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[yamilet 0]

Now i know that for birth certificates,

letter of intent

letter of how you met

and etc, if its outide the english language it must be translated

now, in the proof i will add his love letters and our emails, in which are in spanish are these items as well needed to be translated

[ELW 5]

During the interview they may ask for the letters too, so they need to be translated. What I did was copy the letters, use black pen to cross out the very personal things, and translate the remaining words myself. (I am fluent in my fiance's languge.) Then I also sent a letter of translation that I wrote myself. (I, ---, certify that I am competent to translate from -- To English and that the translations of the following documents is a correct and true translation to the best of my knowledge and belief.")

[elguevon 16]

Now i know that for birth certificates,

letter of intent

letter of how you met

and etc, if its outide the english language it must be translated

now, in the proof i will add his love letters and our emails, in which are in spanish are these items as well needed to be translated

I pondered that question as well but decided to send various chat logs we had in Spanish, untranslated. What I did do for that particular item was explain I was fluent in both Spanish and English and that our chats were mainly in Spanish.

Now, I had A LOT of primary proof (multiple boarding passes, hotel bills, visa stamps, etc) showing we met multiple times in person as well as a ton of secondary proof (photos, phone bills, etc). Because I THINK I have plenty of other evidence, I chose not to translate the 10 pages.

With that said however, technically everything that is NOT English should be translated/certified according to the form instructions.

I have not gotten an RFE to send translated copies of the chat, yet...but I am still in process. Maybe someone else who has gotten their NOA2 can respond, but I can only tell you what I did. My fingers are crossed.

If you want to be safe, get them translated/certified...then you have no doubts =)

[ELW 5]

PS Only official documents (birth certificate plus letter of intent etc.) need to be translated while sending in the I-129F. What I wrote was in reference to the interview at the foreign Embassy only. Actually the only proof that needs to be sent with the I-129F is meeting within 2 years, NOT any letters, chats, phone cards etc.

[bora bora 1]

Anything and everything you send to the USCIS needs to be translated into English.

At the interview you can bring proof of relationship in either Spanish or English - any other language would have to be translated.

I called USCIS and was told that I could not translate the documents since I was the petitioner, but I know that plenty of other couples have translated e-mails, letters, BCs, etc. themselves.

Regardless, you should include a statement telling USCIS you are competent in both languages.

We had a professional translate my fiance's BC.