Help how to send RFE

[livetolove 2]

Hi there

After waiting for almost 14 months for my I-130 to be approved and after tens of service request, senator's and congress women follow-ups, I finally got my RFE because of the Proxy marriage and RFE is consisting of 3 pages.

Some of their request is:

1. old pics together, hotel reciepts, post cards, letters, name of relatives in the US, airline tickets, Credit card charges, entry and departure stamped on our passports, hotel reciepts, money transfer, letter from my father and mothter why they didnt attend the wedding and when they came to know about our relation, engagment and wedding and if passed away, death certifcate and other many many requests...

Currently, I am gathering all those documents but I have some critical questions which my lawyer is confusing me.

1 .The first time I got to know my wife was back in year 2003 and since then uptodate, I have some printed pictures and others are saved on a CD... the problem I have is if I printed those old pictures from the CD now, at the back of the pictures, it will show today's date and not year 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2010 ..when you view the CD on a labtop, it will show the year when photos are stored on a CD...should I send the CD together with explanation or just print pictures and send it regardless of the date ( FYI, since we took those pictures back in year 2004 and 2006, we did change a little bit, do they ( the assigned USCIS officer) take into consideration all these factors?

2. My lawyer wants me to send some 3 or four original pictures to the USCIS, my question is if I sent the original ones and got approved, the US consulate at my wife's country will ask for those documents again and if i reprint new ones, they will think I just faked the pictures......so dont know what to do?

3. They asked me to send them post cards and letters we exchanged during our relation. I have 5 to six envelepes with dates and postages...do I have to send the original envelopes or copies? regarding post cards, my wife sent me tens of it before marriage with some notes at the back of each post card,my question again is should I send original post cards or copies?

4. My wife sent me some letters by mail in the past and it is in Arabic, should I mail them the original lettters or copies (cause i want to save it for counsulate interview)? if so, do I have to translate all the letters into English?

5. My both parents passed away long time ago, instead, can I have my living relatives write an affidavit of their knowledge of our engagment and wedding ?

6. Regarding photos is it better to send three or four picturs from each year or send 15 or 20 for each year ?

7. They asked me to send them the receipt of the wedding ring and credit card charge statment, name, address and phone number whrere the ring was purchased. I purchased the ring from a local jewelary in her country and the jewelery gave her a reciept under her name and they only accept cash and I paid cash. I cant ask the jewelery at the time to give me a reciept under my name, cause I purchased the ring for my wife and the reciept has to be under her name...... I dont know what to do..

should I just send them the reciept I paid for under her name?

8.They want me to provide all the phone bills and call history during our relation, as u are aware, i dont use my phone to place a calls, but I simply use calling cards. I used to text her during these years and on my cell phone bills, text messages are listed with her telephone numbers, if I send them some of those phone bills showing all text messages is it acceptable by the USCIS?

9. I have travelled to Turkey and Malaysia and Thailand with my wife before and after marriage. I usually book my hotel through orbitz and expedia and my credit card statments show orbitz and expedia. one of the requirment is to provide reciept from the hotels we stayed. hotels, where I stayed, never gave me reciepts cause I didnt pay them.I paid expedia and orbitz instead. Should I just give them orbitz booking and my credit card statments showing orbitz and expedia name?

10. Regarding money transfered during our relation, do I have to send all the western union reciept from year 2004 to 2012 or just 1 or 2 for each year? (FYI, I have over 40 reciept from western union)

Did any body went thru this in before getting approved ?

Please help cause my lawyer is telling me that I can send selected pictures and phone bills ( between me and you, I dont want to follow my lawyer's instructions, who is down playing every thing and get denied).

Help......................

[Divs 35]

Hi there

After waiting for almost 14 months for my I-130 to be approved and after tens of service request, senator's and congress women follow-ups, I finally got my RFE because of the Proxy marriage and RFE is consisting of 3 pages.

Some of their request is:

1. old pics together, hotel reciepts, post cards, letters, name of relatives in the US, airline tickets, Credit card charges, entry and departure stamped on our passports, hotel reciepts, money transfer, letter from my father and mothter why they didnt attend the wedding and when they came to know about our relation, engagment and wedding and if passed away, death certifcate and other many many requests...

Currently, I am gathering all those documents but I have some critical questions which my lawyer is confusing me.

1 .The first time I got to know my wife was back in year 2003 and since then uptodate, I have some printed pictures and others are saved on a CD... the problem I have is if I printed those old pictures from the CD now, at the back of the pictures, it will show today's date and not year 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2010 ..when you view the CD on a labtop, it will show the year when photos are stored on a CD...should I send the CD together with explanation or just print pictures and send it regardless of the date ( FYI, since we took those pictures back in year 2004 and 2006, we did change a little bit, do they ( the assigned USCIS officer) take into consideration all these factors?

It doesn't matter, print those pics and send. From then until now, I'm sure you and your spouse have both changed in appearance as well, in small ways if not a big one. That'll also be an indication to them that indeed you've known each other for a long time.

2. My lawyer wants me to send some 3 or four original pictures to the USCIS, my question is if I sent the original ones and got approved, the US consulate at my wife's country will ask for those documents again and if i reprint new ones, they will think I just faked the pictures......so dont know what to do?

