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champi   13

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Hi all..

I was wondering if all the forms have to be singed in blank ink or will blue ink work too?

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02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

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02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
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03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
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champi   13

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Er... blank ink will not be as good as black ink :devil:

You mean as good as blue ink?

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IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

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Brad and Vika   129

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Er... blank ink will not be as good as black ink :devil:

You mean as good as blue ink?

No - I think you meant black ink, but you said blank ink. Either black or blue will work fine I think - we used both on different forms.

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Er... blank ink will not be as good as black ink :devil:

You mean as good as blue ink?

No - I think you meant black ink, but you said blank ink. Either black or blue will work fine I think - we used both on different forms.

Blue is better than black but black is ok.

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No - I think you meant black ink, but you said blank ink. Either black or blue will work fine I think - we used both on different forms.

Thanks :) as you can probably figure out....I am becoming bit paranoid now about getting REFs or delaying this process somehow.

IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

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Er... blank ink will not be as good as black ink :devil:

You mean as good as blue ink?

No - I think you meant black ink, but you said blank ink. Either black or blue will work fine I think - we used both on different forms.

Blank ink would be a bit hard to read :blink:

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Brad and Vika   129

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Er... blank ink will not be as good as black ink :devil:

You mean as good as blue ink?

No - I think you meant black ink, but you said blank ink. Either black or blue will work fine I think - we used both on different forms.

Blank ink would be a bit hard to read :blink:

True, and so would an REF :lol: OP - you meant RFE I presume.

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champi   13

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True, and so would an REF :lol: OP - you meant RFE I presume.

hehe...time for me to go home..... lol

IR-5 - for Mom
------------
08/27/2012 - Sent Application
08/28/2012 - NOA1 date
08/31/2012 - Received email from USCIS saying the package is accepted
09/11/2012 - Received a letter saying case transferred Lee's Summit, MO
02/15/2013 - Received an email saying case is approved
02/22/2013 - I-130 NOA2 hard copy received

NVC Journey
--------------
02/18/2013 - NVC received the case
03/11/2013 - NVC case # assigned
03/12/2013 - Petitioners' email corrected, Beneficiary's email added
03/13/2013 - DS3032 received
03/13/2013 - DS3032 email sent (was sent before the we received the DS3032)
03/13/2013 - AOS fee invoiced and Paid (shows In Progress)
03/14/2013 - AOS fee shows PAID
03/14/2013 - AOS package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/15/2013 - AOS package delivered to NVC on 03/15/2013 at 10:06:00
03/19/2013 - Re-sent DS-3032 email with Supervisor Review on subject
03/21/2013 - DS-3032 accepted
03/22/2013 - IV fee invoiced and paid
03/25/2013 - IV fee shows PAID
03/25/2013 - IV package sent (overnight next-day delivery)
03/26/2013 - IV package delivered to NVC on 03/26/2013 at 10:04am
03/27/2013 - AOS accepted
04/08/2013 - IV checklist found out by phone - NVC lost our marriage certificate sad.png
04/09/2013 - IV checklist email received
04/16/2013 - IV Checklist response mailed - new Marriage Certificate

04/16/2013 - Case Complete (they found our first marriage certificate during supervisor review??)
04/17/2013 - NVC received IV Checklist response
04/23/2013 - Case Complete email from NVC

05/13/2013 - Medical

06/03/2013 - Interview

Thank you God!!!!

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Brad and Vika   129

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True, and so would an REF :lol: OP - you meant RFE I presume.

hehe...time for me to go home..... lol

No sweat champi - I do that myself all the time.

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Rarely, I've heard of people getting RFEs saying the signatures on the petition, G325, and similar forms must be originals. This can sometimes happen by mistake when the signatures really WERE originals. Black ink can look like a photocopied signature sometimes.

There are two things you can do to reduce or eliminate the chances of someone thinking your signature is a photocopy:

1. Sign in dark blue ink.

2. Use a ballpoint pen, put a soft magazine under the paper, and sign with firm enough pressure that the pen makes a bit of an indentation in the paper.

You can of course combine these two strategies to be doubly sure. I'd guess either one by itself would be plenty, though.

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Er... blank ink will not be as good as black ink :devil:

You mean as good as blue ink?

No - I think you meant black ink, but you said blank ink. Either black or blue will work fine I think - we used both on different forms.

Blue is better than black but black is ok.

I would vote for blue too, because sometimes black ink can be mistaken for a photo copy, blue stands out as an origional signature.

I would avoid using BLANK INVISIBLE INK.

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Rarely, I've heard of people getting RFEs saying the signatures on the petition, G325, and similar forms must be originals. This can sometimes happen by mistake when the signatures really WERE originals. Black ink can look like a photocopied signature sometimes.

There are two things you can do to reduce or eliminate the chances of someone thinking your signature is a photocopy:

1. Sign in dark blue ink.

2. Use a ballpoint pen, put a soft magazine under the paper, and sign with firm enough pressure that the pen makes a bit of an indentation in the paper.

You can of course combine these two strategies to be doubly sure. I'd guess either one by itself would be plenty, though.

I read somewhere to only use black ink, I think it was the instructions for the I-130 petition. Oh well

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