Finishing Our Package (I-130)... AM I MISSING ANYTHING?!

[TeamMattronica 1]

Okay, here is what my package looks like:

1. Cover Letter

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

3. A check for the amount of $535.00 to cover the filing fee

4. Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (signed and dated)

5. Copies of petitioners identification

6. Copies of relatives identification

7. Copy of marriage certificate of petitioner and beneficiary

8. Form G-325 for petitioner (signed and dated)

9. Form G-325 for beneficiary (signed and dated)

10. Two passport photos for petitioner (full name written on back of each picture)

11. Two passport photos for relative (full name written on back of each picture)

12. Evidence of bona fide marriage (with all supporting plane/bus tickets, joint account info, pictures and letters/cards)

13. Relatives police clearance letter

14. Form I-864 Affidavit of Support (with letter of employment, pay stubs for 4 months and 3 years tax statements) 

I have removed everything from the binder I originally wanted to send in (because I read on here it shouldn't be in one) and clipped everything together with a large binder clip. I included tab dividers to separate each section and removed all staples I originally has on the pages (apparently that's a no no as well lol) Please tell me if I am missing anything!!! I want to send this thing out Saturday, but just need the extra assurance that its complete.

 

Thanks in advance <3

Edited February 21, 2017 by TeamMattronica

[Georgia16 2,858]

I would include W-2's also. 

 

Have any of you been married before?

[TeamMattronica 1]

What is a W2? (sorry if that makes me sound dumb lol)

 

And neither of us have been married before =) first timers!

[Georgia16 2,858]

https://www.irs.gov/uac/about-form-w2

 

Have you included your birth certificate to prove you are a USC?

 

Also just me not something you have to do but I would replace the word relative with something else.

[TeamMattronica 1]

Yes, both of our birth certificates are included in the identification section. And I used the word "relative" because that's what the I-130 says =(

What would you recommend?

And thanks for the link!

[Georgia16 2,858]

23 minutes ago, TeamMattronica said:

Yes, both of our birth certificates are included in the identification section. And I used the word "relative" because that's what the I-130 says =(

What would you recommend?

And thanks for the link!

Spouse, Foregin spouse, beneficiary 

 

Okay then i would just make it more clear. USC birth certificate.

 

You can use what ever you like! It's says relative because it's also used for parents, siblings and children

 

All this is SMALL minor things that won't have effect on your application

[Ryan H 3,833]

My answers in bold and red:

 

2 hours ago, TeamMattronica said:

Okay, here is what my package looks like:

1. Cover Letter

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

3. A check for the amount of $535.00 to cover the filing fee

4. Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (signed and dated)

5. Copies of petitioners identification

6. Copies of relatives identification Unnecessary

7. Copy of marriage certificate of petitioner and beneficiary

8. Form G-325 for petitioner (signed and dated)

9. Form G-325 for beneficiary (signed and dated)

10. Two passport photos for petitioner (full name written on back of each picture)

11. Two passport photos for relative (full name written on back of each picture)

12. Evidence of bona fide marriage (with all supporting plane/bus tickets, joint account info, pictures and letters/cards)

13. Relatives police clearance letter Not needed at this time; even if you include it now, you will have to resubmit it later; save yourself the trouble.

14. Form I-864 Affidavit of Support (with letter of employment, pay stubs for 4 months and 3 years tax statements) This is not submitted at this juncture.  As I said before, even if you include it now, it won't matter, you will have to resubmit it at a later point in the process when it is called for.

I have removed everything from the binder I originally wanted to send in (because I read on here it shouldn't be in one) and clipped everything together with a large binder clip. I included tab dividers to separate each section and removed all staples I originally has on the pages (apparently that's a no no as well lol) Please tell me if I am missing anything!!! I want to send this thing out Saturday, but just need the extra assurance that its complete.

 

Thanks in advance <3

 

Don't bother with the tab dividers either.  You also don't need any of the beneficiary's civil documents or any W2 forms.

[Georgia16 2,858]

2 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

My answers in bold and red:

 

 

Don't bother with the tab dividers either.  You also don't need any of the beneficiary's civil documents or any W2 forms.

I'm thinking of AOS haha ... Sorry OP. The financial is for the interview as ryan says! 

[Ryan H 3,833]

1 minute ago, Georgia16 said:

I'm thinking of AOS haha ... Sorry OP. The financial is for the interview as ryan says! 

 

OP will need to submit it during the NVC stage of the process; document intake occurs there during the spousal visa process.

[Georgia16 2,858]

29 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

 

OP will need to submit it during the NVC stage of the process; document intake occurs there during the spousal visa process.

LOL I knew that! I'll just go to bed for tonight looks like I need the sleep!

 

OP I'm sorry!

[TeamMattronica 1]

Well, I have copies of everything I'm sending in (saving it in a portable file for the future interview)... so i have it readily available in case I nerdit again.

it won't negatively affect my application if I sent it all now will it?

I have a friend who went through this process last year, and I was following her checklist lol

 

and with my (the beneficiary ID), it says I need to include a copy of my birth certificate... do I not need that?

[Ryan H 3,833]

1 minute ago, TeamMattronica said:

and with my (the beneficiary ID), it says I need to include a copy of my birth certificate... do I not need that?

 

No

[Tanish 197]

1 hour ago, TeamMattronica said:

Well, I have copies of everything I'm sending in (saving it in a portable file for the future interview)... so i have it readily available in case I nerdit again.

it won't negatively affect my application if I sent it all now will it?

I have a friend who went through this process last year, and I was following her checklist lol

 

and with my (the beneficiary ID), it says I need to include a copy of my birth certificate... do I not need that?

About Police clearance certificate; it generally is only valid from six months to a year. You might need to make one again at a later stage. So, before you send PCC at NVC stage, remember to check the validity.

[JFH 12,191]

As someone has said, the police certificate will likely have expired by the time it is needed. Your I-130 is going to take around 6 months to be adjudicated, your case will then be sent to the NVC and it will be needed there but that's about 7 months away. 

 

Likewise the I-864 will need to be redone because by then it will be after April 18 so it will need 2016 tax return information. 

 

At this stage you are focusing on the petition - in other words your eligibility to sponsor an immigrant. You must satisfy USCIS that you are:

a) either a USC or an LPR

b) legally married to the person you are hoping to sponsor 

c) married to that person for love and not to help them get into the country 

[TeamMattronica 1]

Thank You! that helps a lot, I will definitely make sure it isn't expires. I'm pretty sure the one I got is good for a year, but I also don't mind requesting another one at a later date (it was only $20CAD lol) I just figure they wont send it back for too much information submitted, so I'll just send what we have prepared, and if we have to re-send things for the next step we already have it all handy =) Thanks for your response!