submit package only with photocopy of marriage certficate (split topic)

[Kweencee 0]

Please can submit my package with a photocopy of our marriage certificate?I don't want to risk the original.

[Ryan H 3,812]

***Post split from unrelated thread. Please do not hijack threads started by other members with questions about your own case or circumstances; start your own thread instead.***

**Moderator hat off**

Please can submit my package with a photocopy of our marriage certificate?I don't want to risk the original.

USCIS and the NVC only want photocopies, originals are to be brought to the interview.

[Strangest 0]

Please can submit my package with a photocopy of our marriage certificate?I don't want to risk the original.

The photocopies has to be certified by the issuing body...

[Helz Belz 3]

Photocopies are fine, no need to be certified.

"

• USCIS no longer routinely requires submission of original documents or "certified copies." Instead, ordinary legible photocopies of such documents (including naturalization certificates and alien registration cards) will be acceptable for initial filing and approval of petitions and applications.
  
  At the discretion of the officer, original documents may still be required in individual cases. Please be advised that USCIS no longer returns original documents submitted with the exception of Certificates of Naturalization, Forms I-551, Permanent Resident Card, Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Document, valid passports, or those specifically requested by the officer. Such documents will be returned when they are no longer needed. "

If the marriage certificate is issued in a language other than English, it must be accompanied by a certified translation done by a competent person but the photocopies can just be done by yourself, the originals of everything has to be taken to the interview to be seen there if requested.

http://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/general-tips-assembling-applications-mailing