Affidavit of Support for i-130

[bartlettchef 0]

Hey, new here. I just had a quick question regarding the affidavit of support letter that a few of my family members will be writing on behalf of my wife and i that will accompany our i-130.  When my relatives are typing their affidavit of support letter, what USCIS office should they address the letter to? As we don't know yet what visa center our i-130 will be sent to after being sent to the Chicago lockbox, i'm just not sure what address they should write on their letter of support? Any help advice is appreciated.

[Abies 1,713]

23 minutes ago, bartlettchef said:

Hey, new here. I just had a quick question regarding the affidavit of support letter that a few of my family members will be writing on behalf of my wife and i that will accompany our i-130.  When my relatives are typing their affidavit of support letter, what USCIS office should they address the letter to? As we don't know yet what visa center our i-130 will be sent to after being sent to the Chicago lockbox, i'm just not sure what address they should write on their letter of support? Any help advice is appreciated.

Affidavit of support is not needed in the first stage(i130 petition). It will be needed in the nvc stage/embassy stage

[geowrian 22,337]

There's no affidavit of support for the I-130. That terminology is used for the I-864 for the financial sponsorship later in the process.

 

I'm assuming you mean affidavits from friends/family that know your relationship and marriage. These are fine to include, but know that they typically have very little to no impact on the case (unless if maybe you had no other good forms of evidence). Other forms of marriage evidence go much further to show a bona fide marriage.

 

Either way, to answer the question asked you don't need to provide an address as you don't know what USCIS service center it will go to, if it will be transferred later, etc.

 

While I don't put much faith into affidavits, good ones should focus on specifics/details rather than general statements about the relationship/marriage. For example, "John Doe is a great guy and I attended their wedding and they are a happy couple" has virtually no meaning. Whereas something like "My friend John and I traveled to Palm Beach with his wife on xx/xx/xxxx. We enjoyed the food at XYZ's crab shack, tried surfing together for the first time, and [yada yada yada]". These detailed descriptions of time spent together with other individuals, especially if supported by other evidence like photos and receipts, show a better case IMO.

[bartlettchef 0]

3 minutes ago, geowrian said:

There's no affidavit of support for the I-130. That terminology is used for the I-864 for the financial sponsorship later in the process.

 

I'm assuming you mean affidavits from friends/family that know your relationship and marriage. These are fine to include, but know that they typically have very little to no impact on the case (unless if maybe you had no other good forms of evidence). Other forms of marriage evidence go much further to show a bona fide marriage.

 

Either way, to answer the question asked you don't need to provide an address as you don't know what USCIS service center it will go to, if it will be transferred later, etc.

 

While I don't put much faith into affidavits, good ones should focus on specifics/details rather than general statements about the relationship/marriage. For example, "John Doe is a great guy and I attended their wedding and they are a happy couple" has virtually no meaning. Whereas something like "My friend John and I traveled to Palm Beach with his wife on xx/xx/xxxx. We enjoyed the food at XYZ's crab shack, tried surfing together for the first time, and [yada yada yada]". These detailed descriptions of time spent together with other individuals, especially if supported by other evidence like photos and receipts, show a better case IMO.

Yes, correct, i was referring to affidavit of bonafide marriage from family.  Thanks for the information. I also have read that these carry little influential weight, although, just trying to be thorough we are having several of our family members write one for us.  My wife and I were just married in April, although we don't have much shared financial proof, we do have a ton of evidence of relationship such as photos together, correspondence together and trip itineraries together spanning over 6 years. Photos from the wedding include all of our family members together (extended family included) we had over 400 guests in attendance at our wedding. We do have a joint checking account, however, we rarely use it. The majority of our proof of bonafide marriage will basically boil down to photo, correspondence and and shared trip itineraries together. Just hoping that it is enough. 

[JFH 12,190]

If you have 6 years of travel itineraries and solid evidence of time spent together, don’t even think about affidavits. Not necessary. 

[Ryan H 3,813]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[pushbrk 12,979]

Six years of visits and travel together are a 10.  Affidavits of bona fide relationship are a 1.  Don't bother.  You got this.

[bartlettchef 0]

59 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Six years of visits and travel together are a 10.  Affidavits of bona fide relationship are a 1.  Don't bother.  You got this.

Thanks! We've literally got thousand of photos together in different locations spanning all 6 years, i figured i would include a handful of photos from each year we've been together. Also i think the photo evidence of both our immediate family members together will be good evidence. .  Quick question, when preparing the photo evidence should i copy and paste the photo's into a word document to be printed out with text descriptions next to each photo, or, should I mail in the actual prints of each photo? I feel like copy and pasting them into a word document with descriptions next to the photos would be the most clean and organized idea, however, i'm not sure if they prefer actual prints of the photos?  

[pushbrk 12,979]

Word with captions would be my preference.  Multiple photos per page.  Keep it under 10 pages.