Birth Certificate Requested for Interview?

[mglev 2]

Hi Everyone,

 

My wife and I are preparing for her upcoming interview on February 4th, and she just received an email from the US embassy in Santiago that requested a document we have never heard was necessary before, and now we're a little worried this could impact our approval.  Here is the email in full:

 

"Dear Applicant,

Please be advised that for your upcoming immigrant visa appointment, all forms and supporting documents that were submitted electronically to the National Visa Center (NVC) must be presented in original or certified copy on the day of your interview.

All of these documents must be properly scanned into your CEAC account, and on the day of your interview, they will be reviewed by the consular officer as part of the visa evaluation process.

Valid Passport plus passport-size photographs.
Beneficiary's Birth Certificate (original or certified copy).
Petitioner's Birth Certificate (original or certified copy).
Beneficiary's Police Certificate.
Marriage and Divorce Certificates for both the Beneficiary and Petitioner (original or certified copy). (Only for spouse/fiancé visa categories).
Affidavit of Support I-864 (One for each sponsor).
IRS Tax Return Transcript or Form 1040 with W2s for the most recent years, corresponding to the date the Affidavit of Support was signed, for the petitioner, co-sponsor, and any spouse or household member with whom they file taxes.

The absence of any required original or certified document will necessitate rescheduling your appointment and will cause a delay in the processing of your immigrant visa.

We recommend that you carefully review your documentation and ensure that you bring all required originals or certified copies to your appointment.

*If your case is not electronic, please disregard the step of uploading documents to your account and only bring the documents required by the NVC."

 

We have never seen anything prior to this that said the petitioner's birth certificate is required.  I can easily provide a copy of my birth certificate and send that over digitally, but providing the original or certified copy is more complicated, and I'm not sure we'd be able to get that over to her in the mail by the time of her interview at this point.  Has anybody else needed this or does anyone have insight into how this might affect our interview?  Getting something like this so far into the process and so close to the final interview is causing us to worry a little bit, and we want to make sure we do everything we can to get that final approval.  Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

[Edward and Jaycel 2,454]

Do you not have a certified copy you can send to her via FedEx?

[mglev 2]

25 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

Do you not have a certified copy you can send to her via FedEx?

I should be able to get my original, hopefully today, I am just worried about the postal service in Chile, as we've had some packages and other things delayed and take a long time to be received.  Would FedEx be quicker than just sending through USPS?

[mam521 2,864]

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17 minutes ago, mglev said:

I should be able to get my original, hopefully today, I am just worried about the postal service in Chile, as we've had some packages and other things delayed and take a long time to be received.  Would FedEx be quicker than just sending through USPS?

FedEx is a courier company.  USPS is the US Postal service.  Yes, FedEx or UPS would be faster.  `

[Edward and Jaycel 2,454]

20 minutes ago, mglev said:

I should be able to get my original, hopefully today, I am just worried about the postal service in Chile, as we've had some packages and other things delayed and take a long time to be received.  Would FedEx be quicker than just sending through USPS?

 

Absolutely send it FedEx

[OldUser 11,211]

Pretty normal, consular officer must ensure petitioner is really USC