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I’m trying to determine the requirements for signatures on application forms.  From the info I can find, some seemed to indicate that you could photocopy/scan an original document with a handwritten signature and it could be accepted.  In other places, info stressed that applications have to have “wet” (pen written) signatures.  Has anyone successfully sent an application with scanned signatures?

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For USCIS phase, send in your filled-out petition with a wet signature. Keep a copy of your entire petition packet as a backup should anything happen (you can just keep a scanned digital copy of your petition packet on a USB, you don't need a paper copy of your whole ~50+ page packet (more or less depending how much evidence you provide)). For NVC phase, you print out and wet sign the affidavit of support, and upload a scan of it to CEAC website, since NVC is all online and nothing by mail (this won't be until close to around a year after you send your I130 packet to USCIS though). For interview, most recommend that the beneficiary take the original wet-signed affidavit of support to the visa interview

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On 9/23/2019 at 11:23 PM, USS_Voyager said:

The application itself (form I-130, form I-129F, ... ) should be wet ink. Anything else photocopies are ok. At least that's how I do it. 

@USS_VoyagerThanks for your advice.

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On 9/24/2019 at 6:22 AM, LilyJ said:

For USCIS phase, send in your filled-out petition with a wet signature. Keep a copy of your entire petition packet as a backup should anything happen (you can just keep a scanned digital copy of your petition packet on a USB, you don't need a paper copy of your whole ~50+ page packet (more or less depending how much evidence you provide)). For NVC phase, you print out and wet sign the affidavit of support, and upload a scan of it to CEAC website, since NVC is all online and nothing by mail (this won't be until close to around a year after you send your I130 packet to USCIS though). For interview, most recommend that the beneficiary take the original wet-signed affidavit of support to the visa interview

@LilyJThanks for your help!

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