I'm preparing my husband's ds230 for NVC and will hopefully overnight it tomorrow. I want to make a last minute check that I have everything.

1. ds230 (duh lol)
2. bar code sheet
3. will make a cover letter with info on what is in the packet
4. will write a letter as I need to explan some things on the ds230 form itself
5. passport photo of me
6. passport photo of him
7. certified copy of his birth certificate
8. his original divorce certificate
9. NVC confirmed that Jerusalem consulate will get his police cert from Israeli police so no need to send it to NVC
10. copy of his passport


Am I missing anything? Thanks

Dont you need Police Certificate?!?! And you need passport pictures only from applicant(beneficiary).

Dont forget to put the name of the applicant and case number of the back side on each picture.

correct ds-230 is just for the applicant or benificary same person i also think you need police cert. yes consulate will get a copy as well but i also think you need one to file ds-230 and another thing is xerox copy of all that is sent for your copy and anohter copy of originals to send along with ds-230 to recieve originals back at interview

good luck

should the photocopies of the official documents be certified or no need ?

Yes photocopies should be certified copies.
As for the police certificate, NVC told me that the process for jerusalem consulate has not changed. Perhaps the reason being is that the palis have to get the police cert from the Israelis and I doubt the Israelis would give it to the palis directly. They hand it over to the consulate when it is requested.
Yes ds230 is for the person overseas, not the petitioner. So yes, the passport copies must be from the person overseas.

i have the original official documents and i have the translated certified copies so as you said i still need to certified the photocopies of all that the official and the translated documents but unfortunaly i tried to get them certified they said they can't certified the photocopies of the translated papers and they said that i have to go to other city to do that and also i find a problem to certified the photocopie of the original birth certificat and they said i need to get the full version of the certificat birth if so i need to get one and it will take time and i need to translate it again and i need to certified so i never heard someone here from my coutry had to do all this things so plz i need to make sure if the photocopies must be sertified or not .

Would you mind to post the official source for this info?

I've a certified copy of the birth certificate, and I plan to just photocopy without certify it for my DS-230 package. If indeed the photocopy also needs to be notorized, I'll just go ahead and send NVC two certified copies, instead of a certified copy of an already certified copy of a birth certificate.

This is all I see at state.gov site: "In addition to sending the original documents or certified copies of the documents to the NVC, the applicant and each accompanying family member must submit a photocopy of the original documents or certified copies of the documents."

What I sent to NVC was originals, certified translations and copies. You dont have to certified copies, unless you are keeping originals, otherwise no.

i'm preparing my DS230 docs and agree that the photocopies do not have to be certified. my understanding is that you can choose to submit either the original document or a copy of the original which has been certified by the apropriate issuing authority. you then also include a photocopy of the document you have chosen to submit and this photocopy does not need to be certified. of course i have yet to submit my documents so cannot verify if this is correct but this is how i am preparing my docs.

hey dani i see that you are almost finished at nvc. i hope you get the approval soon!! i was watching your timeline closely but we are kinda out of synch with you now - we haven't even paid our AOS fee bill cos the bill was returned to the nvc when my husband was out of the country in feb!

thank you

That is exactly what I did. As I did mention before this post.

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hey dani i see that you are almost finished at nvc. i hope you get the approval soon!! i was watching your timeline closely but we are kinda out of synch with you now - we haven't even paid our AOS fee bill cos the bill was returned to the nvc when my husband was out of the country in feb!
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I will post what ever is comes up with my case.

Dani

hey guys,

i have question about certified copies to NVC as part of DS 230. i understood from reading here that if you are sending original documents then the photocopies you attach with those documents don't need to be certified. but what is everyone doing for the copy of the passport. since I will not be sending the original passport of my wife to NVC, does the photocopy of the biographical page of the passport need to be certified by the passport issuing authority in my wife's home country or is it acceptable to get it notarized by a US notary public b4 sending to NVC. any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks,

My husband copy of passport was not notarized.

I was told that you have to send either originals or certified copies by the NVC on two seperate occassions over hte past 2 weeks. As for the passport copies, no, they do not have to be certified. I'm just made copies of the copies I had of his passport from when I sent it to USCIS:)

I have Marriage Certificate on my list. Just noticed it is not on your list.

You also need to send a separate copy of all documents as well.

And also case# on each page of the documents.

I was talking to my husband about this the other day. I thought that we should write the case number on the back of the documents but he said it should be on the front of the documents (top right hand corner or something like that). I was afraid though that the NVC would not like us writing on the face of the documents. Where did you write your case number, Dani?

On the every single page, front right top side.

thanks, dani. did you write the number in pen or pencil?

Every documents that were more then one page I staple and write case number in black ink on the front right top side.
I know, I might gonna need "some" of the documents again for something else and I will have my case#, but who cares, better be on safe side for now. And yes, NVC also told me is "highly recomended" to write the number. For youe convenience you can call and ask.

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/APP-PK3-0001-071025.pdf

you need to sent originals or certified copies which come from official agent (courts, hall of records, ect...) not photocopies for this part. but they also want a set of photocopies to be includes with the packet. as in the instructions for the I-130 it is a good idea to make a complete copy of the packet sent to (uscis the first time)NVC. so my plan when the time comes and that should be shortly, is to make 2 complete copies of all originals and certified copies sent to nvc, one for them and one for me as well as any other documentation I send as insurance if they say I am missing anything.
it is all listed in the link above.