Fiance letter to intend & G-325a

[Mustafa Hashem 0]

My native alphabets are in arabic should i sign the letter intend to marry in both arabic and english or just english ? 

" Submit two completed and signed Forms G-325A, Biographic Information; one for you and one for your beneficiary. Except for name and signature, you do not have to repeat the information given on your Form I-129F." so this means i file the g-325a fields without my name and signatures ? can someone explain 

[s + j 71]

I don't know about the two signatures, but ALWAYS sign all papers requiring a signing.

[TexasHeartsIndia 371]

There is a space on the biographic form to write your name in non Roman characters. Otherwise, I would use English on all your signatures and forms.

 

I know the form says you don't have to repeat information on the biographic form, but honestly, it's not a long, complicated form. Both of our forms were completely filled out and submitted. Also, make sure that the signatures on the biographic form G-325A and the letter of intent is "wet", meaning the original signature, not a copy or scan. It took about 10 days for his forms to arrive from India, so keep that in mind when preparing your file.

[Scandi 3,970]

2 minutes ago, TexasHeartsIndia said:

There is a space on the biographic form to write your name in non Roman characters. Otherwise, I would use English on all your signatures and forms.

 

I know the form says you don't have to repeat information on the biographic form, but honestly, it's not a long, complicated form. Both of our forms were completely filled out and submitted. Also, make sure that the signatures on the biographic form G-325A and the letter of intent is "wet", meaning the original signature, not a copy or scan. It took about 10 days for his forms to arrive from India, so keep that in mind when preparing your file.

Scanned copies of g-325a and letter of intent from beneficiary are fine, they haven't requested wet signatures since they changed the requirements in 2013.

[TexasHeartsIndia 371]

2 minutes ago, Scandi said:

Scanned copies of g-325a and letter of intent from beneficiary are fine, they haven't requested wet signatures since they changed the requirements in 2013.

You mean I waited 10 days for nothing?!?! Oh well... Everything I read said it needed to be the real signature so I went with that. :/

 

Thanks for the correction!

[Scandi 3,970]

2 minutes ago, TexasHeartsIndia said:

You mean I waited 10 days for nothing?!?! Oh well... Everything I read said it needed to be the real signature so I went with that. :/

 

Thanks for the correction!

Old info that hasn't been updated in years. 10 days isn't bad though, takes 2 months for some. 

[brahimi 2]

Just now, Scandi said:

Old info that hasn't been updated in years. 10 days isn't bad though, takes 2 months for some. 

Hey Scandi, Are you sure about this?! If so, could you please point me to where you saw/read that original signatures (not scanned) are not required? That would be a life/time saver for me...Thank you in advance!

Edited February 6, 2017 by brahimi

[Scandi 3,970]

1 minute ago, brahimi said:

Hey Scandi, Are you sure about this?! If so, could you please point me to where you've seen that original (not scanned) signatures are not required? Thank you!

If you check the instructions for the form you'll see it doesn't say anything about wet signatures anymore, on the older forms it did. And just search this very form and you will find many, many people who sent scanned ones and were approved. There have been no RFEs for that in years.

 

This topic has been discussed over and over.

[brahimi 2]

Just now, Mustafa Hashem said:

 Except for name and signature, you do not have to repeat the information given on your Form I-129F."

Means that G-325a MUST have names and signatures, but as someone pointed out above, I would fully fill them out anyway... Good Luck!

Edited February 6, 2017 by brahimi

[brahimi 2]

Just now, Scandi said:

If you check the instructions for the form you'll see it doesn't say anything about wet signatures anymore, on the older forms it did. And just search this very form and you will find many, many people who sent scanned ones and were approved. There have been no RFEs for that in years.

 

This topic has been discussed over and over.

Thank you for your prompt response! I have looked around, but I've found conflicting reports on this issue. there was no consensus on it. Some say don't take chances, you need original sigs on g-325a and "intent to marry" form/letter, and that those who sent non-original ones just lucked out..Others say, yeah scanned copies are fine! So go figure Cheers!

[brahimi 2]

Don't mean to hijack this post, but the expiration on the G-325A forms says June 30th, 2017, which is just a few months away. Will they have a new one soon, you think? Is it safe if you submit/send it to Dallas a month or so b4 it expires? And even if it's approved here in the States, they'll need to send the whole pkg to the US consulate abroad, and by then it'll most likely be expired..I think some COs may not like that... Your thought? Thanks

Edited February 6, 2017 by brahimi

[geowrian 22,335]

1 hour ago, brahimi said:

Thank you for your prompt response! I have looked around, but I've found conflicting reports on this issue. there was no consensus on it. Some say don't take chances, you need original sigs on g-325a and "intent to marry" form/letter, and that those who sent non-original ones just lucked out..Others say, yeah scanned copies are fine! So go figure Cheers!

<hijacking>

That's because there is conflicting information on whether or not a wet signature is required. This question pops up pretty often here. That said, I have yet to see anybody even get an RFE for using a scanned signature for the G-325A or letter of intent to marry, and know many people who have used scanned versions without issues.

 

1 hour ago, brahimi said:

Don't mean to hijack this post, but the expiration on the G-325A forms says June 30th, 2017, which is just a few months away. Will they have a new one soon, you think? Is it safe if you submit/send it to Dallas a month or so b4 it expires? And even if it's approved here in the States, they'll need to send the whole pkg to the US consulate abroad, and by then it'll most likely be expired..I think some COs may not like that... Your thought? Thanks

If the form is about to expire, then yes, they will release a new one. The old ones are usually still valid for a decent period of time as well. For the G-325A, it explicitly says "You can also use previous editions." (this form has not changed much in actual content): https://www.uscis.gov/g-325a

[brahimi 2]

Thank you!

[TBoneTX 43,019]

Regarding expiration dates, see:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/601263-form-expiration-dates-do-not-matter-pay-attention-to-the-edition-dates/

 

And please avoid hijacking people's threads.