What to do with K1 docs after getting visa

[dsd^rjp 0]

I'm wondering what did you guys do with the documents returned by the embassy when you picked up ur passport & visa?.. These documents are the one that originally sent by the petitioner to USCIS when filing for K1 (e.g.: phone bills, itineraries, letters, etc).

Should I bring them to the US??... will I need them again at POE and when I file for AOS?..

The docs are quite bulky.. so I thought if I won't need them again, I will just leave them at home :-)

thanks for ur reply & have a wonderful New Year :-)

[pushbrk 12,883]

I'm wondering what did you guys do with the documents returned by the embassy when you picked up ur passport & visa?.. These documents are the one that originally sent by the petitioner to USCIS when filing for K1 (e.g.: phone bills, itineraries, letters, etc).

Should I bring them to the US??... will I need them again at POE and when I file for AOS?..

The docs are quite bulky.. so I thought if I won't need them again, I will just leave them at home :-)

thanks for ur reply & have a wonderful New Year :-)

The instructions on the envelope should tell you to bring them with you to the US and turn them over to the officer when you enter the US. They are then returned to USCIS. They are the original immigration file and will be used by USCIS during your AOS process and retained permanently.

As an aside, this is one of the reasons I advise petitioners to tone down the tonnage of papers they send with the petition. The immigrant is going to need to carry them onto the plane when they come to the US.

[FCH 1]

this was a good question. now we know...

thank you.

happy 09!

[Dakine 26]

I'm wondering what did you guys do with the documents returned by the embassy when you picked up ur passport & visa?.. These documents are the one that originally sent by the petitioner to USCIS when filing for K1 (e.g.: phone bills, itineraries, letters, etc).

Should I bring them to the US??... will I need them again at POE and when I file for AOS?..

The docs are quite bulky.. so I thought if I won't need them again, I will just leave them at home :-)

thanks for ur reply & have a wonderful New Year :-)

Were they in a sealed envelope?

[dsd^rjp 0]

The instructions on the envelope should tell you to bring them with you to the US and turn them over to the officer when you enter the US. They are then returned to USCIS. They are the original immigration file and will be used by USCIS during your AOS process and retained permanently.

excuse me, did u mean that envelope is the brown envelope that must not be opened until POE? If so, I understand that I should bring that brown envelope. The docs (or should I say proofs) that were returned after getting d visa has no envelope or instruction on what I should do with them.

As an aside, this is one of the reasons I advise petitioners to tone down the tonnage of papers they send with the petition. The immigrant is going to need to carry them onto the plane when they come to the US.

thanks lot for ur reply :-)

[usa_honey 0]

I'm wondering what did you guys do with the documents returned by the embassy when you picked up ur passport & visa?.. These documents are the one that originally sent by the petitioner to USCIS when filing for K1 (e.g.: phone bills, itineraries, letters, etc).

Should I bring them to the US??... will I need them again at POE and when I file for AOS?..

The docs are quite bulky.. so I thought if I won't need them again, I will just leave them at home :-)

thanks for ur reply & have a wonderful New Year :-)

Were they in a sealed envelope?

I think she is talking about the documents that the consul gave back to her aside from the brown envelop HAOLE, these includes the photos,iteneraries for the trip, emails, letters...inshort these are the evidence of relationship....

[Dakine 26]

I'm wondering what did you guys do with the documents returned by the embassy when you picked up ur passport & visa?.. These documents are the one that originally sent by the petitioner to USCIS when filing for K1 (e.g.: phone bills, itineraries, letters, etc).

Should I bring them to the US??... will I need them again at POE and when I file for AOS?..

The docs are quite bulky.. so I thought if I won't need them again, I will just leave them at home :-)

thanks for ur reply & have a wonderful New Year :-)

Were they in a sealed envelope?

I think she is talking about the documents that the consul gave back to her aside from the brown envelop HAOLE, these includes the photos,iteneraries for the trip, emails, letters...inshort these are the evidence of relationship....

They must have changed procedures since we did the trip. Wife didn't get anything back accept for the sealed envelope.

[pushbrk 12,883]

The instructions on the envelope should tell you to bring them with you to the US and turn them over to the officer when you enter the US. They are then returned to USCIS. They are the original immigration file and will be used by USCIS during your AOS process and retained permanently.

excuse me, did u mean that envelope is the brown envelope that must not be opened until POE? If so, I understand that I should bring that brown envelope. The docs (or should I say proofs) that were returned after getting d visa has no envelope or instruction on what I should do with them.

As an aside, this is one of the reasons I advise petitioners to tone down the tonnage of papers they send with the petition. The immigrant is going to need to carry them onto the plane when they come to the US.

thanks lot for ur reply :-)

That's up to you and your fiance. I thought you were talking about the sealed envelope. Some may be needed and some may not. I would certainly bring back any "originals". If all this is duplicated in your fiance's files at home, anything but orignial official documents can probably be destroyed.

[dsd^rjp 0]

I think she is talking about the documents that the consul gave back to her aside from the brown envelop HAOLE, these includes the photos,iteneraries for the trip, emails, letters...inshort these are the evidence of relationship....

yes, correct! ;-) thanks for clarifying! ;-)

did you bring them along to the US, and were they needed when you arrived at POE and when u apply for AOS?

The instructions on the envelope should tell you to bring them with you to the US and turn them over to the officer when you enter the US. They are then returned to USCIS. They are the original immigration file and will be used by USCIS during your AOS process and retained permanently.

excuse me, did u mean that envelope is the brown envelope that must not be opened until POE? If so, I understand that I should bring that brown envelope. The docs (or should I say proofs) that were returned after getting d visa has no envelope or instruction on what I should do with them.

As an aside, this is one of the reasons I advise petitioners to tone down the tonnage of papers they send with the petition. The immigrant is going to need to carry them onto the plane when they come to the US.

thanks lot for ur reply :-)

That's up to you and your fiance. I thought you were talking about the sealed envelope. Some may be needed and some may not. I would certainly bring back any "originals". If all this is duplicated in your fiance's files at home, anything but orignial official documents can probably be destroyed.

.. thanks a lot for d info, pushbrk! and thanks to others who replied!

[usa_honey 0]

you can bring it and keep as a remembrance for your k-1 journey....for a better safe bring with you incase some papers from these will be needed in the future,,,but the most important is the brown envelop....you can leave these things but not the brown envelop...

[usa_honey 0]

they gave back to me many stuff too....but i will sacrificed maybe some excess kilos for them to bring with me just incase we needed them....worse for me i had photocopied all but i threw away the copies and just the originals left....