Photocopying passport stamps

[lucy884 3]

With our petition, we're sending a photocopy (front and back) of my fiance's birth certificate as proof of his US citizenship. As part of the evidence of us having met, we're including photocopies of stamps in both of our passports - for these do we need to photocopy every page of our passports, or just the ones with stamps? Seems a bit ridiculous to send photocopies of blank passport pages...?

[C-ma'am 684]

With our petition, we're sending a photocopy (front and back) of my fiance's birth certificate as proof of his US citizenship. As part of the evidence of us having met, we're including photocopies of stamps in both of our passports - for these do we need to photocopy every page of our passports, or just the ones with stamps? Seems a bit ridiculous to send photocopies of blank passport pages...?

I know it seems ridiculous, but I would go for it; in fact, we did it that way. Passport pages are numbered, so having them all photocopied made sense.

If the USC is a USC by birth, you can JUST send the passport (even the blank pages). No need to send the birth certificate!

It's up to you!

[edilene1 0]

Copy every page, if you leave something out, they right away figure you are hiding something. Remember in this court you are guilty intill proven innocent !!!!

[lucy884 3]

Lol thanks guys. I didn't think about how they might think we're hiding something, good point! *sigh* The stress of putting this petition together is just unbelievable! And it sounds like this process doesn't get any easier after filing!

The things we have to do for our love :/

[BrockUK 26]

Argh!!! I only did the pages with the stamps on!! Luckily I didnt send mine yet! Good thing I looked on here first! LOL!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

With our petition, we're sending a photocopy (front and back) of my fiance's birth certificate as proof of his US citizenship. As part of the evidence of us having met, we're including photocopies of stamps in both of our passports - for these do we need to photocopy every page of our passports, or just the ones with stamps? Seems a bit ridiculous to send photocopies of blank passport pages...?

The only thing more ridiculous would be to risk a 3-8 week delay for an RFE in order to save 11 pieces of paper. Copy every page.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Lol thanks guys. I didn't think about how they might think we're hiding something, good point! *sigh* The stress of putting this petition together is just unbelievable! And it sounds like this process doesn't get any easier after filing!

The things we have to do for our love :/

Argh!!! I only did the pages with the stamps on!! Luckily I didnt send mine yet! Good thing I looked on here first! LOL!

Just an experience from a K1 who is now done with applications and never had an RFE--

We did not include all pages of our passports for proving trips. (Yes, if you don't have a birth certificate the instructions clearly say the whole passport will substitute to prove citizenship. But Lucy has a birth certificate for proving US citizenship in their application.)

For the proof of meeting section, I submitted only pages that showed trips to the UK and his pages that showed Houston. And one from each showing entering Czech Republic same time.

I wrote below each photocopied page:

This is a true copy of my passport

[signature] [Date]

Uk fiance just signed and dated his stamp pages.

I don't get the "hiding something" thoughts. You are proving meeting within a specific timeframe. It doesn't matter if you went to Pittsburgh, Paris, or Portugal five years ago on holiday. That and blank pages do not prove meeting. I vote you don't need the blank pages when you are only showing meeting in person.

[rocks 494]

For the proof of meeting section, I submitted only pages that showed trips to the UK and his pages that showed Houston. And one from each showing entering Czech Republic same time.

I wrote below each photocopied page:

This is a true copy of my passport

[signature] [Date]

Uk fiance just signed and dated his stamp pages.

I don't get the "hiding something" thoughts. You are proving meeting within a specific timeframe. It doesn't matter if you went to Pittsburgh, Paris, or Portugal five years ago on holiday. That and blank pages do not prove meeting. I vote you don't need the blank pages when you are only showing meeting in person.

I agree. I sent a copy of my husbands birth certificate and only the pages from our passports that had the stamps, we didn't write anything on the pages or sign them. I made it clear the number of visits we had done and included travel information which correlated with the stamps. We did not get an RFE.

[TnJ 131]

Just to be on the safe side, I included a photocopy of by BC(front and back) and all pages of my passport to prove my citizenship. In my "evidence of meeting" section, I included duplicate copies of the passport stamp pages. This might be overkill, but it gave me peace of mind.

[tru_loves_journey 117]

When I filed the I-129F I included a copy of my birth certificate and only the passport stamps. No RFE.. Good Luck lucy884

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

With our petition, we're sending a photocopy (front and back) of my fiance's birth certificate as proof of his US citizenship. As part of the evidence of us having met, we're including photocopies of stamps in both of our passports - for these do we need to photocopy every page of our passports, or just the ones with stamps? Seems a bit ridiculous to send photocopies of blank passport pages...?

If he is including a copy of his birth certificate to prove citizenship, then he only needs to send in the pages with the stamps on them for proof you met in person within the last 2 years. He can include a copy of his bio page as well, to show they came from his passport. The requirement for copying all the pages of the passport is if you are using the passport in place of the birth certificate as proof of being a USC. The requirement is not for showing passport stamps.

Like others that posted in this thread, I only sent copies of the pages that showed the stamps in my passport because I included a copy of my birth certificate to prove I am a USC. Approved with no RFE.

[lucy884 3]

It's good to hear from those of you who only included the passport stamps for 'proof of meeting' and didn't get an RFE! That was the only part I was saying was ridiculous, the blank passport pages for proving we met. I can understand if it was for my fiance's proof of citizenship, but I did say we've copied his birth certificate for that!

Thanks guys, you're all so helpful I can't wait til I'm at the stage where this is all past us and I can advise new people rather than being a newbie asking all the questions!

[ErikaAngel 3]

On 5/8/2012 at 9:56 AM, tru_loves_journey said:

When I filed the I-129F I included a copy of my birth certificate and only the passport stamps. No RFE.. Good Luck lucy884

ufff almost panicked. i recently sent my I-129F and included my birth certificate for proof of citenzenship and proof of meeting only passport stamps. Thank you . relieved. 

[TBoneTX 43,057]

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