Order the filings now and keep proof of the request. The deadline stands: asking the agency a question does not pause it, and an incomplete response can itself lead to refusal. If a document genuinely cannot arrive in time, follow the instruction's stated route for that situation rather than improvising a short filing.
Working the two weeks in order
Day one: request the corporate filings and the employment letters, in parallel, not in sequence. Day three: start the translation of whatever has landed. Keep the drafting moving on the facts you can already evidence, and reserve the last days for assembling one complete package. Reviewing your likely category and chargeability early also avoids a second scramble later.
Identify the exact document, proposed travel date and reason for delay.
A valid booklet permits a person to seek travel, but a pending Gold Card matter does not itself authorize US admission or productive work. Ask the records office directly whether an expedited or rush service exists, since many registries offer one for an added fee that is often worth paying against a firm deadline. Log every request and follow-up call with the date, the method used, and the name of anyone who responded, so a pattern of genuine effort exists if the document still has not arrived. A contingency explanation, if one becomes necessary, should name the specific missing item, the reason for the delay, the concrete steps already taken, and a realistic expectation, rather than a vague apology offered without detail.