Original Documents

[uscitizeninca 0]

Hi,

I have 2 questions. Please advice with your answers and/or experiences:

Q1: After the interview, the officer gave some originals back. In all the tiredeness & stress that comes with the embassy/consulate visit for interview, I briefly checked the originals & thought everything ok. When we came back to the hotel, I realized that all the originals were not returned. There are some definitely missing. Is there a way I can get the originals back? Should I email the consulate & see if they can mail it to me since the consulate is in another city from where my family lives & I'm already back in the US. Or do you think that these originals may be with the NVC & they have not send to consulate?

Q2: Do we have a list of questions or experiences for the time when they interview at the Airport port of entry at arrival time? Do we need to bring any documents to show other than passport & sealed envelop from emabassy? Any other questions, process to review before hand? Do they have a translator at the airport as well?

Thanks & Best Regards.

[LotofPatience 65]

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Loto

Hi,

I have 2 questions. Please advice with your answers and/or experiences:

Q1: After the interview, the officer gave some originals back. In all the tiredeness & stress that comes with the embassy/consulate visit for interview, I briefly checked the originals & thought everything ok. When we came back to the hotel, I realized that all the originals were not returned. There are some definitely missing. Is there a way I can get the originals back? Should I email the consulate & see if they can mail it to me since the consulate is in another city from where my family lives & I'm already back in the US. Or do you think that these originals may be with the NVC & they have not send to consulate?

You should talk to the Consulate and get their response how will they return it, if they have.

Q2: Do we have a list of questions or experiences for the time when they interview at the Airport port of entry at arrival time? Do we need to bring any documents to show other than passport & sealed envelop from emabassy? Any other questions, process to review before hand? Do they have a translator at the airport as well?

I don't think there is a translator at POE. The questions they asked would be something similar to the interview time. Passport & Sealed visa envelope is good.

Thanks & Best Regards.

[uscitizeninca 0]

Loto Thanks.

If there is no translator, then how this will work for new immigrants who knows little English as of yet. Also I can understand that for a new person, coming to the US for the first time, it would be difficult to understand the Amercican English at the airport. Lots of people also immigrate at old age with little or no English. How do they handle this? Would it help if I were to go back home & accompany my family coming into the US? That is, do they allow spouses to be present at time of interview at the Airport.

Thanks & Best Regards.

[LotofPatience 65]

Loto Thanks.

If there is no translator, then how this will work for new immigrants who knows little English as of yet. Also I can understand that for a new person, coming to the US for the first time, it would be difficult to understand the Amercican English at the airport. Lots of people also immigrate at old age with little or no English. How do they handle this? Would it help if I were to go back home & accompany my family coming into the US? That is, do they allow spouses to be present at time of interview at the Airport.

Thanks & Best Regards.

Normally, POE officer will ask just some very basic 1 or 2 questions. Only for certain candidates only, second level interview will be conducted. You, to accompany them is not necessary, but it is your choice if you wish.

Loto

[Darnell 8,478]

re: original documents -

The only ones you need back are the birth certificate and marriage certificate.

Don't expect back the Police Clearance Certificate, it's a waste of time to chase after that document.

IF the US Embassy won't return these originals to your foreign beneficiary in Pakistan

then

have exact copies in the foreign beneficiary's hand, when tripping into the USA,

and

at the Port of Entry,

ask the Immigration Officer to exchange the copies for the originals.

Expect to be put into secondary for a bit of time, as 'to open the sealed envelope' requires a senior level immigration official, and those folk rarely work in the booths where the queues are.

Edited October 6, 2010 by Darnell