American fiancee's documents needed for Vancouver interview?

[incogkneeto 0]

Hello post-K1 and cleverer-than-me folks.

Rather than paying $2 a minute for this information, I thought it would be more straightforward and productive to ask y'all fellows in the boat.

My American fiancee did not make copies of all the (original) personal documents he sent in with the K1 that were tedious to obtain, as we realize now that we should have had him do. (I'm not sure exactly what they were as we are each more familiar with our side of the process than the other, but judging by mine I'm thinking income tax records, work stubs, birth certs, etc) After about 6 months we are still waiting for our NOA2 (oh IMBRA), and I would like to know to speed up the second half of the process: will we require these (his) for the interview date, or any other date? If so, we'll get right on reaquiration. (edit: we will be applying for our interview at the Vancouver consulate.)

Oh, and while we're all here: copies of my personal documents are all definitely kosher, yes? (it's so hard to part with things like birth certificates....)

Thanks tons! You've all been so incredibly helpful so far... you have no idea. Well, hopefully now you do.

Edited August 30, 2006 by incogkneeto

[Robin28 2]

Hello post-K1 and cleverer-than-me folks.

Rather than paying $2 a minute for this information, I thought it would be more straightforward and productive to ask y'all fellows in the boat.

My American fiancee did not make copies of all the (original) personal documents he sent in with the K1 that were tedious to obtain, as we realize now that we should have had him do. (I'm not sure exactly what they were as we are each more familiar with our side of the process than the other, but judging by mine I'm thinking income tax records, work stubs, birth certs, etc) After about 6 months we are still waiting for our NOA2 (oh IMBRA), and I would like to know to speed up the second half of the process: will we require these (his) for the interview date, or any other date? If so, we'll get right on reaquiration. (edit: we will be applying for our interview at the Vancouver consulate.)

Oh, and while we're all here: copies of my personal documents are all definitely kosher, yes? (it's so hard to part with things like birth certificates....)

Thanks tons! You've all been so incredibly helpful so far... you have no idea. Well, hopefully now you do.

Vancouver asks for :

Passport

Medical Exam

Birth Certificates .. for a Canadian you need the long form Cert. with the parents names

Police Certificates.. for each place you have lived for 6 months since the age of 16

Court/Prison records ( if relevant ) even if pardoned

Photographs 5 ( 3 for the medical 2 for the interview )

Divorce Decree & Death Certificates & Marriage certificates ( from previous marriages )

Evidence of Support .. I-134 & Of-167 ( both included in packet 3 )

Documents for child/ children .. All of the above apart from Police Cert. for under the age of 16

Evidence of relationship

Translations ( If relevant )

A Fee of 100$ US

DS-230 Part 1, DS-156 (in duplicate for children and adults), DS-156k You are expected to go to :

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_1342.html and fill them out and print them

** As far as i know they keep the copies of the documents and give you the originals .. I'm not 100% sure but i will know next week after my interview ! Hope this helps a bit ... Good Luck

Edited August 31, 2006 by Robin28

[Buttons 0]

They ask to see the originals and keep a copy take copies of everything or they will keep the origianals.

[onyxrev 0]

I'm pretty sure that this pretty lass means... do I, the USC, need copies of the original, filled in K-1 documents that I submitted to USCIS?

[incogkneeto 0]

Hello post-K1 and cleverer-than-me folks.

Rather than paying $2 a minute for this information, I thought it would be more straightforward and productive to ask y'all fellows in the boat.

My American fiancee did not make copies of all the (original) personal documents he sent in with the K1 that were tedious to obtain, as we realize now that we should have had him do. (I'm not sure exactly what they were as we are each more familiar with our side of the process than the other, but judging by mine I'm thinking income tax records, work stubs, birth certs, etc) After about 6 months we are still waiting for our NOA2 (oh IMBRA), and I would like to know to speed up the second half of the process: will we require these (his) for the interview date, or any other date? If so, we'll get right on reaquiration. (edit: we will be applying for our interview at the Vancouver consulate.)

Oh, and while we're all here: copies of my personal documents are all definitely kosher, yes? (it's so hard to part with things like birth certificates....)

Thanks tons! You've all been so incredibly helpful so far... you have no idea. Well, hopefully now you do.

