Necessary Documents to File I130

[SandM0812 1]

On 5/26/2019 at 3:12 PM, pushbrk said:

Which means you are not yet an A-student of the I-130 instructions and I-130a instructions.  Doing so, will be critical to your ultimate success, not JUST because, if you don't know what your DO NOT know, you will not know what to ask about.

 

Edited May 28, 2019 by SandM0812

[SandM0812 1]

On 5/26/2019 at 3:36 PM, carmel34 said:

Here's what we sent with the I-130 petition:

 

a few photos of each visit together, multiple visits over time (4 before filing petition)

four or five photos from the wedding, some with family and friends

passport stamps, boarding passes, hotel receipts, restaurant receipts as evidence of these visits

joint credit card account statements

documents showing my Brazilian husband as my beneficiary on life insurance, retirement accounts, investment accounts

evidence of my husband's health insurance, dental insurance based on my employer's plan

evidence of my husband as my emergency contact at work, statement that he is my husband on employer's HR website

will and living will

Christmas cards addressed to both of us at my US address

copies of cards and letters we have exchanged

wedding ring receipts

email logs, phone call logs, video call logs to show continuous daily communication

representative chat records from WhatsApp, Messenger

Facebook pages showing our relationship with a few photos, comments from friends and family, words of congratulations on wedding day

affidavits from family members attesting to the nature of our relationship

 

required civil documents, marriage certificate, proof of US citizenship for petitioner, passport photos, payment of fee, everything stated on I-130 instructions, plus I-130A application

 

All of the above well-organized on plain paper, binder clips, with a cover letter/table of contents listing everything by page number, all pages clearly numbered for easy reference for the officers.

 

We uploaded more evidence at NVC stage of 3 additional visits since filing the petition.  We're now two weeks from his interview, and I will go with him and take evidence of our 11 day trip to Paris and London last month.

 

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply! I'll be sure to include as much stuff as I can that's relevant to what you included. Just curious, did your husband travel to the US at all after you filed your petition?

[Yannary 70]

On 5/26/2019 at 3:52 AM, pushbrk said:

Passport photos are not signed.  Hand print full name on back for petitioner.  Not needed at all for beneficiary unless in the USA at the time of filing.

 

"Sign" the cover letter, check and I-130.  No other signatures at this time.

We got an rfe for not including passport photos for my husband (beneficiary) with our I-130 even though my husband lives abroad. My lawyer said when they say jump we say how high and please and thank you. Basically, just give them whatever they ask for even if it's not supposed to be necessary. 

[pushbrk 12,222]

8 hours ago, Yannary said:

We got an rfe for not including passport photos for my husband (beneficiary) with our I-130 even though my husband lives abroad. My lawyer said when they say jump we say how high and please and thank you. Basically, just give them whatever they ask for even if it's not supposed to be necessary. 

Yes, USCIS makes mistakes, particularly with new policies.  Not sending beneficiary passport photos is a fairly new policy.  When they ask, you respond.  It never hurts to send beneficiary photos if you have them, but they are NOT required with the petition if the beneficiary is NOT in the USA at the time of filing.

[Scott001 119]

On 5/25/2019 at 9:20 PM, SandM0812 said:

 

-Copy of Birth Certificate OR passport (or both?)

 

I just included both. Copy of every page in my PP and a copy of my birth cert. Figured I have it so why not. 

I was going to include photos of her but decided not to once I saw it was not needed. But I did make a note on the cover letter they were not included at this time and why. 

 

I copy/pasted the correct address format in Japanese and Chinese in the Additional Information section.  She's Chinese but a perm resident of Japan but was on assignment in china when we applied for the I-130. 

 

Since we've applied I've added her to my insurance and put on as an authorized user for my CCs. On her next trip here we will file for a ITIN.  

 

As far as some of the other things that were probably not needed but:

• I included cards we had sent to each other..... OK cards I had saved the cards I sent her (for over 10 years)
• Some old emails 
• Somehow I still had copies of airline tickets from a trip we took together 10 years ago
• Copies of her I-94 showing prior visits to US
• Photos - Printed 4 on page using a color laser printer. Some of the wedding, some of prior trips, etc. I think 20ish total
• Copies of our joint bank account

 

 

Edited May 31, 2019 by Scott001