rpjs

Curious minds wonder, do US diplomatic posts import letter size stationery or just buy A4 etc locally?

leema5

I’m happy someone asked this question. I’ll also soon be making the journey with the big white envelope. I haven’t made up my mind how I’ll carry it yet.

BenK91

Carried mine in my duffle-bag as my carry on.

Fairly certain I read on VisaJourney once someone taking it in their checked luggage who was then stuck at the immigration desk even though they could see their bag on the carousel 50yds in front of them

Twinkle0927

I put mine inside a big plastic zip wallet from Staples and then put it inside my backpack. Things have a habit of leaking in my backpack so I kept it in the plastic. At security in Gatwick I was asked to unpack my bag for a random check. Out came the plastic wallet (clear) and the big black writing on it could be seen from outer space. It appears that it was the first time that the security man who was checking my bag had seen one such envelope. He looked at it like it might explode.

BenK91

I actually found I got strange looks from other people while queuing at immigration at my POE while holding it waiting to get to the desk!

tom169

I flashed mine around hoping somehow get fast tracked. No luck.

Adrisn

Quick question - might be a silly one, but I'll ask anyway :-)

My envelope arrived quite battered once I removed it from the courier plastic bag, including some significant rips at the sides.
Not necessary big enough that me (or anyone) would be able to read/remove/access any of the information in there, but definitely big enough to be noticed.

Given that it has a ginormous sign saying that it cannot be open nor "tempered with", I was wondering if people got their envelope in pristine condition, or if I should try to report it to the Embassy??

civilservant

Mine certainly wasn't by the time it got to the US, it had little nicks and imperfections in it. As long as no obvious attempt has been made to mess with the seal and/or get at the centents, it isn't a problem.

tom169

Mine had a tear down one of the side seams. Was fine. As long as the signature and tape is fine at top I would just leave it.

S Folinsky

I join in the other comments.

That said, I do believe the warning is against "tAmpering" with the envelope. I will admit to being amused at the image of heating the envelope followed by quenching in water. My bad.