Quick I-130 Questions

[magdasal 19]

Hi Folks,

First, thank God for this site! I don't how people got thru this process before there was something like this.

Ok, I'm a long time lurker who's working on the I-130 package for a CR-1 visa. I've read most of this forum over the past months, but I still have a few quick questions about putting a I-130 package together. I've decided to somewhat 'frontload' the I-130 to show a bona-fide relationship. So these are really more about organizing the package than the contents:

1) How did you handle receipts and boarding passes? Did you just stuff them in a separate envelope labeled receipts or did you scan and import them into a word doc? Not sure how to keep those organized in the package. I'm also unclear if they need originals at this point...though I assume they will during the consular interview.

2) Have tons (literally hundreds) of pics of our meeting, our wedding and our honeymoon. I know I just need 10 or so from each...does anybody know if it's OK to import these into a word doc...I tested and they look very clear. Anyone know if this method is acceptable?

That's all I really have right now. Best wishes to you all.

[Darnell 8,479]

1. i made scans, printed them out via word, each 'thing' was numbered, and cross-referenced in an evolution of relationship letter.

2. no idea if it's acceptable, others have done it without problems, though. I made a photo book, 20 pages (so really 40 pages), was 20 pages of wedding photos, i think, then 20 pages of other photos of us with her family.

[magdasal 19]

1. i made scans, printed them out via word, each 'thing' was numbered, and cross-referenced in an evolution of relationship letter.

2. no idea if it's acceptable, others have done it without problems, though. I made a photo book, 20 pages (so really 40 pages), was 20 pages of wedding photos, i think, then 20 pages of other photos of us with her family.

Thanks for the answers Darnell!

OK, I'll proceed with that plan. I've studied your example 'EOR' letter as well. It's a great resource.

[DouglasFiel 53]

Personally, I would not,,, and did not front load too much information. Give them what they need and a bit more... IMHO.

Make your package easy to approve,,, but, not cumbersome. If it is a large cumbersome package of stuff,,, It might sit

on a stack somewhere. With few paper processors wanting to tackle it.

My two centavos,

[magdasal 19]

Personally, I would not,,, and did not front load too much information. Give them what they need and a bit more... IMHO.

Make your package easy to approve,,, but, not cumbersome. If it is a large cumbersome package of stuff,,, It might sit

on a stack somewhere. With few paper processors wanting to tackle it.

My two centavos,

Thanks for the tip Douglas...BTW, I just looked at your timeline and you flew thru...congrats!

Yeah, I agree...maybe 'front loaded' was a bad choice of words. I've read several posts here that had really 'light' packages (6 wedding pics, a couple of affidavits and some phone logs) that made it thru. OTOH, I've seen some that sounded pretty substantial (receipts, chat logs, etc, along with the aforementioned) that caught RFEs. Really hard to tell how much is 'enough'. But I hope scanning in receipts and organizing things on word docs will keep the package slim, trim and organized yet provide 'enough' to avoid any RFEs.

[DouglasFiel 53]

I think basically the I130 is approved based upon a bonafide relationship. It is the Consulates job among other things,,, to insure

that the relationship is valid and ongoing for the duration of the visa process.

Regards,

Edited August 16, 2010 by DouglasFiel