Getting ready to ship out the i-130 pack

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Hello all,

I'm getting ready to mail out our I-130 pack to the Chicago lock box. Please let me know if I'm missing anything.

To give you some background, I am a US citizen living in Japan. I married my husband, a Japanese citizen, nearly two years ago. He flew in for our wedding in America and I flew back to Japan with him in 2010 to live.

Please tell me if this is complete.

a. Cover letter

b. Form I-130

c. US citizen G-325 form

d. Immigrant G-325 form

e. Copy of US citizen passport (ID page only)

f. Copy of immigrant passport (ID page only) with second paper attached for English translation

g. Copy of US citizen birth certificate

h. Copy US citizen residence card in Japan

i. Check for $420 made out to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

j. US citizen photo

k. Immigrant photo

l. Copy of marriage certificate

m. Proof of relationship, all included in one big binder and with a table of contents:

- A written history of how we met and how our relationship developed (1.5 pages)

- A huge amount of emails showing contact between us from 2007-now (probably 200 emails in there)

- 10 pictures, including from our wedding and both of us with our families

- Copies of flight confirmation emails

- Copy of recent bank statements with both of our names on them

- Copy of money transfers from my husband's Japanese account to our account in America

- Cards congratulating us on our engagement

Questions:

1. Do I need to include the I-864 Affidavit of Support form at this time?

2. Our emails generally don't include our real names; we do a lot of nickname calling. Does this matter?

Thank you very much!!

[canadian_wife 1,831]

1. No, the I864 is submitted at NVC

2. Probably not, I assume the e-mail addresses are consistent right?

Good luck

[angelo gutierrez 6]

Hello all,

I'm getting ready to mail out our I-130 pack to the Chicago lock box. Please let me know if I'm missing anything.

To give you some background, I am a US citizen living in Japan. I married my husband, a Japanese citizen, nearly two years ago. He flew in for our wedding in America and I flew back to Japan with him in 2010 to live.

Please tell me if this is complete.

a. Cover letter

b. Form I-130

c. US citizen G-325 form

d. Immigrant G-325 form

e. Copy of US citizen passport (ID page only)

f. Copy of immigrant passport (ID page only) with second paper attached for English translation

g. Copy of US citizen birth certificate

h. Copy US citizen residence card in Japan

i. Check for $420 made out to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

j. US citizen photo

k. Immigrant photo

l. Copy of marriage certificate

m. Proof of relationship, all included in one big binder and with a table of contents:

- A written history of how we met and how our relationship developed (1.5 pages)

- A huge amount of emails showing contact between us from 2007-now (probably 200 emails in there)

- 10 pictures, including from our wedding and both of us with our families

- Copies of flight confirmation emails

- Copy of recent bank statements with both of our names on them

- Copy of money transfers from my husband's Japanese account to our account in America

- Cards congratulating us on our engagement

Questions:

1. Do I need to include the I-864 Affidavit of Support form at this time?

2. Our emails generally don't include our real names; we do a lot of nickname calling. Does this matter?

Thank you very much!!

You dont need the I-864 at this time, you will send the I-864 to NVC after USCIS approves the petition.

[Knockse 1]

Hello all,

I'm getting ready to mail out our I-130 pack to the Chicago lock box. Please let me know if I'm missing anything.

To give you some background, I am a US citizen living in Japan. I married my husband, a Japanese citizen, nearly two years ago. He flew in for our wedding in America and I flew back to Japan with him in 2010 to live.

Please tell me if this is complete.

a. Cover letter

b. Form I-130

c. US citizen G-325 form

d. Immigrant G-325 form

e. Copy of US citizen passport (ID page only)

f. Copy of immigrant passport (ID page only) with second paper attached for English translation

g. Copy of US citizen birth certificate

h. Copy US citizen residence card in Japan

i. Check for $420 made out to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

j. US citizen photo

k. Immigrant photo

l. Copy of marriage certificate

m. Proof of relationship, all included in one big binder and with a table of contents:

- A written history of how we met and how our relationship developed (1.5 pages)

- A huge amount of emails showing contact between us from 2007-now (probably 200 emails in there)

- 10 pictures, including from our wedding and both of us with our families

- Copies of flight confirmation emails

- Copy of recent bank statements with both of our names on them

- Copy of money transfers from my husband's Japanese account to our account in America

- Cards congratulating us on our engagement

Questions:

1. Do I need to include the I-864 Affidavit of Support form at this time?

2. Our emails generally don't include our real names; we do a lot of nickname calling. Does this matter?

Thank you very much!!

Looking good, don't forget to mention your names on the backside of the photo's.

Nicknames could come from anyone, I don't really see the value of that.

The marriage certificate's translation and certification by the translator he's knowledgeable to translate the doc? (counts for all translations btw)

You don't need the I-864 right now.

[Ryan H 3,899]

Answers in bold:

Please tell me if this is complete.

a. Cover letter good

b. Form I-130 good

c. US citizen G-325 form good

d. Immigrant G-325 form good

e. Copy of US citizen passport (ID page only) not needed if sending birth certificate

f. Copy of immigrant passport (ID page only) with second paper attached for English translation not needed at this time

g. Copy of US citizen birth certificate good

h. Copy US citizen residence card in Japan good for proof of relationship purposes

i. Check for $420 made out to U.S. Department of Homeland Security good

j. US citizen photo good

k. Immigrant photo good

l. Copy of marriage certificate good

m. Proof of relationship, all included in one big binder and with a table of contents: all good

- A written history of how we met and how our relationship developed (1.5 pages)

- A huge amount of emails showing contact between us from 2007-now (probably 200 emails in there)

- 10 pictures, including from our wedding and both of us with our families

- Copies of flight confirmation emails

- Copy of recent bank statements with both of our names on them

- Copy of money transfers from my husband's Japanese account to our account in America

- Cards congratulating us on our engagement

Questions:

1. Do I need to include the I-864 Affidavit of Support form at this time?

No, you will be dealing with that when your file reaches the NVC.

2. Our emails generally don't include our real names; we do a lot of nickname calling. Does this matter?

Not in of itself; however, you might want to make mention in your relationship history letter regarding the use of nicknames in some communication (this is what I did).

Edited February 25, 2012 by Ryan H

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Thank you all so very much!!!