Vancouver asks for :

Passport

Medical Exam

Birth Certificates .. for a Canadian you need the long form Cert. with the parents names

Police Certificates.. for each place you have lived for 6 months since the age of 16

Court/Prison records ( if relevant ) even if pardoned

Photographs 5 ( 3 for the medical 2 for the interview )

Divorce Decree & Death Certificates & Marriage certificates ( from previous marriages )

Evidence of Support .. I-134 & Of-167 ( both included in packet 3 )

Documents for child/ children .. All of the above apart from Police Cert. for under the age of 16

Evidence of relationship

Translations ( If relevant )

A Fee of 100$ US

DS-230 Part 1, DS-156 (in duplicate for children and adults), DS-156k You are expected to go to :

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_1342.html and fill them out and print them

** As far as i know they keep the copies of the documents and give you the originals .. I'm not 100% sure but i will know next week after my interview ! Hope this helps a bit ... Good Luck

GOOD LUCK TO YOU TOO! (And thanks for the heads up!)

Vancouver asks for :

Passport

Medical Exam

Birth Certificates .. for a Canadian you need the long form Cert. with the parents names

Police Certificates.. for each place you have lived for 6 months since the age of 16

Court/Prison records ( if relevant ) even if pardoned

Photographs 5 ( 3 for the medical 2 for the interview )

Divorce Decree & Death Certificates & Marriage certificates ( from previous marriages )

Evidence of Support .. I-134 & Of-167 ( both included in packet 3 )

Documents for child/ children .. All of the above apart from Police Cert. for under the age of 16

Evidence of relationship

Translations ( If relevant )

A Fee of 100$ US

DS-230 Part 1, DS-156 (in duplicate for children and adults), DS-156k You are expected to go to :

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_1342.html and fill them out and print them

** As far as i know they keep the copies of the documents and give you the originals .. I'm not 100% sure but i will know next week after my interview ! Hope this helps a bit ... Good Luck

One more thing, if I may: The passports are required only to be brought into the embassy to the interview, not mailed to them or anybody else, right? The notion of mailing my passport kind of makes me want to throw up. They can't expect anybody to do that. (Additionally, Daniel and I were hoping to spend a little time at his place in St Paul prior to the interview, and then to go straight from St Paul to the interview in Vancouver together, and then to move my things from Calgary on the way back to the States.... so I would pretty much need my passport for that process.)

Edited August 31, 2006 by incogkneeto

[Vox 0]

What is the Of-167?

Can it be downloaded off the net?

I can't find it anywhere.

[Robin28 2]

What is the Of-167?

Can it be downloaded off the net?

I can't find it anywhere.

It's just a simple form .. the USC fills it out ( takes about 2 min total ) It doesn't need to be notarized . It comes in package 3 .. but you can email vancouver consulate and ask for it .. They sent it to me as an attatchment but it was messed up @ the bottom .. So when it came in package 3 i faxed it to my fiance so he could send it back to me along with the I-134 stuff.

good luck

One more thing, if I may: The passports are required only to be brought into the embassy to the interview, not mailed to them or anybody else, right? The notion of mailing my passport kind of makes me want to throw up. They can't expect anybody to do that. (Additionally, Daniel and I were hoping to spend a little time at his place in St Paul prior to the interview, and then to go straight from St Paul to the interview in Vancouver together, and then to move my things from Calgary on the way back to the States.... so I would pretty much need my passport for that process.)

Yes you just bring passport(s) with you on the day of the interview:thumbs: All that you send Vancouver before the interview is DS-230 part 1 and the Checklist .. The rest you bring with you to the interview.

Cheers

[together2love 0]

On DS-230 Part I when it asks for "Location" of listed previous employers/schools, did you guys just put the city, Province, Country? Or did you actually put the street address too? I'm trying to get this typed out so that I can have it ready to send when my petition finally gets to Vancouver. This thread is great, thanks for all the input VJ peeps!!

And Good luck on your interview Robin28!! Vancouver sounds like it is friendly and helpful. I know you'll report back too, so i appreciate it!!

[Robin28 2]

On DS-230 Part I when it asks for "Location" of listed previous employers/schools, did you guys just put the city, Province, Country? Or did you actually put the street address too? I'm trying to get this typed out so that I can have it ready to send when my petition finally gets to Vancouver. This thread is great, thanks for all the input VJ peeps!!

And Good luck on your interview Robin28!! Vancouver sounds like it is friendly and helpful. I know you'll report back too, so i appreciate it!!

On DS-230 i just put City,Province,Country. Thx for the good luck ! N' Vancouver is super helpful and they email back usually within hours ! I'll totally post after the interview and share the details

[Waiting in Vancouver 6]

I went through Vancouver and it was a breeze ... The people there are so nice ...

If you look under the consulate reviews you will find a detailed review I posted back in June 2006 ...