Finally got the RFE letter in the mail, BUT..

[Sarsoor 8]

Here is a summary of my story. I filed my I-130 on October 29th. On December 28th, the online status said that they sent an RFE letter to my address in Egypt. I waited sooooo long for this letter to come, but it never did. So I called and asked twice to send the letter again but to my friend in Texas, and it finally got into her mailbox yesterday. I was in tears! But then I was shocked to see that they wanted the marriage certificate. I am so sure I sent it in my package. Did they really just miss it?? did any of you go thru the same thing? Did you guys send in the translation and the original language document or just the translation? It says it must be "civilly authorized", which is! the contract is full of stamps and authorized signature from the ministry of justice in Egypt. Can any Egyptian fillers help me out with advises? Please help me because I don't want to get another RFE

Thanks in advance

Edited January 30, 2013 by Sarsoor

[speedwell 224]

Here is a summary of my story. I filed my I-130 on October 29th. On December 28th, the online status said that they sent an RFE letter to my address in Egypt. I waited sooooo long for this letter to come, but it never did. So I called and asked twice to send the letter again but to my friend in Texas, and it finally got into her mailbox yesterday. I was in tears! But then I was shocked to see that they wanted the marriage certificate. I am so sure I sent it in my package. Did they really just miss it?? did any of you go thru the same thing? Did you guys send in the translation and the original language document or just the translation? It says it must be "civilly authorized", which is! the contract is full of stamps and authorized signature from the ministry of justice in Egypt. Can any Egyptian fillers help me out with advises? Please help me because I don't want to get another RFE

Thanks in advance

Sarsoor, please send in the copy of the certificate and of the translation again. Make sure the translation is certified by the translator (search the forum for examples of wording). Make sure the certificate is the actual certification that a marriage took place and not just a certificate of permission to go have the marriage. Since they seem to have trouble understanding that the certificate is authorized, you may want to have your translator also translate any certifications or seals on the marriage certificate. Above all, don't fret... once you provide the information requested they will process it on a priority basis (you won't have to go through the whole waiting period to get to the front of the line again).

[speedwell 224]

Sarsoor, please send in the copy of the certificate and of the translation again. Make sure the translation is certified by the translator (search the forum for examples of wording). Make sure the certificate is the actual certification that a marriage took place and not just a certificate of permission to go have the marriage. Since they seem to have trouble understanding that the certificate is authorized, you may want to have your translator also translate any certifications or seals on the marriage certificate. Above all, don't fret... once you provide the information requested they will process it on a priority basis (you won't have to go through the whole waiting period to get to the front of the line again).

Also check on the RFE notification; they may actually be asking for the original this time.

Any Egyptian filers have trouble with this?

[dailypattern 0]

Sarsoor, please send in the copy of the certificate and of the translation again. Make sure the translation is certified by the translator (search the forum for examples of wording). Make sure the certificate is the actual certification that a marriage took place and not just a certificate of permission to go have the marriage. Since they seem to have trouble understanding that the certificate is authorized, you may want to have your translator also translate any certifications or seals on the marriage certificate. Above all, don't fret... once you provide the information requested they will process it on a priority basis (you won't have to go through the whole waiting period to get to the front of the line again).

Hi, I also replied to your other post, hope you get one of them

When I submitted the I-130 for my husband on August 8th, I sent BOTH copies of the marriage certificate, the Arabic copy and the translated English copy.

Be sure to read over your Arabic AND English copy to be sure there aren't any mistakes. My husband and I went through a lot because there were mistakes on our issued Arabic marriage certificate. My husband had to go through alot to get these corrected and to get the document re-stamped and re-certified. Also, when the Arabic copy is translated to English, they are using a template. So, when my husband sent me the translated copy, I noticed that they didn't have HIS name on the English copy, but the name of the person who (most likely) came before us! So he went through a lot to get this corrected, too. I’m sure we saved a lot of time by catching these mistakes before sending in the I-130 package.

So, I'm just saying any of these things can cause a RFE.

Finally, whenever sending documents during this immigration journey, I recommend sending a cover letter, and putting the items in order so the person looking through your papers can easily find what they need, mine was like this:

Please find the following enclosed documents:

1) Check in the amount of $420.00 – Filing Fees

2) Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance

3) Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

4) Copy of Birth certificate of the Petitioner

5) Copy of marriage certificate (Arabic language)

6) Copy of marriage certificate (English translation)

7) Copy of Petitioners’ Divorce document

8) Copy of Beneficiary’s Divorce document (Arabic language)

9) Copy of Beneficiary’s Divorce document (English translation)

10) Form G-325A for Petitioner

11) Form G-325A for Beneficiary

12) One passport-style photo of Petitioner

13) One passport-style photo of Beneficiary

14) Two affidavits sworn to by third parties (Arabic language)

15) Two affidavits sworn to by third parties (English translation)

[etin 0]

I had the same problem recently and just sent it out on Monday. They request a certified marriage certificate with translation even though I already have sent it in. What I did was make a copy of the original marriage certificate and got it translated/certified AGAIN and sent it in.