wanderingbeing

I only ask because I'm about to send both my I-130 and I-129f to the nebraska location together. I have a feeling this means I s hould just send the I-130 to chicago.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising the locations for filing Form I-130 that are currently listed in the form’s instructions posted on this website. Until new instructions are posted, the following information applies:

Effective December 3, 2007, all petitioners filing stand-alone Form I-130 are encouraged to submit their petitions to the Chicago Lockbox instead of a USCIS Service Center. I-130 petitions filed with the Chicago Lockbox will be routed to, and adjudicated at, the appropriate USCIS Service Center. This routing will be based on the petitioner’s place of residence in the United States.

Petitioners who reside in AK, AZ, CA, CO, Guam, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MS, MT, Nebraska, NV, ND, OH, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, or WY are encouraged to file their stand-alone Form I-130s with the Lockbox using the following address:

USCIS

P.O. Box 804625

Chicago, IL 60680-1029

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising the locations for filing Form I-130 that are currently listed in the form’s instructions posted on this website. Until new instructions are posted, the following information applies:

Effective December 3, 2007, all petitioners filing stand-alone Form I-130 are encouraged to submit their petitions to the Chicago Lockbox instead of a USCIS Service Center. I-130 petitions filed with the Chicago Lockbox will be routed to, and adjudicated at, the appropriate USCIS Service Center. This routing will be based on the petitioner’s place of residence in the United States.

Petitioners who reside in AK, AZ, CA, CO, Guam, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MS, MT, Nebraska, NV, ND, OH, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, or WY are encouraged to file their stand-alone Form I-130s with the Lockbox using the following address:

USCIS

P.O. Box 804625

Chicago, IL 60680-1029

yes but it's expired none the less

USCIS is the "official" source... The version they have posted is the version you have in hand.

heh nevermind on USCIS it says

07/30/07. Previous editions accepted.

Does someone know where a new rev of the I-130 document is? I was just about to mail everything out today. Then I look and noticed the I-130 papers say they expired last week. :'(

Does someone know where a new rev of the I-130 document is? I was just about to mail everything out today. Then I look and noticed the I-130 papers say they expired last week. :'(

hmm yes I was wondering if I would need to initial. Well as far as the name on her passport it's "name name de name" is super long and won't fit in any boxes. But I know other people from peru used only there family name and not all 3 last names and had no problems. But The g-325 says it has to be filled out by her. And if I would need to initial after crossing out it would not be her initials so I'll just go with no initials. ok thanks listening to me think outloud and for your help!

I have just recieved my wifes copy of the G-325A and there is a problem with the Family Name on the bottom in the heavy black square. on the 4 forms for the I-129f the family names says "my last name" and for the I-130 it says "Her family names de My family name" But for all 8 pages the family name on the top left first box is just my family name. I'm assuming I should break the news that she needs to resend the documents but I'm in a hurry to send them now. I was wondering if there is a way I can go around this. I read this in another post since I have her signature in the documents I could make a new document cut out her signature and make all 4 copies with original copies of her signature. But I thought I read somewhere that 1 of the 4 copies has to be signed with ink and the others an be copies. I also read that the signature isn't needed as long as everything else in the I-130 is filed correctly. But now I'm thinking the copy option is the best. Tell me what you think. Thanks for your time,

Nick

If one copy has to be signed then she may as well sign them all.

I wouldn't play with it. Just have her download everything again and sign everything and shoot it to you.

I was RFEd for submitting a copy that I thought was my original one.

Printers are to good now. Can hardly tell the difference. USCIS did tho!

Or just correct the information that's wrong. Line out the wrong and put in the corrected. Her name should be her current legal name. If yours as added, then the the only correction is to line it out. No need to add anything.

I've always wondered how much editing you can do on forms and still be accepted.

May depend on which form.

How about "white out" and corrections, Should the correction be initialed?

I've NEVER seen anything official on correcting documents.

I'd think notarized forms shouldn't be corrected unless the Notary initialed the correction.

Don't really about any of it tho.

I know DS 157s can have corrections. At least we did with no problems. Looked like a mess but it "flew".

Is there a thread here on VJ that gives info how much correcting you can do and not get an RFE?

Bottomline is to have everything "to the tits". May take a bit longer but RFEs extend the process also.

Thank you I'll do this and just cross out her family name so it's just my family name. Also she wrote the date as 07/07/07 and then rewrote 11 over the first 07. :s I'll just cross that off too and rewrite the date because I'm not sure how picky they will be at INS.

Muchas Gracias todo!

