Copy of birth certificate

[AZSUN 2]

My wife finally received her international passport today from Ukraine. We have been waiting for 7 months for it. I have a few questions. 1.I have all the documents signed by her and for my stepdaughter and ready to send to the NVS. But since I have collected and translated marriage certificate, birth certificate, photos for visa, I have had to return my daughters original birth certificate to her. So now i just have a notarized copy of it that was done in America by a notary. It says in the instructions to send original and copy of it to the NVS. My question is can we just bring the original to the interview at the US Embassy in Kiev? I would send in the copy of I to NVS. 2. Can i send in copies of the police certificates to the NVS and bring the originals to the Embassy at the time of interview? 3. If i need to get the originals to send to the NVS does anyone know of a good way to send them from Ukraine to USA? 4. The DS-230 was signed by her on April 30th of 2009 will this be a problem when submitting it to the NVS? Thanks in advance for all your help and suggestions.

[Brad and Vika 129]

I think that if the instructions say to send the original, you need to do that or risk a delay when the correct document is requested. I will defer to any one who has tried it though.

[Scott and Mhay 57]

To be safe and not get an RFE, send the original that was issued from the Ukraine...you can always request another "original" in the meantime.

[Brad and Vika 129]

I would respectfully suggest you post this on the RUB forum or have it moved there. I think you will have lots of responses to it there.