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NVC's DB has gone INSANE!! :^O
ZRomper replied to ZRomper's topic in National Visa Center (Dept of State)
Won't effect you. Just make sure you've done it the first time. You can always re-upload things you see missing. -
NVC's DB has gone INSANE!! :^O
ZRomper replied to ZRomper's topic in National Visa Center (Dept of State)
Nothing really. I reloaded some that were shown as missing. All the files are actually on their computer systems already. The most important thing I did that my wife saw 5 people get sent home with was a missing IRS transcript. That was the most important thing for us. -
Thanks for the help! You're right, i will get it fedexed, at least i'll try. The reason is not for my lack of trying, i don't have the best relationship with my sister to put it mildly. Simply getting my tax transcripts photos took a week and a half to get. 😊 But at least I have something to go on now.
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1. My mom is not in the US, it's my sister that is and we're flying to a state far away from her, so she cannot bring it. 2. I can't get a driver's license until I'm back in the US and this isn't instant. 3. My domicile acceptance was based on the fact that I have an address in the US, I have a well paying job and sent a lot of money to my US bank account. This is what they care about, plus I have my US passport. You can travel overseas for 2 weeks and your DL can expire, doesn't mean you're not domiciled in the US anymore. I'll try calling a few rental companies and ask them.
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Thank you both for the great suggestion! I was able to quickly add her to my CC through Chase portal via Add Authorized User. They just asked for name and DOB and I selected the address on file. Question: It said they'll mail a new card with her name on it. I'm not in the US atm however and it's my sister's house address. Will it still be ok to use my card at the car rental? I think so, because they go by what's in the system and not what's on the card per say, because she's already added. I'll also have a statement from the bank with me showing both our names. What do you think?
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This might sound weird but I'm sure someone has run into this before. So, I lived outside the US for the past 10 years. My US driver's license has expired a long time ago. I had a driver's license from Belarus which expired on June 20th, 2023. My wife has an active Belarus driver's license which is international and is accepted in the state we're moving to. I have a credit card from Chase but no driver's license (I'll have to get a permit/license/test once we move) while my wife does have an international driver's license but no credit card... I saw that Budget for instance has a non-licensed renter form, where you add another driver as a driver to the car you're renting while not driving it yourself using your credit card. Has anyone had any experience with something like this?? This will put us in quiet a bind to be stuck without a car when we just arrive...
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Warsaw embassy is fast! Got an SMS today that our visas are ready to pick up today. Will pick them up tomorrow. 🥳🥳🥳
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I had this exact issue a while ago. This is what you do, like CrazyCat said, you file as Married filing separately and for SSN you put down "NRA" - Non Resident Alien. Now the SSN part on your taxes will not be accepted if you put down all zeroes or whatnot. "NRA" is the official abbreviation you need to use according to the IRS (). In fact I filed Single just like you thought and later when I found that this is not correct, I simply went back and filed amendments to correct the years I needed to fix. I used TaxAct as it has excellent support for this and they keep everything online with options to amend at any time. Very convenient. IRS says this: 2022 Publication 17 (irs.gov) Since I did this and we're going to travel to the US next month, I will file amended returns for 3 years once my wife and kids gets their SSNs and fill them in and get my tax returns for 3 years.
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VJ User Submitted DQ Estimate RFI Days to RFI Resubmit DQ Actual Days to DQ Interview Letter Interview Date Embassy/Country Approved @ZRomper IR1 5/3 5/17 5/15 1/11 5/15 5/15 1/12 5/23 7/21 Warsaw, PL 7/21 @ZRomper IR2 5/3 5/17 - - - 5/16 1/11 5/23 7/21 Warsaw, PL 7/21 @Smarta 5/5 5/19 (After RFI) 6/1 1/12 - 6/6 2/1 - - - @mochon 5/4 5/18 - - - 5/16 1/11 5/23 7/18 London, UK @TJ&NP CR1 5/17 6/14 (After RFI) 5/31 1/13 5/31 6/14 1/28 - - - @Blindian8793 CR1 5/20 6/25 (After RFI) 6/1 1/11 6/11 6/26 2/4 - - - @anannabanana EB2 5/15 (mailed) 5/31 - - - - - - - - Troy B 5/12 5/25 - - - 5/25 1/13 6/26 8/7 Rio de Janeiro, BR @acpt CR1 5/20 6/3 - - - 5/31 1/10 - - - @stirling 5/3 6/1 (After RFI) 5/18 1/14 5/18 6/2 1/29 7/17 9/12 Peru @AhmadHamouda 5/31 6/29 (After RFI) 6/14 1/13 6/15 6/30 30 - - - @MarmiteC 5/31 6/28 (After RFI) 6/14 1/13 6/14 6/15 15 - 8/8 London, UK @Micam 5/27 6/10 - - - 6/12 1/14 6/19 8/30 London, UK @swlim 5/22 6/19 (After RFI) 6/5 1/12 6/6 6/21 1/28 - - - @SunnyLi 5/26 6/10 6/9 1/12 6/27 8/8 Singapore @ACFP CR1 5/20 6/3 - - - 6/1 1/11 6/27 8/1 Kuala Lumpur, MY @VSN 5/2 5/16 ? - - 6/2 1/30 6/30 8/22 Bulgaria Posted my experience at the embassy here:
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Hello everyone!! 25 months have flown by and today my wife and my daughter went in for the IR1/IR2 interviews at Warsaw, Poland. They were approved!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I want to share some tips and general helpful information for people going through this embassy in particular or other embassies as some things are similar. Get your tax transcripts vs tax return copies. At the Warsaw embassy in particular, you will be asked to provide transcripts. My wife didn't even have to show the I-864 or any tax forms or bank stubs because I uploaded 2 transcripts to NVC and they saw this. This was enough. While 3 people were turned away because they only had their tax copies but no transcripts!! For Warsaw in particular, you cannot self-certify a translation. Thankfully I saw this bullet point on the Warsaw embassy's website last week and we got all our translations signed and stamped at a translator. Embassy does not need a notarized translation; they just want to see a nice stamp and signature and that this is a valid business. My wife was only asked these questions: Who filed your I-130? Where did you and your husband meet? What do you do for a living and what is your employment history? Where will you live and where does your husband live? Keep in mind I lived for 10 years outside the US and have my sister's address and my mailing address. This was enough. Even though we've had our kids enrolled at a US online school in Florida, I transferred large sums of money to the US and provided this info, I have an active US bank account and a US job. They didn't ask for any of this. The translators do a great job of helping people. In general, everyone was very friendly and assistive. Don't mumble and don't lie, this is something they watch for. Give straight and honest answers.
