My CR1 Petition i-130 Packet List

[SVV 0]

Hello everyone. My wife and I have been feeling VERY overwhelmed by the visa process--and we are just getting started! I present here a list of what we have for our i-130 packet ( am copying here the coversheet I made, with only the names redacted for privacy). My wife is going to make two copies of everything possible today so we will be ready to mail next week. For those in the know, did we leave anything out? For those who are reading my post to get some initial information (as I did with so many others), I hope something we listed helps you!

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Attn: i-130 petition
131 South Dearborn-3^rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

United States

Nature of Submission: i-130 Petition

Dear Sir or Madam:

Enclosed please find my Form i-130, Petition for Alien Spouse for my wife, [name redacted] and the corresponding documents to support this petition. The contents of this petition packet include the following:

1. A check in the amount of $420.00 for the CR1 visa petition fee
2. Form i-130

3. Form G-325A for the petitioner (myself, name redacted)

4. Form G-325A for the beneficiary (my wife, name redacted)

5. Form G-1145 e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance

6. A copy of all pages of the U.S. Passport of the petitioner

7. A copy of the U.S. birth certificate of the petitioner

8. A certification of the official translator for the authenticity of the translations of included documents

9. A copy of our Colombian marriage certificate in Spanish (married in December 2011)

10. The translation to English of the Colombian marriage certificate

11. One color passport photo of the petitioner

12. One color passport photo of the beneficiary

13. A copy of the beneficiary’s Colombian birth certificate

14. The translation to English of the beneficiary’s Colombian birth certificate

Bona Fide Marriage Evidence

15. A collection of 32 photos from the last four years showing our relationship and shared vacations

16. A copy of airline boarding passes from trip taken together to New York State from Colombia

17. A copy of Greyhound bus tickets from a trip taken together to Manhattan

18. Copies in Spanish of three years of joint rental contracts in Bogotá, Colombia

19. English translations of the above mentioned three years of joint rental contracts in Bogotá, Colombia

20. An affidavit from the parents of the petitioner attesting to the authenticity of the marriage

21. An affidavit from a family friend in the United States attesting to the authenticity of the marriage

22. A copy of a renewal of vows certificate from a ceremony in New York 2014

Thank you for your attention in this petition process.

Best regards,
[name redacted]

Ok, back to the forum now.... final note, my wife is Colombian and I have been living in Colombia since 2010. Our three year anniversary is in December this year.

Final note

[AnnaMaria 68]

All of your official forms look great as far as including them, hopefully there are no errors filling them out . I suggest putting the G-1145 as close to the front as possible to reduce risk of it being overlooked or misplaced. I believe that is suggested on the Wiki process for the I-130 or on one the forums post somewhere.

You have several more pieces of bona fide evidence marriage than we submitted, and we made it through USCIS in just under four weeks with no RFE's, so i'd say you're more than good to go there, but I suppose it depends on your spouse's country how much suffices a legitimate relationship.

Dot your i's and cross your t's, send it off, and get ready for the ride

Good luck!

P.S. - However you send it, make sure you are able to track the package!!! It may take a couple of days from the time they receive it until you get notice they accepted it!

[LDN2NYC 11]

Looks good to me, you've covered all areas.

[Jnin 1]

It looks pretty good, do you have share health insure or bank accounts? If you do, get a certificate form the bank and health insure company and summit it with the application.

Are you doing direct Consulate filling in the Colombia consulate/embassy?

[Ryan H 3,828]

Answers in bold and red:

Enclosed please find my Form i-130, Petition for Alien Spouse for my wife, [name redacted] and the corresponding documents to support this petition. The contents of this petition packet include the following:

1. A check in the amount of $420.00 for the CR1 visa petition fee
2. Form i-130

3. Form G-325A for the petitioner (myself, name redacted)

4. Form G-325A for the beneficiary (my wife, name redacted)

5. Form G-1145 e-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance

6. A copy of all pages of the U.S. Passport of the petitioner Don't need this if you are including your birth certificate

7. A copy of the U.S. birth certificate of the petitioner Don't need this if you include all pages of your passport. The purpose of submitting one or the other is to establish US Citizenship so you only need one such document, not both.

