Witness Affidavit Notarized

[Daphne89 0]

Hello, 

I am filling out the I-129f for my fiancé. I asked my fiancé to notarize the intent to marry, and also get two witness affidavits from family and friends. He notarized the documents and mailed them to me. The problem is that the documents are in English, however the notary stamp is in his language, accompanied by a paragraph from the notary basically stating that he is not responsible for the content of the document, and other information about the signees. I know USCIS requires all documents to be translated, and I'm not sure that I can find a translator soon enough. What are my options? Should I have my fiancé resign the documents (without notarizing them) scan them and e-mail them to me? Does USCIS accept scanned signatures? 

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

Absolutely no need to notarize the intent to marry letter and a scanned copy is fine.

Affidavits should be notarized if I remember right but they're not really first class evidence so I wouldn't spend time and money on redoing them. If you want to use them, send them in the way they're now.

[SalishSea 17,928]

1 hour ago, Daphne89 said:

Hello, 

I am filling out the I-129f for my fiancé. I asked my fiancé to notarize the intent to marry, and also get two witness affidavits from family and friends. He notarized the documents and mailed them to me. The problem is that the documents are in English, however the notary stamp is in his language, accompanied by a paragraph from the notary basically stating that he is not responsible for the content of the document, and other information about the signees. I know USCIS requires all documents to be translated, and I'm not sure that I can find a translator soon enough. What are my options? Should I have my fiancé resign the documents (without notarizing them) scan them and e-mail them to me? Does USCIS accept scanned signatures? 

None of that is required.

[Limey 551]

We submitted affidavits for AOS that weren't notarized... didn't appear to be required. No RFEs...

What are the affidavits for? In our case (AOS) they were from a friend, and a neighbor, just part of a whole bundle of evidence to show that we lived together as a genuine married couple. As such they were pretty low down the list in terms of their importance and value. If your affidavits are more important (eg certifying that particular important documents are not available) then legal formalities might be more closely examined.

[Daphne89 0]

8 hours ago, Limey said:

We submitted affidavits for AOS that weren't notarized... didn't appear to be required. No RFEs...

What are the affidavits for? In our case (AOS) they were from a friend, and a neighbor, just part of a whole bundle of evidence to show that we lived together as a genuine married couple. As such they were pretty low down the list in terms of their importance and value. If your affidavits are more important (eg certifying that particular important documents are not available) then legal formalities might be more closely examined.

Thank your for the reply. One of them was from a friend with whom we spent the summer vacation together, and the other one was from my mother-in-law. We do have photos together from the last two years just thought I should add affidavits too just in case they need more evidence of us meeting in person. However, now I might not add them since they are not notarized in English.

[Daphne89 0]

23 hours ago, Letspaintcookies said:

Absolutely no need to notarize the intent to marry letter and a scanned copy is fine.

Affidavits should be notarized if I remember right but they're not really first class evidence so I wouldn't spend time and money on redoing them. If you want to use them, send them in the way they're now.

Thank you for the reply. I'm going to send in the scanned copy of the intent to marry and get rid of the affidavits since they are not notarized in English. 

[Cornflake 108]

It's not expensive to notarize affidavit. I paid just $15 in Los Angeles.

[TBoneTX 45,550]

1.  Notarizations aren't required unless specifically requested.

2.  Notaries notarize signatures, not documents.  They verify the signer's identity, period.