nuts and bolts of I-129 package assembly

[Windblown 0]

I'm planning to mail my I-129 package in the next few days, believing that it's about 99% complete. The "checklist" at http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide has been invaluable, but there are some details that I'm not sure are important that are nonetheless nagging at me.

1) Somewhere I recall seeing guidance to assemble documents by two-hole punching the top and "pronging" the stack into a manila folder made for this - maybe the idea being that this is how USCIS assembles them, so this would be of assistance and at least give the impression of familiarity/efficiency and organization. Also seems to me like it might be annoying and apple-polishing, though. Is this "over the top" or just a plain bad idea? (I also on occasion fought off the urge to "tab" the package so that the organization is clear...I suppose rejection could be based on my being too #######-retentive, right?)

2) The "order" of documents in the package: this is inconsistent between that suggested by the sample cover-letter's list of enclosures, and the order shown in the "checklist" page. Is one or the other considered 'correct'?

3) There's an answer to an FAQ that I think might need updating (at http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1k2visa-I129f.html#3.4.1):

3.4)...I filled out the forms, now where do I send them? Should I make extra copies of anything?

A..The American citizen should send the I-129F, G-325A (four copies of biographic page), and all supporting documentation to the USCIS (INS) service center having jurisdiction over their place of residence (ie: California or Vermont Service Centers). This is not the state or local USCIS (INS) office.

a) it's Texas now, not California...right?

b) Isn't it now the case that just one G-325A is to be submitted, not two or four? A note to that effect in the checklist would help.

Mahalo,

Dave

[Inky 1,111]

1) regardless if you go to all the lengths to punch holes and tab and organize. They will take it apart. Throw out your things you paid for to make it fancy and then use their own folders and clips. As well as put it in their own order. Don't spend extra money, get a big mailer, use paper clips! and bull clips( the big black ones for large paper stacks) do a cover page and stuff it in the envelope.

2) no order is " correct " the cover letter should be in the order you wish your papers to be viewed, as ( 1 ) they will take it apart anyways and do it their own order.

3) a) Yes you mail it to texas, the address is in the I-129F instructions. TX is a sorting center that removes the payment repackages your file and sends it onward.

b) Yes just two, one for petitioner and one for beneficiary.