I-130 Form Questions

[sj0509 66]

Hi All,

 

I have a few questions on the I-130 / I-130A forms. Some of them may sound stupid, but better safe than sorry  Would appreciate your responses.

 

Form I-130

 

Part 2. Information about you.

 

1.       Address History

         (12.a) My mailing address is the same as my physical address. So once I check the box for # 11 on the pdf, Physical Address 1 in the address history gets disabled. I’ve been living at the same residence for 7 years, but I can’t enter the dates for that now. So I’m trying to use Physical Address 2. Here I’m unable to type in PRESENT for the “Date To” field. Did others just print out the form and handwrite it ? Or should I be doing this another way ?

 

2.       Employment History.

         (42) I’m self-employed for the last 4 years. Should I write “Self Employed” in the “Name of Employer” field, or should I write the name of my Single Member LLC? For my citizenship application, I had written Self Employed, but here the instructions don’t seem to state a preference.

 

 

Part 4. Information about Beneficiary.

               

1.       Beneficiary’s Physical Address

         (11f) We don’t have provinces in India, but there’s no place to fill in the state. Can I fill that in the field marked for Province ? Or leave it out completely ?

 

2.       Information about Beneficiary’s family.

         (25.a) I have already listed my name in the previous section (21.a - Name of beneficiary’s spouses). I want to confirm that I need to list it again in 25.a (which asks to list the beneficiary’s spouse and children) ?

 

 

 

Form I-130A (Beneficiary)

 

1.       Information About Parent 1

·         (10.a) My spouse’s father is no more. Do I still need to input his information or should I leave that out? Her passport does have her father’s name though. And if I do need to specify his information, how / where can I specify he's no more.

 

 

Supporting documents:

 

1.       For documents to prove family relationship, what can I provide ? I do have our Court Registration certificate, pictures of the Indian ceremony (those I can print out), and we also updated our social media accounts (I could take screenshots of those ? ). Should I be providing anything else at this point ?

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Regards.

 

Edited May 2, 2018 by sj0509

[Ryan H 3,797]

Answers:

• handwrite "present"
• "self employed" should be sufficient
• two options, either fill in the name of the state in the province field but write the word state after the name (e.g. Karnataka State); you can also type see attached on the form itself and type the full address on a supplemental sheet
• Yes, you will list your name again here
• type "deceased" for information concerning your spouse's father
• For evidence (not proof) of relationship, focus on evidence of time spent together in-person.  Updated social media accounts don't mean much of anything, if "Court Registration certificate" is the equivalent of a marriage certificate, then a photocopy of that will be required along with the forms.

[pushbrk 12,264]

2 hours ago, Ryan H said:

Answers:

• handwrite "present"
• "self employed" should be sufficient
• two options, either fill in the name of the state in the province field but write the word state after the name (e.g. Karnataka State); you can also type see attached on the form itself and type the full address on a supplemental sheet
• Yes, you will list your name again here
• type "deceased" for information concerning your spouse's father
• For evidence (not proof) of relationship, focus on evidence of time spent together in-person.  Updated social media accounts don't mean much of anything, if "Court Registration certificate" is the equivalent of a marriage certificate, then a photocopy of that will be required along with the forms.

Correction.  Even a deceased parent has a name, date of birth and place of birth.  What the do not have is a place of residence.  THAT is where you write "Deceased".  Provide the name.

Edited May 3, 2018 by pushbrk

[sj0509 66]

Thank you both. The answers make much sense. 

 

Ryan, yes, by court registration, I did mean the marriage certificate. I'll add the photocopy, thanks.

For evidence of relationship, how many pictures is too many to send ?  I'm guessing 2-3 of the Indian ceremony should suffice ? 

[Ryan H 3,797]

19 hours ago, sj0509 said:

Thank you both. The answers make much sense. 

 

Ryan, yes, by court registration, I did mean the marriage certificate. I'll add the photocopy, thanks.

For evidence of relationship, how many pictures is too many to send ?  I'm guessing 2-3 of the Indian ceremony should suffice ? 

 

There's no set number of pictures to send, anyone who says otherwise is mistaken.  You decide for yourself what you feel makes the most compelling case; with that being said, if you have more pictures than just the ceremony, include some of those as well.

[sj0509 66]

Thanks Ryan. Will include some other pics as well.

[sj0509 66]

Thanks guys. Sent off the I-130 package yesterday. Fingers crossed now.

 

Will update the VJ timeline.

 

[Abies 1,713]

3 hours ago, sj0509 said:

Thanks guys. Sent off the I-130 package yesterday. Fingers crossed now.

 

Will update the VJ timeline.

 

Goodluck to you and your wife on this long journey 

[sj0509 66]

9 hours ago, Abies said:

Goodluck to you and your wife on this long journey 

Thank you Abies