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[Alex&Jen 20]

Hello, I am new to this site and it has been very helpful. First a little about me and my fiance. We will be getting married in Honduras in December. The plan is for me to help him fill out his part of the documents while we are together. I plan to gather all of his documents to bring with me back to the United States. Once I am back, then I will file the I - 130. As I was reading through the steps, I became confused on what I need to mail in with the documents. When I first file the 1-130 I only need to submit the following 1) Cover letter 2) 2 passport style ID's 3) Birth certificate 4) Marriage certificate 5) Prior marriage termination documents. For my husband I will need 1)1-30 form 2) prior marriage termination documents. These are the forms that I need to send in first? 

After 1-130? will they tell me when I need to send the remaining documents? 

Does anyone have advice with the spousal visa? 

Thank you!! 

[Divergent 106]

Hi congratulations on your marriage!

 

I think it's best for you to send as much evidence as possible with your i130, that way you can easily avoid getting RFE

 

Here are examples of what you should send:

- i130 form

- i130a form

- g1145 form

- pictures of your wedding/vacations etc

- Marriage certificate 

- Proof of your US citizenship 

- Joint bank account if you have

- Joint ownership/lease of house/properties 

- Sworn statements from close friends/family declaring your marriage as bona fide

- Divorce decrees

- Check for filing fee

- call records/chats etc

- hotel receipts, flight tickets, boarding passes etc

 

After your i130 petition is approved, you'll get  more paperwork ready for the NVC stage. This is where you'll have to submit your Affidavit of support and other civil documents 

 

Best of luck! 

 

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[pushbrk 12,113]

On 11/25/2018 at 6:49 PM, Alex&Jen said:

Hello, I am new to this site and it has been very helpful. First a little about me and my fiance. We will be getting married in Honduras in December. The plan is for me to help him fill out his part of the documents while we are together. I plan to gather all of his documents to bring with me back to the United States. Once I am back, then I will file the I - 130. As I was reading through the steps, I became confused on what I need to mail in with the documents. When I first file the 1-130 I only need to submit the following 1) Cover letter 2) 2 passport style ID's 3) Birth certificate 4) Marriage certificate 5) Prior marriage termination documents. For my husband I will need 1)1-30 form 2) prior marriage termination documents. These are the forms that I need to send in first? 

After 1-130? will they tell me when I need to send the remaining documents? 

Does anyone have advice with the spousal visa? 

Thank you!! 

You are on the right track but not paying attention to detail.  Start by studying those I-130 instructions and instructions for ALL forms.

[Apple Bee 272]

On 11/25/2018 at 8:23 PM, Divergent said:

Hi congratulations on your marriage!

 

I think it's best for you to send as much evidence as possible with your i130, that way you can easily avoid getting RFE

 

Here are examples of what you should send:

- i130 form

- i130a form

- g1145 form

- pictures of your wedding/vacations etc

- Marriage certificate 

- Proof of your US citizenship 

- Joint bank account if you have

- Joint ownership/lease of house/properties 

- Sworn statements from close friends/family declaring your marriage as bona fide

- Divorce decrees

- Check for filing fee

- call records/chats etc

- hotel receipts, flight tickets, boarding passes etc

 

After your i130 petition is approved, you'll get  more paperwork ready for the NVC stage. This is where you'll have to submit your Affidavit of support and other civil documents 

 

Best of luck! 

 

I agree with this. I supplied the bolded (plus wedding ring receipt and proof I added him as beneficiary on life insurance policy) and got approved last week after 6.24 months of waiting! Good luck and congrats on ur upcoming nuptials! Make sure your husband(to be) signs that I-130a!

Edited December 3, 2018 by Apple Bee

[bakphx1 785]

Be aware of the birth certificate needed, as Honduras has several formats.  Get a  cerified copy of the folio original de nacimiento.

 

Also make sure your divorce paperwork is the right form or order.  Not specific to Honduras, but having read VJ for some time, divorce decrees seem to be a problem in that everything is going fine until the embassy wants something other than what was submitted before.  

[Alex&Jen 20]

On 12/2/2018 at 12:53 AM, pushbrk said:

You are on the right track but not paying attention to detail.  Start by studying those I-130 instructions and instructions for ALL forms.

