Does my fiance take my passport to interview?

[Campanita 0]

Does my fiance need my passport for his interview?

[tracyandoksana 0]

Yes he will.

[darstar 0]

Yes he will.

I don't think that's right. Your fiance needs his/her passport, not yours.

[Amy and Brian 1]

The consular officer at the embassy/consulate has the right to ask to see the originals of any documents submitted as copies in the original petition.

To me, this means that if the USC used their passport as proof of citizenship (instead of their birth certificate) or if you used passport stamps from the USC's passport as supporting evidence, then the foreign fiance ought to have it with them at the interview just in case.

However, others have disagreed with me on this in a previous thread saying it is unrealistic to expect the USC to send their passport to their foreign fiance. I suppose in the end it comes down to what you are comfortable with. Personally, I plan on having absolutely everything with me at my interview because I don't want to take any chances. Of course, my fiance is planning on attending the interview with me, so the issue of mailing the passport doesn't apply to us.

[flash 0]

No. All checks on the American citizen have already been conducted by the time of the Interview. The fiance only needs to take in his passport so the visa can stamped in it. All original documents supplied in the original petition are already sent to the consualte before the interview takes place. They dont need to have proof of your US fiance citizenship . Those checks will be complete before the interview is scheduled. I just went through all this, and emailed the consulate a billion times with the exact same questions I see on here. Hope this helped.

[*Robert* 2]

The consular officer at the embassy/consulate has the right to ask to see the originals of any documents submitted as copies in the original petition.

To me, this means that if the USC used their passport as proof of citizenship (instead of their birth certificate) or if you used passport stamps from the USC's passport as supporting evidence, then the foreign fiance ought to have it with them at the interview just in case.

However, others have disagreed with me on this in a previous thread saying it is unrealistic to expect the USC to send their passport to their foreign fiance. I suppose in the end it comes down to what you are comfortable with. Personally, I plan on having absolutely everything with me at my interview because I don't want to take any chances. Of course, my fiance is planning on attending the interview with me, so the issue of mailing the passport doesn't apply to us.

Once again, you are wrong. I hate to be so blunt, but you obviously don't understand the importance of a U.S. Passport. Under no circumstances should a U.S. Citizen surrender their passport to anyone other than proper authorities, or in order to obtain a replacement passport. Anyone who would mail their passport off to someone in a foreign country, regardless of who they are, are making a very big mistake. I cherish my passport, and keep it safe and protected at all times. I would never give it to anyone other than those who have the authority to request it. Even then, I give it up unwillingly.

As flash stated, all checks on the USC's proof of citizenship are done by the USCIS. There should be no question of the petitioners citizenship by the time a case makes it to the appropriate Embassy. In many cases, the USC wishes to travel to the country of their fiance(e) to escort them back to the U.S. That would be rather difficult if they didn't have their passport in their possesion.

Please don't give out advice that could be potentially devastating unless you know for a fact it is 100% correct and you can back it up with references and citations. I don't think you will find ANYONE on this board who has EVER been asked by either the USCIS or an Embassy to submitt their ORIGINAL Passport! If anyone has, then I'd truly love to hear about it. Enough said.

Yes he will.

What do you base your answer on? You have no information in your timeline either. Don't give advice if you do not know what you are talking about. This is a serious topic, not one to make light of.

[rejane 1]

I didn t need my fiance passport just mine...

Good luck at th interview...

[Aymerlu 3]

My fiance did not need my passport for his interview

[Miwa 0]

Nope, I didn't need to show any proof of his citizenship at all.

[ladybird216 2]

Nope, I didn't need to show any proof of his citizenship at all.

I didn't have my Fiances' passport (and would never have asked him to send it to me) and they didn't ask for it at my interview.

[motu 5]

Some people are obviously too ####### and interpreting the requirements in their own way - I did not send any originals to my fiance or to USCIS - either for the petition or for the K1 interview. It is NOT required. Good Luck

[Cristy 4]

So if all checks on the USC are done does the fiance need to bring their original birth certificate and divorce papers?

[j&js 0]

I sent along the original certified copy of my birth certificate, as I would have done with divorce papers had that been an issue here, but documents that I am supposed to keep with me, I did not and would not send!

[happyimmigrant 0]

Once again, you are wrong. I hate to be so blunt, but you obviously don't understand the importance of a U.S. Passport. Under no circumstances should a U.S. Citizen surrender their passport to anyone other than proper authorities, or in order to obtain a replacement passport. Anyone who would mail their passport off to someone in a foreign country, regardless of who they are, are making a very big mistake. I cherish my passport, and keep it safe and protected at all times. I would never give it to anyone other than those who have the authority to request it. Even then, I give it up unwillingly.

Of course, the USCIS has no problem whatsoever in expecting the foreign national to give up their passport on a regular basis during the processing phases - to perhaps have it disappear, never again to be seen, within the labyrinth of the bureaucratic nightmare that is the US immigration system.

[Scott & Lai 12]

You definitely should not send your passport anywhere, especially not to another country On the other hand, if you are with your fiance at his interview, you could give it to him to show the officer who is conducting the interview, as further evidence of your relationship. But, again, it should not be handed over to the officer, just shown to him.