I have just recieved my wifes copy of the G-325A and there is a problem with the Family Name on the bottom in the heavy black square. on the 4 forms for the I-129f the family names says "my last name" and for the I-130 it says "Her family names de My family name" But for all 8 pages the family name on the top left first box is just my family name. I'm assuming I should break the news that she needs to resend the documents but I'm in a hurry to send them now. I was wondering if there is a way I can go around this. I read this in another post since I have her signature in the documents I could make a new document cut out her signature and make all 4 copies with original copies of her signature. But I thought I read somewhere that 1 of the 4 copies has to be signed with ink and the others an be copies. I also read that the signature isn't needed as long as everything else in the I-130 is filed correctly. But now I'm thinking the copy option is the best. Tell me what you think. Thanks for your time,

Nick

If one copy has to be signed then she may as well sign them all.

I wouldn't play with it. Just have her download everything again and sign everything and shoot it to you.

I was RFEd for submitting a copy that I thought was my original one.

Printers are to good now. Can hardly tell the difference. USCIS did tho!

Or just correct the information that's wrong. Line out the wrong and put in the corrected. Her name should be her current legal name. If yours as added, then the the only correction is to line it out. No need to add anything.

Yes, I would do this.

I have just recieved my wifes copy of the G-325A and there is a problem with the Family Name on the bottom in the heavy black square. on the 4 forms for the I-129f the family names says "my last name" and for the I-130 it says "Her family names de My family name" But for all 8 pages the family name on the top left first box is just my family name. I'm assuming I should break the news that she needs to resend the documents but I'm in a hurry to send them now. I was wondering if there is a way I can go around this. I read this in another post since I have her signature in the documents I could make a new document cut out her signature and make all 4 copies with original copies of her signature. But I thought I read somewhere that 1 of the 4 copies has to be signed with ink and the others an be copies. I also read that the signature isn't needed as long as everything else in the I-130 is filed correctly. But now I'm thinking the copy option is the best. Tell me what you think. Thanks for your time,

Nick

So when you get your passport foto in the Us it's of course 2" x 2". Well my wife sent me her fotos and they are more like 1 3/4 x 2 1/4". I assume this is fine for the I-130 & I-129f because every other detail in the instructions is good with the fotos. And I assume they cut the fotos to there profile folder size anyways. But does anyone know if I will have a problem? She says that she doesn't know if she can get 2" x 2"

Also wondering if anyone has found out if it is ok to send both the I-130 & I-129f together now? Or was that just for August?

Muchos Gracias

What if I file for the petition with Paternal-Maternal-de-My last name will the government just conform it for her to my last name?

My wife's passport says her full "Peruvian" name...."Erika-Rosa-Paternal-Maternal-de-My last name". My lawyer submitted the immigration paperwork as her "American" name...Erika-Rosa-My last name. Our interview is coming up. Does anyone know if I should have her change her passport? Or if the name differences will be a problem at all?

Thank you so much for all the responses. You have definately made me feel better because everyone else tells me no or I don't know. Though I hope pushbrk will stop beating dead horses. And thank you much Reba for answering my question.

Sorry I delayed to respond been a work-a-holic...

Yes most of my friends are K-1'ers and still don't believe I'm married. I asked my HR at work and they have no idea, they told me to talk to the IRS or an immigration lawyer. But yes I needed moral support that I was right. So muchos gracias! But I was only not clear how to make it known, registered in the US... So it's all good now thanks again.

Thanks, yes I have it translated officially and have copies. But besides the petitions and visa for my wife. Do I need to do something else in the US to say hey I'm married I'm changing my status officially now? Because I would like to put her on my medical insurance because my medical insurance works in Peru as well currently I believe. Or should I just go for it and change all my license and tax info and everything now?

If you got married, even in Peru, then you are married everywhere. Do you have some documentation that shows you were married? Get it translated as you will need it later.

I believe it says you need to file a seperate I-130 form for each eligibile relative. But I don't remember reading any exceptions to this. But I'm new to this myself. But I've been looking over the I-130 and I-129f a lot the last month.

One more question...

along with My wife who i will be filing the I-130 for there is also our daughter (6 months) because she is my daughter do i need to file a separate I-130 or can i just include her on my wifes?

thanks for the help.

Hello,

This is a nice helpful site, a very good idea indeed. Glad I found it. Well my question is with the K3 visa at what point is it legal here to change my status to married? I've heard it both ways that the US government recognizes my marriage in Peru and also the opposite that I need to wait for the Visa to be approved so my wife can come here. And then when she is here we can marry again and then it is legal. I was hoping you experienced people wouldn't mind educating me.

We got married in Peru August 6th and I am back in the US until December. Just waiting on a few things then I can send out the initial I-130 petition, so still a lifetime away from the documents finishing. But I'm sure surviving this wait makes the relationship so much stronger in the long run.

Thank you so much for taking the time to help.

~Nicholas & Claudia