Getting all the proper paperwork together at the right time has been a nightmare given all the delays and time it takes to get things in the mail.
On advice from these forums, I applied for my FBI criminal background check very early since it took the longest. Since then I have been delayed due to needing to get a book-style passport since immigration told me that my US passport card would not allow me to become a landed immigrant since they need to 'stamp something'. So that delayed me over a month waiting for the book so I'd have the proper passport number to input on my forms.
Now I go through the immigrant guide to make sure everything's ok and I discover that for god knows what reason the police certificate is only valid for 3 months. This is not mentioned anywhere else that I have seen. My Immigrant Document Checklist does not mention this fact. The FBI background check letter says nothing about expiry, nobody here mentioned the scant 3 months either... given how long it takes to get all this stuff together how do they expect all the stars to align like this? I am beyond frustrated.
So what do I do? Submit with a FBI letter that's 4 months old and pray, or wait 2 more months for another one and by that point risk having my medical examinations go out of date by the time they actually get around to processing my application? Which would delay me more? Has anyone experienced this maddeningly frustrating dilemma?
If they do put a hold on my application due to the inexplicable 3 month deadline for the background check, how many months can that delay me? More than having to re-do my medical midway through the process?
On advice from these forums, I applied for my FBI criminal background check very early since it took the longest. Since then I have been delayed due to needing to get a book-style passport since immigration told me that my US passport card would not allow me to become a landed immigrant since they need to 'stamp something'. So that delayed me over a month waiting for the book so I'd have the proper passport number to input on my forms.
Now I go through the immigrant guide to make sure everything's ok and I discover that for god knows what reason the police certificate is only valid for 3 months. This is not mentioned anywhere else that I have seen. My Immigrant Document Checklist does not mention this fact. The FBI background check letter says nothing about expiry, nobody here mentioned the scant 3 months either... given how long it takes to get all this stuff together how do they expect all the stars to align like this? I am beyond frustrated.
So what do I do? Submit with a FBI letter that's 4 months old and pray, or wait 2 more months for another one and by that point risk having my medical examinations go out of date by the time they actually get around to processing my application? Which would delay me more? Has anyone experienced this maddeningly frustrating dilemma?
If they do put a hold on my application due to the inexplicable 3 month deadline for the background check, how many months can that delay me? More than having to re-do my medical midway through the process?
