Required Documents for IR1 interview

[Frank Abbot 1]

Hi,

I’m going through the list of documents it says I need to provide at my interview and it just says to bring originals of all Civil Documents and there’s no need to bring any of the financial evidence / forms that were uploaded to the NVC. 

 

However when I read about people’s experiences here they’ve talked about bringing their I-864 form as well as recent tax returns. 
 

Is this “just to be safe” or is it something they specifically ask for at the London embassy. 
thanks!

[Chia-Lyns 17]

Please go with all the civil and financial documents... They are not too heavy to carry. Anything they ask, you give to them. 

[Crazy Cat 39,640]

6 hours ago, Frank Abbot said:

Hi,

I’m going through the list of documents it says I need to provide at my interview and it just says to bring originals of all Civil Documents and there’s no need to bring any of the financial evidence / forms that were uploaded to the NVC. 

 

However when I read about people’s experiences here they’ve talked about bringing their I-864 form as well as recent tax returns. 
 

Is this “just to be safe” or is it something they specifically ask for at the London embassy. 
thanks!

As I always said during my military career, "Over-preparation assures full-preparation".  Just take it.

[Frank Abbot 1]

52 minutes ago, Chia-Lyns said:

Please go with all the civil and financial documents... They are not too heavy to carry. Anything they ask, you give to them. 

I don’t mind bringing everything I submitted, why not right? I’m more concerned that there is something I don’t know to bring that they ask for that wasn’t the original list. Seems odd they’d ask for something not on the list of what they ask you to bring…

[Frank Abbot 1]

15 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

As I always said during my military career, "Over-preparation assures full-preparation".  Just take it.

I just listed a few examples I found, “you don’t know what you don’t know”. I’m concerned there’s something I’ve not found that they’ll ask for. Im keen to hear other recent interviewee experiences and the specific documents  they were asked to provide. 

[Crazy Cat 39,640]

50 minutes ago, Frank Abbot said:

I’m concerned there’s something I’ve not found that they’ll ask for.

Your question concerned the I-864 and financial documents. You can drive yourself with "what if" questions. 

[Frank Abbot 1]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Your question concerned the I-864 and financial documents. You can drive yourself with "what if" questions. 

Sure, hopefully others will reply with their experience 

[Redro 4,602]

1 hour ago, Frank Abbot said:

I just listed a few examples I found, “you don’t know what you don’t know”. I’m concerned there’s something I’ve not found that they’ll ask for. Im keen to hear other recent interviewee experiences and the specific documents  they were asked to provide. 

We don't know the situation. 

Does the sponsor live in the US or UK? 

What type of work does the USC do?

 Best practice would be to read reviews of London Embassy to see what was requested. 

If your situation is similar to the reviewer and you have the same documents bring them in addition to the documents you uploaded to NVC. 

 

[Micam 32]

I haven't got experience, but this is what I intend to do: I saved everything I submitted (for I-130 & NVC) in folders on my laptop. I was just going to print all that out to make sure I have everything covered and ready to discuss if needed. Unlikely they'll ask for it but as you say, you never know! If there's an option for originals I am also bringing those, but a lot of my additional financial proof documents were PDFs originally anyway with no physical copy (such as payslips).

[LaJumpa 36]

Unfortunately everyones experiences will vary.

 

I had my interview back in June and was only asked to present the original civil docs. However other people will be asked to present evidence, I-864 etc. 

 

General rule of thumb is to just bring everything you submitted since starting the process just in case.