Marriage Certificate with I-130

[draygri 3]

I was hoping someone could assist me with a concern about my marriage certificate that will be sent with the I-130.

After much delay, my wife will be receiving our marriage certificate very soon.

When I send a copy along with the I-130, including a translation - Cambodian/Khmer to English, should I simply print out copies of each?

Should I print out copies and have them "certified"? If so, how would I go about "certifying" them?

Also, the statement that a "translator's statement" should be included with the translated copy was made in a previous thread.

Is this so? And if it is, what should the statement from the translator say?

Also, if this "translator's statement" does need to be provided, would a copy suffice or should the original statement be sent?

I apologize for all the questions concerning this small part of the process but I am wanting everything to go smoothly for us.

And I should say now that I will most likely be making more posts with many more questions in the coming days/weeks as the filing process and our Journey begins. You've been warned!

Thank you, everyone!

[trojam227 18]

Here's a link from the USCIS website with assembly instructions. It specifically says to try and Avoid sending originals (photocopies are preferred for this step) and at the bottom of the page it gives the exact wording of the translator statement. Hope this helps.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextchannel=fe529c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextoid=ff053d146a7ee010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD

[immiprocess 1]

simple photo copy of original and translated marriage certificate is enough. you dont need to certify it.

it is enough if at the end of the translated marriage certificate mentions the name of the translator and simple sentence like given translation is best to my knowledge etc etc.

[ChetT 9]

Ask your ask to go to ministry of foreign affairs. Each translation is $15.

I did that, and got approved.