Do Not Open Brown Envelope! Consulate in Rio

[SkipSherv 1]

The famous DO NOT OPEN UNTIL ARRIVAL IN USA brown immigration envelope that comes to you with your passports and US Visa after your interview. This is the way the US Consulate in Rio packaged it with rubber bands causing the envelope to rip and making the contents invalid. If it is so important to keep this envelope sealed then why don't they use better envelopes or package them with care before to send it in the mail? My wife had to fly back to Rio just to have them repackage the contents so she could make her scheduled flight to USA. No compensation from US Consul in Rio just an apology and what is there to do with an apology? See the ripped envelope here: http://www.visajourney.com/gallery/display....php?pos=-16199 - I suggest staying in Rio and waiting for your passport and this envelope just to make sure it is sealed. My wife decided to go back to Sao Paulo and pay TNT to deliver the items becasue Monday is a holiday and it would be much cheaper to wait at home than in a hotel in Rio fro as much as 5 days. Well thanks to the US Consulate's mistake, another airfare ticket to Rio just blew that savings! Well, at least she got an apology...right?

[happyinlove012408 0]

I am sorry to hear that. An apology is not enough knowing that the embassy states that the package should not be opened. I have never heard of putting a rubberband on the documents with other documents. This really sucks but what can you do. Hopefully she will make it to another flight without any problems. Good luck.

[Dias Melhores 0]

The famous DO NOT OPEN UNTIL ARRIVAL IN USA brown immigration envelope that comes to you with your passports and US Visa after your interview. This is the way the US Consulate in Rio packaged it with rubber bands causing the envelope to rip and making the contents invalid. If it is so important to keep this envelope sealed then why don't they use better envelopes or package them with care before to send it in the mail? My wife had to fly back to Rio just to have them repackage the contents so she could make her scheduled flight to USA. No compensation from US Consul in Rio just an apology and what is there to do with an apology? See the ripped envelope here: http://www.visajourney.com/gallery/display....php?pos=-16199 - I suggest staying in Rio and waiting for your passport and this envelope just to make sure it is sealed. My wife decided to go back to Sao Paulo and pay TNT to deliver the items becasue Monday is a holiday and it would be much cheaper to wait at home than in a hotel in Rio fro as much as 5 days. Well thanks to the US Consulate's mistake, another airfare ticket to Rio just blew that savings! Well, at least she got an apology...right?

Sorry to hear, what a pain. It is so frustrating when these things happen and there is nothing you can do, but spend more money, time and energy. I agree with your advice on going to Rio to get the visa and documents. My wife and I did that and it worked out really well.

I hope this is the one and only foul-up on your visa process and that everything else goes off without a hitch!

Best of luck to you!

[donsbayou 0]

The famous DO NOT OPEN UNTIL ARRIVAL IN USA brown immigration envelope that comes to you with your passports and US Visa after your interview. This is the way the US Consulate in Rio packaged it with rubber bands causing the envelope to rip and making the contents invalid. If it is so important to keep this envelope sealed then why don't they use better envelopes or package them with care before to send it in the mail? My wife had to fly back to Rio just to have them repackage the contents so she could make her scheduled flight to USA. No compensation from US Consul in Rio just an apology and what is there to do with an apology? See the ripped envelope here: http://www.visajourney.com/gallery/display....php?pos=-16199 - I suggest staying in Rio and waiting for your passport and this envelope just to make sure it is sealed. My wife decided to go back to Sao Paulo and pay TNT to deliver the items becasue Monday is a holiday and it would be much cheaper to wait at home than in a hotel in Rio fro as much as 5 days. Well thanks to the US Consulate's mistake, another airfare ticket to Rio just blew that savings! Well, at least she got an apology...right?

Hello my fiancee just received "The Brown Envelope". Is the passport and visa inside? If it is how does she board the plane without showing her passport? It seems like a silly question, but we have come a long way to get to this point. Don't want to screw anything up now.

Thanks in advance