US Immigration from Brazil

My brother had his interview two days ago in Rio and the immigration officer held on to his passport and the only thing missing is my brother's son (petitioner) original birth certificate. They said to simply submit that and he will be approved but how? Does it have to be mailed in since they are not accepting our attempt at submitting certified translated and photocopies? The travel.gov website says:

Sending documents to the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro  If you need to send us any documents, you can mail them to U.S. Consulate General, Immigrant Visa Unit, Av. Presidente Wilson 147 Castelo, Rio de Janeiro RJ 20030-020. 

Is this the way? Is there a way to submit this electronically?

Hello - I am going through the AOS Green Card process after coming to the U.S. on a K-1 visa and getting married. I recieved a Request for Evidence letter in the mail detailing that I have submitted an incomplete I-693 Form and that I will need to get another medical examination for the medical doctor to give me a packet to send to USCIS, this will need to be done by March 2024.

When I was in Brasil for the Medical exam on 1/17/2023, I only recieved a DS-3025 Vaccination Documentation Worksheet. Which is what I included in the AOS packet latter after getting married, but I remember back in Brazil, the Medical clinic said that they'd mail info packet (presumably the I-693) to the embassy... and I went along to my visa interview and passed it just fine.

The RFE letter I got is vauge and does not explicitly tell you what was wrong with the original I-693 form, but it does mention that civil surgeons must use the 03/09/2023 eddition and that USCIS will not accept the 07/19/2022 version if the civil surgeon signed the form after May 30, 2023.

Do I really need to have another medical exam? Is there anything I can do legally?

If I must get another medical exam here in the U.S., can I use a copy of the DS-3025 (Vaccination Documentation Worksheet) as my vaccination records, since what I have from Brazil is an old portugese card for vaccination that will need to be translated... again. That old vaccination card is literally what got copied to the DS-3025 I have... why would I need to do a translation again if I haven't had any new vaccinations since?

This is my 2nd RFE and I am incredibly frustrated but beyond tired with the process to even muster emotion. It's been a long taxing, confusing 3yrs.

Hello friends,

I'm asking for your help again. I asked about this similarly a while back and got some great advice. Unfortunately the situation has gotten worse for my mother-in-law and brother-in-law. My wife is originally from Brazil and came here on a K-1, we've been married for 12 years now and she became a USC 3 years ago. We're trying to see if there is anything that we can do for her mom and brother.

Long story short, her mom is in an abusive relationship and her brother usually gets the physical end as he has to defend his mother. He tried to commit suicide in November and was unsuccessful, thank God, but honestly has no remorse from it. Everyone is afraid that he might try to do it again. We're looking for a way out of the house and the relationship but I was wondering if there was any way to bring them here that doesn't take decades to do.

I'm open to any and all advice and I appreciate everyone's response.

Thank you!

Hello everyone, for those who have already been through it.. how long did I take for them to schedule your oath ceremony? My interview was approved on 11/14 and I still have no ceremony scheduled. Thanks!

Has anyone else accidentally registered your scheduled interview through the Paris portal as being a resident of Portugal with a CR1/IR1 interview?

On Paris's own webpage there was no warning to tell residents of Portugal not to register, but alas on the NVC site it says "they are not required to" and further down it says "Do not register".

I am concerned about what may happen to our interview date since I did indeed register - and the consulate is not responding to emails.