Folder For Interview

[Reallyfrustrated 0]

Hi guys,

Got my interview on Thursday and have been furiously getting a folder together with everything in it I need to take with me and other things I probably don't but would feel better having. Can you kind people who have been through the experience tell me if I've missed anything out........ Thanks.

P.S. Never been married, never been a bad boy and never, as far as I'm aware, died!!!

1. Train Tickets

2. Interview Letter

3. NOA2 Hard Copy

4. Passport

5. Birth Certificate and Copy

6. Notarised Letter of Intent from Megan

7. Police Certificate and Copy

8. Notarised I-134, 3 years tax returns, 4 pay slips and Letter of Employment for Megan along with a copy of the Biographic page in her Passport.

9. Notarised I-134, 3 years tax returns, 4 pay slips and Letter of Employment for her Step Father as our Co-Sponsor along with a copy of his Birth Certificate and Live Birth Certificate.

10. All the paperwork from my Medical in case they want to see it.

11. A copy of all the forms I sent them in Packet 3. " x DS-156, DS-156k, DS-157 and DS230 Part 1.

12. An exact copy of the full I-129F petition we mailed in on April 5th.

13. New pictures of us together, along with Boarding passes and emails.

14. 2 Colour US Passport Photographs.

15. $131 in cash for Visa Fee.

16. £14 in English money for the Visa Delivery Fee.

I hope that is everything, I am absolutely bricking it already!!!

Thank you for your help guys.

I don't get it. If "originals" of the documents listed above were submitted to USCIS and/or the NVC, why would you need to provide them to the Embassy, because the Embassy should have the documents!! The interview letter, passport, medical records, 2 passport pics, and cash to pay for visa fee and delivery fee I understand. Of course documents that prove the relationship such as boarding passes, pictures, telephone bills, etc. Our interview is September 30th at the American Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. I am flying there from the US to be there with my wife and I need to make sure we have all of the documents we need. But this thread just raised my blood pressure! LOL!!

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

That list is from the VJ guidelines more or less, so it includes many things that probably aren't necessary for London. It would probably cover every country in the world because each consulate has their own methods for collecting things. For Serbia, I don't know what they ask for so don't panic yet. Normally you get a Packet 3 list from the embassy telling what to send and what to bring. Graham's list is way more extensive than London's checklist, but he's covering all the bases.

About the "originals" sent to USCIS-- no originals are sent to them, only photocopies. Their information says that they reserve the right to ask to see originals. So since the first face-to-face meeting with an official of the US government is at the interview, I guess people think they better have, for example, the USCs original birth certificate in case they ask. If you bring what Serbia tells you in their checklist, you shouldn't have any problems. My fiance also made copies of his DS forms before sending in, so if he got all the way to the interview and somebody said, "you didn't send your <whatever>", he could pull out another one on the spot. It's over the top, but ultra careful just in case.