How did you 'Organize' your package?

[Natonstan 129]

Hello, I'm starting to put together my package/printing off things as I'll be sending it off in December, I wondered how people organized their packages, obviously you'd have the Cover Letter/Contents at the front, but did you put any sort of dividers between evidences, or did you literally just send off the pile?

[Prystine 184]

Since they don't want you to staple anything, I used paper clips to hold the individual forms at the top and then paperclips down the right side for each section that is listed on the cover letter and then just one big binder clip at the top to hold the hole thing together. This way everything was still organized and stayed in its respective area but was easy for them to pull each section out and file it however they wanted once they got it. Worked for us on the K1 & AOS portion and plan to do the same thing for ROC.

Edited September 29, 2016 by Prystine

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

Check out the checklist in the guides section. You can put your package together by following the checklist. No matter what you do, just make sure that how you list them on the cover page, the documents should be arranged in that manner.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

I paperclipped each type of item together (unless there were a lot, then I paperclipped each month, like with bank statements). Then I separated each item into plastic document holders and put post-it notes on each holder describing what was inside. It really doesn't matter how you do it as long as it's easy to navigate through and isn't stapled.

Edited September 29, 2016 by Ketsuban

[LoveAlways2 90]

I organized my package in 5 different tabs, I tried to organized it from (according to me) stronger evidence to less strong evidence (using my own judgement for this, I may be wrong lol ). Here is how it was:

Tab A- Tax transcripts, Banks and Credit Cards

• 2014-15 Tax Transcripts

• Joint bank statements

• Joint Credit Card Statements

• Joint savings account statements

• Credit card copies

Tab B- Retirement Accounts, Life and Health Insurance Beneficiaries

• Retirement account beneficiaries form

• Life insurance beneficiaries documents

• Benefit enrollment forms

• vision and dental insurance dependents forms

Tab C- Household Documents

• House Deed

• Notice of Assessment of Land and Structure for 2016 for our home with both names on it

• Property Tax documents

• Home insurance listing insured names on it

• Apartment lease from 2014-2015

• bills

Tab D- Car Documents and Driver Licenses

• Car title copies

• Car insurance statements

• Current driver licenses and old driver licenses copies same address

Tab E- Other Loans, Bills, Mail, Travel Itineraries and Pictures

• loan applications

• Veterinary bills

• Travel itinerary for family trips

• Pictures from family vacations

Here is a picture of how it looked. I just printed five pages with the names of the tabs and used mailing labels to create tabs on the bottom of the pages. I used Acco fasteners because it is what USCIS recommends but I heard a lot of people do not use them. As long as you can make it easy to go through you will be fine.

Edited September 29, 2016 by Mayde

[HK12 273]

My package looked pretty much the same as Mayde's - tab dividers on the bottom, evidence sorted from strongest to weakest, everything held together by ACCO fasteners in a folder.

Edited September 29, 2016 by HK12

[CdnRN 40]

Mine looked like the one posted. I had the top covered to hide private info, obviously, but I had a cover page on top followed by a detailed table of contents for what each exhibit contains.

Sorry, apparently I can't figure out how to attach a photo on my phone. ?

[Andrea&Henry 311]

I sent ours on a white 3 rings binder using plastic sheet protectors to avoid staples. It looked so nice, neat and organize...pretty much like a book. I was also able to find a the special sleeves for photos and cards and worked perfect with the binder so everything was extremely organized.

I think whoever who got my package was grateful that she/he didn't have to go through the entire thing going back and forth on a pile of papers. (I Included an index)

Of course, is NOT necessary to do that but I'm very OCD. It was more for my mental sanity than anything else.

Because it seemed to work great, I did not only send my i-129 (fiance visa) but also my Adjustment of status package, my remove of condition and finally my n400 for my citizenship.

[Stevephoto 224]

We've used tabs corresponding to a "lettered" table of contents for K-1, AOS, ROC and now N-400 with no problems (so far!). Good luck.