Where did you gether the documents before you sent them to the USCIS?? folder? Binder??

[d3adc0d3 186]

How about photos? Is it ok to just paper clip them all together and send it in a seperate envelope? Has anyone just printed their photos on paper instead?

I was advised to put all the photos in a zip lock bag and clip it to the papers.

I was told I should also write the date, place, people in the photo and a brief description on the back. Typically "Myself, my fiance (name) his father (name) and his mother (name) outside his home in (place) on (date)" or the like.

[joshandgigi 8]

Manilia envelope. Put pictures in a zip lock baggy and stapled them to the page. Same thing for Photos . Copies of boarding passes ect.

[zttrszPwCmp 34]

"I kissed the first page and said a prayer !!!!" ROFL xD

When I was gathering the info, I kept in in a folder with a check list on the front of file. When i sent off the package, i must have checked each form, each line about 5 times. I kissed the first page and said a prayer. I put it all in the envelope without the folder, without the clips. We did not get any RFE.

[zttrszPwCmp 34]

I just read in the official website:

• Do not use binders or folders that cannot be easily disassembled

I think this is why they did that

I organized the petition in a binder with multiple sections that I labeled with what's in each section. Since my fiancé put one dollar too much on the check they sent it ALL back and told us to put the correct amount on the check.. And... All of our documents were taken out of the binder and just put on top of each other. Doesn't seem like they care for it

[Chicagoguy 2 27]

We had member here once who worked in Vermont and he said fancy presentations were annoying.

[Heather&Ramy 22]

I had to meticulously organize mine for my own sanity as I was assembling because I was paranoid I would forget something... I even had those sticky tab things that you can label to mark off different sections. I read somewhere about putting them only on the bottom of the pages, I don't know where I read that or why it said that, since they do indeed just take everything apart when they get it.

I think it's inadvisable to just print pictures on paper because its so easy to tamper with them (although its not a lot harder to tamper with them before you print them on photo paper, but I think they idea is that it looks like you just went to a shop and got them printed direct). I also read that if you can print them with the date mark showing from the camera's stored information, that can be nice to verify that they were from the past 2 years.

[Monney 0]

I just had everything binder clipped together. I used those little post-it flags so I could differentiate all the different forms. For the interview, I took several pages of pictures in a collage printed off on a colored printer. I used Photoshop to label all the different pictures with the people and date.

[d3adc0d3 186]

I had to meticulously organize mine for my own sanity as I was assembling because I was paranoid I would forget something... I even had those sticky tab things that you can label to mark off different sections. I read somewhere about putting them only on the bottom of the pages, I don't know where I read that or why it said that, since they do indeed just take everything apart when they get it.

I think it's inadvisable to just print pictures on paper because its so easy to tamper with them (although its not a lot harder to tamper with them before you print them on photo paper, but I think they idea is that it looks like you just went to a shop and got them printed direct). I also read that if you can print them with the date mark showing from the camera's stored information, that can be nice to verify that they were from the past 2 years.

I haven't (yet) gotten my NoA2 approval, but I presented 2 photos of us together with a timestamp, one photo of us in front of cafe martinez, and the receipt from cafe martinez, which had a date/time that all corresponded to my passport stamps (also provided photo copies of). I was also advised to only print the photos on photo paper. I went out of my way and had them printed at walgreens, because the quality is usually better.

Edited July 15, 2013 by d3adc0d3

[Trillian42 6]

Cover letter

Pictures on an envelope

Required documents stapled separately

Put everything on a mail envelope to USCIS.

Interview is tomorrow!!

[Andrea&Henry 311]

"I kissed the first page and said a prayer !!!!" ROFL xD

I did EXACTLY the SAME. I was talking through skype with my back then fiance, and we prayed, cried, hugged and kissed our package....hahahahahahahaha

[Andrea&Henry 311]

For the photos, we bought plastic sheets specially to hold photographs (you can buy them at walmart or office depot) , so you can see them like an album photo. We also wrote names, places and date in the back of every photo

[zttrszPwCmp 34]

He is right maybe lol

We had member here once who worked in Vermont and he said fancy presentations were annoying.

[zttrszPwCmp 34]

Good fate

Cover letter

Pictures on an envelope

Required documents stapled separately

Put everything on a mail envelope to USCIS.

Interview is tomorrow!!

[ckurt 23]

I used a cover letter and had all the required documents in order. I believe once they receive the package they open it and scan it. So you might want to make it easier on them

Good luck

[TBoneTX 43,538]

Sweating over the packages can really decline as you proceed through the immigration process. See here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/410945-k-1-journey-completed/

I should add that it's helpful -- on the outer mailing-label -- to type "Original I-129F Petition" as the first line. This can help the package-disassemblers who first handle the incoming package.

Edited July 16, 2013 by TBoneTX