Packet 3/Original Documents - Help

[CDNme 11]

Hi everyone,

I'm fairly certain on this, but was hoping for your reassurance. In Packet 3 where they ask you to gather a list of docs for your interview... when they ask for Police Clearance, Military Involvement, Divorce Decrees, etc... is it exclusively the information of the beneficiary they want?

Also - do you need to provide originals for the copies of docs provided in I129F? (specifically speaking to the Petitioner's Birth Certificate)

Lastly - what are they looking for to prove US Petitioner's domicile? Birth Cert? Passport? And will a copy suffice? Or will they want the original?

Thanks in advance. Don't want to miss anything!

[agnesb 47]

Hi, petitioner was checked during your wait for noa2 and nvc. Interview is all about beneficiary. No need to provide birth cert or passport copies of petitioner as it was sent when filling I-129f. Unless petitioner did not reside in US for extended perior of time there's no need to prove domicile.

[JA_Martinez 81]

Send no originals of any legal documents. As I understand however, it's important that all original (beneficiary) documents are available at the interview should they be asked for. That would be originals of the beneficiary's birth certificate, divorce decrees, your marriage certificate, copies of bona fides submitted with petition. Everything that went with your petition should be available to reference at the visa interview, just in case they ask for it. Way better to be over-prepared, whether they ask for it or not is unpredicatable.

[CDNme 11]

Hi everyone,

I'm fairly certain on this, but was hoping for your reassurance. In Packet 3 where they ask you to gather a list of docs for your interview... when they ask for Police Clearance, Military Involvement, Divorce Decrees, etc... is it exclusively the information of the beneficiary they want?

Also - do you need to provide originals for the copies of docs provided in I129F? (specifically speaking to the Petitioner's Birth Certificate)

Lastly - what are they looking for to prove US Petitioner's domicile? Birth Cert? Passport? And will a copy suffice? Or will they want the original?

Thanks in advance. Don't want to miss anything!

Hi, petitioner was checked during your wait for noa2 and nvc. Interview is all about beneficiary. No need to provide birth cert or passport copies of petitioner as it was sent when filling I-129f. Unless petitioner did not reside in US for extended perior of time there's no need to prove domicile.

Thank you for your responses! But I'm sure you can see where the inconsistencies lie. I was always under the impression that it is required that all originals of documents (copies) submitted with I129F accompany you to your interview. But then it seems, that the originals only need to be those of the beneficiary (as the petitioner is no longer under 'question'),

Anyone else? I'd rather not carry all of my fiance's important documents if its not necessary! I'd hate to ask to have them sent and they get damaged/lost.

[TBoneTX 45,298]

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[brookelina 0]

DO definitely bring all of your (if you're the beneficiary) original documents to the interview (and make sure it's your long-form birth cert, showing both parents' names).

My fiance (the petitioner) was living in the US when my interview came up (I was living in Vancouver), and I didn't need any of his original documents at my interview.

Hope this helps.