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Filing I-129 - question on what needs to be translated

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Mrnugyen   1

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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Hi all,

Filing the I-129 for my fiance in Vietnam and have questions on the supporting documents I plan on turning in. I just need to know what needs to be translated if any and if so do I need to do it somewhere official? or can I just do it myself? We both communicate with each other in Vietnames and not in english. Also some of the official documents for her are also in Vietnamese so please provide help with your experience. Then things I have questions on that might need to be translated are:

1. Emails

2. Her birth certificate

3. Her divorce papers from her last marriage

4. A etter from her parents validating our relationship is true and that' we've meet eachother during my last trip to Vietnam

Thank you much for viewing and helping!!

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Anonymous885 Rising Star

Anonymous885   44

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Vietnam
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1. No

2. Yes. You have to find the office or agent to translate it because the document must be accompanied by a certified English translation.

3. Yes, same as 2.

4. You can translate it and ask him to sign it with blue pen. I wrote my timeline, however I did not have this letter as you but I think it would not hurt.

Edited by HaoPhong

New Journey AOS:

My fiancee came to US on the 8th of March, 2014 under K-1 visa at Newark, NJ Airport for POE.

Applied Social Security Number on the 10 of March, 2014.

Married on the 13th of March, 2014.

Sent I-485, I-765, and I-131 on the 15th of March, 2014.

Received EAD on June 7, 2014.

Received Notice of Potential Interview Waiver on July 1, 2014 date 6/27

Contacted Ombudsman on 01/12/2015.

Ombudsman contacted USCIS on 02/20/2015.

Ombudsman sent a follow up to USCIS on 03/18/2015.

I-485 approved on 03/31/2015 ( we ordered your card).

Welcome notice was mailed on 04/01/2015.

Received Welcome Notice on 04/08/2015.

Card was mailed to me/picked up by USPS on 04/08/2015.

Received GC on 4/10/2015.

Prediction 04/08/2015

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Zedayn Experienced

Zedayn   485

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Philippines
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Her birth certificate is not needed for the I-129f. Her divorce decree does need to have a certified English translation. If you are fluent in both languages, you can do this yourself. You just need to include a statement that basically says you are fluent in both languages, and sign and date it.

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NOA1: 04/08/2014; NOA2: 04/21/2014; Visa interview, approved: 07/15/2014; POE: 07/25/2014; Marriage: 09/05/2014

 

AOS

NOA1:  09/12/2014;  Biometrics:  10/06/2014;  EAD/AP Received:  11/26/2014;  Interview Waiver Letter:  01/02/2015;  

RFE:  07/09/2015;  Permanent Residency Granted:  07/27/2015;  Green card Received:  08/22/2015

 

ROC

NOA1:  05/24/2017;  Biometrics:  06/13/2017;  Approved without interview:  09/05/2018;  10 Yr Green card Received:  09/13/2018

 

Naturalization

08/09/2020 -- Filed N-400 online

08/09/2020 -- NOA1 date

08/11/2020 -- NOA1 received in the mail

12/30/2020 -- Received notice online that an interview was scheduled

02/11/2021 -- Interview

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JRF   117

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Having the letter from your fiancé's parents is helpful as it indicates family support. Evidence of time spent together and an engagement ceremony (even modest) is more important than the letter. As others have stated any official document must be translated to English. A simple statement (sample wording available via search on vi) attesting to the translators competency is sufficient.

Best of luck to you and your fiancé

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KayDeeCee   4,892

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Mexico
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For the I-129F, the foreign fiance(e)'s birth certificate is not needed. It will be needed later for the K-1 visa interview and should not need translated for that. However, it will need to be translated later on in the process when filing for AOS after you are married.

Translations > http://www.visajourney.com/content/translations

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

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