Email print out - acceptable as authentic?

[nnanz]

I have my Naturalization interview in a couple of weeks time. I am applying on the 5 year rule, and mine was an employment based GC.

As I am preparing all the documents to carry to the interview, I have the following question.

One of the documents that I want to carry with me to the interview, is an email from HR sent to me. Can I just take a printout of this email or do I need to do anything else so as to authenticate that the printout is indeed an authentic email.

Thanks in advance for any pointers that you can provide.

-Nanz.

 

[nkm-oct23]

What does that email say? Why do you think it is required? For naturalization interview you only need your green card and passports.

 

[BigJoe5]

I have my Naturalization interview in a couple of weeks time. I am applying on the 5 year rule, and mine was an employment based GC.

As I am preparing all the documents to carry to the interview, I have the following question.

One of the documents that I want to carry with me to the interview, is an email from HR sent to me. Can I just take a printout of this email or do I need to do anything else so as to authenticate that the printout is indeed an authentic email.

Thanks in advance for any pointers that you can provide.

-Nanz.

Who told you to bring this e-mail? Why? For what purpose?

 

[nnanz]

Who told you to bring this e-mail? Why? For what purpose?

Nobody asked me to bring this email. It is some supporting documentation that I want to carry to the interview.

A little more pertinent information, which I should have probably added at the outset

Mine was an employment based GC, and I quit the job within a year of getting the GC. The reason for quitting the job, was that the sponsoring employer got acquired by another company. The new company let a few people go and had a change of direction.

The acquisition, change in direction was communicated by a HR communication, to all employees.

I want to take this communication with me, as supporting documentation just in case the question gets posed as for the reason for quitting. Can I just take a print out of this email or do I need to do anything else so as to authenticate that the print out is indeed an authentic email.

 

[Bobsmyth]

How do you conclude that an email from HR is evidence for why you quit the company? From what you described, the reason for quitting was due to personal choice, rather than from being laid off.
Also, just because the IO may ask the reason you left doesn't mean you'll need to present evidence of the reason behind it.

 

[BigJoe5]

So, how long did that employer treat you like an indentured servant before you quit? Were you an H1-B slave for a number of years? It is not uncommon and not a reason to worry. As long as you did not committ fraud to the greencard in the first place, there is nothing to worry about.

 

[sanjoseaug20]

... and I quit the job within a year of getting the GC ...

#1. It depends on whether you are asked about this or not.
#2. "Within a year" is not clear. If you left 5 days after getting GC, that's very different than leaving 355 days after getting GC. Which one was it?

 

[nnanz]

How do you conclude that an email from HR is evidence for why you quit the company? From what you described, the reason for quitting was due to personal choice, rather than from being laid off.
Also, just because the IO may ask the reason you left doesn't mean you'll need to present evidence of the reason behind it.

That would be correct, it was a choice I made, weighing the options that I had. Wait and see if the job I had would still be there or find other options. I chose the latter. I was thinking having the evidence on me to corroborate would probably be prudent, should it be asked for.

#1. It depends on whether you are asked about this or not.
#2. "Within a year" is not clear. If you left 5 days after getting GC, that's very different than leaving 355 days after getting GC. Which one was it?

It was more like six months after getting the GC.

So, how long did that employer treat you like an indentured servant before you quit? Were you an H1-B slave for a number of years? It is not uncommon and not a reason to worry. As long as you did not committ fraud to the greencard in the first place, there is nothing to worry about.

I was indeed an H1-B slave for a number of years. There was no fraud, the employer was a very large organization before it got acquired.

I am hoping somebody can still answer my original poser, Can I just take a print out of this email or do I need to do anything else so as to authenticate that the print out is indeed an authentic email. Is there a defined protocol for this?

 

[BigJoe5]

USCIS will not be concerned with your career advancement and employment change. If it makes you feel better to bring that information with you, nobody will stop you but it will be irrelevant.

Is worrying a hobby of yours?

 

[Jackolantern]

Don't bring that email printout. If they really suspect you of some kind of fraud, that email printout won't be sufficient anyway.

 

[nnanz]

USCIS will not be concerned with your career advancement and employment change. If it makes you feel better to bring that information with you, nobody will stop you but it will be irrelevant.

Is worrying a hobby of yours?

For the benefit of others reading, I found from a posting from a legal forum, that an email print out is admissible as evidence. That was the information that I was really seeking, my apologies if the original question was not clear.

Thank you all for your comments.

-Nanz.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

For the benefit of others reading, I found from a posting from a legal forum, that an email print out is admissible as evidence. That was the information that I was really seeking

It's admissible, but it's value is very, very low. And as others have told you, it's utterly irrelevant to your N400.