myvisajourney2010

The passport with visa is delivered together with the visa packet (yellow envelope that contains documents).

She should NOT open the yellow envelope. She will submit the yellow envelope to the immigration officer at POE.

They won't return your documents.

Hi Apple thank you for the reply. When I called NVC before, they specifically told me the original (like my marriage certificate, it is not a certified copy) and other certified copy birth certificates, will be returned during interview. Even when I had my K1 visa petition before they returned my original documents back. That is why I am concerned because I want the original marriage cert back.

Hello, my mom just had an interview for her IR5 Visa Application on Jan 29 (after 6 months medication) because she failed her first medical exam (late May 2012). She passed the interview, but when she asked for the original documents back (Petitioner Birth Cert, Petitioner Marriage Cert, etc) the interviewer said they will keep them for now... Anyway she already got her Visa through mail but still no original documents.

Did any of you experience this? I just want my original documents back.

Thanks so much in advance.

Hi Serat, can you post your timeline? Or put it in your signature?

Thanks!

I added the IR5 for my mother.

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This is my understanding as well; however, it is stated that NVC requires the marriage certificates for the current and ALL PREVIOUS MARRIAGES. I know it does not sound logical but if someone has experience, please share it!

Hello fellow petitioners, I am also in the same situation, and this is actually delaying my application because if I really need to submit my (petitioner) marriage cert and birth cert. I need to send the original or certified copy? I don't understand why we need to submit the marriage though since it doesn't have any bearing on the petition. Especially not the original or certified. So again my questions:

Do we need to submit original or certified copies of marriage and birth certificates?

What is the difference of birth certificate xerox copy of original and certified true copy?

Thanks!

Hi Karen, I would like to know what happened to your application for Tourist VIsa? Thanks!

Has anyone here ever talked to a Xoom customer service agent ? everytime I do it seems like I get some rude person from either Pakistan or India.

I actually got the nerve and asked them if they have a coupon code hehehe.. and of course they said they don't give it away individually just by mass email and they apologized that I haven't received any in the past. And promised that I will get one in the future whenever they send one out.. I didn't call just email. I find it nice but it sucks that there is not coupon codes online anymore... Times are hard especially this recession..