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civil document question - sending originals?

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ross77   0

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Hi,

So I sent in my civil documents to the NVC about a month and a half ago, despite clearly stating on their website that I had to send in photocopies of the original documents, they emailed me back saying they were not acceptable. I just phoned the NVC asking what I should do, and the bloke said I had to send my original birth certificate and my original marriage certificate. Is this true, it seems crazy to me that you would have to risk losing such important documents in the post, rather than get a justice of the peace to sign photocopes. Has anyone else had to send in original documents such as these?

Thanks in advance

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Everyone has to send originals of the civil documents to the NVC. You also send a photocopy and you receive the originals back at the interview. Since the NVC processes about 50000 spousal visas a year, I think their process to keep your originals safe is pretty good. I don't recall reading anything on VJ about original documents being lost. You can also get a certified copy (which is a copy from the issuer) and that is also acceptable.


Actually I should correct that the only people who do not have to send originals are the people in electronic processing countries.

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As per NLR's post, definitely recommend getting certified copies of your originals to send to NVC. I've ordered about a million birth certificates since this whole thing started!

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Link to the evidence I submitted. Be sure to send evidence spanning your entire marriage (especially for K-1) or as far back as you can. Just one or two bank statements will not cut it. I primarily focused on the two years of living here since I came in on a CR-1. If you don't have the fundamentals (i.e. joint accounts/policies), you can explain why in the covering letter. E.g. "While we do not have joint utilities, we both contribute to them from our joint bank account".

 

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Hi,

So I sent in my civil documents to the NVC about a month and a half ago, despite clearly stating on their website that I had to send in photocopies of the original documents, they emailed me back saying they were not acceptable. I just phoned the NVC asking what I should do, and the bloke said I had to send my original birth certificate and my original marriage certificate. Is this true, it seems crazy to me that you would have to risk losing such important documents in the post, rather than get a justice of the peace to sign photocopes. Has anyone else had to send in original documents such as these?

Thanks in advance

Read those instructions again and I think you'll find that they clearly instruct you to send originals or certified copies, not photocopies.

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