Now, I have assumed that its gonna be US consulate Riyadh as i am resident of Saudi Arabia and this is the post which process the IV. I don't know this assumption is correct or not. I guess we will find out shortly. Meanwhile, I was wondering, do i have to prepare my file as per Pakistani national requirements or follow Saudi Arabian requirements especially the part about interview guidelines for Riyadh embassy? For example, here are few things which i noticed. I am assuming NVC will choose Riyadh Saudi Arabia for further processing.

1. Birth Certificate. I was born in Pakistan. I have union counsel/Nadra issued birth certificate. It contain both Urdu and English details. I think i need to get a certified copy. My question is certified from whom? Union Council, MOFA Pakistan or someone else or all of them? Also original document already has union counsel seal, do it needs MOFA Pakistan seal on original as-well?
2. Interview guidelines at Riyadh Saudi Arabia states the following:

   Quote

   Original birth certificate, and a photocopy. The certificate must contain your date and place of birth, the names of both parents, and an annotation from the appropriate authority indicating that it is an extract from official records.

   Pakistani birth certificate don't contain an such annotation and there is no such requirement for annotation at Interview guidelines for Islamabad Embassy. My question is would they accept the Pakistani birth certificate original and certified copy without annotation at my interview in Riyadh?

3. Marriage Certificate. As mentioned earlier, my marriage took place in Pakistan. I have Nikkah Nama, its notarized translation (which we submitted earlier with i130) Nadra issued Marriage Certificates from Municipal committee. Apparently i need certified copies. Again my question is certified from whom? Union Council/Municipal Committee, MOFA Pakistan or someone else or all of them? Also original Marriage certificate already has Municipal committee seal, do it needs MOFA Pakistan seal on original as-well?

4. Documents required for Saudi Arabia states the following in marriage certificate section

   Quote

   Only the Saudi government is authorized to create legally binding marriages that are valid for immigration purposes. In the cases of third country nationals who get married outside of a Sharia Court in Saudi Arabia, that marriage must be endorsed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There are MOFA offices located in most major cities. For example, a third country national who performs his/her wedding ceremony at his/her country s embassy in Saudi Arabia must have their wedding certificate and/or marriage contract endorsed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will affix a small stamp with two crossed sabers and a tree on it when they endorse the document.

   Even though i am resident of Saudi Arabia i think above paragraph is not applicable on me (my marriage took place in Pakistan not at Pakistani embassy in Riyadh and therefore i don't think i need to register it here) however i was wondering would my Pakistani marriage certificate would be acceptable at US consulate in Riyadh without Saudi Arabian MOFA stamp?

Thanks

Since we submitted our documents to NVC, my spouse (USC and petitioner) has become unemployed and I (beneficiary) have changed jobs. We both live in Pakistan.

Now we have been called for the interview and I m wondering who should we notify about these changes and how?

Thank you.

Hello everyone

I'm USC 50 years old .My husband is 28 years old and he is from Pakistan.we have 22 years of age difference.

We met online on November 2017.

Time spent together;

1st Trip

23 April 2018 to 3rd May 2018

2nd trip;

8ty July 2018 to 18th July 2018

3rd trip to his home country/family visit

3rd December 2018 to 24th January 2019

4th Trip to Ireland/ Travelled together

25 th January 2019 to 25 July 2019 /almost 6 months

Marriage Date:

July 8th 2019

My husband finished his post graduation and started job in Dublin Ireland.

My question is how much more evidence we need??

My earnings is 25k.im working in Walmart/ Supervisor position

Do we need to spend more time together??

How we can overcome red flags??

He asked me to move to Pakistan and live there until we get the approval but I have to work we don't have any assets.

Any advice please

Hi everyone! petitioner( 46yrs ) is double age of beneficiary(23yrs ) ! Would it create any problem or scrutiny at time of interview And how can we Minimize it and prove that our relationship is genuine not for immigration intend ?! Even we have joint account , car insurance, health insurance and saw each other twice since we got married, (1st time )she came for a week at the time of marriage and second time after marriage she came to see me for 2 weeks with her family ! , what more evidences we need to collect so can overcome this things and or we need to make more visits together?? before we get to interview time ! Thanks

Hello everyone.

I wanted to ask how to get police clearance certificate from the united Arab emirates while living in Pakistan?

Help required.