Do the originating country documents need to be Certified

[David&Xin 3]

I have a question if you would please about K1 visa.

I am from the USA and my fiancee is from China but works in Venezuela. I believe we are doing everything correctly. I have indicated the Venezuelan US Embassy as the place for the interview. My question for you is related to the validated documents from china (BIRTH CERTIFICATE, POLICE RECORD, UNMARRIED CERTIFICATION). Do these documents also require validation in the interview country (Venezuela).

I think the documents from any country only need to be validated or certified within the orginal country. I want to know if others have already done this and how they did it.

Thank you so very much. We are still waiting for our NOA2 approval (NOA1 approved on 10/15/12 - the system is slowing down ).

David

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

It's usually the original issuing authority that certifies an official document such as a birth cert. You won't need any further validation in Venezuela, but you will need the documents translated.

[Sandris&Jim 3]

Hi! I have a similar situation having documents issued in Venezuela, Colombia and Curacao. What I did was I asked the Embassy in advance, like how to do it with my Venezuelan divorce decree, in which case I only will need a certificated copies from the Venezuelan Court. They replied timely and clearly stated that with court certified copies will be enough. I will print out that email and bring it with me to the interview, in case of further questions. With the criminal records from Curacao, they do not require any legalization and apostillebut I did it anyway, in Curacao, since the document looks to me too simple. Also, the letter with instructions they send you, will specify which documents need to be legalized and apostilled, being namely the birth certificate, which I had to apostille in Colombia (where I was born). So, my advice would be if you have doubts, send an email to the Embassy asking espeficially about the documents. I hope this can help you.

[David&Xin 3]

hahahahha, sorry, i'm not that bad, but just found here are people who has even complicated case then me i have both those documents from china certified and translated.If the birth certificate must be from the original conuntry, then i'm ok with this paper;since you live Curacao as a resident place, so you got your police record from there, so compared to this, i should be ok with that of mine too, cause i just have china as a resident place,aboutVenezuela, although 7 years being here, i'm still just under TR-N visa here ;unmarried,the same mentioned reason. thank u for your response, i think i should be ok.

Hi! I have a similar situation having documents issued in Venezuela, Colombia and Curacao. What I did was I asked the Embassy in advance, like how to do it with my Venezuelan divorce decree, in which case I only will need a certificated copies from the Venezuelan Court. They replied timely and clearly stated that with court certified copies will be enough. I will print out that email and bring it with me to the interview, in case of further questions. With the criminal records from Curacao, they do not require any legalization and apostillebut I did it anyway, in Curacao, since the document looks to me too simple. Also, the letter with instructions they send you, will specify which documents need to be legalized and apostilled, being namely the birth certificate, which I had to apostille in Colombia (where I was born). So, my advice would be if you have doubts, send an email to the Embassy asking espeficially about the documents. I hope this can help you.

Edited March 13, 2013 by David&Xin

[David&Xin 3]

Thank u!

in this case, i have all translated, they should be ok

It's usually the original issuing authority that certifies an official document such as a birth cert. You won't need any further validation in Venezuela, but you will need the documents translated.