URGENT help needed. Fiance opened K1 confidential packet. We were supposed to travel tonight :(

[N400fiasco 35]

Hi Guys, ok so I am in a state of shock right now and can't think straight. Could use some calmer heads to help me rectify the situation. 

 

I traveled back to India to accompany my Fiance and my 7 month US citizen daughter back into the states this evening.  We had been waiting for 2 years since we started this journey. 

 

I know this shouldn't have happened and I am extremely stupid for letting this happen despite reading VJ every day, but my Fiance's brother recieved the petition packet and accidentally opened "do not open" packet. He then delivered the packet to my fiance a few days later who found the envelope already open and ignored the do not open signs and just assumed it was the Packet 4 we were supposed to receive earlier.  (which we never did) . She  disassembled the packet contents and organized it in various files for safekeeping. This was a 3-4 days ago. 

 

I flew in today and asked to see the visa packet and the visa and discovered this mess. 

 

Now I know that me, my fiance and my fiance's brother are all idiots.  I also know that I need to contact the embassy to make it right, but I need to reverse engineer what was inside the sealed  envelop so I can contact the embassy to reseal it.  My fiance is in a state of shock and cant think straight as to what was in the envelop vs. what was outside apart from the passport.  Can someone advise on what they recieved back from the embassy. What was outside the envelope apart from the passport?  

 

Its saturday morning right now. I assume I should cancel my tickets, because there is no chance of this happening on a weekend right? As a US citizen is there an emergency line to contact the embassy to help me out? 

 

Thanks all. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kim and Jermaine 28]

3 minutes ago, N400fiasco said:

Hi Guys, ok so I am in a state of shock right now and can't think straight. Could use some calmer heads to help me rectify the situation. 

 

I traveled back to India to accompany my Fiance and my 7 month US citizen daughter back into the states this evening.  We had been waiting for 2 years since we started this journey. 

 

I know this shouldn't have happened and I am extremely stupid for letting this happen despite reading VJ every day, but my Fiance's brother recieved the petition packet and accidentally opened "do not open" packet. He then delivered the packet to my fiance a few days later who found the envelope already open and ignored the do not open signs and just assumed it was the Packet 4 we were supposed to receive earlier.  (which we never did) . She  disassembled the packet contents and organized it in various files for safekeeping. This was a 3-4 days ago. 

 

I flew in today and asked to see the visa packet and the visa and discovered this mess. 

 

Now I know that me, my fiance and my fiance's brother are all idiots.  I also know that I need to contact the embassy to make it right, but I need to reverse engineer what was inside the sealed  envelop so I can contact the embassy to reseal it.  My fiance is in a state of shock and cant think straight as to what was in the envelop vs. what was outside apart from the passport.  Can someone advise on what they recieved back from the embassy. What was outside the envelope apart from the passport?  

 

Its saturday morning right now. I assume I should cancel my tickets, because there is no chance of this happening on a weekend right? As a US citizen is there an emergency line to contact the embassy to help me out? 

 

Thanks all. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm sorry I dont have any helpful advice, except maybe dont cancel tickets and just try? Unless you happened to buy refundable tix...  

[Liam2021 547]

If possible,  change the date on your ticket first, then contact Embassy and ask for their advice. They will open on Monday, so bring the K1 packet go to Embassy ASAP.

[FlashLG 152]

Based on some other threads where previous people have made this mistake, it seems that the packet will need to be re-sealed at the Embassy before travel to the US.

 

[N400fiasco 35]

9 minutes ago, FlashLG said:

Based on some other threads where previous people have made this mistake, it seems that the packet will need to be re-sealed at the Embassy before travel to the US.

 

Thanks, yeah I read those. My additional issue is that we need to make sure we include all the documents that were in the packet to send them back to the embassy. Appreciate your reply. 

[Illiria 980]

As others have said it needs to be resealed by the embassy but to clarify you said she dis-assembled the packet and put it in files for safe keeping but did she put the documents in with other documents that weren’t in the packet and now she doesn’t know what was in the packet and what wasn’t? 

