Original Birth Certificate

[Scott and Irina 0]

Hi All, I hope everyone is have a Great weekend so far!

Well my question is that I sent my original Birth certificate along with a copy of it with my I-129F petition on Jan 15th. USCIS just sent my Original back to me on 3rd of March. does anyone have any experience with this? Does this mean that my Fianc'ee and I are now close to getting a Decision from them?

thank you,

S+I

[Quail 0]

Hi All, I hope everyone is have a Great weekend so far!

Well my question is that I sent my original Birth certificate along with a copy of it with my I-129F petition on Jan 15th. USCIS just sent my Original back to me on 3rd of March. does anyone have any experience with this? Does this mean that my Fianc'ee and I are now close to getting a Decision from them?

thank you,

S+I

I'm going to assume it means nothing except that they are concerned about you losing your birth certificate. My understanding is that you are only supposed to mail them a copy and then bring the ORIGINAL to the interview. This goes for all other documents as well. On the upside, it means at least someone at least looked at your file and it hasn't been put up on a shelf and forgotten about.

[Otto 83]

Well that's a first (that I can recall) - it sounds like someone (a thinking person) had the sense to see it was an original and hopefully to make a copy before they sent it back to you (which I gotta think they did). It could very well mean someone looked inside you folder - perhaps (perhaps) to adjudicate your petition. In the future - unless specifically asked for them - keep originals and send copies.

[Dakine 26]

Hi All, I hope everyone is have a Great weekend so far!

Well my question is that I sent my original Birth certificate along with a copy of it with my I-129F petition on Jan 15th. USCIS just sent my Original back to me on 3rd of March. does anyone have any experience with this? Does this mean that my Fianc'ee and I are now close to getting a Decision from them?

thank you,

S+I

WOW! You are lucky. First time I've seen USCIS do such. GOOD to see tho. At least you know someone spocked out your petition. Noone can say how long it will take tho.