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Successful CP Argentine Experience

Hi there,

I will first answer to C8arly: Carlos, if I were you I would contact the embassy, just to make sure. Their email address is: BuenosAires-IV@state.gov
To be honest with you, I do not know what they require in terms of the police certificates to be "valid" (meaning current within 6 month of the time of the interview).
The Argentina police certificate took me only two days...If you can get it the expedited way, you may only wait 10 days.

alexvaneroucky: This is what my instructions said about the DS-230 form:
"Form DS-230: One form (parts I and II) should be completed for each applicant. Answer every question. DO sign part I, but please Do NOT sign the part II. If a question does not apply to you, you may reply with 'not applicable.' Pay special attention to questions 28, 31, and 35. Indicate your current address in Argentina, not in the Unites States."
So, at the beginning, I did not understand what we were supposed to do, so I emailed the embassy, and they requested, (and they emailed me a copy of the DS-230 form) that we fill it out again. Also, we, of course, took copies of the DS-230 we had mailed to KCC.
Alexvaneroucky, this is what the US embassy in Argentina is requesting. I am not familiar with your case, so take this as my humble opinion.

Anahit, thank you for the congratulations!

I am very grateful to this forum! Keep up the great work people!

Best,
lola76
 
Hi Lola 76.
Yes, you are right. I will contact them; as I expect to be called by june next year I would still be able to get all the foreign certificates back should they ask for.
If they say that it's fine with my current ones, I can bring them their mail to the interview.

I think the point here is to go to the interview as few discretional points open as possible.

Once again thanks for your very valuable information.

Best wishes, keep in touch with the forum

Carlos
 
C8arly,

I know I recommended that you contact the embassy directly, but I would appreciate if you let me know what they say to your question. Sometimes, they do not help with their answers very much. However, you can always print the emails the embassy has sent you and take them with you to the interview (I did that too, just in case).

Best wishes,
lola76
 
Hi there,

I forgot to share with you, Argentines, this hidden link that is still active. It is the same thing I received in the 2nd NL. It has the list of approved doctors for the medical exam and also the instructions for the lab tests (to be done before seeing the doctor). If you show up early enough to ge the lab work done, you can get the results in the same day! Just call the lab to make sure!

http://spanish.argentina.usembassy.gov/exmen_mdico.html

Hope this helps!
lola76
 
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Hi Lola76, this is me again checking papers as my turn may be close.

Just a couple of questions:

1.- You mentioned that you translated to english your documents: Birth certificates, school diplomas, etc. Do they actually ask for translations of all documents on packet 2, or you did it just in case? (I guess I read somewere that you are not required to translate them as long as the documents are in spanish)

2.-If all docs are instructed to be translated, I undestand that you first got the apostillas, etc stamped on the original spanish documents and then you made the translations, no otherwise (i.e.: apostillate the translated copied?);
finally you certified with an escribano the translation or a copy of the original document?

Thanks for your always appreciated help....
 
HI C8arly,

Good to hear from you!

1. To be honest with you, I translated every single document. I never checked whether we could turn in documents in spanish. Just to be 100% sure that we were doing the right thing, I translated everything. There is no way you're making a mistake by translating your documents.

2. The thing with the apostillas was a mess. I had documents were the apostilla was included in the translation, and cases in which the apostillas came after the translation. We got apostillas for all original documents except the police certificates...this I don't know, and they did not say anything.

Lastly, after some email exchanges with the embassy, we decided to certify by an escribano all copies of originals documents. Important: there is an apostilla available for certified copies at the colegio de escribanos; you should ask the escribano to request that as well when they get their signatures certified by the colegio de escribanos. I believe the apostilla was $30 something pesos.

Hope this helps!
Keep me posted, please!
Best of luck!!!!
lola76
 
C8arly,

By the way, has your case number become current yet?

When we thought our number was, we called KCC, and they gave us the date of the interview, before we got the 2nd package!

lola76
 
Hi Lola76

Hi Lola!! Nice to hearing from you again!

yes my number is current for June (visa bulletin for May published 13 Apr). I right away sent an e-mail to Kcc and they answer to me to contact them in 7/10 working days. Next time Ill call them.
I have all my original doscs with the apostillas, but I have not already translate anything.
Questions:
1) was translation recquired in the instructions of your 2nd package? I read in some other consulates instructions posted in internet (ex: Ecuador) that they did not recquired translations as long as they were written in spanish....

By the way where did you translated your docs?

2)I haven't contacted the embassy so far. Did they answer yr mails?

Last week I went to the police department in azopardo to get my police certificate and it will take less than a month.

