Form I-130

[NdNPrincessj2 0]

Hello community! I am a US citizen applying for my Canadian husband's green card. I am filing out form I-130 and am having some trouble.  We've both completed the biography forms, have our affidavits, and our copy of marriage certificate. My questions are as follows: 

1. Some people mention sending pictures of your life together. Is this necessary? 

2. On form I-130 question #15 asks for name and address of current employer, but that doesn't all fit. Is name sufficient?

3. Question 22 asked about filing for adjustment status or where your relative will apply for their visa. Since he is Canadian, he doesn't need a visa, so what would I put?

4. Besides the forms and payment for the forms above, are there any other things we need to fill out at this point? 

 

Thanks so much! I appreciate the help and guidance! 

 

[Roel 7,193]

1. Pictures and other evidences of the bonifide marriage have to be send.

 

3.You're not filling for the green card. You're filling for the spouse visa. Doesn't matter that he's Canadian - he needs a visa to permanently move to the USA.

 

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

[arken 4,201]

11 minutes ago, NdNPrincessj2 said:

Hello community! I am a US citizen applying for my Canadian husband's green card. I am filing out form I-130 and am having some trouble.  We've both completed the biography forms, have our affidavits, and our copy of marriage certificate. My questions are as follows: 

1. Some people mention sending pictures of your life together. Is this necessary?  While it's not mandatory, it's better to include some photos from different stages like before marriage and after marriage to show an additional evidence of relationship.  

2. On form I-130 question #15 asks for name and address of current employer, but that doesn't all fit. Is name sufficient?  If it doesn't fit, you can provide an additional page to provide full information, OR, you can type with small fonts to fit in the available space using pdf editor. 

3. Question 22 asked about filing for adjustment status or where your relative will apply for their visa. Since he is Canadian, he doesn't need a visa, so what would I put? If you husband is living with you in US and is applying for adjustment of status, just provide the name of your city and state. If he is living in Canada and will appear for immigrant visa, provide the name of his city or the name of the city with the closest US consulate or embassy and country. 

4. Besides the forms and payment for the forms above, are there any other things we need to fill out at this point? If he is in Canada and will go through consular processing, then the form, payment and evidences are good enough for now. If he is with you in US, you might also wanna send i485/EAD/AP forms. 

 

Thanks so much! I appreciate the help and guidance! 

 

 

[Ryan H 3,925]

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For the answer for question #22, the answer you were given by the previous poster was slightly incorrect. The Consulate in Montreal is the only location where immigrant visa interviews are conducted; therefore, you leave the left two lines blank and enter Montreal Canada on the right two lines.

[Ontarkie 15,014]

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[NikLR 13,234]

On 2/11/2017 at 9:55 AM, NdNPrincessj2 said:

Hello community! I am a US citizen applying for my Canadian husband's green card. I am filing out form I-130 and am having some trouble.  We've both completed the biography forms, have our affidavits, and our copy of marriage certificate. My questions are as follows: 

1. Some people mention sending pictures of your life together. Is this necessary? 

2. On form I-130 question #15 asks for name and address of current employer, but that doesn't all fit. Is name sufficient?

3. Question 22 asked about filing for adjustment status or where your relative will apply for their visa. Since he is Canadian, he doesn't need a visa, so what would I put?

4. Besides the forms and payment for the forms above, are there any other things we need to fill out at this point? 

 

Thanks so much! I appreciate the help and guidance! 

 

1) Yes and no.  You need to send evidence of a genuine marital relationship.  How you do that is up to you, but generally people find that printing off several photos on regular paper tends to help.

2) You can either handwrite to make it fit, give name, town, province or include an additional sheet with everything written out.  I believe we just put name, town, province.

3) as mentioned by Ryan H, your husband will need a visa to move to the USA so you fill out the right side with Montreal Canada (where all immigrant visa interviews are conducted.)

4) forms, evidence, payment.. good to go.  Then you have about 6 months (ish) of waiting for NOA2 so you can read up on the NVC process and your husband can acquire any civil documents he may not have in his possesion.  I had my IV package ready by the time I got to the NVC, and my husband's AOS package wasn't far behind.  He is a last minute type of person....