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Hi. I just want some opinion on the I-864. I’ve read that submitting a tax return for 3 years is optional and the only required is the most recent one. Would it be okay if we only send the 2018 tax? Or would it be better if we include the past 2 years? 

Hi. I am currently filling out the I-864 and I am quite confused on part 3. (information about the immigrants you are sponsoring). We have a daughter and she is already a US citizen before we came here. Should I still include her name on the list? I read on the instruction that for items 4.a-28 you should list family members who are immigrating more than six months after the principal immigrant. 

46 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

Ahhh ... that explains a lot.     There must be an annotation on your original BC .. have you went to the local registry to request a copy of your BC?

I did. I asked for an updated affidavit with my father’s signature just to be sure. Thank you😁

10 minutes ago, GreenGem said:

If you were able to renew your passport with no problem I think you have the annotation and you're just not aware of it. It goes like this. "''The child shall be known as (full name of the child) pursuant to RA  9255."" My kids' bc has this when I registered them on the local civil registrar's office because they were born out of wedlock.

25 minutes ago, GreenGem said:

I was asking if they got married after you we're born. Either way I believe that the affidavit is in the back of the bc or 2nd page. My kids we're born out of wedlock as well and the 2nd page of the bc is the acknowledgement. It says "Affidavit of Acknowledgement/Admission of Paternity". Check if your dad signed it. If he did then you're good. Make sure you have the PSA original when you go to your interview and double check if it matches your local bc. If asked during the interview why your last name is different on your bc tell them that you use your father's last name and your back up is the affidavit on the back of your bc. Remember to NOT give unsolicited info to the CO. Only answer questions you are asked. Goodluck!

 

They're not going to ask you to change your passport. You are allowed to use your father's last name even if it is not what is in your bc based on RA. 9255 - REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9255 (An Act Allowing Illegitimate Children to Use the Surname of Their Father, Amending for the Purpose Article 176 of Executive Order No. 209, Otherwise Known as the "Family Code of the Philippines")

Yes they got married after I was born. I was able to get the AUSF at the lcr with my father’s signature and I even asked him to write an updated letter. Hope that would be enough. Thank you so much for your help.😁

1 hour ago, Hank_ said:

When was the last time your passport was renewed?

I renewed my passport in 2017. My bc hasn’t been annotated. I could get a PSA copy but the surname is under my mother’s name. 

6 hours ago, GreenGem said:

Did your parents get married after you where born and before you got your passport? If they did, bring your parent's marriage certificate and your birth certificate to the local civil registrar's office where you live and ask them what you need to do, also tell them that you were born out of wedlock. It does not take that long and not too expensive either. I had my bc's annotation done in two months. Cost me probably around Php1,500 - year 2013 tho. Have you been approved with uscis and are now on the NVC stage? Is your father in your birth certificate?

Yes I was born out of wedlock.  I think my father executed an affidavit but I don’t where it is.  We’re still waiting on the NOA2. Are they going to ask me to change the passport on my mother’s surname? 

8 hours ago, Hank_ said:

The embassy may very well ask questions, for sure bring all documentation that you have.   Be prepared for them to ask for further documents .. and if they don't . be all smiles.    

 

If you BC has you last name same as you mother, how were you able to get your passport in your father's surname, did he add his name to the BC and sign it?

My father’s name is on the bc. As to how they were able to get my passport i’m not really sure. I’ve been using my father’s surname since I was in grade school and also when I applied for gov’t ID’s they did not ask for my bc. 

56 minutes ago, GreenGem said:

You would need to have an annotation on the side of your birth certificate. When you took your passport your id and birth certificate had different last name, did they accept the affidavit?

I’m not really sure cause I was only 10 when we applied for my passport. But when I applied for the driver’s license they didn’t ask for my bc. Would that be a reason for 221g later on? 

Hi. Does the usem allow affidavits on birth certificate discrepancies? I just recently found out that I’ve been using my mother’s surname on my bc. However, on my official documents like passport, school records and driver’s license I have my father’s surname. I was born out of wedlock but I was able to use my father’s surname when I applied for a passport when I was 10. 

Hi! Does the CRBA interview affect the k1? Just a little background, we met in november 2016 and became official the same month. Got engaged in december. During the CRBA interview my fiance was asked when did we became official. She said december which was supposed to be november. She got confused so she thought the question was the month when we got engaged. Does it have a bearing on our k1 interview later on? 

Received our noa1 today! Notice date was feb 25th😁

50 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Create an account on my.uscis.gov/account and then send them the contact information but don't do it until you receive the NOA1 that way you can use the receipt number so USCIS can find your record. I'm sure you full name, SSN and birthdate would also find the record and should be included in any means you use to contact USCIS to correct this error. It's worth a try.

Alright. Thank you so much! 

9 hours ago, C90 said:

I saw the contact information part, but needed more exact info on what you didn't fill out. If you didn't provide any info from the petitioner then your file can't even be accepted. They need a name, address etc from the petitioner to send the NOA's to. There's 3 options:

 

1) Application gets sent back / denied since you filed an incomplete application

2) RFE will come in asking for more information

3) Case is thrown out, since USCIS has no info at all from the petitioner, so they don't know where they have to send the file/RFE to and who they are sending it to.

 

I assume your address (you are the petitioner?) was on the envelope, so they might go for 1 or 2. I would give it a few weeks, and if you don't hear anything you can call USCIS to make sure your application is not there anymore and you can re-file.

The only part that I missed out was the daytime telephone number,  mobile number and email address. But I was able to include my residential address on the form and envelope. 

Part 5 of the i-129F form. Petitioner's contact information. I think I must have overlooked that part. But I was able to sign it. 

Hi! Do we get a rfe if we were not able to fill out the petitioner's contact information on the form? 

Hi. Will I get a rfe if I wasn't able to fill out the contact information on the last part? Was able to sign but i'm not quite sure if I provided the contact information. 

Hi! Sent our packet on the 21st and it was delivered on the 22nd, same day our daugther's CRBA got approved. Yay! Hoping to receive the noa1 this week😃 

Hi. We just applied for our daughter's crba and I just have a concern regarding the proof of physical presence. It says that the US parent must be in the US for 5 years and 2 of which are after the age of 14. We submitted 5 years worth of tax returns ,w2's and old US passport but no school records since we couldn't find his transcripts. Would that be okay? Or would that be a cause for denial? He's a naturalized citizen btw. 

Hi! Our interview for crba is next week. I have sent the original forms along with the photocopies of other documents.  Do I need to provide the original forms during the interview? I only have one copy of the notarized forms and the ones I have kept are the photocopies. 

I am in illegitimate child that is why in my BC I have my mother's maiden name as my surname. I was advised to file an adoption but I was thinking that it would take some time to finish the process. So that is why I was thinking of just filing the BC with an affidavit.

My birth certificate is registered under the surname of my mother. However, I've been using my father's surname in my passport and other documents. Do I need a notarized affidavit saying both versions of the name indicate the same person?