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Everyone welcome and a huge thanks to the amazing community here. It's reading comments on this board that answered some very important questions for me without which we'd be lost today!
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Thank you so much!!! They got approved!! The interview went well, I will post details a little later, as there are some interesting points to note. Off to celebrate 🤣🤣🤣😅😅🥳🥳🥳
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I'd search here or call the embassy to ask. Here in Warsaw, we scheduled our medical a month ahead and my wife's doctor told my wife it takes him at least 3 days to get everything sent to embassy if there is no need for any retests. I watched a YT video (link below) where a girl had a situation similar to this. They didn't approve her visa the first time, but they gave her a yellow slip b/c they didn't have the medical results yet. I mean you could be lucky, and they really will make it within 2 days, but more likely than not, they'll give you a yellow slip that lets you come back and just give them your passport for visa processing when they finally get the medical docs. Another possibility is calling the embassy to reschedule the interview. This would be safest if you decide you really want to get the visa on the first try. YT video (in Russian): /watch?v=7iJyFoog1U8
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Congrats!! VJ User Submitted DQ Estimate RFI Days to RFI Resubmit DQ Actual Days to DQ Interview Letter Interview Date Embassy/Country @ZRomper IR1 5/3 5/17 5/15 1/11 5/15 5/15 1/12 5/23 7/21 Warsaw, PL @ZRomper IR2 5/3 5/17 - - - 5/16 1/11 5/23 7/21 Warsaw, PL @Smarta 5/5 5/19 (After RFI) 6/1 1/12 - 6/6 2/1 - - - @mochon 5/4 5/18 - - - 5/16 1/11 5/23 7/18 London, UK @TJ&NP CR1 5/17 6/14 (After RFI) 5/31 1/13 5/31 6/14 1/28 - - - @Blindian8793 CR1 5/20 6/25 (After RFI) 6/1 1/11 6/11 6/26 2/4 - - - @anannabanana EB2 5/15 (mailed) 5/31 - - - - - - - - Troy B 5/12 5/25 - - - 5/25 1/13 6/26 8/7 Rio de Janeiro, BR @acpt CR1 5/20 6/3 - - - 5/31 1/10 - - - @stirling 5/3 6/1 (After RFI) 5/18 1/14 5/18 6/2 1/29 7/17 9/12 Peru @AhmadHamouda 5/31 6/29 (After RFI) 6/14 1/13 6/15 6/30 30 - - - @MarmiteC 5/31 6/28 (After RFI) 6/14 1/13 6/14 6/15 15 - 8/8 London, UK @Micam 5/27 6/10 - - - 6/12 1/14 6/19 8/30 London, UK @swlim 5/22 6/19 (After RFI) 6/5 1/12 6/6 6/21 1/28 - - - @SunnyLi 5/26 6/10 6/9 1/12 6/27 8/8 Singapore @ACFP CR1 5/20 6/3 - - - 6/1 1/11 6/27 8/1 Kuala Lumpur, MY @VSN 5/2 5/16 ? - - 6/2 1/30 6/30 8/22 Bulgaria
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Greetings, I have a burning question regarding the type of translation we need for my wife and daughter's IR1/IR2 visa interview... This is becoming VERY confusing, any help from people who went through this would be appreciated. I have done translations for the USCIS and NVC stages myself, certifying at the bottom that i'm competent to translate from Russian/Belarusian into English. This has worked just fine, both the USCIS and NVC accepted and approved all of my translations. However on the Warsaw Embassy's website on the Family-based immigrant visa page it says: Here they're mentioning a certified translator, this means the translator has to have certification?! How would they even check this? Has anyone had experience with this? Why is it ok to submit own "certified" translations for USCIS and NVC, but not ok for the embassy?! Please advise. Thank you!
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My wife and daughter got DQd on the 16th. Since yesterday morning I see the following on my wife's civil documents list. I noticed it accidentally when I logged on to check the messages. So literally NVC page says missing on the home page for her civil docs. All docs were obviously included and accepted, otherwise they'd never be DQd. The NVC page seems to have gone totally crazy as you can see from the above screenshot. Passport bio pics were included and are listed just below but are now called PASSPORT BIOGRAPHIC PAGE (1st MARRIAGE-FINAL DIVORCE DECREE), 😅. Anyone seen/seeing anything like it? I hope this doesn't affect anything for my wife. PS I checked in 3 browsers, same result, so it's not a local cache issue.
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Sent my IR1/IR2 docs to NVC on the 3rd of May, so figured I'd start a thread. VJ User Submitted DQ Estimate RFI Days to RFI Resubmit DQ Actual Days to DQ @ZRomper IR1 5/3 5/17 @ZRomper IR2 5/3 5/17