You can always make multiple copies of a pic, can't you?

3. They asked me to send them post cards and letters we exchanged during our relation. I have 5 to six envelepes with dates and postages...do I have to send the original envelopes or copies? regarding post cards, my wife sent me tens of it before marriage with some notes at the back of each post card,my question again is should I send original post cards or copies?

Send only copies. Make copies of the envelopes if you have 'em too.

4. My wife sent me some letters by mail in the past and it is in Arabic, should I mail them the original lettters or copies (cause i want to save it for counsulate interview)? if so, do I have to translate all the letters into English?

Only copies need to be sent. Do NOT ever send originals. I doubt there's a need for a translation, since it's quite obvious you guys communicate in Arabic. Send copies as is.

5. My both parents passed away long time ago, instead, can I have my living relatives write an affidavit of their knowledge of our engagment and wedding ?

You definitely can get affidavits from living relatives and friends in this regard.

6. Regarding photos is it better to send three or four picturs from each year or send 15 or 20 for each year ?

Three or four pics for a year should be good, but keep a few more pics of the engagement/wedding, etc.

7. They asked me to send them the receipt of the wedding ring and credit card charge statment, name, address and phone number whrere the ring was purchased. I purchased the ring from a local jewelary in her country and the jewelery gave her a reciept under her name and they only accept cash and I paid cash. I cant ask the jewelery at the time to give me a reciept under my name, cause I purchased the ring for my wife and the reciept has to be under her name...... I dont know what to do..

should I just send them the reciept I paid for under her name?

Yes, send a copy of the receipt and perhaps you can leave a note stating how you purchased it.

8.They want me to provide all the phone bills and call history during our relation, as u are aware, i dont use my phone to place a calls, but I simply use calling cards. I used to text her during these years and on my cell phone bills, text messages are listed with her telephone numbers, if I send them some of those phone bills showing all text messages is it acceptable by the USCIS?

If you don't have call logs but do have text logs, make a copy of those bills and send it. Evidence of any form is acceptable.

9. I have travelled to Turkey and Malaysia and Thailand with my wife before and after marriage. I usually book my hotel through orbitz and expedia and my credit card statments show orbitz and expedia. one of the requirment is to provide reciept from the hotels we stayed. hotels, where I stayed, never gave me reciepts cause I didnt pay them.I paid expedia and orbitz instead. Should I just give them orbitz booking and my credit card statments showing orbitz and expedia name?

A YES on both counts. You could perhaps leave a note as to how you made the bookings.

10. Regarding money transfered during our relation, do I have to send all the western union reciept from year 2004 to 2012 or just 1 or 2 for each year? (FYI, I have over 40 reciept from western union)

Did any body went thru this in before getting approved ?

Go ahead and send them all 40. No harm. Don't settle for anything less, send in all the evidence you have, but ensure that you only send copies. DO NOT send originals as you'd need them at the time of your interview.

Please help cause my lawyer is telling me that I can send selected pictures and phone bills ( between me and you, I dont want to follow my lawyer's instructions, who is down playing every thing and get denied).

Since the need of the hour is to get through the RFE, send in copies of as much evidence as you have so that they are convinced. Keep your chin up. I'm sure with the kind of evidence you mentioned, you sail through with flying colors. Many blessings!!!

Help......................

[rolemodel29 17]

Not much to add to that responce you got. In a nut shell its good advice. And to answer your question about if anyone else went through this the answer will be yes I am going through it right now. It took CSC 6 months for them to give me a RFE. My husband and I are preparing all the necessary stuff. They seem to have just printed off the requirement for when filing the I-130 but they included a paragraph which relates to his divorce. There was an error on the divorce decree which states that he got married 2 times before his last marriage to his EX wife. When indeed he was married only once previously. He never noticed that but they did , so he is getting his lawyer to deal with that matter now. We are filing on our own without the use of a lawyer though. So far things are going smooth.

[livetolove 2]

Not much to add to that responce you got. In a nut shell its good advice. And to answer your question about if anyone else went through this the answer will be yes I am going through it right now. It took CSC 6 months for them to give me a RFE. My husband and I are preparing all the necessary stuff. They seem to have just printed off the requirement for when filing the I-130 but they included a paragraph which relates to his divorce. There was an error on the divorce decree which states that he got married 2 times before his last marriage to his EX wife. When indeed he was married only once previously. He never noticed that but they did , so he is getting his lawyer to deal with that matter now. We are filing on our own without the use of a lawyer though. So far things are going smooth.

Thank u 4 your feedback.

By the way, I also have the same situation like yours. I married and divorced twice but none of my ex-spouses got a green card or came to the US. The only request (mentioned on the RFE letter ) is to get the final divorce documents be notarized at the country where i got married and divorced.

[Divs 35]

Thank u 4 your feedback.

By the way, I also have the same situation like yours. I married and divorced twice but none of my ex-spouses got a green card or came to the US. The only request (mentioned on the RFE letter ) is to get the final divorce documents be notarized at the country where i got married and divorced.

I should probably add to this by stating that my husband, who is the USC, has been married and divorced twice. He had petitioned for both his exes, and today, they're USCs too, but of course this happened almost 10 years ago. I myself am a divorcee. That said, we didn't get any RFEs at all.