Finally ready to submit, please look over?

[TwoChickies 105]

After several weeks of gathering together all the necessary documents, I think we are finally ready to ship off our petition! I am currently in Canada with my husband, so I do have a couple questions. They are either in red in the copied cover letter, or numbered at the bottom. I'd greatly appreciate if anyone can tell me if I've finally got it in the right order or if there are still adjustments to be made. Thanks!

[my name]

What address do I use? My permanent address in the US, or my current address while visiting my husband?

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

USCIS

Attn: I-130

131 South Dearborn-3rd Floor

Chicago, IL 60603-5517

[DATE]

Nature of the submission: I-130 ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

To Whom It May Concern:

Enclosed please find my Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative for [name], and supporting documents.

Contents include:

1. Money order of $420 for I-130 filing fee

2. Form G-1145, Request for e-Notification

3. Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

4. Copy of petitioner’s U.S. passport

5. Certified copy of our marriage certificate

6. Form G-325A (petitioner)

7. Form G-325A Supplement: Q: Applicant's employment last five years, full names and addresses (petitioner)

8. Passport-type photograph in plastic bag on paper with name written (petitioner)

9. Form G-325A (beneficiary)

10. Form G-325A Supplement: Q: Applicant's employment last five years, full names and addresses (beneficiary)

11. Passport-type photograph in plastic bag on paper with name written (beneficiary)

12. Thirteen (13) pages of all of our flight itineraries as evidence of a bonafide marriage

13. Eight (8) pages of photos with detailed descriptions as evidence of a bonafide marriage

14. Thirty-one (31) pages of phone bills showing frequent communication as evidence of a bonafide marriage

15. Forty-five (45) pages of emails showing years of communication as evidence of a bonafide marriage

16. Four (4) pages of details for a trip to New York taken together as evidence of a bonafide marriage

Applicant Signature: ______________________________________Date:__________________ (p.1/2)

17. Eight (8) pages of cards received congratulating our marriage with descriptions of senders

18. Five (5) affidavits from relatives and friends

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date.

If there are any questions or concerns pertaining to my petition and/or its contents, please do not hesitate to contact me in any number of the ways listed below.

Thank you,

name

Cell phone: xxxxxxxxxx

Email: xxxxxxxxxx

Applicant Signature: ______________________________________Date:__________________ (p.2/2)

Questions:

1. What order do I place the beginning items? G-1145 with the filing fee attached with a paperclip, then cover letter, then everything listed?

2. Just want to be 100% positive we don't need my husband's birth certificate?

3. What did you guys send yours in? A box?

Thank you for the enormous help with this very long journey! Absolutely no way we could do it without you all.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Answers:

• Use your permanent address.

1. G-1145 if submitting is first with the fee payment paper clipped to it. Then the cover letter, followed by the forms themselves, followed by required documentation, and finally followed by the evidence. The evidence can be in any order you wish.
2. You do not need his birth certificate.
3. Large USPS envelope from the Post Office.

[TwoChickies 105]

Thanks so much for the quick reply.

I'm not in the US so I won't be using USPS, but I assume a large envelope from FedEx or another service will do.

Does everything seem okay? Is it enough evidence/too much?

Edited September 15, 2014 by TwoChickies

[ChristinaG 91]

WOW!!

That is a lot of evidence and organized really well!!

As for his BC, you are sending a copy of his passport... either or are fine as this is used to establish that he is in fact a US Citizen and therefore eligible to petition for you....

(scratch that, just re-read that you are the USC....) looking at the instructions, the spouse (Cdn) BC is not required (I included a copy of the Ontario long-form in mine, just cause )

My hubby mailed in the packages for us using USPS and paid a little extra to have it tracked and signature required upon delivery. Fedex, UPS, etc are good options too as they allow you to track it.

One other suggestion -- make a copy (or two) of the entire package so that in case of something catastrophic (lost package?) you will have copies of it all.... and if he is planning to cross the border into the US anytime soon, he will be able to show proof that you're going about it the legal way

Best wishes & great job!!!!

Edited September 16, 2014 by ChristinaG

[mrskvelasco 30]

You have more than enough evidence, which is good. You don't need your husband's birth certificate for the I-130, but you will need an original/certified copy once you get to NVC, in case you didn't know. Good luck!

[MidAtlanticMerge 9]

I am totally saving this list and copying it when its time for me to send in my package!

Thanks/well done!

[TwoChickies 105]

WOW!!

That is a lot of evidence and organized really well!!

As for his BC, you are sending a copy of his passport... either or are fine as this is used to establish that he is in fact a US Citizen and therefore eligible to petition for you....

(scratch that, just re-read that you are the USC....) looking at the instructions, the spouse (Cdn) BC is not required (I included a copy of the Ontario long-form in mine, just cause )

My hubby mailed in the packages for us using USPS and paid a little extra to have it tracked and signature required upon delivery. Fedex, UPS, etc are good options too as they allow you to track it.

One other suggestion -- make a copy (or two) of the entire package so that in case of something catastrophic (lost package?) you will have copies of it all.... and if he is planning to cross the border into the US anytime soon, he will be able to show proof that you're going about it the legal way

Best wishes & great job!!!!

Thanks so much for the reminder, we went ahead and ordered the long form of his BC last night, as we want to prepare as much as possible!

That's a great suggestion about taking our copies to the border with him. We have a full copy of everything because it was suggested, and I'm very happy we did so for reasons like this.

Thank you very much! I worked a long time on it, haha, I appreciate it!

You have more than enough evidence, which is good. You don't need your husband's birth certificate for the I-130, but you will need an original/certified copy once you get to NVC, in case you didn't know. Good luck!

Went ahead and ordered it to have to NVC, thank you! Glad we have enough.

I am totally saving this list and copying it when its time for me to send in my package!

Thanks/well done!

I'm so happy it's a help! I found posts like this to be the most helpful, where the cover letter was copied/pasted and I could fill mine in with it. Thank you and good luck!