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ricky and elaine Enthusiast

ricky and elaine   8

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Hi everyone! We recently got our NOA2 and waiting for the arrival of our file at NVC. I am the beneficiary and will be dealing with consulate in Montreal Canada. From what I am reading and I hope I am wrong..l have to send my original long form birth certificate, original divorce paper, but just a copy of my passport bio page to NVC. (along with copies)

These documents are horrible to try and replace along with expensive. When will I get them back? Will I? You would think you could send copies and then show originals at the consulate interview in Montreal.

Experienced Canadians? Any thoughts? I know much of our process is done online.

Apr 11/13...married in Las Vegas
Apr 18/13...filed 1-130
Apr 22/13...received notification Noa1

Nov 26/13...218 days transferred from NBC to CSC

Dec 30/13..Notification of approval NOA2

Jan 9/14....Received by NVC

Feb 10/14...Obtained Case#, IIN,BIN#'s

Feb 10/14...sent OPTIN email..received

Feb 15/14...Confirmation for DS261

Feb 20/14...AOS shows PAID

Feb 20/14...Received Document Cover sheet (bar coded)

Feb 28/14.. received OPTIN approval

Feb 28/14...emailed OAS package

Mar 4/14 paid IV Bill

Mar 6/14 submitted DS260

Apr 14/14 Case Complete NVC

Apr 17/14 Received instructions for appt

Apr 21/14 Case sent electronically to Montreal.

May 30/14 appt in Montreal

May 30/14 APPROVED!!! YIPPEE

June 4/14 Passport with Visa in Hand! (quick eh)
Aug 20/14 POE Detroit Bridge

Aug 26/14 received SSN (card)

May 23/16 Filed 1-751 (California)

Nov 26/16 751 Approved 10 yr card on way.

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Hollyday   122

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Hi everyone! We recently got our NOA2 and waiting for the arrival of our file at NVC. I am the beneficiary and will be dealing with consulate in Montreal Canada. From what I am reading and I hope I am wrong..l have to send my original long form birth certificate, original divorce paper, but just a copy of my passport bio page to NVC. (along with copies)

These documents are horrible to try and replace along with expensive. When will I get them back? Will I? You would think you could send copies and then show originals at the consulate interview in Montreal.

Experienced Canadians? Any thoughts? I know much of our process is done online.

Don't panic, everyone has to do it. You'll get them back at the interview from what i hear in VJ. And you have to send in photocopies as well btw.

Yes, there's a chance they lose it, but i think that's always the case. So far what i've read here that seems to be handy is the advice to pencil in the NVC case # on the top of each document.

I'm the beneficiary.

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slowlyman   118

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Hi everyone! We recently got our NOA2 and waiting for the arrival of our file at NVC. I am the beneficiary and will be dealing with consulate in Montreal Canada. From what I am reading and I hope I am wrong..l have to send my original long form birth certificate, original divorce paper, but just a copy of my passport bio page to NVC. (along with copies)

These documents are horrible to try and replace along with expensive. When will I get them back? Will I? You would think you could send copies and then show originals at the consulate interview in Montreal.

Experienced Canadians? Any thoughts? I know much of our process is done online.

You are exactly right, and that is how we did it for the K-1. However this is a CR-1 not sure if the same thing will work. I would ask at the Canada portal. Someone else has been through this and can give you good advise. Like you, I have no interest in getting new originals when they loose them.

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NikLR   13,227

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YOu need to do some serious reading.

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_for_Montreal_Beneficiaries_%E2%80%93_Electronic_Processing_and_New_Online_Forms

For Canadians you can opt in for electronic processing and send an email with a PDF file containing scans of the documents vs the originals.


BTW everyone does Online forms now...

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