NVC STAGE

[The Heub's 0]

Hi There, We are currently on the NVC stage, we are using a immigration lawyer and they are asking me to send my original birth certificate, Marriage certificate and passport? Is this correct? I have read that it is ok to send in copies and then provide the originals at the time off the interview....I hate to say but i have lost a lil faith in our immigration lawyer and am also nervous off not recieving my documents back before the interview!

If anyone has been going through this or has completed this part of the journey please help!

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Hi There, We are currently on the NVC stage, we are using a immigration lawyer and they are asking me to send my original birth certificate, Marriage certificate and passport? Is this correct? I have read that it is ok to send in copies and then provide the originals at the time off the interview....I hate to say but i have lost a lil faith in our immigration lawyer and am also nervous off not recieving my documents back before the interview!

If anyone has been going through this or has completed this part of the journey please help!

The lawyer is right... They do need the original / certified marriage and Birth Cert. they dont need your passport BUT you need to send a copy of the biometrics page of it.

Required Documents

Original documents, photocopies, and translations (if required, as explained above) of the following documents must be submitted to the NVC for you and each family member immigrating with you to the United States.

• Birth Certificates
• Court and Prison Records
• Deportation Documentation
• Marriage Certificates
• Marriage Termination Documentation
• Military Records
• Petitioner Documents
• Photocopy of Valid Passport Biographic Data Page
• Photographs
• Police Certificates
• Adoption Documentation

source. - http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html

*** you can also select each of the above links that will take you to the source. **

[confusedasheck 21]

If you are nervous about not receiving the orginals back, why don't you request offical copies of each document? That way you have multiple originals if you don't mind paying the processing fees.

[DanTes 21]

Birth Certificates, etc are for the beneficiary(ies). NVC does NOT require petitioner's birth certificate, divorce papers, passport, etc....BUT, they WILL be needed at the consular stage for the interview.

[Wayne and Claudia 40]

If your attorney is asking for the items you can question him as to why he needs them. Mine requested all original documents at the very beginning (with the exception of the police clearance) so as to not be hindered later. He returned the items that were not needed after he made his official copies. Sending your passport should be questioned as the most that should be needed is a photocopy of the biometrics page and each page thereafter showing travel. Good luck.

[raj1975 10]

Hi There, We are currently on the NVC stage, we are using a immigration lawyer and they are asking me to send my original birth certificate, Marriage certificate and passport? Is this correct? I have read that it is ok to send in copies and then provide the originals at the time off the interview....I hate to say but i have lost a lil faith in our immigration lawyer and am also nervous off not recieving my documents back before the interview!

If anyone has been going through this or has completed this part of the journey please help!

read this it says originals or certified copies. the meaning of certified copies is not clear to me since i read conflicting answers here.

Original Document Requirements

You and each family member immigrating with you to the United States must submit to the NVC original documents issued by an appropriate authority, or certified copies of those documents listed in this section.

check this link:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html

[The Heub's 0]

Hey thanks for the replies but its still confusing it asks for originals or certified copies i.e- a photocopy, I know you would need to provide originals at the interview...just dont want anything or anyone holding us up at the interiew stage...

[Amy and Nick 37]

Original or certifies are required. NOT copies. I know the wording is slightly funny, but a copy or an original will not suffice. It must be original or certified!

[caly 48]

Certified copies are copies or extracts that can only be issued and certified by the issuing authority.

For example, a certified true copy of your birth certificate would only be available from the registry of births and deaths (that's what they call it here, may be different in your country).

Similarly, a certified copy of your marriage certificate would come from the registry of marriages.

As Amy and Nick said, a certified copy is NOT a photocopy or a notarized photocopy.

[The Heub's 0]

Certified copies are copies or extracts that can only be issued and certified by the issuing authority.

For example, a certified true copy of your birth certificate would only be available from the registry of births and deaths (that's what they call it here, may be different in your country).

Similarly, a certified copy of your marriage certificate would come from the registry of marriages.

As Amy and Nick said, a certified copy is NOT a photocopy or a notarized photocopy.

AAAAHHH haha thanks guys im already on it!!