Need some help before I can finally send out my I-130

[wbogard 2]

Hi,

Just a few more questions before I can mail the form out.

1. My husband and I have a joint bank account. Is the bank statement with our names on enough? Ot I need to ask for an official letter from the bank that shows when we opened the account? My concern is that because my husband is a PhD student with stipend. We only get the money in 18th every month. So usually we don't have much money left in the beginning of a month. If I send the bank statement to USCIS, will they have a impression that my husband can barely support me. I know we have to fill in I-864 later if my petition get approved. He makes at least 125% above the U.S federal poverty though.

2. When filling in I-130, we put my husband's U.S. address in Part BI (info of petitioner) as embassy suggested us doing so. But we both currently live in Singapore. Is it possible that I can ask USCIS to use our singapore address as the mailing address? Maybe state that in the cover letter?

3. I know I should leave no blanks in the forms. For example, when answering I-130 Part B Q13., Should I still write N/A in those two blanks even if I checked "Birth in the U.S."?

4. If I ask people to write affidavits for us, do those people have to witness how we got together, got married, social circumstances (the Whole time)? Because we met online in 2005, only talked to each other for 2 months as normal friends. He stopped writing as he was busy with school, since then we stopped contacting each other(he was in the U.S. and I was in HK). We started chatting again in 2009 after he moved to Singapore. We found that we shared common interests. And I flew to Singapore to see him for the first time. After 4 months flying back and forth, we got married in HK. And we are married for over 2 years now. The thing is I don't know who I should ask for to write the affidavits for us. For example, his parents didn't attend our wedding. But we flew back to to see his parents in the U.S. 4 months after our wedding. His parents flew to Singapore to see us and went to Bali for vacation together in 2010. Do you think I can still ask his parents to write the affidavit for us even if we don't live in the same country, they can't witness our social circumstances? We also want to ask for my husband's boss's help. Because we have attended quite a lot of company dinner and events as a couple. Do you think that will help?

Do the affidavits have to be notarized?

Please kindly advice. Thank you very much for your help.

-Wai

[wbogard 2]

To not leave any blanks in the form, does it mean when I only need 2 out of 5 rows in a table, I just put N/A in the reminding 3 rows?

What about when I have attachment as the table not big enough for me to fill in all the info. Put "See attachment" in one blank in the original form, then fill the rest with N/A?

Please help. Thanks!

[ndu26 114]

Hi,

Just a few more questions before I can mail the form out.

1. My husband and I have a joint bank account. Is the bank statement with our names on enough? Ot I need to ask for an official letter from the bank that shows when we opened the account? My concern is that because my husband is a PhD student with stipend. We only get the money in 18th every month. So usually we don't have much money left in the beginning of a month. If I send the bank statement to USCIS, will they have a impression that my husband can barely support me. I know we have to fill in I-864 later if my petition get approved. He makes at least 125% above the U.S federal poverty though.

2. When filling in I-130, we put my husband's U.S. address in Part BI (info of petitioner) as embassy suggested us doing so. But we both currently live in Singapore. Is it possible that I can ask USCIS to use our singapore address as the mailing address? Maybe state that in the cover letter?

3. I know I should leave no blanks in the forms. For example, when answering I-130 Part B Q13., Should I still write N/A in those two blanks even if I checked "Birth in the U.S."?

4. If I ask people to write affidavits for us, do those people have to witness how we got together, got married, social circumstances (the Whole time)? Because we met online in 2005, only talked to each other for 2 months as normal friends. He stopped writing as he was busy with school, since then we stopped contacting each other(he was in the U.S. and I was in HK). We started chatting again in 2009 after he moved to Singapore. We found that we shared common interests. And I flew to Singapore to see him for the first time. After 4 months flying back and forth, we got married in HK. And we are married for over 2 years now. The thing is I don't know who I should ask for to write the affidavits for us. For example, his parents didn't attend our wedding. But we flew back to to see his parents in the U.S. 4 months after our wedding. His parents flew to Singapore to see us and went to Bali for vacation together in 2010. Do you think I can still ask his parents to write the affidavit for us even if we don't live in the same country, they can't witness our social circumstances? We also want to ask for my husband's boss's help. Because we have attended quite a lot of company dinner and events as a couple. Do you think that will help?

Do the affidavits have to be notarized?

Please kindly advice. Thank you very much for your help.

-Wai

Hi,

I guess he is the petitioner (since you stated you checked #13 as birth place for you)...hopefully the bank account is a US account,

personally I think leaving his address as is is best because I think eventually they will need something to prove he has maintained domicile in the US and explain why he is currently outside the country or so . Also you must have filled singapore as your own address so that will take care of the NVC portion of your immigration process( which is where they will send most of your documents unless you appoint someone else as your agent).

With UCIS, you usually are aware of your case status by checking online before they mail you the hard copy receipt and approval notice( if you are filing with the chicago lock box then download and fill out form G-1145 and clip it in frot of your application to register ur email and cell phone, as this will enable them send notice of receip of ur application and the case #).

Since his income is 125% above poverty guideline, then you need not worry but it wont hurt if you can get someone to co sponsor just in case. the person does not need to know or attest to ur social circumstance. they will just need to fill out the form and provide coppy of their own proof of US citizenship and financial statements. You DO NOT need to notarize the affidavit of support...if his parents are willing and have the means to proivde the AOS, then by all means utilize that...all the best

[ndu26 114]

To not leave any blanks in the form, does it mean when I only need 2 out of 5 rows in a table, I just put N/A in the reminding 3 rows?

What about when I have attachment as the table not big enough for me to fill in all the info. Put "See attachment" in one blank in the original form, then fill the rest with N/A?