Everything seems to go smoothly so far. :)
 
C8arly,

Translations....
I had previously translated my marriage certificate and my high school diploma, since my husband and I came to the US as students. So we decided to go ahead and translate the rest of the documents (birth certificates and else).

It's up to you. You can contact the embassy and ask them (take a copy with you to the interview with their response), or go ahead and get all your documents translated.

If you want, I can give you the contact information for the translator, she lives near Av. Las Heras and Ayacucho. She is very professional. You can also go to the website for the Colegio de Traductores Publicos de Buenos Aires at and search its directory.

The problem with emailing the embassy (they do not take phone calls) is that I believe the person answering the emails is not a high rank officer, thus I did not trust their response. Their English was somewhat poor to say the least.....

Lastly, make sure you get the police certificate on time!!!

Please do not hesitate to ask me any other questions!;)

All the best,
lola76
 
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Hi Lola76

thanx for your prompt reply!!!!!
Yes pls give me the contact for yr tanslator!! The only place I know is "Instituto Olivares" close to tribunales (for sure u know them) but they are extremely expensive; at least I can compare prices. Besides las heras y ayacucho is very close to me (and from the faculty were I studied, engineering...).

I will contact the embassy about the point and should their answer be ambiguous I will proceed with the translations...

I already applied for the Police certificate and even for an updated Brazilian one, just in case....Nothing left at random...:cool:

By the way, was it KCC that sent you the 2nd package or was the embassy?

carlos
 
Another succesful interview

Hi everybody. I have just obtained my DV Visa in Buenos Aires consulate after a superb consulate experience.
My appointmento was at 1 pm, though I turned up by 12:30, They told me to come back 5 minutes to 1pm. At that time I produced my invitation letter (sent by the embassy with 2nd package that arrived home together with KCC 2nd packet, same day!).
For those applying in argentina it is important to remark that the embassy now requires that you send DS 230 part I/II ,a picture of each applicant and a copy of 1st & 2nd page of each applicant passport right immediately rafter receiving 2nd package sent by the embassy; and ALL coppies of documents PRIOR to the scheduled interview.
So I did, and after some confirmation e-mails, they let me know that they had all the info required (thogh mails were never extremely "conclusive"),
Medical's were as Lola78 explained; documents in spanish are not required to be translated but high school diploma had to be translated by a public
translator and certified by the "colegio de Traductores Publicos"

Another extremely important fact is that they now ask for a certificate from the local police or a nationaly Issued "Certificado de Antecedentes Penales" by the ministry of Justice. In fact, for some provinces this one and not the local police is the document required.
Be aware with this document, union strikes an long queues are usual (I had to go three times). It takes 5 days (normal procedure) 24hrs (accelerated procedure) & urgent for same day issuance.

I Just in case got both the "Certificado de antecedentes policiales-Policia federal" and the " Certificado de antecedentes Penales", just in case.

I translated school certificates with the translator Lola76 recomended above appointed (by the way, Lola She was very nice and very efficient! many thanks!!)

Once inside the embassy we were 4 people for immigration; the consulate was empty we felt extremely comfortable. we were given a number, and an Argentine lady, extremely polite, called each of us by order, separately, to a booth. There she asked for every original document, Pictures & Medicals. She gave me a paper to pay the fees and a yellow paper....with a survey to asses the quality of the service they were giving (!!!:eek: ), and politely asked me to fill it up upon leaving the consulate.

Then I went to the cashier, paid the fees U$S 755 and waited for the consul to call me.

After around half an hour a consul started calling. When he called my name I entered again the boot. The interview was superb. He asked me why I wanted to live in the USA; I told him this was an old dream, I had gone many times and also studied there. I said that this was a unique opportunity the US Government was offering to me and by no means I would lose it.
I had studied in the USA and I am a professor in a university here...He was pleased for this... still he told me "nice we will have you with us". Then he ask me to fingerprint, sign part II of form DS 230 and told me "Yor visa is approved, Sir". He did not ask for any evidence of support of bank statement...

They will send my passport by DHL (24 argentine $, outside the main building).

I am extremely happy. I want to thank to all the members of this forum whose advice helped me to gather he proper documents and follow the proper steps: LucyMo, Lola76....and many others whose nicks I can not remember now, who with no personal interests devote their time and knowledge to help people in this forum .
Will keep in touch:D
 
Thanks for sharing that with the forum, every CP interview post is such a good help for those of us that will eventually have to face it! With my high case number if I manage to get an interview I have to make sure that everything goes smooth no room for slip ups, so posts like yours seriously help myself and others to be prepared for it.
 
