Help. Received K1 visa and there's a tear in envelope!

[Kas&Isaac 2]

As stated in the title, I picked up my K1 visa today and the sealed envelope you are not supposed to open has a tear in it near the bottom corner. I recall seeing other people post in the forums that this had also happened to them but I'm not sure how I'm to go about dealing with it?

Do I call somewhere to have them note that the envelope had a tear? Do I tape it up? Do I just act like it's normal and tell the border officer it came to me in that condition?

[Ilovemyman 147]

I have see people here with the same issue and they didnt have problem a port of entry.

But if you want to be sure just call the consulate.

[fisnik 3]

Did you receive the envelope through post office. if yes the post office teared it down in the bottom because that's their rule. When I sent my fiance some documents through post office , they tired down the envelope a little bit. I hope that's what happened to your envelope.

[Kas&Isaac 2]

The K1 was sent by courier. I don't think they send it to a post office.

It turns out I should be okay. I called the US Border office that I usually use to cross and theh advised that I should be okay because the tear isn't very big. They said I can even tape it to prevent further tearing.

Feeling a lot more relieved now.

[Dave&Roza 748]

As stated in the title, I picked up my K1 visa today and the sealed envelope you are not supposed to open has a tear in it near the bottom corner. I recall seeing other people post in the forums that this had also happened to them but I'm not sure how I'm to go about dealing with it?

Do I call somewhere to have them note that the envelope had a tear? Do I tape it up? Do I just act like it's normal and tell the border officer it came to me in that condition?

This is normal. Others have mentioned that the corner is torn. I think they do this so someone can examine the inside of the envelope wihtout having to open it. Just put it in a safe place until you hand it over to teh CBP agent at your POE. I would not bother to tape it.

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Dave

[HeatDeath 430]

What everyone else said. The PoE's main concern is that the contents of the envelope haven't been removed, tampered with, altered, or replaced. If the tear is sufficiently small that the contents of the envelope could obviously not have been tampered with, everything should be fine.

[avrora9002 21]

Mine was the same way, and i had no problem... they didn't even mention it