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If you can, yes. Where is the document you scanned. Where is the PDF you printed before your signed and scanned? Did you lose those?

What people are calling "originals" are for applicant documents. You are the petitioner. Any kind of copy of your documents would be fine for your spouse to carry to the interview. So, no need to "mail" YOUR divorce decree.

It's all or nothing. Those appointments come only after an interview is scheduled.

A note to other readers. Your confusion comes from reading the typing of lazy members. If they would always type "Tax Return Transcript" there would be no confusion. Stepping off soapbox now.

My suggestion is the experienced posters be as precise and descriptive as they are able. "Original" is not as descriptive as "Original Certified Copy" and is an important distinction, as the applicable "original" is owned and retained by a government agency. Anything on paper is a "hard copy" so that term is not helpful to one who wants to know what exactly needs to be submitted. The available paper documents in this context are "Certified Copies", "Photocopies of Certified Copies" or "photocopies". The only "Original" document used in these cases is a Naturalization Certificate, which is never appropriate to "submit". It's ok to carry it to an interview, but only a "photocopy" is ever turned over. There are no "Certified Copies" of Naturalization Certificates. There's your glossary.

Correct. There is no practical difference between a photocopy and a scanned, emailed, and locally printed document. That's because a "photocopier" simply scans and prints as a single function, instead of two functions in two locations the other way.

Once the petition is approved, it goes to the National Visa Center, where you will have the option to keep the case at Montreal, or request it be transferred to Mumbai.

NO. Absolutely not. "Originals" are for applicant, not petitioner, and even those will be original "certified copies".

For applicant divorce decrees, the original "certified copy" is required. For the petitioner a copy of a certified copy is ok. Note that scan, email, and print, is the same as a "photocopy".

To clarify, "hard copy" means photocopy, not "original". In most cases, there is no such thing as an original financial document. They are commonly downloaded and printed. So emailing a scan that is printed locally is fine for those. The originals needed, are for the applicant, and in most cases that just means an original "certified copy".

There is no such thing as a certified copy of a Naturalization Certificate. A copy will do. Originals are required for applicant documents, such as birth, marriage etc. (Even those are original "certified copies")

Nobody suggested holding the case at the Embassy. This case doesn't have an interview date yet. It can be held at NVC as already described.

Last two posts are correct. Good thing you don't already have an interview date. NVC will hold indefinitely with proper contact. Correct. K1 cannot be stopped at NVC, but it can be held at the Consulate at their discretion if given a reason and they believe the applicant and petitioner are still seeking the visa. Not applicable to this case, of course.

Good answers already, but your wife should have a good understanding of your former marriages, and any children. In short, she should know the things any spouse would reasonably be expected to know about their spouse's family, work, and life.

It's very clear who your wife's father is. According to what you wrote, her parents are still married to each other. She has used two names. You'll need to state the family names she has used and document the name change. If she's taking a married name, the marriage certificate is the only document needed to document that. Interpret literally. A person does not have two fathers.

Yes, and that's why you have a joint sponsor. You'll be uploading both forms. It will be clear you have a joint sponsor and why. If fact, it's the ONLY reason you CAN use a joint sponsor.

Reading carefully and interpreting literally will serve you well in this process. Her biological father is listed on what will be her "birth certificate" used later at the NVC stage. Enter her actual father's name and information. If she was later adopted (really, not "it appears".) then sure, mention that in the extra text fields if you wish. There is no such thing as a "second father". She has one father. Apparently, she has a stepfather. Don't call him her adoptive father, unless your sure that is the case. Adoption is a legal process. You are likely to cause the PDF to malfunction if you use anything but an Adobe product. Print it and add the hyphen by hand.

If you got a notice for biometrics, what does it say? All notices are I-797. What is important is the notice type, and what the notice says

Expiration dates of forms don't mean what you think. You used the current one when you submitted. Not an issue. If you need to submit an updated one before interview, use the new one. It is a comment period that expired, not the form.

One PDF makes it more difficult for either to be overlooked.

I disagree with your lawyer, but you hired them. I suggest you ask the lawyer the questions you're asking here. That's why they were hired. If you don't trust the lawyer, fire them.

If you asked for a certified copy, and that's what they sent, it's probably correct. You could google "certified copy of divorce decree county name Texas, and see what it says. Superior court in my county instructed me to print the decree 4 times. One was for the judge during the hearing. The others were signed by the judge and certified by the court clerk on the spot. Procedures can be different for each county.

A certified copy is something you ask for, usually after the fact. You "order it". However, I have a certified copy of my Texas Divorce decree, that I carried out of the courtroom. Actually three certified copies. That you have a paper with a stamp may or may not be a certified copy. For Texas, it is the entire decree, usually multiple pages. It will say on it's face that it is a certified copy. Is that what the stamp says? Please describe the stamp and exactly its wording. Edit: I do see the stamp on the page in your first post. It does not indicate anything about it being a certified copy. I cannot tell if all the pages are there. I don't see any signatures.

Either way, it is enough. Is it 26 pay periods or 24? Count the days between start and end date of the pay period. If it's 14 days, multiply by 26.

A certified copy of the divorce decree is what is "enough".