C8arly said:
Hi everybody. I have just obtained my DV Visa in Buenos Aires consulate after a superb consulate experience.
My appointmento was at 1 pm, though I turned up by 12:30, They told me to come back 5 minutes to 1pm. At that time I produced my invitation letter (sent by the embassy with 2nd package that arrived home together with KCC 2nd packet, same day!).
For those applying in argentina it is important to remark that the embassy now requires that you send DS 230 part I/II ,a picture of each applicant and a copy of 1st & 2nd page of each applicant passport right immediately rafter receiving 2nd package sent by the embassy; and ALL coppies of documents PRIOR to the scheduled interview.
So I did, and after some confirmation e-mails, they let me know that they had all the info required (thogh mails were never extremely "conclusive"),
Medical's were as Lola78 explained; documents in spanish are not required to be translated but high school diploma had to be translated by a public
translator and certified by the "colegio de Traductores Publicos"

Another extremely important fact is that they now ask for a certificate from the local police or a nationaly Issued "Certificado de Antecedentes Penales" by the ministry of Justice. In fact, for some provinces this one and not the local police is the document required.
Be aware with this document, union strikes an long queues are usual (I had to go three times). It takes 5 days (normal procedure) 24hrs (accelerated procedure) & urgent for same day issuance.

I Just in case got both the "Certificado de antecedentes policiales-Policia federal" and the " Certificado de antecedentes Penales", just in case.

I translated school certificates with the translator Lola76 recomended above appointed (by the way, Lola She was very nice and very efficient! many thanks!!)

Once inside the embassy we were 4 people for immigration; the consulate was empty we felt extremely comfortable. we were given a number, and an Argentine lady, extremely polite, called each of us by order, separately, to a booth. There she asked for every original document, Pictures & Medicals. She gave me a paper to pay the fees and a yellow paper....with a survey to asses the quality of the service they were giving (!!!:eek: ), and politely asked me to fill it up upon leaving the consulate.

Then I went to the cashier, paid the fees U$S 755 and waited for the consul to call me.

After around half an hour a consul started calling. When he called my name I entered again the boot. The interview was superb. He asked me why I wanted to live in the USA; I told him this was an old dream, I had gone many times and also studied there. I said that this was a unique opportunity the US Government was offering to me and by no means I would lose it.
I had studied in the USA and I am a professor in a university here...He was pleased for this... still he told me "nice we will have you with us". Then he ask me to fingerprint, sign part II of form DS 230 and told me "Yor visa is approved, Sir". He did not ask for any evidence of support of bank statement...

They will send my passport by DHL (24 argentine $, outside the main building).

I am extremely happy. I want to thank to all the members of this forum whose advice helped me to gather he proper documents and follow the proper steps: LucyMo, Lola76....and many others whose nicks I can not remember now, who with no personal interests devote their time and knowledge to help people in this forum .
Will keep in touch:D
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By the way, what is your CN?
 
Congratulations !

Congratulations C8arly!

What does it feel?
I am very happy for you!
Hope all your dreams come true!

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need anything else!
Do you already know to what city in the US will you be moving?

Enjoy your immigrant visa, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

With very best wishes,
lola76:D :D :D
 
Hi everybody. I had my appontment last week at the USA Embassy i Caracas, Venezuela. There were lots of people waiting for a tourist visa application outside the building, but I was called by my name at 8:30 eventhough my appointment was for 9:00 a.m. The consular officer ask me for : birth certificate (original , copy and translation), High School diploma (original, copy and translation). As I am a College graduated, he asked me for the proof of degree, University grades. Affidavit of support, two extra photos. He asked me a few questions about my plans for living in USA. After all this I pay the 755$ fee and another consular officer asked me the same questions and congratulated me for gettin the DV Visa. Five days later I received my passport and a package I have to take to USA Inmigration.
Good luck for everyone who is expecting the interview.
 
Congratulations

renacaro said:
Hi everybody. I had my appontment last week at the USA Embassy i Caracas, Venezuela. There were lots of people waiting for a tourist visa application outside the building, but I was called by my name at 8:30 eventhough my appointment was for 9:00 a.m. The consular officer ask me for : birth certificate (original , copy and translation), High School diploma (original, copy and translation). As I am a College graduated, he asked me for the proof of degree, University grades. Affidavit of support, two extra photos. He asked me a few questions about my plans for living in USA. After all this I pay the 755$ fee and another consular officer asked me the same questions and congratulated me for gettin the DV Visa. Five days later I received my passport and a package I have to take to USA Inmigration.
Good luck for everyone who is expecting the interview.
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Heart-felt Congratulations to you; enjoy your new status.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience.
 
Hi Lola!!! I already have my passport & sealed envelope. I feels wonderful though I will have to stay here for a couple of months... I Have to close my pendings...
I will do POE in Miami....
Again many thanks to yr advice....and the other's one (I forgot to mention cat eyes above...)
 
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