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|  Review on July 7, 2008: |
Arequipa4us
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I don't have all the details as I was unable to be there with my wife. Here is the little I can share:
She arrived about 1/2 an hour before her interveiw and was given a number. She made her way through various windows asking questions and requesting documents. At one point she was asked for a RENIEC endorsed original marriage certificate. It is a long story, so I will cut to the chase...we had an original, but it was not RENIEC endorsed. She continued to go through the process, and they called her to an interview room. She signed the Part II of her DS-230. She was asked how we met, and when she answered, the interviewer's eyes raised (see our story for detials). Then she was asked if she had pictures (she did), and that was it. She was handed a yellow piece of paper, stating we were missing the required document. She was told when she got the document to DHL it back to the embassy with her passport and it would take about 10 days to complete. My wife called me immediately. I and my US Congressional Delegation called down to the embassy. The instruction of the required RENIEC endorsement is in the "Package 3", that is sent from the embassy. We never received a single thing from the embassy, only from the NVC, so we had no way of knowing about this requirement. In addition, this requirement is not needed by those who are married in Lima, only those married in other cities. You will not find this information on any of the websites or their instruction packets, so I hoope that it will save others from this frustration and disappointment. The embassy states that the visa is approved pending the receipt of the document. The embassy will stand fast that they mailed this information to you, so the quickest way to over come this, is to just get what they ask for. I am still working with my US Congressioal Delegates to try and get the processing expeditied. 
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #3096