K1- interview / France/ Required documents?

[joojoo78 1]

Question,

For the interview will Notarized copies of my DD-214 Military documents be okay for the interview? I didn't know if it would be wise not to have the original out of my possession since its a pain to get another one if it was lost.

[Zen Den 18]

Question,

For the interview will Notarized copies of my DD-214 Military documents be okay for the interview? I didn't know if it would be wise not to have the original out of my possession since its a pain to get another one if it was lost.

seems like it's not among the docs that need to be submitted in original, so you should be ok. double check with the form and instruction though =)

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Question,

For the interview will Notarized copies of my DD-214 Military documents be okay for the interview? I didn't know if it would be wise not to have the original out of my possession since its a pain to get another one if it was lost.

A DD-214 is a discharge document from the US military. Why would you need to provide this? Are you the beneficiary? Were you in the US military?

[cdneh 3,112]

Question,

For the interview will Notarized copies of my DD-214 Military documents be okay for the interview? I didn't know if it would be wise not to have the original out of my possession since its a pain to get another one if it was lost.

My husband sent me copies to take to the interview, but they didn't seem interested. However I was not filing at the same consulate as you are, which may make the difference.

My husband sent his DD214's to me, as he did not have a passport and the time, and still does not. They were a good Government ID in absence of the passport. I emailed the Consulate to ask, perhaps you could try that?

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

My husband sent me copies to take to the interview, but they didn't seem interested. However I was not filing at the same consulate as you are, which may make the difference.

My husband sent his DD214's to me, as he did not have a passport and the time, and still does not. They were a good Government ID in absence of the passport. I emailed the Consulate to ask, perhaps you could try that?

Negative. A DD-214 is not valid as any sort of identification. It's a very easy document to forge. It's also not valid proof of US citizenship since a permanent resident can serve in the US military. They weren't interested in it because it's irrelevant.

[joojoo78 1]

okay, I guess I got this backwards then , and Im not using my Military forms for prof of my citizenship and they can not be forged since there is serial numbers and a bard code that corresponds with your identity that has to match their database with the military/government.

[cdneh 3,112]

Negative. A DD-214 is not valid as any sort of identification. It's a very easy document to forge. It's also not valid proof of US citizenship since a permanent resident can serve in the US military. They weren't interested in it because it's irrelevant.

Tell that to the AKL consulate then. I sent them a list of what he had in lieu of the passport and that is what they told me they would accept. They weren't interested in most of what we had, in the main because I don't come from a high fraud country.

And sorry, it is very valid when you bowl up to the VA, or any of the other organizations associated with it. In no way is it easy to forge either.