Checklist - I think we're ready to go - I-130 DCF Beijing

[BeijingGeMenr 0]

Here is what I have sitting in front of me ready to put into individual plastic folders with labels and give to the Beijing Dept. of Homeland Security desk when they email back our appointment date:

USCIS forms

• I-130 form with attachment because our address didn't fit in the space they provided
  
• G-1145 E-notification of application/petition acceptance
  
• G-325A form for my wife with attachment because the addresses wouldn't fit in the form
  
• G-325A form for me with attachment because the addresses wouldn't fit in the form and regarding information about my father
  
• I-130 from filled out with attachment for our address because it wouldn't fit in the form
  

Documents to prove my U.S. citizenship:

• Copy of my birth certificate
  
• Copy of front page of my passport
  

Documents proving marriage bona fides:

• Photos of our relationship including the time we dated, our wedding, my wife's pregnancy, and our son's birth
  
• Marriage licenses
  
• Copy of son's birth certificate with my name as the father and my wife's name as the mother (CRBA document issued at Beijing embassy since he was born in China)
  

Documents to prove my residency in jurisdiction covered by Beijing American embassy to be eligible for direct filing:

• Photocopy of the residence permit in my passport
  
• Photocopy of my last entry into China showing I've been here the required six months
  

Questions - do I need a cover letter with a table of contents? Does or should our marriage licences be translated into English by a company that can provide notarization? Any other advice about our petition that you think is missing or should be included?

[LBeachey 45]

Questions - do I need a cover letter with a table of contents? Does or should our marriage licences be translated into English by a company that can provide notarization? Any other advice about our petition that you think is missing or should be included?

Yes include a cover letter

Any documents in Chinese (marriage certificate, wife's birth certificate, etc.) should be translated by the official Chinese gov't notary; i.e. whitebook. Do a search for White book to find the official Chinese name. Even if the Beijing embassy accepts another translation GUZ is gonna want the white book for the interview.

Front load any and all evidence you want GUZ to see at the interview in your DCF application. Beijing might not accept it all but you should try. Pictures, evidence of com-mingling of fiances (anything you have), receipts from travel together.

You don't always get a chance to submit more evidence at the interview in Guangzhou.