I opened the scealed letter, what is the list of the documents inside

[ineedadisplayname 442]

I am not going to defend anybody here, but comments like can't read, or it says DO NOT OPEN doesn't help. Any of you thought that his/her father doesn't speak English?

 

Unfortunately in a lot of societies is very common that parents, family members, neighbors are more than nosy and not even think that it's not their right to know everything/ open up stuff especially if it's sealed and it's not theirs

 

Anyway, hope they can fix it for him/her.

Edited November 13, 2018 by ineedadisplayname

[ineedadisplayname 442]

2 hours ago, brandonflude1 said:

Anyone here just to see what was inside? lol

Since it's open I would like to know what's inside :)))

 

Btw if you want to see what's inside of a lot of other stuff check the "What's Inside?" youtube channel :))

[Going through 5,668]

28 minutes ago, ineedadisplayname said:

I am not going to defend anybody here, but comments like can't read, or it says DO NOT OPEN doesn't help. Any of you thought that his/her father doesn't speak English?

That was my first thought too...that he didn't understand what was stamped on the outside of the envelope.

However, the part about him adding extra papers/documents to the envelope...that is kinda odd.

Edited November 13, 2018 by Going through

[K & R 343]

48 minutes ago, ineedadisplayname said:

I am not going to defend anybody here, but comments like can't read, or it says DO NOT OPEN doesn't help. Any of you thought that his/her father doesn't speak English?

 

Unfortunately in a lot of societies is very common that parents, family members, neighbors are more than nosy and not even think that it's not their right to know everything/ open up stuff especially if it's sealed and it's not theirs

 

Anyway, hope they can fix it for him/her.

At least in my husbands case he was told by the IO at the interview about the package and not to open it. He warned his family members living in the house about it (even though they’d never open his mail) that it was coming and not to open it (just to be safe). There are a lot of VJ members on here from countries who’s language is not English that don’t open that packet. 

 

i think what’s the most worrisome in this case is that not only did his father open it but he took the paper work and mixed it around. Sounds more like sabatoge.

 

maybe it’s just me but if I knew I was getting important mail that I was told cannot be opened I’d let anyone who would come in contact with my mail in my house not to touch anything.

 

i hope for the best for the OP but there’s nothing we can say to help. Hopefully this thread will help others so this situation doesn’t happen for anyone else again. And hopefully OP can work things out with his father and bring all of the right documents back to the consulate.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,078]

57 minutes ago, ineedadisplayname said:

I am not going to defend anybody here, but comments like can't read, or it says DO NOT OPEN doesn't help. Any of you thought that his/her father doesn't speak English?

I don't know how the OP's consulate does it, but I've seen pictures of some accidentally torn sealed envelopes, and they had DO NOT OPEN in English and what I assume was the same in the consulate's local language. At least, the Ukrainian one I saw a picture of had some writing in Cyrillic letters on it in the same block as the 'DO NOT OPEN' in English.

[Claydood 6]

I would say your safest option is to start completely over from the beginning, rather than try to enter the US. If you try to enter the US and get denied entry, you may never get to enter after that, even on a simple tourist visa. The sealed envelope could cause you to be marked as immigration fraud for tampering with the documents.

 

However, if the US Embassy gives you a new sealed envelope with documents inside already, you should be fine. I find it odd that they would let you replace the documents yourself

[sherydenise 66]

39 minutes ago, Claydood said:

I would say your safest option is to start completely over from the beginning, rather than try to enter the US. If you try to enter the US and get denied entry, you may never get to enter after that, even on a simple tourist visa. The sealed envelope could cause you to be marked as immigration fraud for tampering with the documents.

 

However, if the US Embassy gives you a new sealed envelope with documents inside already, you should be fine. I find it odd that they would let you replace the documents yourself

They have to take the documents back to the Consulate/Embassy to be resealed, that is all. 

[geowrian 22,335]

They may also need to reverify all documents, which can take time.

[Ash.1101 1,755]

22 minutes ago, geowrian said:

They may also need to reverify all documents, which can take time.

That's what I'm thinking too. A page ago I mentioned that she should have them check her paperwork and not simply reseal it because at this rate who knows what is in there.

[bakphx1 785]

Ifvin doubt take it and let the embassy deal with it from there.

[Kevin91 3]

I just dont get why so much criticism here, accidents happpened. I can see someone opening the envolpe without looking at the words. Especially if you are your own home.... Either way he is right! I have search up a similiar situation and there’s been tons accidents. Dude you should be fine, they going to re-verify your paperwork. When you get it back, place it under our bed lol

[Villanelle 4,121]

8 hours ago, Going through said:

That was my first thought too...that he didn't understand what was stamped on the outside of the envelope.

However, the part about him adding extra papers/documents to the envelope...that is kinda odd.

The part about extra paperwork- hes basically saying what if he puts something that doesnt belong in it, not that he wants to.

 

Anyway, it doesnt seem like many people are actually reading the posts by @Renaud1992 but are just adding comments based on previous comments. When Kris&me suggested the Embassy was going to give him a new envelope he responded-

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No she said, we are gonna give you an enveloppe. You are gonna put your documents in it. We will add a little note on your profile that says it got opened. And then she said "if they don't let you get in the country at the boder, it is your problem". So... I mean there gotta be a list no ? People who opened it never posted a message saying what it contains ???

Only one person gave him the proper advice about NOT getting an empty envelope and filling it himself like the lady on the phone told him is how they are going to handle it and another user posted about how the Embassy is probably ticked off about this hence their response. 

If Renaud1992 is still checking this thread (and I hope he does before going tomorrow) he needs to be sure he gets a new sealed envelope from the Embassy and does not attempt to refill it himself and present it to CBP with a note explaining. Proper procedure is for the Embassy to give him a new sealed envelope no matter how aggravating it is for them. (for those that like to pick apart words the phrase new sealed envelope also means same envelope RE-sealed or a totally new envelope. The point is not about the envelope itself but the fact that it was sealed by the Embassy).

 

 

[Precisely 95]

So I think the envelope contains the launch codes... I'm open to other ideas

Edited November 14, 2018 by Apelcina

[merc0230 28]

3 hours ago, Apelcina said:

So I think the envelope contains the launch codes... I'm open to other ideas

I'm from Florida, so I think it contains voting ballots. 

[Sarac9 1,122]

This makes me upset who are stuck in long admin processing. Seriously..

It's not a big problem. Just contact the embassy. It will be fine. You have the Visa, that's the most important thing.