Jump to content
FrankBooth

Is it necessary to notarize documents on I-130 for Parents?

By FrankBooth in Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America

 Share

3 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

FrankBooth Contributor

FrankBooth   0

Posted
Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Dominican Republic
 Timeline
Posted

My wife is a USC she is petitioning for her parents. I don;t think it's necessary to notarize any documents that we are sending in, ie, translations, copies of passport, etc. Of course the original birth and marriage certs are already notarized by the source agency so need to further notarize those.

Just wanted to make sure because the I-130 instructions don't say anything about notarizing doc's.

Thanks

Timeline:

09 Mar 2004 -- Mailed I129F Petition

10 Mar 2004 -- Petition Rec'd in Vermont SC

15 Mar 2004 -- Check Clears

17 Mar 2004 -- Rec'd first NOA

21 Apr 2004 -- Approved ONLINE!

26 Apr 2004 -- Rec'd NOA #2 by mail

27 Apr 2004 -- NVC receives Petition

30 Apr 2004 -- NVC Mails Petition to Embassy!

05 May 2004-- Embassy receives Petition

18 May 2004-- Packet 3 received

21 May 2004-- Medical Appointment and Vax

26 May 2004-- Applied for visa (got PIN to call Embassy)

28 May 2004-- Received Medical Results, called for interview date--They said interview date would be sent by mail within a Month.

01 Jun 2004 -- Wrote and sent letter to Embassy requesting interview within certain date range. Hope it works! --Did not work :(

22 Jul 2004-- Fiancee receives interview letter. Date is set to 08 September 2004. That's 6 months almost to the day of sending 129f!

08 Sep 2004-- K1 Embassy Interview is successful!!!

12 Sep 2004-- POE at JFK, no problems, temp work permit issued!

13 Sep 2004-- Applied for SS card.

23 Sep 2004-- Receive SS card

06 Nov 2004-- Married!

AOS/EAD

10 Feb 2005--Overnighted AOS/EAD package to Chicago center

06 Mar 2005--Rec's AOs/EAD NOA (must make Bio appt.)

08 Mar 2005--Biometrics Appt set for Apr 17

17 Apr 2005--Was fingerprinted and pictures were taken, took less than an hour. EAD will arrive within 90 days.

19 Apr 2005--Online Approval of EAD, says it will arrive as soon as card is ready--whatever that means...

25 Apr 2005--Online notice that AOS process is now continuing due to Biometrics being complete

To be cont'd.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
YuAndDan Grand Master

YuAndDan   153

Posted
Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: China
 Timeline
Posted

No, send ordinary photo copies. If USCIS questions anything they will request to see origional.

MORE http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ff053d146a7ee010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=fe529c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

Later at NVC stage origional docs will be sent to NVC for document processing and will be returned at interview, unless this China and you use electronic process.

OUR TIME LINE Please do a timeline it helps us all, thanks.

Is now a US Citizen immigration completed Jan 12, 2012.

1428954228.1592.1755425389.png

CHIN0001_zps9c01d045.gifCHIN0100_zps02549215.gifTAIW0001_zps9a9075f1.gifVIET0001_zps0a49d4a7.gif

Look here: A Candle for Love and China Family Visa Forums for Chinese/American relationship,

Visa issues, and lots of info about the Guangzhou and Hong Kong consulate.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
George & Gina Collaborator

George & Gina   29

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
 Timeline
Posted

You are correct, there is no need to notarize documents sent to USCIS unless they specifically ask for notarized/certified documents. Also, do not send USCIS the original or certified copies of your birth/marriage certificates; they're not required and you will not receive them back if you do. Read pages 2 and 3 of the I-130 instructions to verify this: http://www.uscis.gov.../i-130instr.pdf

George

11/15/10: I-130 package FEDEX'd to Chicago Lockbox

11/15/10: NSO Marriage and Birth Certificates available for pick-up at NSO

11/17/10: Receipt Date of I-130 petition at Chicago Lockbox

11/19/10: NSO Marriage Cert and Birth Cert (4x each) received by Gina in Philippines

11/19/10: CRBA package couriered to US Embassy in Manila

11/22/10: CRBA package/application including NSO BC & MC received by embassy

11/22/10: NOA1 Date

11/24/10: Electronic notification of receipt received from Chicago Lockbox

11/24/10: Embassy scheduled CRBA appointment for 12/21/2010

11/26/20: Check cashed

11/27/10: NOA1 Hardcopy received via USPS

12/21/10: Interview/Personal appearance at Manila Embassy for CRBA **approved**

01/03/11: CRBA and US Passport for daughter received by Gina via FEDEX

Link to comment
Share on other sites
 
Didn't find the answer you were looking for? Ask our VJ Immigration Lawyers.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
- Back to Top -

Important Disclaimer: Please read carefully the Visajourney.com Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service you should not access or view any page (including this page) on VisaJourney.com. Answers and comments provided on Visajourney.com Forums are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Visajourney.com does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. VisaJourney.com does not condone immigration fraud in any way, shape or manner. VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you.
×
×
  • Create New...