Kenneth

hi everyone,

just received AOS interview letter, it came much faster than we
expected. interview will be in 4 weeks. question:

1. foreign spouse requested birth certificate to be mailed, but there
are no guarantees that it will arrive on time. what to do? the letter
does not mention bringing original birth certificate (spouse has a
certified and translated copy of it, which was submitted in AOS
packet); it just mentions "bring supporting documentation of
comingling finances" or something similar. will certified copy and
passport be enough?

2. ADIT photos are not mentioned in letter. should we bring 2 each, or
how many can they ask for? (we sent all requested ADIT photos in AOS
packet, but here many of you mentioned that interviewer can ask for
additional photos).

thank you for advice!
kenneth

Lucas03

Originally posted by Kenneth
    > hi everyone,
    >
    > just
received AOS interview letter, it came much faster than we
    > expected.
interview will be in 4 weeks. question:
    >
    > 1. foreign spouse requested
birth certificate to be mailed, but there
    > are no guarantees that it
will arrive on time. what to do? the letter
    > does not mention bringing
original birth certificate (spouse has a
    > certified and translated copy
of it, which was submitted in AOS
    > packet); it just mentions "bring
supporting documentation of
    > comingling finances" or something similar.
will certified copy and
    > passport be enough?
    >
    > 2. ADIT photos are
not mentioned in letter. should we bring 2 each, or
    > how many can they
ask for? (we sent all requested ADIT photos in AOS
    > packet, but here
many of you mentioned that interviewer can ask for
    > additional photos).

    >
    > thank you for advice!
    > kenneth


Kenneth,
Concerning
its arrival, you might ask a relative/friend in that country to obtain
it for you and then express mail/fed ex it to you. A bit more
expensive, but you're more assured about its arrival. I don't know your
country's process, but maybe you can have the government office mail it
locally to that relative/friend or maybe they can pick it up in person
and then express ship it to you.

Even though your AOS letter doesn't
say to bring it, you need to decide if you'll be comfortable going to
the AOS interview without the birth certificate. Granted if it doesn't
say bring it then technically you're not at "fault" for not bringing it,
but you may want to overlook that and bring it anyway so you'll be
covered if they do ask for it, which apparently your leaning. (AOS
interview is not about "you versus them" regarding a document list, it's
about getting a succesful AOS outcome).

Regarding the ADIT photos, as
far as I know those are not needed at the AOS interview and I have not
heard of an instance where they were required at the AOS interview, but
that's me.

Marjeta

1. Go with what you have. If you don't have it you don't have it. They
may not even ask to see it.

2. No additional photographs are needed.
And if they are they can usually take them there.

Kenneth

Marjeta <> wrote in message news:<>...
    > 1. Go with what you have. If you don't have it you don't have it. They
    > may not even ask to see it.
    >
    > 2. No additional photographs are needed.
    > And if they are they can usually take them there.

thank you all for the advice! i hope they will consider the fact that
the interview letter came so fast, we didn't have time to order
everything from abroad.

question: did anyone try getting b.c. certified copy from foreign
country's embassy here in u.s.? spouse had her passport renewed a
while back,and they asked for original, so they should still have the
original.do embassies do that?

well so far, we will bring certified copies of bc, passports,driver's
licenses, any other ID that would be useful?

kenneth