Carrying suitcase full of documents to USCIS?

[vbms 16]

I have my citizenship interview in 2 days. I was collecting all documents and putting them in a bag. They wont fit in a backpack. I got tons of documents and I want to carry them all in case the interviewer asks additional docs.

My question - Is it okay to carry a small suitcase** instead? Sorry if its a stupid question. I am very nervous right now and I have started to fret about small things.

**suitcase - like a cabin-size suitcase that people take along in the aircraft as cabin luggage.

[Dave&Roza 748]

I have my citizenship interview in 2 days. I was collecting all documents and putting them in a bag. They wont fit in a backpack. I got tons of documents and I want to carry them all in case the interviewer asks additional docs.

My question - Is it okay to carry a small suitcase** instead? Sorry if its a stupid question. I am very nervous right now and I have started to fret about small things.

**suitcase - like a cabin-size suitcase that people take along in the aircraft as cabin luggage.

I saw a woman pushing and pulling on a two wheeled dolly with several boxes on it--I think it was 4 but I do not remember. I do remembering asking myself why she had so much "stuff". Do you really need all that "stuff"? You have gone thru the visa process, the AOS process, and the ROC process--I am assuming you have either an K-1 visa or CR-1 visa, it is hard to tell as you have not timeline. So now it is 3 years after becoming a LPR and you are filig for naturalization--again another assumption based on the amount of "stuff" you want to take with you as under the 5 year rule you only need to show you have been a LPR for 5 years and in the US more thean out.

All you need to do is prove that your marriage is valid, your spouse is a USC and has been one for at least the last three years, you have no trips outside the US for more than 6 months at a time and the total time outside the US is less than 18 months. You also have to have been at your curent residence for at least the past 3 months before filing. You have qualified for the interview so everything must be in order. The only thing I would take with me to the interview would be documentation that shows my wife and I have combined our lives and the marriage is valid. I would also take an original of anything submitted with the application--i.e. BC, Marriage Certificate, passports, GC, SSC, etc. Just realize that you have to go thru a security check point to get inside the building and then you have to carry this bag with you and the IO may never ask to see anything else.

I know it is always best to have something and not need it, but I also feel it is about quality of evidence and not quanity. You might want to go thru this evidence and par it down to solid documentation. I would worry more about the civics test myself.

Good luck,

Dave

[vbms 16]

Thank you very much for your response. I am applying based on 5 yr.

I was never married to a USC. I got my GC thru my EX who was also a GC holder at the time of marriage (dependent GC). We are now divorced. I am single.

I was planning on taking all proof of our marriage/divorce (I know, its not needed under 5 yr rule). I read in various posts that take ALL documents.

But I get your point - quality and not quantity. I will try and cut down. Thank you once again.

I saw a woman pushing and pulling on a two wheeled dolly with several boxes on it--I think it was 4 but I do not remember. I do remembering asking myself why she had so much "stuff". Do you really need all that "stuff"? You have gone thru the visa process, the AOS process, and the ROC process--I am assuming you have either an K-1 visa or CR-1 visa, it is hard to tell as you have not timeline. So now it is 3 years after becoming a LPR and you are filig for naturalization--again another assumption based on the amount of "stuff" you want to take with you as under the 5 year rule you only need to show you have been a LPR for 5 years and in the US more thean out.

All you need to do is prove that your marriage is valid, your spouse is a USC and has been one for at least the last three years, you have no trips outside the US for more than 6 months at a time and the total time outside the US is less than 18 months. You also have to have been at your curent residence for at least the past 3 months before filing. You have qualified for the interview so everything must be in order. The only thing I would take with me to the interview would be documentation that shows my wife and I have combined our lives and the marriage is valid. I would also take an original of anything submitted with the application--i.e. BC, Marriage Certificate, passports, GC, SSC, etc. Just realize that you have to go thru a security check point to get inside the building and then you have to carry this bag with you and the IO may never ask to see anything else.

I know it is always best to have something and not need it, but I also feel it is about quality of evidence and not quanity. You might want to go thru this evidence and par it down to solid documentation. I would worry more about the civics test myself.

Good luck,

Dave

[vbms 16]

@Dave&Roza - They didnt even ask me for a single document (besides my GC, passport, license). Thank you for your tip.

[Dave&Roza 748]

@Dave&Roza - They didnt even ask me for a single document (besides my GC, passport, license). Thank you for your tip.

Congratulations on getting thru the interview. Glad it went smoothly for you.

Dave