Do I need exact copies of my I-129F and I-130 files for the K-3 Consular Interview?

[Eric_and_Corinna 0]

Ok...I finally got rid of my lying, cheating, thieving lawyer. I sent him a letter notifying him that we no longer needed his services and asked for half of his fee back. I also told him that I expected our paperwork back, as well as pictures and other information etc. To my surprise, he actually had my an envelope of papers waiting for me with a check. Or so I thought.

But, as I go thru all of our paperwork here today, it's evident that he had his lazy secretary make copies of whatever she felt like and throw them in the envelope. Upon closer inspection, I see that we're missing all of our pictures, personal statements, affadavits of support, copies of our passports, marriage certificate, etc that would prove our marriage is "BONAFIDE." All he did was make return copies of our G-325s, and I-130 &I-129 applications.

The lawyer stated in his cover letters to USCIS that he enclosed all of these things (evidence of our marriage) in our applications, but I'm wondering if he even did that. This is the same guy who lied to me about sending our I-129F in July, then to tell me that USCIS lost it and he had to resend everything (hence our large gapin filing dates), but it's evident by looking at the paperwork i have now that he didn't send it until late August. But I digress...

To all you wonderful VJrs who have been to an interview, is it 100% necessary to have the EXACT same paperwork that was (supposedly) submitted when we go to our interview in Montreal? Or, do we update the evidence of BONAFIDE marriage anyway since we have since had a son, have taken hundreds of pictures since then and I've got a binder of travel documents going back and forth between Alaska and Canada. And, I can recreate the copies of the passports, birth certificates, photos etc from the list he supposedly sent.

I'm willing to go and hold a gun (figuratively speaking, of course) to his (or his secretary's) head and get the files, but I'm not going to keep beating my head against a wall if we don't need to.

At least his check didn't bounce. Yet.

[Reba 2]

I dunno about anyone else, but I was never asked for any of that stuff at my interview. Any of the stuff that we'd send photocopies of, like birth certificates, passports, marriage certificate, I took the "originals" with me, as well as another photocopy. They will ask to see "originals" of official documents, but likely not copies of the petitions and forms that they already have.

When we filed all of our stuff, photos were not required with the original petition package, and I was only asked for ONE wedding photo at my interview. If they've already been sent the photos, you don't need, or rather shouldn't need, to take copies of what they already have. If you want to take more new photos, go ahead, but remember what the security restrictions are at the consulate, and you're limited to what you can carry all this stuff in.

Take along with you the letter from your lawyer that states he sent all of that stuff already, and if they ask for it, tell them he didn't return it to you when you fired him. They probably won't ask though. Most of the time, the interview is rather anti-climactic.