 

The problem is that those who haven’t opened their do not open packet don’t know what’s in it and those that do open the do. It open packet tend to open it, realize their mistake, and don’t take anything out. So it’s just a case of resealing it. I haven’t heard of someone on here opening it and also taking everything out. 

 

For my packet only my passport was outside the do not open packet, but each country might be different so maybe read up on her countries sub forum.

 

This will hopefully be a lesson to the brother not to open other peoples mail 🤦‍♀️

 

Wishing you the best and hoping that moving the flight to say a week or two later won’t be too expensive.

[Ann&James 179]

I have read that the envelope contains all the documents that was submitted from the beginning of the process to the interview. Your fiancee need to calm down and and figure out what was in the envelope. My envelope has a slanted cut at one of the  corners and I can see that the documents is stapled together so maybe you can look for documents with the staple holes if she disassembled the package.  

[Villanelle 4,121]

Bring what you can find. The Embassy will have to remake and reseal the envelope. Anything that is missing they will replace so you have a complete packet. This can take them several days or longer.

 

Either cancel your ticket or change it at least 2-3 weeks in the future and hope its done by then,

Also no one knows whats in the packet (and in what order) because NO ONE OPENS THE PACKET! lol.

[NikLR 13,220]

The passport was the only item outside the packet.  Take everything back.  

[TNJ17 1,329]

You need to take everything to the embassy. Don’t try to put anything together. It won’t matter. The documents in that envelope are no longer useable by them as is. Cancel the tickets. You’re gonna have to call the embassy and follow their instructions. You can’t just show up at the embassy. They won’t let you in unless you have an appointment. This is gonna take a while. It’s pretty clear that you’re not supposed to open the package. Your fiance’s brother was extremely stupid and rude because the package was definitely not addressed to him but to the beneficiary. So he opened something that doesn’t belong to him. It also says very clear in big letters not to open it. You probably bought yourself a few weeks to a few months of delay. 

[goblin 26]

The envelope(s) has all the documents in it from the beginning of the application. I can confirms so, because I had 6 of those, super thick  for my EB category and could see parts of my evidence through the corner cut outs, WITHOUT opening anything of course.😉

 

Lets say it this way, yes it was disastrous of the brother to open the mail, but probably he was just excited and didn't know better.

 

Its not the end of the world however, you might end up loosing some money, your flights and some nerves.

 

Get it re-sealed, whatever it takes and then good luck with your new life.

[JFH 12,189]

My packet (IR-1) was opened in front of me by the CBP officer at the airport when I arrived. It had the original petition in, some extra pages of notes from USCIS, everything we sent to the NVC, everything I took to the interview and left with them, additional notes by the interviewing officer and my medical report. Probably other things as well but that's what I remember from when he opened it and went through it whilst sitting in front of me at the desk. 

 

But it will need to be redone by the embassy. The brother should never have even opened the outside courier mailer - nothing was adressed to him - let alone the envelope inside that says in big letters "DO NOT OPEN". In many countries it's illegal to open mail that's not addressed to you. 

[N400fiasco 35]

Thanks all for your helpful responses. Was planning on showing up at the embassy first thing Monday, but I guess will wait to talk to them on Monday and await instructions.

 

Worst weekend of my life 😌. Thanks for your support though. 

 

[N400fiasco 35]

6 minutes ago, JFH said:

My packet (IR-1) was opened in front of me by the CBP officer at the airport when I arrived. It had the original petition in, some extra pages of notes from USCIS, everything we sent to the NVC, everything I took to the interview and left with them, additional notes by the interviewing officer and my medical report. Probably other things as well but that's what I remember from when he opened it and went through it whilst sitting in front of me at the desk. 

 

But it will need to be redone by the embassy. The brother should never have even opened the outside courier mailer - nothing was adressed to him - let alone the envelope inside that says in big letters "DO NOT OPEN". In many countries it's illegal to open mail that's not addressed to you. 

Thanks a ton. That's what we have put together. Do you remember a couple of passport photos also being in the packet. I know they we're collected at the interview 

[NikLR 13,220]

Just now, N400fiasco said:

Thanks a ton. That's what we have put together. Do you remember a couple of passport photos also being in the packet. I know they we're collected at the interview 

There should be two in there.  I remember them being taken out when I entered the USA as well.