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Slightly Bonkers   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ireland
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I swear I read the guides and search the forum - just a quickie - I promise

In the sample letter, it's all addressed from the point of view of the US Citizen.

Is this required? I would have thought (and if possible, am more comfortable) addressing it from me, the actual remover of conditions.

However not enough that I want to do it wrong

Any insight?

K-1 Application

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2nd October 2007 - I-129F sent to CSC

10th October 2007 - NOA1 issued

31st January 2008 - NOA2 issued

22nd May 2008 - Interview date

18th July 2008 - US here I come

22nd August 2008 - Wedding date

AOS

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15th September 2008 - AOS Pack (I485, I131, I765) Sent

22nd September 2008 - NOA1 x 3 Received

6th October 2008 - Transferred to CSC

17th October 2008 - Biometrics

5th December 2008 - EAD & AP approved

20th February 2008 - GC approved

I-751

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1st December 2010 - I-751 Sent (CSC)

3rd December 2010 - I-751 Received

7th December 2010 - Cheque cashed

3rd January 2011 - Biometrics

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JoannaV   174

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: United Kingdom
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The main use of the cover letter is to list all the various bits of paper you are including. Either of you can write it. You can get your husband to sign it as well if it makes you feel happier.

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SerenityNOW   11

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Filed: IR-2 Country: Bulgaria
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Haha - that's so funny that I didn't even notice when I used that template (I think that was the one I used, it looks the same). I wrote the cover letter from both of us, with my husband (the permanent resident) first, since on the form, we checked the box that he was filing together with his spouse. We both signed the letter. In it, I explained all our temporary addresses. Who knows if they even read it, haha I also included a table of contents to organize the 66 pages of documents. Hope it helps them!

[i am the USC and the wife/stepmother]
The prelude - 2007
November 22 - Married in Bulgaria.
CR-1 - 2008
January 7 I-130 sent - APPROVED in 106 days.
Interview - APPROVED 175 days from NOA-1 date
ROC - 2010-2011
October 5 - I-751 sent APPROVED 111 days from NOA-1 date, no interview.
NATURALIZATION - 2012
APPROVED 79 days.
May 9 - Oath ceremony - in Oakland, CA.
*************Didn't have enough of the immigration process yet!! Starting again with 16-year-old (step)son****************
IR-2 - 2012-2013
---USCIS---
Nov 15 - I-130 sent. NOA-1 received from MSC.
Jan 22 - APPROVED 65 days from NOA-1. Never transferred to field office.
---NVC---
Feb 4 - received @ NVC
Feb 26 - Got NVC Case # and Invoice ID #
----------------------------------slowing down the process a little... stepson can't come till nearly July-----------------------------
March 19 - Sent e-mail Choice of Agent, without scan of DS-3032. Paid AOS fee ($88).
April 1 - Choice of Agent information accepted (10th "working day" to accept).
April 3 - IV invoice appeared. Paid IV fee ($230).
April 11 - Sent IV package and AOS package TOGETHER. Confirmed delivery April 15.

April 26 - Case Complete (10th working day)

May 14 - Interview date assigned (12th working day)

June 5 - Interview in Sofia - VISA GRANTED!!!

June 16 - POE @ SFO. No problems. He's a citizen now!

Oct 4 - US Passport received. (SS card received some time in the summer; had to go to SSA office to obtain)

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SerenityNOW   11

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Filed: IR-2 Country: Bulgaria
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is a cover letter necessary??

if so can anyone provide a nice example of one?

We submitted nearly 70 pages of supporting documents, so I included a cover letter to outline everything. I just figured it would help if the IO (or whatever the people who review our petitions are called) find something if they were looking, rather than just shooting off an RFE. Also I explained an unusual circumstance (that we had had several temporary addresses in the last 2 years)...

A cover letter can't hurt, that's for sure.

The example that the OP references is in the guide.

[i am the USC and the wife/stepmother]
The prelude - 2007
November 22 - Married in Bulgaria.
CR-1 - 2008
January 7 I-130 sent - APPROVED in 106 days.
Interview - APPROVED 175 days from NOA-1 date
ROC - 2010-2011
October 5 - I-751 sent APPROVED 111 days from NOA-1 date, no interview.
NATURALIZATION - 2012
APPROVED 79 days.
May 9 - Oath ceremony - in Oakland, CA.
*************Didn't have enough of the immigration process yet!! Starting again with 16-year-old (step)son****************
IR-2 - 2012-2013
---USCIS---
Nov 15 - I-130 sent. NOA-1 received from MSC.
Jan 22 - APPROVED 65 days from NOA-1. Never transferred to field office.
---NVC---
Feb 4 - received @ NVC
Feb 26 - Got NVC Case # and Invoice ID #
----------------------------------slowing down the process a little... stepson can't come till nearly July-----------------------------
March 19 - Sent e-mail Choice of Agent, without scan of DS-3032. Paid AOS fee ($88).
April 1 - Choice of Agent information accepted (10th "working day" to accept).
April 3 - IV invoice appeared. Paid IV fee ($230).
April 11 - Sent IV package and AOS package TOGETHER. Confirmed delivery April 15.

April 26 - Case Complete (10th working day)

May 14 - Interview date assigned (12th working day)

June 5 - Interview in Sofia - VISA GRANTED!!!

June 16 - POE @ SFO. No problems. He's a citizen now!

Oct 4 - US Passport received. (SS card received some time in the summer; had to go to SSA office to obtain)

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Sandrila   1

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Morocco
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We submitted nearly 70 pages of supporting documents, so I included a cover letter to outline everything. I just figured it would help if the IO (or whatever the people who review our petitions are called) find something if they were looking, rather than just shooting off an RFE. Also I explained an unusual circumstance (that we had had several temporary addresses in the last 2 years)...

A cover letter can't hurt, that's for sure.

The example that the OP references is in the guide.

thnx :thumbs:

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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At a jointly filed petition, the cover letter is written by both and signed by both. The guides were written by humans tying to help. Until they become gods, there will be room for improvement. Especially the I-751-- . . . trying to remember now . . . -- has errors in regard to the pass photos being part of the evidence. Little stuff, but still a good idea to take them with a grain of salt.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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