About To Submit First Petition

[TheZilla 0]

Hello to everyone! I hope I'm not about to ask questions that have been posed a million times already. If I do, and you reply anyway, I thank you for your kindness and patience

#1 - I orded a certified copy of my birth certificate, but cannot figure out what number on it is the "Number of certificate" they are requesting in question #10 of the I-129F. There's a big 10-digit number across the top, there is a district number, and a register number. Which one do they want? [i looked everywhere online for a clue but can't find one]

#2 - On the certified copy I received, you can see that my social security number has been whited out by someone on their side, I have no idea why. On the certified copy itself you can see that it wasn't done by me, but I'm afraid if I give them a copy of what I have, they'll think I did it. Should I send the certified copy itself or am I worrying too much? [i wanted to keep the certified copy since it was $62 and the only state issued certificate copy I have]

#3 - I am unemployed at the moment but have an inheritance of over 300,000 and live off the interest at the moment. Will this be a problem in reference to the affidavit of support? When should I start thinking about filling in that form and getting it notarized?

I think that's all that I'm worried about at the moment. This whole process has me so nervous because I want to be with my British fiance' and get married as soon as possible. I know it might be a long time, and know pretty much everyone here knows how hard it is, and how nerve wracking it can be. I'm so glad this forum exists! Good luck to everyone!

[Alanlvsjudy 0]

Hello to everyone! I hope I'm not about to ask questions that have been posed a million times already. If I do, and you reply anyway, I thank you for your kindness and patience

#1 - I orded a certified copy of my birth certificate, but cannot figure out what number on it is the "Number of certificate" they are requesting in question #10 of the I-129F. There's a big 10-digit number across the top, there is a district number, and a register number. Which one do they want? [i looked everywhere online for a clue but can't find one]

#2 - On the certified copy I received, you can see that my social security number has been whited out by someone on their side, I have no idea why. On the certified copy itself you can see that it wasn't done by me, but I'm afraid if I give them a copy of what I have, they'll think I did it. Should I send the certified copy itself or am I worrying too much? [i wanted to keep the certified copy since it was $62 and the only state issued certificate copy I have]

#3 - I am unemployed at the moment but have an inheritance of over 300,000 and live off the interest at the moment. Will this be a problem in reference to the affidavit of support? When should I start thinking about filling in that form and getting it notarized?

I think that's all that I'm worried about at the moment. This whole process has me so nervous because I want to be with my British fiance' and get married as soon as possible. I know it might be a long time, and know pretty much everyone here knows how hard it is, and how nerve wracking it can be. I'm so glad this forum exists! Good luck to everyone!

i dont know which number to use but you can submit a copy of the birth certificate however your fiancee may need the original at the interveiw, I woud also suggest sending copy of ALL pages of your passport

And if you have $300,000 in the bank , you have far less to worry about than many of us in regards to your affidavit of support, depending on the size of your family, you should be Juuuuust fine ( I have to admit I laughed when I read that!)

Best of luck

[neptune970 0]

#1 - I orded a certified copy of my birth certificate, but cannot figure out what number on it is the "Number of certificate" they are requesting in question #10 of the I-129F. There's a big 10-digit number across the top, there is a district number, and a register number. Which one do they want? [i looked everywhere online for a clue but can't find one]

The certicate number they're asking for is if your citizenship was acquired through naturalization, leave blank if its through birth.

Edited August 27, 2006 by neptune970

[TheZilla 0]

Thank you guys so much for your replies, it's easing my mind more than I can say! I feel kinda silly asking about the affidavit of support with $300,000 in assets, but I didn't know if they looked at the assets themselves or just the income I live off of, which isn't much per month. Thanks again and thanks for the good luck, ditto to all of you

[Teachers 12]

Thank you guys so much for your replies, it's easing my mind more than I can say! I feel kinda silly asking about the affidavit of support with $300,000 in assets, but I didn't know if they looked at the assets themselves or just the income I live off of, which isn't much per month. Thanks again and thanks for the good luck, ditto to all of you

From "Fiance & Marirage Visas, 3rd ed.", Nolo Press, "Assets (such as savings, houses or cars) are only counted at one fifth of their current market value after subtraction of debt liabilities, mortgages and liens. Assets must also be readily convertible into cash (within one year)." That means your $300,000 of net worth is viewed as similar to $ 60,000 of annual income.

You should be fine.

Tom

[meauxna 15]

Thank you guys so much for your replies, it's easing my mind more than I can say! I feel kinda silly asking about the affidavit of support with $300,000 in assets, but I didn't know if they looked at the assets themselves or just the income I live off of, which isn't much per month. Thanks again and thanks for the good luck, ditto to all of you

From "Fiance & Marirage Visas, 3rd ed.", Nolo Press, "Assets (such as savings, houses or cars) are only counted at one fifth of their current market value after subtraction of debt liabilities, mortgages and liens. Assets must also be readily convertible into cash (within one year)." That means your $300,000 of net worth is viewed as similar to $ 60,000 of annual income.

You should be fine.

Tom

And that book is now out of date: please see then I-864 instructions post July06 for the current rate of conversion.

Zilla, I qualified on assets alone. Just document well. If any of the assets could be liquified within 12 months, that's a straight asset. I am 90% sure that you can count the interest income as income (our pension scheme works that way). Document it up the wazoo and you shouldn't have to worry about counting nickles--you'll be well over the PG.

I-864 no longer requires notarization, but start filling out the form sooner than later--it takes awhile for some folks to get it complete, but it's not all that hard to do.

[mybackpages 0]

Good luck getting the application in the mail. My just went off Friday. I felt so overwhelmed with all the originals, xeroxed copies, and instructions sitting all over the place, but once it was organized into the application to be sent, the copy to be kept and sent to the fiance and all originals , it was better.

Let us know when its on the way!

[TheZilla 0]

Good luck getting the application in the mail. My just went off Friday. I felt so overwhelmed with all the originals, xeroxed copies, and instructions sitting all over the place, but once it was organized into the application to be sent, the copy to be kept and sent to the fiance and all originals , it was better.

Let us know when its on the way!

Thanks for all the help. My I-129F packet is almost ready to go, just waiting on a couple things from my fiance' to be included, then it's off to the copy shop and then the post office! I'm just getting as much info off these forums as I can so I put it all together as correctly as possible. Everyone's replies have been invaluable

Good luck to you "Mybackpages"!!! I'll be starting my timeline as soon as I mail that baby off