Shoot! One more Question re: Support Letters

[Tee and Megan 10]

Hi all!

Hopefully this will be my last question, as the threads are very thorough and I've gotten a lot of information there. 

 

When we submitted our K-1, I included a impressive(perhaps ridiculous) number of support letters from friends, family, teachers, and employers who knew us both, had seen us together, and knew of our ongoing, committed, bonafide relationship. I'm not sure how much these helped our petition, but it was rather joyful to give our loved ones an opportunity to help our immigration process along. 

 

For the ROC, I'm reading only sworn affidavits are accepted?  I've never used a notary before, and am not sure how this would complicate asking friends and family for letters. Do they need to be sworn? Or can they just contain an original signature, since letters aren't primary evidence anyway?  We have been tentatively asking our loved ones if they'd be willing to write us another round of letters and have received very enthusiastic responses; I'm just not sure how having to use a notary would complicate things. 

 

Thank you all so much for your time and support! 

 

Blessings on your journeys, 

 

Megan (And Tee)

[nightingalejules 678]

Provided you have lots of "hard" evidence (bank accounts, taxes, lease/mortgage, etc) then the letters, as supporting evidence, probably don't need to be notarized. The letters we sent weren't notarized, although they did include contact information in case USCIS wanted to verify. If you don't have a lot of other evidence, you'd be better off to get them notarized. 

Ask the people who've said they'd be thrilled to write another letter if they'd be willing to go to their bank, where apparently they can get a document notarized for free. All the notary does is verify that the person signing the document is who they say they are.

You don't need to be there, just the person who wrote the letter.

[Tee and Megan 10]

18 hours ago, nightingalejules said:

Provided you have lots of "hard" evidence (bank accounts, taxes, lease/mortgage, etc) then the letters, as supporting evidence, probably don't need to be notarized. The letters we sent weren't notarized, although they did include contact information in case USCIS wanted to verify. If you don't have a lot of other evidence, you'd be better off to get them notarized. 

Ask the people who've said they'd be thrilled to write another letter if they'd be willing to go to their bank, where apparently they can get a document notarized for free. All the notary does is verify that the person signing the document is who they say they are.

You don't need to be there, just the person who wrote the letter.

Thank you so much! That's what my instinct was saying, but I'd forgotten how anxiety producing this process can be. Really appreciate the insight. 

 

 

[nightingalejules 678]

56 minutes ago, Tee and Megan said:

Thank you so much! That's what my instinct was saying, but I'd forgotten how anxiety producing this process can be. Really appreciate the insight. 

 

 

This process will make you crazy, that's for sure!

[Tee and Megan 10]

24 minutes ago, nightingalejules said:

This process will make you crazy, that's for sure!

Does it ever! I often feel like there should be some kind of award for couples that make it through this without at least one panic attack. Thanks again for your support and insight!

[NikaMo 39]

My wife went through ROC in July 2015. We submitted exactly 2 letters not notarized. No RFE and also interview was waived. It did take almost a year (11 months) to finally get 10 year green card