I-130 questions (merged topics)

[Ryan H 3,821]

***Similar topics merged; please ask all questions you have about the I-130 in this thread instead of starting a new thread for each question you have about completing that form.***

[pushbrk 13,072]

6 hours ago, shumway1756 said:

I would suggest putting N/A in any field in which you don't input data, if the field allows it (the state field probably doesn't, but the rest should). Absolutely no harm in that.

Horrible waste of time to do that.  Also, sometimes a question IS definitely "applicable" and the correct answer is "NONE" or "No Children" etc.  Advice to enter something in every field is years out of date.  It comes from a time when the I-130 was 2 pages.

[sharpie22 2]

3 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Horrible waste of time to do that.  Also, sometimes a question IS definitely "applicable" and the correct answer is "NONE" or "No Children" etc.  Advice to enter something in every field is years out of date.  It comes from a time when the I-130 was 2 pages.

So would you agree that this is an OK course of action when filing the I-130 for my 6 yr old stepson -- that I just put NO SPOUSE, NO CHILDREN in the first available field of the "Information about beneficiary's family" section and leave the rest of it blank?

[pushbrk 13,072]

5 hours ago, sharpie22 said:

So would you agree that this is an OK course of action when filing the I-130 for my 6 yr old stepson -- that I just put NO SPOUSE, NO CHILDREN in the first available field of the "Information about beneficiary's family" section and leave the rest of it blank?

By George, I think you're getting the hang of this.

[sharpie22 2]

29 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

By George, I think you're getting the hang of this.

Lol ! Finally..

 

 

[sharpie22 2]

Another question - my mailing address has a "Unit" number and the form I-130 only has Apt, Ste and Flr options. Can I check Apt instead ?

[sharpie22 2]

2 hours ago, pushbrk said:

By George, I think you're getting the hang of this.

Do you foresee any harm if one puts N/A instead of leaving fields blank.. for example if one is Single,Never Married and puts N/A in "Date Married On". Could it cause confusion or will USCIS ignore the superfluous N/A?

[Ryan H 3,821]

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[sharpie22 2]

On 8/17/2018 at 5:18 AM, Ryan H said:

***Similar topics merged; please ask all questions you have about the I-130 in this thread instead of starting a new thread for each question you have about completing that form.***

Nobody ever answers questions if they are not a new topic though.. I can keep asking on this thread all I like and never get a response. Something I am doing wrong?

[TBoneTX 45,959]

21 hours ago, sharpie22 said:

Nobody ever answers questions if they are not a new topic though.. I can keep asking on this thread all I like and never get a response. Something I am doing wrong?

You'd be surprised at how helpful people are.  It helps if the curious do some study and reading first, to see if the same questions and answers have been posted in the forums previously, or if the sample forms show what to do.

 

Questions about your case properly belong in a single thread.  This enables readers to get a fuller picture of where you are in the process and what you've been told already, because previous answers are intact in one place.  You also avoid accusations of spamming the forums.

 

If you have questions about a Moderator's decision, the protocol is to send a PM to ask for clarification.  

[sharpie22 2]

Filling out the I-130 A employment history of last 5 years for my wife (the beneficiary). The last entry in this would be unemployed (between 2011 and 2013), but my wife doesn't remember the exact start date (she remembers the end date). She remembers it as Nov 2011, but not the day. OK to put MM/YYYY, or can we put an approximate day? Do we need to add any explanation? She remembers all the other employment period dates accurately.

[CDLAdriver 18]

4 hours ago, sharpie22 said:

Filling out the I-130 A employment history of last 5 years for my wife (the beneficiary). The last entry in this would be unemployed (between 2011 and 2013), but my wife doesn't remember the exact start date (she remembers the end date). She remembers it as Nov 2011, but not the day. OK to put MM/YYYY, or can we put an approximate day? Do we need to add any explanation? She remembers all the other employment period dates accurately.

When I filed, I put the date I guessed it to be and then on the back page for more information I added that it was an approximation. 

[pushbrk 13,072]

4 hours ago, sharpie22 said:

Filling out the I-130 A employment history of last 5 years for my wife (the beneficiary). The last entry in this would be unemployed (between 2011 and 2013), but my wife doesn't remember the exact start date (she remembers the end date). She remembers it as Nov 2011, but not the day. OK to put MM/YYYY, or can we put an approximate day? Do we need to add any explanation? She remembers all the other employment period dates accurately.

Her best guess will be fine.

[sharpie22 2]

On 8/27/2018 at 3:47 AM, pushbrk said:

Her best guess will be fine.

Thanks!

[sharpie22 2]

I-130 Evidence of bona fide marriage

Hi, Just about to submit the I-130 application for my wife - I have the following pieces of evidence for a bona fide marriage:

1) Marriage certificate of me and my spouse

2) Birth certificate and consular report of birth of our child

3) My passport showing stamps where I traveled to India, some print outs of flight etickets where I and my wife took trips together in India.

4) 20-30 photos showing various stages of our relationship from meeting before marriage to having our baby and beyond.

 

Do I need anything else at this stage?