Want to mail petition today

[pascanda 13]

Finally, I am ready to send in our I-130 petition. But, I'm confused as to all the forms that will be required to bring my husband here, get him a work permit and permit to travel.

I have the I-130, G325A, G1145 (for the email address) ready to send in. I know that the I-864 and DS-230 come later. What else is needed and when?

I have a 9lb filled binder with pictures, evidence, etc ready to be mailed but want to make sure I have everything before I send it off.

Thanks for your help!

[M & C 6]

Congratulations and I'm glad to see you back! For now, you just need the I-130, G-325 A (one for each of you) and the email one (geesh! I already forgot the name of it). Send those in along with your relationship evidence. Once it is approved and is sent to the NVC, you are correct that you will need to turn in the DS-230 form and the I-864 both with supporting documents (his birth certificate, police clearance, tax transcripts, letter of employment, etc.).

For now, it's probably a good idea to get the I-130, G-325 A's and evidence submitted. Since you are looking at about a 5 month wait for USCIS processing, you will have plenty of time to worry about what to do for NVC stage after USCIS stuff is submitted.

I hope that helped a little.

[LoveNigarmostyle 164]

Try not to overwhelm yourself with anticipation of what is ahead..YET! 1st thing first, send in the USCIS docs and hopefully that goes well. Once the docs are sent out and you get the NOA1 take a deep breath and get the next docs ready gradually. Good luck!

[ndu26 114]

dont forget copy of marriage cert, copies of birth certificates, affidavits sworn by family members, check for payment , copies of pages from your passport, passport photos of each of you.

[kmg617 26]

I posted last month the same thing about having a binder with all our pictures and other proof of bonafide marriage.

Look here

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/411481-the-actual-assembly-of-the-i-130bonafide-marriage/page__p__5944722__fromsearch__1#entry5944722

I was advised against using a binder because they will need to do their own sorting of materials. I ended up taking everything out of the binder and used binder clips and paper clips instead. Just a thought! Good luck

Edited February 17, 2013 by kmg617

[pascanda 13]

Thank you very much!

Congratulations and I'm glad to see you back! For now, you just need the I-130, G-325 A (one for each of you) and the email one (geesh! I already forgot the name of it). Send those in along with your relationship evidence. Once it is approved and is sent to the NVC, you are correct that you will need to turn in the DS-230 form and the I-864 both with supporting documents (his birth certificate, police clearance, tax transcripts, letter of employment, etc.).

For now, it's probably a good idea to get the I-130, G-325 A's and evidence submitted. Since you are looking at about a 5 month wait for USCIS processing, you will have plenty of time to worry about what to do for NVC stage after USCIS stuff is submitted.

I hope that helped a little.