Cover Letter Review for I-130

[lizka 3]

Hey everyone, just puttin the finishing touches on the I-130 and wanted to get some opinions. A friend of mine who went through a fairly trying time, told me to get all affidavids from frineds for a bona fide marriage notorized. But in Spain, this may be a problem, in case all the writing is in Spanish, would I have to get a translation for the notary in Spain? If so, can my husband just do it, since he's fluent. We just got married, and don't have any financial minglings, I live with my parents and so does he, so no property or utilities either.

Here's my cover letter, please let me know if it sounds okay, thanks so much:

LMF

Address

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

WHAT P.O. Box Should I use for Ohio???

Chicago, IL 60680-1029

August 1, 2011

Nature of the Submission: I-130 Original Submission

To Whom it May Concern:

Enclosed please find my Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative on behalf of my husband JF. Included are the following documents:

• Personal check in the amount of $420

• I-130 Petition for Alien Relative and Attachment Page

• G-325A (Petitioner) and Attachment Page

• G-325A (Beneficiary) and Attachment Page

• Copy of Certificate of Citizenship for Petitioner

• Copy of 2 (two) legal name changes for Petitioner

• Passport Style Photo (Petitioner)

• Passport Style Photo (Beneficiary)

• Copy of ALL pages of passport (Petitioner)

• Copy of biographical pages and stamped entry pages of Spanish Passport (Beneficiary)

• Copy of Petitioner and Beneficiary’s Marriage Certificate

• Evidence of bona-fide marriage, including:

o Letter detailing our relationship history, marriage and future plans

o Relationship Timeline from December 2006 to Present

o Mobile phone statement from T-Mobile for one month indicating frequency of communication

o Relationship Affidavits from the following individuals:

 (Mother of Beneficiary)

 (Sister of Beneficiary)

 (Mutual friend of Applicant and Beneficiary)

 (Childhood friend of Applicant)

 (Close friend of Applicant and Beneficiary)

 (Stepfather of Applicant)

o Copies of airline tickets documenting visits to Beneficiary’s home country (Spain) and Beneficiary’s visits to the United States between December 2008 to present and documenting joint vacations of applicant and beneficiary to Cleveland, Atlanta, Barcelona, Paris and Munich.

o Photographs as evidence of the bona-fide marriage including meetings, vacations, wedding and honeymoon.

o Excerpts from online relationship from December 2006 to present

Thank you very much for your prompt attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

LF

SSN:XXX XX XXXX

Petitioner

[KLS2010 30]

Wow!!!

I wouldn't be too worried about having the affidavits notarized if I were you...we included 3 (not notarized) with our petition and a whole lot less evidence than what you have listed and we were approved in 130 days with no RFE.

Good luck!