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jdruc911

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I am scheduled to have my interview on October 2, at the US Consulate in Buenos Aires. I am currently living and working in USA, but will travel to Argentina a couple of weeks before the interview. Even though the second letter is confusing and even missing some parts due to defective photocopies, here are the requirements:

1. Form DS-230
2. Current and previous passport: Q1: I do not have all my former passports. Would that be a problem?
3. Photographs
4. Birth certificates
5. Marriage certificate
6. Spouse's death certificate: N/A
7. Divorce decree: N/A
8. Military service
9. Police certifcates
10. Medical exam
11. Evidence of support: original -864. Q2: I have a job (will provide payment stubs and transcripts of 2004/2005/2006 taxes) and assets (bank account, house in USA). However, I do not have an sponsor, nor I think I need one. Should I fill the I-684 myself (even though it is not prepared for self support), or the i-134 (same issue) or should I not fill it at all and just take the proving documents with me?
12. Evidence of relationship
13. Parent's permission
14. School certificates

Some additional questions:

Q3: The letter says that document not in English or Spanish should be translated, except the school certificate that requires specific translation into English. Is this correct? No need to translate birth certificates, marriage certificates, etc?

Q4: Does any of the documents require to be "apostillado" at the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores? It does not say anything about that.

Q5: Do the photocopies need to be legalized? Again, no mention of that in the letter.

Thanks for your help
 
1) no, if you haven't travelled to the US before. And even if you did, it's not a problem.
2) you cannot fill an affidavit of support on your own behalf.
3) all of the documents need to be translated (as a general rule)
4) you don't need an apostille on any of the documents
5) photocopies do not need to be legalized (as a general rule, but some embassies require it). If an original document is in a language that is not English or Spanish, the translation needs to be notarized.
 
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Hi LucyMo,

Thanks a lot for the clarity of your answers. I guess the only question that I still have is whether I can get away without the I-864 since after reviewing it, it requires commitment for the sponsor. I guess the answer is: depends, even in my case where I can show them US tax returns for several years, income due to my US job and assets.
 
you do not need I-864, because that affidavit of support is for family immigration only. DV immigrants have to get I-134 affidavit, if a consular officer asks for it. You have other ways to prove that you will not become a public charge.
 
how "current" the criminal records (police certifcate)?

Anyone knows how "current" the criminal records (police certifcate) should be?
Should I get it within a year before the interview, within 6 or 3 months? does anyone know?
 
jdruc911,

1) I didn't have my first passport (with entries to the US). They didn't ask for it.

2) The consulate requested that we present the I-864 (although I know that the form is for cases where a US citizen is sponsoring an immigrant). We did.
We were under F-1 (both my husband and I). So for the evidence of support documents we presented bank statements, the I-864 form filled out by one of my husband's uncles who is a US citizen, and letters of employment at the university where we were studying.

3) I asked the consulate via email, but I didn't feel they answered the question. So I decided to translate every document except for the ones that were written in English, such as our university diplomas, bank statements, letters of employment.
So we translated the marriage certificate, the birth certificates, and the high school diplomas. No need to translate the medical records (they are in a sealed envelope) or the police certificate.

4) Yes. All of them had the Apostillado except for the Police Certificate and the medical records. The copies of originals were certified by a notary public (and they added the apostillado at the colegio de escribanos publicos).

5) Yes. I asked that to the Consular officers via email. So we legalized all copies (even the ones from documents we took with us from the US).

Also, I printed and took to the interview any email response I had received from the consulate.


Hope this helps.

Don't hesitate to ask any other questions.

Best of luck!
lola76
 
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