8. A certification of the official translator for the authenticity of the translations of included documents

9. A copy of our Colombian marriage certificate in Spanish (married in December 2011)

10. The translation to English of the Colombian marriage certificate

11. One color passport photo of the petitioner

12. One color passport photo of the beneficiary

13. A copy of the beneficiary’s Colombian birth certificate Not needed at this time

14. The translation to English of the beneficiary’s Colombian birth certificate Not needed at this time

Bona Fide Marriage Evidence

15. A collection of 32 photos from the last four years showing our relationship and shared vacations

16. A copy of airline boarding passes from trip taken together to New York State from Colombia

17. A copy of Greyhound bus tickets from a trip taken together to Manhattan

18. Copies in Spanish of three years of joint rental contracts in Bogotá, Colombia

19. English translations of the above mentioned three years of joint rental contracts in Bogotá, Colombia

20. An affidavit from the parents of the petitioner attesting to the authenticity of the marriage

21. An affidavit from a family friend in the United States attesting to the authenticity of the marriage

22. A copy of a renewal of vows certificate from a ceremony in New York 2014

Thank you for your attention in this petition process.

Best regards,
[name redacted]

Ok, back to the forum now.... final note, my wife is Colombian and I have been living in Colombia since 2010. Our three year anniversary is in December this year.

Final note

[SVV 0]

It looks pretty good, do you have share health insure or bank accounts? If you do, get a certificate form the bank and health insure company and summit it with the application.

Are you doing direct Consulate filling in the Colombia consulate/embassy?

We have separate bank accounts here in Colombia. It is a good idea you mention about the health insurance and we didn't think of that. I bet my wife would know how to get it and I will mention it to her to see if we could get it quickly enough to make a difference. Perhaps we could present it at the interview later and not in the first filing since we have other pieces of evidence now.

I saw on the official websites that the Colombia is no longer a country that has direct consular filing (that would have made things much easier). So we have to go the longer route, unfortunately.

On the uneeded birth certificate of my wife, it is mentioned in the list of translated documents by our official translator in support of the marriage certificate, so we thought it would look strange if we left it out. Better to have more than less, we thought (same for my documents).

Thanks for the comments so far everyone! I think we should be able to send it out on Monday or Tuesday from Bogotá.

[Jnin 1]

We have separate bank accounts here in Colombia. It is a good idea you mention about the health insurance and we didn't think of that. I bet my wife would know how to get it and I will mention it to her to see if we could get it quickly enough to make a difference. Perhaps we could present it at the interview later and not in the first filing since we have other pieces of evidence now.

I saw on the official websites that the Colombia is no longer a country that has direct consular filing (that would have made things much easier). So we have to go the longer route, unfortunately.

On the uneeded birth certificate of my wife, it is mentioned in the list of translated documents by our official translator in support of the marriage certificate, so we thought it would look strange if we left it out. Better to have more than less, we thought (same for my documents).

Thanks for the comments so far everyone! I think we should be able to send it out on Monday or Tuesday from Bogotá.

Yeah it's pity, it is so much easier if you are able to do DCF. We were lucky enough that it is allow in the Dominican Republic.

About the health insurance you can probably get it a the web site, When i summit mine, I actually got it out of the website from our health insurance company I just print it and have it translate. If not possible to get it from the website, try going to one of their offices, its something really easy to get, yet very worth it.

You do need the birth certificate of the beneficiary, an original one. At least that was what they asked me for. also if it is possible for you, send an original wedding certificate. When we summit ours documents, they took all the originals inted of the photocopy.

Also for the passport you only need to send the page where your information and picture is at the passport. You don't need to send all the pages. Its that or the birth certificate. With this they try to establish that you are an american.

I think you got a strong case, and since you are living in colombia and together, it's even better. Good luck.