One last look before I mail off I-130

[BobEggshell 5]

I have a binder with the I-130 and all supporting documents. Can anyone give me their opinion of my packet one last time before I mail it off?

I have a 1 inch 3 ring binder with the following documents included. I will over night this binder via FedEx.

1. Money order for I-130 filing fee

2. Completed form G-1145

3. Completed and signed form I-130

4. Copy of petitioner’s US birth certificate

5. Translated copy of our marriage certificate

6. Completed and signed form G-325A for the petitioner

7. Two (2) passport photos of the petitioner

8. Completed and signed form G-325A for the beneficiary

9. Two (2) passport photos of the beneficiary

10.Evidence of Bona Fide Marriage

A. Join US tax returns using the beneficiary’s US tax ID number 2010 to 2015

B. Translated copy of our daughter’s birth certificate

C. Copy of the petitioner’s passport pages showing all travel dates to Thailand visiting the beneficiary

D. Pictures of the petitioner and the beneficiary from 2008 to 2016 (46 Pictures)

Thank you!

[sanil1986 26]

looks good to me

[Ryan H 3,790]

Can anyone give me their opinion of my packet one last time before I mail it off?

Get rid of the 3 ring binder, all papers will be removed and the binder discarded before your file is even viewed by an adjudicator.

[BobEggshell 5]

Get rid of the 3 ring binder, all papers will be removed and the binder discarded before your file is even viewed by an adjudicator.

Really? I did not know this.

How should I combined it together? Just staple it and hope for the best? I have a lot of paper to send. The 1 inch binder is pretty full; nothing else is fitting in there.

I was going to put it in a box and send it as it is so big. Guess that's out. I'm off to WalMart to buy more office supplies to reorganize this package.

My worst fear is someone gets it and sticks it at the bottom of the stack and it doesn't get looked at for months.

[JFH 12,189]

This is how USCIS wants them

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/general-tips-assembling-applications-mailing

[BobEggshell 5]

This is how USCIS wants them

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/general-tips-assembling-applications-mailing

Thank you!

Looks like I need to buy a lot of ACCO fasteners.

I am not comfortable punching holes in my original translated copy of my daughters birth certificate, my marriage license and pictures. But that's what they want.

I'm a bit OCD and it took me a long time to get the binder to what I consider perfect. Now I am freaking out and will end up not sleeping until this is USCIS perfect.

Thanks again for the information. I had no clue that it needed to be submitted a certain way. Glad I asked.

[JFH 12,189]

Don't send originals, just photocopies.

Even if you don't punch holes in things, USCIS probably will and scribble notes and remarks all over them. I watched a video on how they work.

[life-journey 7]

Checklist looks good except for the binder. You have two options ACCO fasteners or a binder clip. I used a large binder clip to hold it all together, paper clip to separate papers based on checklist and sent it off in a priority express envelope.

[toeknee 6]

I have a binder with the I-130 and all supporting documents. Can anyone give me their opinion of my packet one last time before I mail it off?

I have a 1 inch 3 ring binder with the following documents included. I will over night this binder via FedEx.

1. Money order for I-130 filing fee

2. Completed form G-1145

3. Completed and signed form I-130

4. Copy of petitioner’s US birth certificate

5. Translated copy of our marriage certificate

6. Completed and signed form G-325A for the petitioner

7. Two (2) passport photos of the petitioner

8. Completed and signed form G-325A for the beneficiary

9. Two (2) passport photos of the beneficiary

10.Evidence of Bona Fide Marriage

A. Join US tax returns using the beneficiary’s US tax ID number 2010 to 2015

B. Translated copy of our daughter’s birth certificate

C. Copy of the petitioner’s passport pages showing all travel dates to Thailand visiting the beneficiary

D. Pictures of the petitioner and the beneficiary from 2008 to 2016 (46 Pictures)

Thank you!

Make sure you are sending in a copy of the original marriage and birth certificate and not just the translated version.

[Shauneg 762]

You really don't need clips or anything, they're going to tear it all apart and scan it anyway.....

[naomil 29]

Don't send originals, just photocopies.

Even if you don't punch holes in things, USCIS probably will and scribble notes and remarks all over them. I watched a video on how they work.

Do you have a link to this video? I'm curious

[Shauneg 762]

Do you have a link to this video? I'm curious

The CBP accidently gave my fiancee her K1 packet back and we dug though everything for curiousity sake before going to an airport to turn it in, it's definitely written all over and has scan marks at the bottom with the date and time everything was scanned. I should have taken pictures.

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

you not only need the translated copies, you need the original in the native language

[Gafelkins56 2]

Dont forget yur cover letter

[BobEggshell 5]

Checklist looks good except for the binder. You have two options ACCO fasteners or a binder clip. I used a large binder clip to hold it all together, paper clip to separate papers based on checklist and sent it off in a priority express envelope.

That is what I am doing. I am just going to keep is simple. Paper clips and binder clips.

Thanks!

Make sure you are sending in a copy of the original marriage and birth certificate and not just the translated version.

I don't know how other countries work. But in Thailand they make a copy of the original (in Thai). Stamp and sign that it is an authentic copy. Then they staple the English translation on to that. They also stamp and sign that the translation is official.

I am confident that they will accept it. The IRS accepted them when we filed for my wife's US Tax ID number.