Spouse petition from Dominica Republic

[leny2618 0]

Hi everyone, 

 

I'm new to this website and would like to get the most help possible from you guys. I'm a US citizen filling form I-130 for my spouse hopefully by this month I'll send it to the USCIS. I have few concerns in regards of filling the forms (don't wan to get any errors on them so I don't get a RFE). My husband currently lives in Dominican Republic but he've been in the United States before in two occasions. I need to know for sure the right answers to a few questions I have... 

1) Do I need to include my husband's address where he was visiting in the Unites States (during his vacation time) in the address history of the forms I-130/I-130A??? 

2)  My husband has a 2 1/2 years son in the Dominican Rep. but I'm not filling a petition for the child, Do I need to explain the reason why I'm' not doing so and also include the child birth certificate?

3) Also can my husband later fill a petition for his son (when he gets bigger) without no issues? 

4) My husband birth certificate is in Spanish, Can I (the petitioner) translate it myself to English and then notarized it?

  

I would really appreciate your help please, this is very important as you know any mistakes on the form could delay the whole process and I want to be with my love ASAP.  

Thank You! 

 

[Ryan H 3,790]

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Answers:

1. No
2. No
3. Quicker process if you file the petition when his son is ready to immigrate since the marriage occurred before his 18th birthday.
4. As general rule of thumb, I always suggest having a 3rd party translate any documents and sign the required attestation statement.  However, there is no rule that I know of that says you can't do the translation and sign the required attestation statement.

[bakphx1 785]

Agree with above.  Make sure the son's info is on his biographical information.  But don't include him as a beneficiary of sponsorship or anything regarding who is applying for the visa.  As long as he is listed on the biographical info, getting him a visa later won't be a problem.  

 

I always went with doing what makes it easier to approve the visa.  For that reason I used a third party service for translations.  They do it typically the same day, have nice document templates and certify the translation as accurate.  The cost for Spanish translations was very reasonable. 

[leny2618 0]

Thank you so much for your replies, it's very nice of you sharing your acknowledge to help newbies like me  going thru this process☺

But ...I forgot to mention my husband and I got married here in the US while he was visiting so therefore in the marriage certificate it shows a US address for him as his physical address that's why Im wondering if i should include the address he visited here in the form? Im so confused

 

[Ryan H 3,790]

17 hours ago, leny2618 said:

Thank you so much for your replies, it's very nice of you sharing your acknowledge to help newbies like me  going thru this process☺

But ...I forgot to mention my husband and I got married here in the US while he was visiting so therefore in the marriage certificate it shows a US address for him as his physical address that's why Im wondering if i should include the address he visited here in the form? Im so confused

 

 

Absolutely not, your husband was visiting, not residing and the forms want addresses where people reside.  The marriage certificate showing a US address form him is irrelevant.

[leny2618 0]

Okay it makes sense . it's just that he stayed for 4 months on his last visit and Im including proofs for our bona fide marriage that will show he was here in the US for this long.

Thansk once again for your help 🤗