a copy of ALL pages of the US Citizen's passport???

[MissStacey 1]

Mu husband photocopied every page.

[taj'samericanwife 0]

There are (at least) two ways of doing things - the 'required' way and the 'best-practices' way.

On VJ you'll get both; what's required and what has proved to be successful for most VJers, most of the time.

You are of course free to choose your own path.

And then there are the actual instructions which clearly say "all pages" of the passport if being used as proof of US Citizenship. For all passport related purposes, I suggest photocopying all pages. One of the reasons is to clarify any question that could come up about any international travel. I suggest people not get bogged down by asking why to every part of the process they don't understand. It's complicated enough just to understand the "what to do" without all the "why", though often a little thought will answer the why questions for us.

In your case, they may actually want to know how many times YOU have been in and out of Pakistan. Every page of your passport will answer that.

PAKISTAN? ive never been to pakistan...my husband and i met in the philippines, he is from pakistan but he lives in the philippines...been living there for 5 years now

[taj'samericanwife 0]

but nonetheless, i will send a copy of all pages of my passport including the blank pages

[pushbrk 12,824]

There are (at least) two ways of doing things - the 'required' way and the 'best-practices' way.

On VJ you'll get both; what's required and what has proved to be successful for most VJers, most of the time.

You are of course free to choose your own path.

And then there are the actual instructions which clearly say "all pages" of the passport if being used as proof of US Citizenship. For all passport related purposes, I suggest photocopying all pages. One of the reasons is to clarify any question that could come up about any international travel. I suggest people not get bogged down by asking why to every part of the process they don't understand. It's complicated enough just to understand the "what to do" without all the "why", though often a little thought will answer the why questions for us.

In your case, they may actually want to know how many times YOU have been in and out of Pakistan. Every page of your passport will answer that.

PAKISTAN? ive never been to pakistan...my husband and i met in the philippines, he is from pakistan but he lives in the philippines...been living there for 5 years now

And, a copy of every page of your passport will make it clear you haven't been Bin Laden's courier between him and his sister organization in the PI. Light coming on yet? Zero is a number.

[taj'samericanwife 0]

what the?

[pushbrk 12,824]

what the?

Every immigration or visa issue related to Pakistan receives additional scrutiny. As such any travel to Pakistan is of interest. You avoid any related questions by showing even though you have a Paki husband, you haven't been there. His travels in and out of Pakistan are also of interest.

[taj'samericanwife 0]

i was thinking of copying all the pages of my husband's passport as well to show the visas he had in the philippines... but i dont that is needed and what category would that fall into?

[taj'samericanwife 0]

or you know what a good idea would be...maybe i should just send a picture of my husband wearing a shirt...im not a terrorist and i love bush on it...that way not every freak*n person here on VJ would assume all pakistanis are guilty until proven innocent....i thought in america it was innocent until proven guilty...oh now i get it...its guilty until proven innocent for the wh*te america trash people who live in the freak*n middle of nowhere

[pushbrk 12,824]

or you know what a good idea would be...maybe i should just send a picture of my husband wearing a shirt...im not a terrorist and i love bush on it...that way not every freak*n person here on VJ would assume all pakistanis are guilty until proven innocent....i thought in america it was innocent until proven guilty...oh now i get it...its guilty until proven innocent for the wh*te america trash people who live in the freak*n middle of nowhere

I'm assuming nothing of the kind. In the visa process though, those possibilities will be investigated so as to rule them out. It's good for you to be aware of that and act accordingly. No?

[taj'samericanwife 0]

There are (at least) two ways of doing things - the 'required' way and the 'best-practices' way.

On VJ you'll get both; what's required and what has proved to be successful for most VJers, most of the time.

You are of course free to choose your own path.

And then there are the actual instructions which clearly say "all pages" of the passport if being used as proof of US Citizenship. For all passport related purposes, I suggest photocopying all pages. One of the reasons is to clarify any question that could come up about any international travel. I suggest people not get bogged down by asking why to every part of the process they don't understand. It's complicated enough just to understand the "what to do" without all the "why", though often a little thought will answer the why questions for us.

In your case, they may actually want to know how many times YOU have been in and out of Pakistan. Every page of your passport will answer that.

PAKISTAN? ive never been to pakistan...my husband and i met in the philippines, he is from pakistan but he lives in the philippines...been living there for 5 years now

And, a copy of every page of your passport will make it clear you haven't been Bin Laden's courier between him and his sister organization in the PI. Light coming on yet? Zero is a number.

not only are people thinking every pakistani is a terrorist but now even the philippines is involved...is the philippines the new terrorist origin this time around?

[pushbrk 12,824]

There are (at least) two ways of doing things - the 'required' way and the 'best-practices' way.

On VJ you'll get both; what's required and what has proved to be successful for most VJers, most of the time.

You are of course free to choose your own path.

And then there are the actual instructions which clearly say "all pages" of the passport if being used as proof of US Citizenship. For all passport related purposes, I suggest photocopying all pages. One of the reasons is to clarify any question that could come up about any international travel. I suggest people not get bogged down by asking why to every part of the process they don't understand. It's complicated enough just to understand the "what to do" without all the "why", though often a little thought will answer the why questions for us.

In your case, they may actually want to know how many times YOU have been in and out of Pakistan. Every page of your passport will answer that.

PAKISTAN? ive never been to pakistan...my husband and i met in the philippines, he is from pakistan but he lives in the philippines...been living there for 5 years now

And, a copy of every page of your passport will make it clear you haven't been Bin Laden's courier between him and his sister organization in the PI. Light coming on yet? Zero is a number.

not only are people thinking every pakistani is a terrorist but now even the philippines is involved...is the philippines the new terrorist origin this time around?

Officials have a job to do. Yes there is Al Qaeda in the PI. I'm talking about providing information early to make it easier to rule out. Being aware of what is considered in the process, is not to make an assumption of guilt. A Consular officer will eventually see every page of your husband's passport and evaluate what they see, according to their set procedures. This is the world we live in. To be aware of it is not the same as liking it.

[taj'samericanwife 0]

i was thinking of copying all the pages of my husband's passport as well to show the visas he had in the philippines... but i dont that is needed and what category would that fall into for the I 130?

[CrossBorder 0]

The instructions of Form I-130 state: "A copy of your unexpired US passport". To be conservative, I would say copy every page of your passport.

More here: Cross Border Marriage

Thanks,

Mark

[SqdnGuns 21]

not only are people thinking every pakistani is a terrorist but now even the philippines is involved...is the Philippines the new terrorist origin this time around?

Zamboanga and surrounding areas suchs as N. Cotabato get scrutinized.

Edited March 4, 2011 by SqdnGuns

[James and Cynthia 70]

Zamboanga and surrounding areas suchs as N. Cotabato get scrutinized.

Hmmm. Isn't that were a lot of muslims live?

OP. Like it or not, ratial and religious profiling does occur. It may not be fair, but if you really want things to go smoothly, don't take chances just because you don't agree. I think you were getting some good advice. If you choose to ignore it or get angry at the messenger, you're taking it the wrong way. I don't think anything that was said was meant as an attack.

-James