Finalizing package; plastic sleeves?

[Bethany92 0]

Hey everyone,

 

I'm about to send out my package, but on doing some final nit-picky research, I saw many people saying USCIS throws away things like binders and plastic sleeves. That doesn't really affect me except for my "evidence" sections. The way I set them up is with real photos and photocopies of reciepts and passes, etc. In order to keep everything organized, some things are taped into the sleeves. I've seen other people somehow manage to make collages with notes all printed on a single sheet, which would be easy to remove from the plastic sleeves. Mine will not be that simple to remove and could actually mess up some of the information that all goes together. However, if they simply photo-copy the sheets themselves and then chuck the entire thing, it probably wouldn't be a problem. What does everyone think/suggest? (It sucks cause I spent so long organizing these...)

 

 

 

Edited March 20, 2017 by Ryan H
Reason for edit: to remove picture containing personal information.

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

17 minutes ago, Bethany92 said:

Hey everyone,

 

I'm about to send out my package, but on doing some final nit-picky research, I saw many people saying USCIS throws away things like binders and plastic sleeves. That doesn't really affect me except for my "evidence" sections. The way I set them up is with real photos and photocopies of reciepts and passes, etc. In order to keep everything organized, some things are taped into the sleeves. I've seen other people somehow manage to make collages with notes all printed on a single sheet, which would be easy to remove from the plastic sleeves. Mine will not be that simple to remove and could actually mess up some of the information that all goes together. However, if they simply photo-copy the sheets themselves and then chuck the entire thing, it probably wouldn't be a problem. What does everyone think/suggest? (It sucks cause I spent so long organizing these...)

 

 

 

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

"Do not use binders or folders that cannot be easily disassembled."

 

They will take it out in order to scan and file it.

Edited March 20, 2017 by Suss&Camm

[Bethany92 0]

 

15 minutes ago, Suss&Camm said:

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

"Do not use binders or folders that cannot be easily disassembled."

 

They will take it out in order to scan and file it.

Ok, so do you think I can get away with taping everything onto a plain sheet of paper in the same way I have them organized in the sleeve, or should I redo everything? :/

[KULtoATL 1,551]

24 minutes ago, Bethany92 said:

 

Ok, so do you think I can get away with taping everything onto a plain sheet of paper in the same way I have them organized in the sleeve, or should I redo everything? :/

I personally had different thing/evidence on different sheet of paper so they don't get mixed up and don't look cluttered. But that is just me.

 

Having seen your photo before it was removed, I'm curious, did you include the original boarding passes? If you did, you should remove that and only send the photocopies. You want to keep the originals for yourself, same goes with other evidence. Only submit originals when they are specifically asked in the USCIS instructions

[Bethany92 0]

2 minutes ago, KULtoATL said:

I personally had different thing/evidence on different sheet of paper so they don't get mixed up and don't look cluttered. But that is just me.

 

Having seen your photo before it was removed, I'm curious, did you include the original boarding passes? If you did, you should remove that and only send the photocopies. You want to keep the originals for yourself, same goes with other evidence. Only submit originals when they are specifically asked in the USCIS instructions

They are all photocopies but they are cut up so they would fit together. So should I have 1 photocopied piece of evidence per page and then just have relevant photos clipped to them? Should I just keep all the photos in their own separate pile in a bag? I have no idea what is going to be the best looking + easiest for them to manage.

[KULtoATL 1,551]

25 minutes ago, Bethany92 said:

They are all photocopies but they are cut up so they would fit together. So should I have 1 photocopied piece of evidence per page and then just have relevant photos clipped to them? Should I just keep all the photos in their own separate pile in a bag? I have no idea what is going to be the best looking + easiest for them to manage.

You can separate the photos and put them in a baggie or you can stick the photos on sheets of paper. Don't forget to put the date and location of each photo

[kcrb 24]

I had everything in sleeves as well. When my lawyer was preparing the I-130 packet, they just took copies of what was in each sleeve, and sent it out as a stack of paper attached to the application. Everything went well, and it was very organized.

 

I'd recommend keeping the original photos, color copies will be fine for USCIS. I compiled a binder of everything to take for the interview, including everything that was sent to USCIS. It's beneficial for you if they ask you questions and you are able to personally reference what they are talking about. This was also per the advice of my lawyer and close friend who has been through hell and back with immigration. 

Edited March 21, 2017 by kcrb

[Suss&Camm 2,213]

1 hour ago, Bethany92 said:

 

Ok, so do you think I can get away with taping everything onto a plain sheet of paper in the same way I have them organized in the sleeve, or should I redo everything? :/

I would just take a photo of each page, paste it as one picture in a word doc and print in color as a one page collage ... that way each page will still look exactly as you put it together but without risk of being separated.

I did smth similar... but had color copy photos with a lil description next to them.