Fumihiko

Thank you all for your help!!!! =)

Hi, thank you for the quick answer and sorry for the lack of clarity here.

I am a naturalized US citizen so I will be sending a photocopy of my naturalization certificate and a photocopy of my passport, instead of a birth certificate.

My question was in regards to my spouse beneficiary's birth certificate.  On the i-130 instructions there is no mention of presenting the spouse beneficiary's birth certificate, but I was getting concerned because I was seeing many people on various forums including their spouse beneficiary's birth certificate in their i-130.

In regards to the general question of "inadequate forms," I was referring to inadvertently missing few forms or evidence to support my petition.  Glad to hear that USCIS might issue a Request for Evidence.  Thank you.

Hello, 

I am a US citizen filing a CR-1 spouse visa for my wife who is in Japan.  I am preparing to submit my i-130 packet to USCIS in the next few days.

While I was reading the instructions for the i-130 (OMB No. 1615-0012 Expires 07/31/2018), I wasn't able to find any instructions on attaching a birth certificate of the petitioner and beneficiary.  Looking at various forums on the internet, I saw many people including their birth certificates.  Are these people simply front loading their i-130 when they don't have to, or is the correct course of action to include the birth certificates?

Also, a general question, if your i-130 doesn't have adequate forms, does USCIS ask you for more information or just flat out reject you?

Thank you for your time.

My fiance currently lives in Japan, and she is coming to visit me in California to get married.  She is on a Visa Waiver Program (ESTA), which is a program that allows foreigners to travel in the US for 90 days, and plans to return to Japan after we get married on paper.

Once she returns to Japan, we plan to start preparing the paperwork for the spouse visa (CR1).  After the spouse visa is approved we plan to move her to the US and start living together.

I wanted to know if we will get in trouble for getting married while my fiance is on ESTA.  The marriage courthouse in California only requires that we have proper photo ID to get married, so I am sure we will not have a problem getting the marriage certificate, but I am concerned that the immigration officials might think it's sketchy that she got married while on a tourist VISA.  Does anyone have any experience with this?