Divorce document to bring to visa interview

[Jahra 0]

I am the petitioner of my spouse for green card. I am currently in Texas and my spouse will have interview at the local consulate. 

She told me, she needs to bring original of my divorce (previous marriage) paperwork to interview which we submitted to USCIS before.

 

I got a certified copy of my divorce paper, can I scan it electronically send it to her? Or do I need mail it in paper? it looks the same with signature and everything in both PDF and paper.

Will we have a problem if I let my wife print it or do I need to mail this to embassy?

 

If anyone can clear my doubt, i will appreciate. 

 

 

[Lil bear 4,346]

2 minutes ago, Jahra said:

I am the petitioner of my spouse for green card. I am currently in Texas and my spouse will have interview at the local consulate. 

She told me, she needs to bring original of my divorce (previous marriage) paperwork to interview which we submitted to USCIS before.

 

I got a certified copy of my divorce paper, can I scan it electronically send it to her? Or do I need mail it in paper? it looks the same with signature and everything in both PDF and paper.

Will we have a problem if I let my wife print it or do I need to mail this to embassy?

 

If anyone can clear my doubt, i will appreciate. 

 

 

They are looking for the certified copy .. Not a scan of it .. they only have a scanned cup copy on the NVC file and they want to see originally ( certified) of all that was electronically submitted. . 

[Jahra 0]

18 hours ago, Lil bear said:

They are looking for the certified copy .. Not a scan of it .. they only have a scanned cup copy on the NVC file and they want to see originally ( certified) of all that was electronically submitted. . 

hi lil bear, by scan of it, i mean electronic version of certified copy. it is literally the same document Clark of city gave me. 

 

i uploaded the same document(scan of certified copy) to NVC. 

do i need to physically mail this document to my wife? or forwarding the email is fine? (this email has PDF version of certified copy of my divorce decree which is identical to paper copy)

 

[Crazy Cat 42,424]

36 minutes ago, Jahra said:

hi lil bear, by scan of it, i mean electronic version of certified copy. it is literally the same document Clark of city gave me. 

 

i uploaded the same document(scan of certified copy) to NVC. 

do i need to physically mail this document to my wife? or forwarding the email is fine? (this email has PDF version of certified copy of my divorce decree which is identical to paper copy)

 

 Examples of original documents would be documents from the issuing authority with wet signatures and/or raised seals for which authenticity can be verified.  A scanned copy cannot be authenticated. 

Edited Thursday at 07:00 PM by Crazy Cat

[Lil bear 4,346]

3 hours ago, Jahra said:

hi lil bear, by scan of it, i mean electronic version of certified copy. it is literally the same document Clark of city gave me. 

 

i uploaded the same document(scan of certified copy) to NVC. 

do i need to physically mail this document to my wife? or forwarding the email is fine? (this email has PDF version of certified copy of my divorce decree which is identical to paper copy)

 

A scan of anything is a copy. The scan/copy  does not bear the authenticating watermarks or raised seals that authenticate the document issued by the authority   The scan /copy cannot be authenticated without comparing  it to the one given to you by the authority who issued it. 

[Jahra 0]

On 2/6/2025 at 5:06 PM, Lil bear said:

A scan of anything is a copy. The scan/copy  does not bear the authenticating watermarks or raised seals that authenticate the document issued by the authority   The scan /copy cannot be authenticated without comparing  it to the one given to you by the authority who issued it. 

 

On 2/6/2025 at 1:56 PM, Crazy Cat said:

 Examples of original documents would be documents from the issuing authority with wet signatures and/or raised seals for which authenticity can be verified.  A scanned copy cannot be authenticated. 

 

thank you for replies. I have the wet signutre and raised watermark copy and i will physically mail it to my spouse.

 

My only other question is; we uploaded I864 affidavit of support to CEAC/NVC. Is it okay if we just download it and bring it to interview? 

i don't have the original form that i filled, signed, scanned and uploaded. 

 

 

[Crazy Cat 42,424]

1 minute ago, Jahra said:

Is it okay if we just download it and bring it to interview? 

 

Yes. An I-864 is not what is commonly called a "civil document".

Edited Saturday at 01:21 PM by Crazy Cat

[Jahra 0]

1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

Yes. An I-864 is not what is commonly called a "civil document".

thank you so much.