Submitting i130 soon- beneficiary identity question

[sstrickland 4]

Hi guys and gals. I just received the package from my Peruvian wife containing the documents necessary for me to submit the i130 petition for alien relative. I read here:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

that it is no longer necessary to submit the beneficiaries birth certificate or passport. Could someone please verify this for me? She sent me a copy of her DNI (national identity card) and a copy of the first page of her passport (Photo, biographic info etc). Somehow I have a feeling that I should need more than this.

I do have all other documentation necessary and am confident in them.

My other question is, and maybe this was answered here before but Im having a little trouble finding the info (If its all over the internet I apologize in advance) about our marriage certificate. I was thinking it would be something nice and fancy and official looking, but its not. Its just a plain piece of paper with all the necessary info, a stamp and a signature. The above link says I need to have this "certified". What does this mean? Does it mean I need to have it notarized and then legalized by the secretary of state of my state of residence, as I did with a few documents that were necessary to get married?

Thanks so much! :-)

[OBX 51]

Hi guys and gals. I just received the package from my Peruvian wife containing the documents necessary for me to submit the i130 petition for alien relative. I read here:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

that it is no longer necessary to submit the beneficiaries birth certificate or passport. Could someone please verify this for me? She sent me a copy of her DNI (national identity card) and a copy of the first page of her passport (Photo, biographic info etc). Somehow I have a feeling that I should need more than this.

I do have all other documentation necessary and am confident in them.

My other question is, and maybe this was answered here before but Im having a little trouble finding the info (If its all over the internet I apologize in advance) about our marriage certificate. I was thinking it would be something nice and fancy and official looking, but its not. Its just a plain piece of paper with all the necessary info, a stamp and a signature. The above link says I need to have this "certified". What does this mean? Does it mean I need to have it notarized and then legalized by the secretary of state of my state of residence, as I did with a few documents that were necessary to get married?

Thanks so much! :-)

Beneficiary does not need to send birth certificate or passport with the I-130 petition but will need them for NVC.

Marriage certificate needs to be : " in the form of original documents issued by a competent authority, or certified copies bearing the appropriate seal or stamp of the issuing authority."

Ours wasn't anything fancy either

Good luck!

[sstrickland 4]

thank you! we had a friend bring the documents when returning from peru a week ago and mail them to me in order to save on international mailing costs with dhl. looks like we will necessarily have to use dhl again afterall.. but at least the the immediate documentation necessary is here. thanks again, obx!

[Darnell 8,478]

i'm betting the mc is already 'certified' - a certified copy - recheck the stamp, again?

[msd 3]

I can confirm that also. We didn't send birth cert or copy of passport with the initial petition. No RFE.