THE UNITED States Embassy has announced it will soon be making adjustments to the visa requirements for Jamaicans hoping to travel to that country.
As of December 1, the embassy's immigrant visa unit, in its consular section, will require all Jamaica-resident applicants for immigrant visas, who are aged 18 years and older and are in categories requiring them to be unmarried, to obtain a certificate of no-impediment to marriage.
The new requirement will affect applicants in the IR2, IR3, IR4, F11, F22, and F24 categories who are aged 18 or older. It will also affect all Jamaica-resident children aged 18 and older accompanying an immigrant visa applicant.
CERTIFICATE OF NO-IMPEDIMENT
"Applicants should apply for a certificate of no-impediment to marriage at any office of the Registrar General's Department or on the Registrar General's Department website," the embassy said.
Applicants may find further information about this document and the form for requesting it at http://www.rgd.gov.jm.
According to the embassy, as of December 1, the immigrant visa unit will also require all applicants for immigrant visas, who have served in the military, to obtain a copy of their military service record.
Applicants who have served in the Jamaica Defence Force may obtain a military service record at Up Park Camp, Kingston 5.
