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I have been digging more, and it looks like GDIT is part of General Dynamics, a big defense contractor. Their main site (obviously real) says they have a contract to assist embassies. They make submarines and tanks. They really need to put up a real website for visa applicants and make some effort to communicate and establish their credibility. The site they have looks like a high school kid put it up. Anyone who is used to spam and phishing attempts would be hesitant to trust that site. It looks exactly like a scam site. I was afraid they would take our information and steal my identity. Anyway, we're doing whatever the embassy tells us to do, so I don't think we'll be working with GDIT.
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The embassy got back to us, and we do not have to duplicate everything. Big relief.
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So far, the embassy has confirmed that I don't have to send them an "original" tax return, which makes sense, since those go to the IRS. I am going to make a list of documents we have already sent and find out which ones they need in hardcopy. I know they need the marriage certificate.
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The embassy told me to ignore the email: "Thank you for your email. Please ignore the email that asks you to register." They didn't say whether the company was a scam. My emails come from "state.gov." I emailed the company, asking if they were running a scam. They sent me an autoreply that was not responsive.
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Thanks for the confirmation. It looked crazy to me. I wonder how they got her email address and case number.
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We are getting ready for my wife's interview, and I'm a little confused by the document requirements. There is a government webpage listing documents she has to bring to the interview. The thing is, we already submitted a bunch of these online. For example, they want the I-864 and a tax return, which they already have. Are we really supposed to print duplicate items out and take them to the embassy? I understand why they want things like passport photos, but it seems weird to ask for things they have already received and reviewed. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/LUS-Lusaka.html
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My wife's embassy appointment is almost here, and we just received what looks like a scam email. It's not from a government website. I wonder if anyone here knows about this. The email was sent from the domain usvisa-info.com, which does not list an owner on WHOIS. It purports to be from "GDIT Visa Information Services." It says something about having to "register" her appointment, and there is some stuff on the website which looks like it is setting her up to pay them money. The idea seems to be that the fee we already paid "expires," so we have to send these characters more. Has anyone here heard of this? I'm forwarding the email to the embassy.
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Has anyone here used a digitally certified marriage certificate copy at an embassy interview? The NVC's boilerplate says they want the original, but before I risk shipping to a country where things often get lost, I want to know if they really have to have it. I can understand how they would want the originals of certificates from countries where fraud is a problem, but ours is from Utah. I sent an inquiry to the US embassy in Zambia. Hope they respond.