Thank you!!! We filled out the I-130 form and the I-130a form, but I noticed the top of the form said Expires 7/31/2018, does that mean our forms that we filled out would not be useful? 

[Alex&Jen 20]

On 12/2/2018 at 10:46 PM, Apple Bee said:

I agree with this. I supplied the bolded (plus wedding ring receipt and proof I added him as beneficiary on life insurance policy) and got approved last week after 6.24 months of waiting! Good luck and congrats on ur upcoming nuptials! Make sure your husband(to be) signs that I-130a!

Thank you!!! We will be filing as soon as I get our marriage certificate from the US Embassy in Honduras. Congratulations on your visa!! Did you submit original documents or copies when you submitted the I-130 and I-130a application?

[Alex&Jen 20]

On 11/25/2018 at 7:23 PM, Divergent said:

Hi congratulations on your marriage!

 

I think it's best for you to send as much evidence as possible with your i130, that way you can easily avoid getting RFE

 

Here are examples of what you should send:

- i130 form

- i130a form

- g1145 form

- pictures of your wedding/vacations etc

- Marriage certificate 

- Proof of your US citizenship 

- Joint bank account if you have

- Joint ownership/lease of house/properties 

- Sworn statements from close friends/family declaring your marriage as bona fide

- Divorce decrees

- Check for filing fee

- call records/chats etc

- hotel receipts, flight tickets, boarding passes etc

 

After your i130 petition is approved, you'll get  more paperwork ready for the NVC stage. This is where you'll have to submit your Affidavit of support and other civil documents 

 

Best of luck! 

 

Thank you!!! I am getting all the paperwork ready to file next week. 

[pushbrk 12,113]

4 minutes ago, Alex&Jen said:

Thank you!!! We filled out the I-130 form and the I-130a form, but I noticed the top of the form said Expires 7/31/2018, does that mean our forms that we filled out would not be useful? 

Check the website and see which form is the currently accepted form.  The expiration date is meaningless.

[Apple Bee 272]

4 hours ago, Alex&Jen said:

Thank you!!! We will be filing as soon as I get our marriage certificate from the US Embassy in Honduras. Congratulations on your visa!! Did you submit original documents or copies when you submitted the I-130 and I-130a application?

my husband has not gotten his visa yet. The petition was just approved on 11/28/18. We're now waiting to hear from the NVC for a case number. We sent only photocopies with the petition. They tell you not to send any originals because you may not get them back.

[pushbrk 12,113]

5 hours ago, Alex&Jen said:

Thank you!!! We will be filing as soon as I get our marriage certificate from the US Embassy in Honduras. Congratulations on your visa!! Did you submit original documents or copies when you submitted the I-130 and I-130a application?

Why would you be getting a marriage certificate from any US Embassy?  Are you actually getting married at the Embassy?  They seldom do that.  Otherwise, you need NOTHING from the US Embassy, in order to file an I-130 for spouse.

On 12/11/2018 at 8:42 PM, bakphx1 said:

Be aware of the birth certificate needed, as Honduras has several formats.  Get a  cerified copy of the folio original de nacimiento.

 

Also make sure your divorce paperwork is the right form or order.  Not specific to Honduras, but having read VJ for some time, divorce decrees seem to be a problem in that everything is going fine until the embassy wants something other than what was submitted before.  

The foreign beneficiary's birth certificate is not needed for the I-130 filing.  It is needed at the NVC stage.

[Alex&Jen 20]

On 1/4/2019 at 3:26 PM, Apple Bee said:

my husband has not gotten his visa yet. The petition was just approved on 11/28/18. We're now waiting to hear from the NVC for a case number. We sent only photocopies with the petition. They tell you not to send any originals because you may not get them back.

Are you going through an attorney or filing this yourself? Is 6 months a long time to get a case number? 

[Apple Bee 272]

6 hours ago, Alex&Jen said:

Are you going through an attorney or filing this yourself? Is 6 months a long time to get a case number? 

Filling ourselves. I've been told it takes up to 8 weeks to get a case number. It took 6 months for the initial approval of the petition which is normal.