Question about previously filed Petition on I-130

[Gaiden79 23]

Hey guys I'm filling out the I-130 currently and on Part 5 it asks if I have previously filed a petition before for an alien.

 

I have actually back in 2004 but I don't know the exact date filed, is there a way to find this information? Thanks!

 

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[payxibka 10,047]

21 minutes ago, Gaiden79 said:

Hey guys I'm filling out the I-130 currently and on Part 5 it asks if I have previously filed a petition before for an alien.

 

I have actually back in 2004 but I don't know the exact date filed, is there a way to find this information? Thanks!

 

Screenshot attached. 

Not really,  fill it out with the best information you can remember.   If you need more space for an explanation,  attach a supplement 

[milimelo 4,572]

Write o/a (on or about) before the date if you’re not sure of exact date. 

[RCable 75]

According to the instructions for an I-130, if you don't know the exact date to explain why in the extra section. So that's what I did. I had no idea on the I-130 filing date, but I had an idea on the visa approval date and the POE date. So I just put those down. It also said to explain why you don't know the exact date. 

I put that due to the divorce, I no longer have access to any of that paperwork. But to the best of my knowledge things happened on "x" date etc. Someone else on the forum said to do this and they had theirs approved without having an exact date either. 

[Gaiden79 23]

11 hours ago, milimelo said:

Write o/a (on or about) before the date if you’re not sure of exact date. 

Thanks, good idea.

[Gaiden79 23]

10 hours ago, RCable said:

According to the instructions for an I-130, if you don't know the exact date to explain why in the extra section. So that's what I did. I had no idea on the I-130 filing date, but I had an idea on the visa approval date and the POE date. So I just put those down. It also said to explain why you don't know the exact date. 

I put that due to the divorce, I no longer have access to any of that paperwork. But to the best of my knowledge things happened on "x" date etc. Someone else on the forum said to do this and they had theirs approved without having an exact date either. 

Yeah I will do that, good advice. Same thing here, divorce caused some lost paperwork. 

 

Do you happen to know what it means by NAME? Like maiden name of person or just current name. Also PLACE, would that be the USCIS location you filed at or your own address you filed from? Thanks so much!

Edited June 15, 2019 by Gaiden79

[carmel34 3,660]

I couldn't remember the exact date of a previous I-130 filing (1996) when I submitted an I-130 last year so I just estimated the month and year, and my husband's CR-1 visa was approved last week with no problem.  

[carmel34 3,660]

11 hours ago, Gaiden79 said:

Yeah I will do that, good advice. Same thing here, divorce caused some lost paperwork. 

 

Do you happen to know what it means by NAME? Like maiden name of person or just current name. Also PLACE, would that be the USCIS location you filed at or your own address you filed from? Thanks so much!

Name for the previous I-130 would be the name it was filed under.  And place would be either USCIS if filed in the US or consulate abroad if you did DCF.  Good luck!

[Gaiden79 23]

On 6/15/2019 at 11:07 AM, carmel34 said:

Name for the previous I-130 would be the name it was filed under.  And place would be either USCIS if filed in the US or consulate abroad if you did DCF.  Good luck!

Hey thanks. For "Place" it only has a city/town option. So I assume it would be the city/town where that USCIS center was located at? It's not referring to where I was living at the time right?