G-325a Need original financee signature? or is fotocopy ok?

[manserious48 0]

Just wondering if a fax or fotocopy of the fiancee's G-325a SIGNATURE is acceptable by the government visa agency or does it have to be a snail mail original SIGNATURE? thanks.. jeff

Edited October 26, 2009 by manserious48

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

I signed all my documents and sent it via Fedex.

Nadya.

[Scott & LC 3]

I think it's best to send in the original signature copy as it is an official document... and it's best to avoid any more delays or problems later down the road. You should ask her to post it fast through DHL or something, make sure it's registered post too so that you don't lose it!

Good luck!

[Minya's wife 25]

the g-325A biographic form must contain the original signature of the person its for, and must contain it in quadruplicate. photocopies of this form are not accepted.

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

Read the pinned topic at the top of this forum entitled "K-1 petition information: chat with VSC director." -> http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=220499

In there, you'll see that the foreign fiance's (beneficiary's) signature is technically not required on the G-325A for the I-129F submission. There is a USCIS policy memo to adjudicators stating this, and it's been verbally confirmed by the VSC director.

That said, there have been cases of adjudicators who apparently didn't get the memo (literally), and have sent RFEs for signatures.

So... if you can stand to wait an extra week or two, email the completed G-325A to your fiancee and get her to sign it and send it back to you by EMS. If you can't, then include an explanatory note stating that in accordance with USCIS policy, your fiancee will sign the G-325A at the time of her interview.

[Stephen + Elisha 92]

the g-325A biographic form must contain the original signature of the person its for, and must contain it in quadruplicate. photocopies of this form are not accepted.

Not so much.

Per USCIS policy, G-325As for beneficiaries residing abroad are acceptable without signatures: http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/I1...325A_110105.pdf (see also Gary's chat with a VSC director, pinned at the top of this forum).

Also confirmed by the VSC director is that four copies of the G-325A are no longer required. The service centers need two at most; they've been tossing the extra copies for years now. Recent days have seen numerous posts by people who submitted only the new single-page version of the form and were approved without RFEs.

[Brad and Vika 129]

Don't take the risk, send originals. Just my opinion, but USCIS will not unring the RFE bell, right or wrong.