I read 'somewhere' that the tax transcrips, employer letter, bank letter etc could be 'photo copied' and this qualifies as a 'dupicate' - but the applicatnt must have the originals in his or her possession in case the consolate asks to see them. Is this right? OR does duplicate mean 'duplicate originals' ? This is a little confusing, and I just want to be sure on this.

Bill

Hi,

The USE in Manila has this information on their website: http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwfivk1.pdf ; please see first item under important reminders.

As I understand it, duplicates as in "photocopies" are required to be brought to the interview for submission, while originals are also required to be brought, for verification or authentication.

And you do mean the supporting documents right? not the "forms" as you wrote in the title of the thread? Because the visa application forms DS 156 and DS 157 are to be submitted in duplicate, but you already know that.

Hope to be of help. Good luck with the forthcoming interview!
Gen

sorry can't give you a definative answer. myself, I sent the original and copies of the items you mentioned.

Ya, I know about the DS forms, just the supporting documentation I want to be sure about, I read another thread on this issue but it only had 6 replies and the forum seems to be a little more active tonite. Based on what I've read, I'm assuming I dont need 'two of everyting' (employer letters, bank letters, tax transcrips, home valuations if needed, tax transcrips etc). So I'm gona assume my first understanding is correct. As long as she has the originals, with her, photo copies are fine.

Bill

i should prepare as well...

goodluck

Bill,

You read it in the instructions for I-134. I think it's an obsolete instruction.

Submitting 1 set of documentation should be sufficient and the documentation submitted can be photocopies of 'originals'. (I enclose the word 'originals' with apostrophies because these days many original paper documents are created by exactly the same process that creates a photocopy, the true original existing in cyberspace, and the quality of the process is good enough that after one creates an original and then photocopies it, quite possibly using the very same machine that created the original, the two documents can be indistinguishable.)

Yodrak