need help compressing original i-864pdf under 2MB

[awesomelily 0]

Hi guys, So i just finished filling out the AOS forms for my brother. On trying to upload the forms it says only 2MB allowed. 

So how do I compress the file to the required size. I'm struggling with it. Can someone assist me please thanks

[Quarknase 1,072]

41 minutes ago, awesomelily said:

Hi guys, So i just finished filling out the AOS forms for my brother. On trying to upload the forms it says only 2MB allowed. 

So how do I compress the file to the required size. I'm struggling with it. Can someone assist me please thanks

I had the same issue with smartphone scan apps and even downloaded adobe acrobat version that allows you to reduce PDF size but the stupid thing said it can't be reduzed any further. I ended up going to a Staples and scan everything with their printer. With that the I-864 scan came out at 500 KB only

[ghostfoxgoddess 160]

Have you tried "Print to PDF"? A lot of times printing to pdf rather than saving as pdf makes the files come out smaller.

[Free Man 115]

I used ilovepdf.com

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to NVC forum.

[nelmagriffin 140]

Greetings!

After reading, printing, signing, and scanning documents one by one into your computer, convert it to pdf file, then merge this 10 pages into one pdf file, then compress before uploading it to CEAC. The important thing is to scan these documents to your computer as merging and compressing if not available to you can be accessible online. There are so many site with free sites that has this service. you can download it right away within seconds. Just choose the one that will shred files right away as these are every sensitive. Best of luck, NG

 

[AndromedaIndy 0]

On 3/20/2020 at 6:58 PM, awesomelily said:

Hi guys, So i just finished filling out the AOS forms for my brother. On trying to upload the forms it says only 2MB allowed. 

So how do I compress the file to the required size. I'm struggling with it. Can someone assist me please thanks

Do you really want to scan I-864 plus other sensitive documents with an online tool? I would say NO WAY. Heck even NVC does not show uploaded sensitive docs.

 

Buy a printer scanner combo from office max or online. Seriously, how much money are you spending on this whole thing? Few hundred dollars ain't gonna hurt. You can always use this type of printer for rest of things in your daily life.

 

Here is a workable solution once you have the printer scanner combo:

 

a) Complete, sign, and print the documents.

b) Scan the document as .pdf, but use 100 or max 200 dpi resolution. 100 may work, but check it after scan is complete. 200 dpi usually comes out fine.

 

I have not had a single document that went over 2 MB limit with 200 or less dpi resolution. If you have to break up a doc....put a note explaining in notes section during NVC upload.

[awesomelily 0]

On 3/22/2020 at 1:02 AM, nelmagriffin said:

Greetings!

After reading, printing, signing, and scanning documents one by one into your computer, convert it to pdf file, then merge this 10 pages into one pdf file, then compress before uploading it to CEAC. The important thing is to scan these documents to your computer as merging and compressing if not available to you can be accessible online. There are so many site with free sites that has this service. you can download it right away within seconds. Just choose the one that will shred files right away as these are every sensitive. Best of luck, NG

 

Awesome Thanks. Got it done!

[NannaS 3]

On 3/21/2020 at 3:58 AM, awesomelily said:

Hi guys, So i just finished filling out the AOS forms for my brother. On trying to upload the forms it says only 2MB allowed. 

So how do I compress the file to the required size. I'm struggling with it. Can someone assist me please thanks

Hello, Im pretty sure you got this already, but for helping other people and in case you needed it in future find below website is very helpful

for PDF binding, merging, compressing, ...

 

https://www.ilovepdf.com/compress_pdf