G-325A Heads Up/Warning. Adobe Mess-up

[cmboothe 0]

Just a little heads up for all of you working on your I-129F form. You can download a fillable PDF file of the G-325A (Biographical Information)

ATTENTION

Be very careful about the bottom question: This form is submitted in connection with application for.

- You will put an X in Other and write: I-129F Petition for Fiance.

ON ALL THE REST OF THE PAGES (2-4) IT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS AN X IN "NATURALIZATION"

- I only found this at the last moment, and it took me a moment to understand.

My solution: Check the box on each page then print that page, then go to the next page. Also, you can print 4 copies of page 1

** Just make sure all your information is the same on every copy **

- Hope this saves some of you some frusteration.

Cheers,

Marie

[RosaMystica7 0]

Do NOT make 4 copies of page 1. If you look at the bottom of each page you'll see a little thing different. Page 1 says (1) Ident., page 2 says (2) Rec. Br., page 3 says (3) C., and page 4 says (4) Consul. Page 1 also does not have the large box that the other 3 pages have at the bottom, the box is smaller and doesn't include the section that says "other agency use". My guess is that 4 pages is required because each page goes to a different place - but I'm not sure on that. Whatever the case, each page is that little bit different.

Thanks for pointing this out though. Best to go with printing 1 page at a time if that's what you need to do.

Edited August 5, 2006 by aselano

[aussiewench 9]

This has been a problem with the G-325A since it was last revised toward the end of 2005. As you say the only solution is to leave this to do by hand. Members as a rule should always check any completed form for any errors.

DO NOT print out 4 copies of the first page. Each page is different at the bottom.

[Kirsten L 0]

I just now checked my copy in a panic, but all is well. My PDF fillable form did what it was supposed to do. I'm wondering if there's an issue depending on what browser you're using. Maybe we should do some research about that possibility. At various points I did drafts of the form on Safari, Firefox, Netscape, and IE for Mac--just to see what was working the best for me. I don't think I had a problem with any of them, really.

Anyone else...?

[Ecalos 0]

#######. I know I checked everything a million times before it was sent but I probably only checked the first page of the G325a...

I just tried it on my laptop and it filled everything out properly, but I did it on my fiance's computer not mine... I really hope it all filled in properly -nailbites-

I'll have him check the backup copy when he wakes up. If it did screw up, what would happen? RFE?

Edited August 5, 2006 by Ecalos

[Kirsten L 0]

One thing I can tell you is that on the finally updated version of the I-129F, I did indeed have some problems with check boxes. I was only able to check the first of the various boxes. In trying to check any others, I would lose the x in the previous box. So in the end, I could only check the first box of the many on the form with my computer. The rest I had to leave blank. I put the x's in those by hand after printing the form. That's a definite bug that they'll have to fix, but I don't expect it to happen any time soon. So...heads up!

Edited August 5, 2006 by Kirsten L

[jezebelseven 0]

I just now checked my copy in a panic, but all is well. My PDF fillable form did what it was supposed to do. I'm wondering if there's an issue depending on what browser you're using. Maybe we should do some research about that possibility. At various points I did drafts of the form on Safari, Firefox, Netscape, and IE for Mac--just to see what was working the best for me. I don't think I had a problem with any of them, really.

Anyone else...?

Same here, mine looks fine. I did one in Firefox (mine) and one in Adobe Reader 7.0, both look like they worked as they were meant to.

[Sarah & Jon 0]

I just now checked my copy in a panic, but all is well. My PDF fillable form did what it was supposed to do. I'm wondering if there's an issue depending on what browser you're using. Maybe we should do some research about that possibility. At various points I did drafts of the form on Safari, Firefox, Netscape, and IE for Mac--just to see what was working the best for me. I don't think I had a problem with any of them, really.

Anyone else...?

Same here, mine looks fine. I did one in Firefox (mine) and one in Adobe Reader 7.0, both look like they worked as they were meant to.

This post caused me to panic a bit but I have checked the copy of the form I sent out and the X was put in the right place in all of them. I used Netscape browser and Adobe Reader 7.0.

[GaryC 7]

I have the full version of adobe acrobat so it worked good for me. I was also able to save the files after I was done with it.

[Amanda-Lise 0]

I filled it out with version 7.0, and it worked as it should.

[noura 0]

We ended up filling it all out by hand bcuz some of our info was too long for the boxes. We could click the arrow and see it in Adobe, but printing it out was another story... only got part of it Let me tell you, filling out 4 pages of the same info was tedious, but worth it to know it was all there - no RFE for that! Good luck to you all....

Noura

[Yodrak 7]

aselano,

It really doesn't make any difference these days - the information is shared electronically these days, not by distributing the paper.

If one has a problem with pages 2-4 and wants to be Monk-ish they can print out page 1, fold back the bottom, then photocopy it overlaid on pages 2, 3, and 4 to get the correct bottom section on each page.

Yodrak

Do NOT make 4 copies of page 1. If you look at the bottom of each page you'll see a little thing different. Page 1 says (1) Ident., page 2 says (2) Rec. Br., page 3 says (3) C., and page 4 says (4) Consul. Page 1 also does not have the large box that the other 3 pages have at the bottom, the box is smaller and doesn't include the section that says "other agency use". My guess is that 4 pages is required because each page goes to a different place - but I'm not sure on that. Whatever the case, each page is that little bit different.

Thanks for pointing this out though. Best to go with printing 1 page at a time if that's what you need to do.

[Mephys 2]

had the same problem, the computer I used to print was from work so no possibility to update Adobe.

I printed each page separately and checked the right box on each page prior to printing it.

What they say, DO NOT make 4 copies of page 1. All 4 pages are different on the bottom.

[MariaEric 0]

You can print and copy the first copy then sign. The bottom of the other copies is just indicating who will get a copy of the form. Its like when you submit your W-2 with your taxes.. it says same at bottom... local, state, federal.. but they dont care which they get.

[Arazia 0]

I had no problem whatsoever. This filled in fine on all my forms. I used Adoble Acrobat full version 7.0 on both my home and work computer. Windows XP Media Center and Windows 2000, both using Firefox as the download browser.