Please help. Thanks!

it does not hurt to put N/A in any field that does not apply to you. Most of the fields just require you to check or fil in something except for the area to list all children that may need attachment if you more than 6 kids or so.... read filing instructions for form I-130 by USCIS in www.uscis.gov

[Ryan H 3,902]

4. If I ask people to write affidavits for us, do those people have to witness how we got together, got married, social circumstances (the Whole time)? Because we met online in 2005, only talked to each other for 2 months as normal friends. He stopped writing as he was busy with school, since then we stopped contacting each other(he was in the U.S. and I was in HK). We started chatting again in 2009 after he moved to Singapore. We found that we shared common interests. And I flew to Singapore to see him for the first time. After 4 months flying back and forth, we got married in HK. And we are married for over 2 years now. The thing is I don't know who I should ask for to write the affidavits for us. For example, his parents didn't attend our wedding. But we flew back to to see his parents in the U.S. 4 months after our wedding. His parents flew to Singapore to see us and went to Bali for vacation together in 2010. Do you think I can still ask his parents to write the affidavit for us even if we don't live in the same country, they can't witness our social circumstances? We also want to ask for my husband's boss's help. Because we have attended quite a lot of company dinner and events as a couple. Do you think that will help?

Do the affidavits have to be notarized?

It would not be inappropriate to ask his parents to write statements. You have met them in-person in the US and in Bali. They know you two are married. Boss can write statement too (if willing).

Notarization is not required.

[ndu26 114]

it does not hurt to put N/A in any field that does not apply to you. Most of the fields just require you to check or fil in something except for the area to list all children that may need attachment if you more than 6 kids or so.... read filing instructions for form I-130 by USCIS in www.uscis.gov

also since both of you are overseas, look in DCF( direct consular filing) with the emabssy in singapore and see how it applies to your case.

[wbogard 2]

it does not hurt to put N/A in any field that does not apply to you. Most of the fields just require you to check or fil in something except for the area to list all children that may need attachment if you more than 6 kids or so.... read filing instructions for form I-130 by USCIS in www.uscis.gov

I just am not sure when filling in a table (e.g. G-325A, employment last five years), if I only need 2 rows to put my answers. should I fill the reminding blanks with N/A? I mean I have never filled a form in this way before with so many N/A.

[wbogard 2]

Hi,

I guess he is the petitioner (since you stated you checked #13 as birth place for you)...hopefully the bank account is a US account,

personally I think leaving his address as is is best because I think eventually they will need something to prove he has maintained domicile in the US and explain why he is currently outside the country or so . Also you must have filled singapore as your own address so that will take care of the NVC portion of your immigration process( which is where they will send most of your documents unless you appoint someone else as your agent).

With UCIS, you usually are aware of your case status by checking online before they mail you the hard copy receipt and approval notice( if you are filing with the chicago lock box then download and fill out form G-1145 and clip it in frot of your application to register ur email and cell phone, as this will enable them send notice of receip of ur application and the case #).

Since his income is 125% above poverty guideline, then you need not worry but it wont hurt if you can get someone to co sponsor just in case. the person does not need to know or attest to ur social circumstance. they will just need to fill out the form and provide coppy of their own proof of US citizenship and financial statements. You DO NOT need to notarize the affidavit of support...if his parents are willing and have the means to proivde the AOS, then by all means utilize that...all the best

After my I-130 is approved, will there be paperworks sent to the petitioner? If so, is it ok to tell them to send the paperworks to our singapore address on the cover letter? when they send paperworks to me (the beneficiary), it will be sent to my address which is in Singapore. I only worry about paperworks sent to the petitioner, as my husband wrote his u.s. address in I-130 info of the petitioner.

[Ryan H 3,902]

also since both of you are overseas, look in DCF( direct consular filing) with the emabssy in singapore and see how it applies to your case.

No USCIS field office in Singapore, DCF is not an option.

[wbogard 2]

Hi,

I'm sending out mu I-130 on monday. I have a few questions.

1. Do the copy of petitioner's passport and copy of marriage certificate need to be sign and date? I know all the attachment sheets need to be signed and dated. What about evidences of bona fide marriage (e.g. bank statement, phone bills)?

2. When we filling in G-325A, some questions don't have enough space for us to write all the info. So we made attachment sheets for those. We noted "Please see attachment" in the original G-325A form (please refer to pic I posted), just wonder if we need to fill the rest of blanks with N/A? I don't know if it will make the table confusing.

Thanks for your help!

-Wai

[Ryan H 3,902]

1. Do the copy of petitioner's passport and copy of marriage certificate need to be sign and date? I know all the attachment sheets need to be signed and dated. What about evidences of bona fide marriage (e.g. bank statement, phone bills)?

No

2. When we filling in G-325A, some questions don't have enough space for us to write all the info. So we made attachment sheets for those. We noted "Please see attachment" in the original G-325A form (please refer to pic I posted), just wonder if we need to fill the rest of blanks with N/A? I don't know if it will make the table confusing.

What you wrote, "Please see attacment" is appropriate, do not write N/A (or anything else) in the rest of the blanks. Furthermore, on the attached sheet, write the section and question that the answer is referring to before your answer.

[wbogard 2]

No

What you wrote, "Please see attacment" is appropriate, do not write N/A (or anything else) in the rest of the blanks. Furthermore, on the attached sheet, write the section and question that the answer is referring to before your answer.

In G-325A, there are not enough rooms for writing in "residence last five years" and "employment last five years", is it ok that I put answer these two questions on the same sheet with indicated questions?

[Ryan H 3,902]

In G-325A, there are not enough rooms for writing in "residence last five years" and "employment last five years", is it ok that I put answer these two questions on the same sheet with indicated questions?

Yes