Required Documents at Visa Interview - CR-1 Visa

[surf1584 0]

Sorry if this has been answered in a previous post. My wife's immigration interview for a CR-1 Visa is March 3. We received our appointment letter in the mail in February and we are reviewing the paperwork again. I have a question on wether i need to bring the original documents.

The Appointment Letter identifies the "Visa Interview Requirements" as

- Any original documents that were requested by the NVC but were not submitted to the NVC

- The medical examination results if not submitted to the Embassy/Consulate by the physician

- The correct size and number of photographs

- Valid passport for all traveling

What I am worried about is the next part it states:

The following table lists the documents requested by the NVC and wherter or not the NVC received them. Please note that even through the applicant may have provided the NVC with a copy of a document, the applicant is still required to bring the orignal document to the visa interview.

- Correspondence instruction - C

- Immigrant Visa Application - Y

- DS-230 - II - F

- Passport - Y

- Birth Certificate - O

- Adoption - F

- Marriage Certificate - O

- Marriage Termination - F

- Court Records - F

- Financial Evidence -Y

- Custody Papers - F

- Military Records - F

- Brazil Police Certificate - Y

- Fee Payment - $

- Photograph - Y

- Petitioner Marriage Certificate - F

- Petitioner Birth Certificate - F

My lawyer told me that i do not need to bring any further documents to my interview, i.e. i do not need to bring originals. This letter appears to be contradictory. Per the above it states that i need to bring originals of all documents. Does that mean that i have to bring an original marriage certificate, my spouse and my birth certificates, and her federal and state police certificate originals? Do i need to bring any more original documents?? Please help.

Thanks

[atsleumas 3]

Sorry if this has been answered in a previous post. My wife's immigration interview for a CR-1 Visa is March 3. We received our appointment letter in the mail in February and we are reviewing the paperwork again. I have a question on wether i need to bring the original documents.

The Appointment Letter identifies the "Visa Interview Requirements" as

- Any original documents that were requested by the NVC but were not submitted to the NVC

- The medical examination results if not submitted to the Embassy/Consulate by the physician

- The correct size and number of photographs

- Valid passport for all traveling

What I am worried about is the next part it states:

The following table lists the documents requested by the NVC and wherter or not the NVC received them. Please note that even through the applicant may have provided the NVC with a copy of a document, the applicant is still required to bring the orignal document to the visa interview.

- Correspondence instruction - C

- Immigrant Visa Application - Y

- DS-230 - II - F

- Passport - Y

- Birth Certificate - O

- Adoption - F

- Marriage Certificate - O

- Marriage Termination - F

- Court Records - F

- Financial Evidence -Y

- Custody Papers - F

- Military Records - F

- Brazil Police Certificate - Y

- Fee Payment - $

- Photograph - Y

- Petitioner Marriage Certificate - F

- Petitioner Birth Certificate - F

My lawyer told me that i do not need to bring any further documents to my interview, i.e. i do not need to bring originals. This letter appears to be contradictory. Per the above it states that i need to bring originals of all documents. Does that mean that i have to bring an original marriage certificate, my spouse and my birth certificates, and her federal and state police certificate originals? Do i need to bring any more original documents?? Please help.

Thanks

I wish I had a direct answer for you- my advice would be to bring EVERYTHING including originals and an extra copy with you to the interview. More is better if you ask me!

[surf1584 0]

Thanks for the help, that is the consensus i got from another forum. Can you clarify a few items. What document is the Appointment Letter referencing when they state the document name below:

- Immigrant Visa Application - Y - is this the I-130 or G-325A???

- Financial Evidence -Y - Is this the I-864, Affidavit of Support?

- Fee Payment - $ - not sure what this is, i assumed all fee's were paid

Thanks

[mrs. wife! 3]

Thanks for the help, that is the consensus i got from another forum. Can you clarify a few items. What document is the Appointment Letter referencing when they state the document name below:

- Immigrant Visa Application - Y - is this the I-130 or G-325A??? - maybe the NOA with the I-130 approval?

- Financial Evidence -Y - Is this the I-864, Affidavit of Support? - Bank statements, financial hold statements, etc.

- Fee Payment - $ - not sure what this is, i assumed all fee's were paid - I think this if for fiancee visa or K3 cases. CR1 all the fees are paid at the NVC stage.

Good luck to you guys and hope to hear your interview review soon! It's not easy to find CR1s in Brazil, most of them are K1s.

Thanks

[surf1584 0]

I just wanted to follow up on what was actually needed for interested parties.

When you arrive at the consulate there is a check list of information that is requested which is identified in the above responses. The caveat in my case was that all required documents were processed by the NVC and accepted by the consulate so no further documents were needed. For future cases i would say to go ahead and gather the documents instead of relying on the computer generated letter from the NVC stating which documents are required in case the Consulate finds something inadequate on the date of the interview as they are the final governing body in regards to the documents and visa approval.