RFE-Do i have to translate CHATS, Convos, Emails into English

[bbeessnniikk 1]

I got a RFE stating that they need some additional evidence to prove our relationship

They are asking for Conversation, Emails and chats

My fiance and i we speak to eachother in foreign language and all our chats are not in english.

Do i have to translate our conversation or it would be Okay to send it over to Vermont center wothout Translating it?

I would really appreciate uour help to this matter

Edited December 15, 2012 by bbeessnniikk

[bbeessnniikk 1]

I got a RFE stating that they need some additional evidence to prove our relationship

They are asking for Conversation, Emails and chats

My fiance and i we speak to eachother in foreign language and all our chats are not in english.

Do i have to translate our conversation in certified form or i just can send it to Vermont Service center without translating it ?

I would really appreciate uour help to this matter

[JimVaPhuong 4,864]

I got a RFE stating that they need some additional evidence to prove our relationship

They are asking for Conversation, Emails and chats

My fiance and i we speak to eachother in foreign language and all our chats are not in english.

Do i have to translate our conversation in certified form or i just can send it to Vermont Service center without translating it ?

I would really appreciate uour help to this matter

Not long ago this sort of request was unheard of at the petition stage. USCIS left it up to the consulates to determine the bona fides of the relationship. This seems to be yet another new tactic from USCIS.

Well, obviously, give them what they're asking for. Since it's a reasonable assumption that the adjudicator won't understand the conversations if they're not in English then you should probably translate them. I don't know if a translator's certification would be required since you're not translating official documents. If you can translate them yourself then it wouldn't hurt to add a certification statement. One certification statement should suffice for all of the conversations.

If I were personally responding to this RFE, I'd provide as many copies of correspondence as I could, but I'd only translate a handful of them. I'd also include an explanation that there wasn't time to translate everything and still respond within the window of time they provide. Don't knock yourself out trying to translate a big stack of conversations and then miss the response window. If you don't respond by the date on the RFE then they'll deny the petition.

I'm not sure what USCIS is up to with these new tactics. Perhaps they're trying to screen petitions in advance for factors that the consulate might use to deny the visa, and hopefully stop some petitions from being returned by the consulate. I can't think of any other reason they'd be doing this.

Edited December 15, 2012 by JimVaPhuong

[Pitaya 2,577]

I got a RFE stating that they need some additional evidence to prove our relationship

They are asking for Conversation, Emails and chats

My fiance and i we speak to eachother in foreign language and all our chats are not in english.

Do i have to translate our conversation or it would be Okay to send it over to Vermont center wothout Translating it?

I would really appreciate uour help to this matter

Welcome to the forum.

From page 4 of the Form I-129F instructions:

"Translations. Any document containing foreign language submitted to the Service shall be accompanied by a full English language translation which the translator has certified as complete and accurate, and by the translator's certification that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English."

Good luck on your immigration journey.

[Pitaya 2,577]

There is no need to duplicate post of same topic, it just confuses things.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/404667-help-help-rfe-request-for-evidence/

[BABA70 2]

Translate few of your printed conversations and get it certified by qualified personnel and write a notarized letter explaining your situation.

[Penguin_ie 5,999]

I wuld send a screen shot of your inbox, filtered to show only your conversations with the fiance, and then translate a few choice ones where you talk about your life and plans.

[masha2012 2]

i didn't translate any of our conversation.. it they want to read what we were talking about they will find a person who will translate for them, i am sure at USCIS works a lot of people who is different countries and they can translate for them... i wouldn't translate

[baron555 934]

I got a RFE stating that they need some additional evidence to prove our relationship

They are asking for Conversation, Emails and chats

My fiance and i we speak to eachother in foreign language and all our chats are not in english.

Do i have to translate our conversation or it would be Okay to send it over to Vermont center wothout Translating it?

I would really appreciate uour help to this matter

Yes always translate.

[bigdog 377]

Not long ago this sort of request was unheard of at the petition stage. USCIS left it up to the consulates to determine the bona fides of the relationship. This seems to be yet another new tactic from USCIS.

Well, obviously, give them what they're asking for. Since it's a reasonable assumption that the adjudicator won't understand the conversations if they're not in English then you should probably translate them. I don't know if a translator's certification would be required since you're not translating official documents. If you can translate them yourself then it wouldn't hurt to add a certification statement. One certification statement should suffice for all of the conversations.

If I were personally responding to this RFE, I'd provide as many copies of correspondence as I could, but I'd only translate a handful of them. I'd also include an explanation that there wasn't time to translate everything and still respond within the window of time they provide. Don't knock yourself out trying to translate a big stack of conversations and then miss the response window. If you don't respond by the date on the RFE then they'll deny the petition.

I'm not sure what USCIS is up to with these new tactics. Perhaps they're trying to screen petitions in advance for factors that the consulate might use to deny the visa, and hopefully stop some petitions from being returned by the consulate. I can't think of any other reason they'd be doing this.

:thumbs:Great response from Jim.

[Cathi 5,833]

i didn't translate any of our conversation.. it they want to read what we were talking about they will find a person who will translate for them, i am sure at USCIS works a lot of people who is different countries and they can translate for them... i wouldn't translate

traslation is a must. If they dont follow instructions their petition could be denied. Would you want to take that chance if it were you?

[EminTX 131]

One warning that I read on here and was cautious about was to be careful about what you send in. You need to KNOW the details of what you submit for evidence. Every thing you give them can be asked about. If you, for example, are discussing in your chat log about XYZ happening on a certain date, the interviewer can pull that out and ask about it. If the person in the interview has no clue (any more) because of submitting a mountain of documents, it could look bad.

I would suspect that evidence of "conversation" could include a record of phone calls/texts as well, if your phone provider keeps records of this (and you use your phones for this, as opposed to calling cards--I am curious and will check for myself--we text each other daily so that might be something I want to include while beloved is out of the country).

Would letters/postcards/greeting cards count as converstaion, also? We made sure to send these regularly and included those to take to the interview.

Was this the only thing requested in the RFE?

[masha2012 2]

traslation is a must. If they dont follow instructions their petition could be denied. Would you want to take that chance if it were you?

if i have 500 pages of conversation // do you wanna say that i have to translate all 500 pages..??

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

if i have 500 pages of conversation // do you wanna say that i have to translate all 500 pages..??

No, but why in the world would you submit 500 pages of conversation?

[bbeessnniikk 1]

One warning that I read on here and was cautious about was to be careful about what you send in. You need to KNOW the details of what you submit for evidence. Every thing you give them can be asked about. If you, for example, are discussing in your chat log about XYZ happening on a certain date, the interviewer can pull that out and ask about it. If the person in the interview has no clue (any more) because of submitting a mountain of documents, it could look bad.

I would suspect that evidence of "conversation" could include a record of phone calls/texts as well, if your phone provider keeps records of this (and you use your phones for this, as opposed to calling cards--I am curious and will check for myself--we text each other daily so that might be something I want to include while beloved is out of the country).

Would letters/postcards/greeting cards count as converstaion, also? We made sure to send these regularly and included those to take to the interview.

Was this the only thing requested in the RFE?

Actually they asked for Pictures and travel tickets and some writen letter from someone who was present at the time we met. However this email and convo part wasnt sure if i have to teanslate them but i just did it to with a official i am prepearing everything.

Thanks a lot for the help everyone