When Corona ruins your plans

[JustMe2020 3]

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Hello everybody,

 

I am super happy I found this forum! 

 

So a little background info about my situation:

I'm European and I was due to fly to the US this month to marry my fiancee, then fly back to Europe and get a lawyer to help us with filing the I-130 form. 

Well as you all know Corona came around and I had to cancel my flight and cancel the wedding altogether. On the good side, during this lock-down I had plenty of time on my hands and I decided to 

research more about how to file the I-130 form and I actually think a lawyer isn't needed. I believe we can save money and file the petition ourselves. My soon-to-be husband isn't very good with filling in forms,

so basically I will be me assisting him and - with a little of help from this forum - I can think we can be successful. As soon as the travel ban for the EU is lifted (I really hope before the summer), I will fly to the US to get married.

 

Meanwhile I have made a list with the documents that we need to assemble the I-130 package. Please let me  know if I forgot something:

• Cover letter
• Money order $535
• Form G-1145
• Form I-130
• Form I-130A
• Petitioner's certification of naturalisation
• Copy of beneficiary's passport
• Two passport style photos of the petitioner and beneficiary
• Copy of the marriage certificate (which hopefully I have by August 2020)
• Copy of divorce decree beneficiary (I was married before)
• Letter explaining how we met
• Two affidavits of support from friends
• Photos of us (we actually don't have many photos with friends)
• Screenshots of video calls 
• Ongoing WhatsApp text messages
• Passport stamps
• Hotel reservations with our names
• Western Union receipts 

 

Can someone please comment to let me know I'm on the right track?  Thanks a bunch  🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

[milimelo 4,477]

Top of the page you have guides for various cases. 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Good place to research and determine if you have all needed documents.

 

 

[NikLR 13,227]

6 hours ago, JustMe2020 said:

 

Hello everybody,

 

I am super happy I found this forum! 

 

So a little background info about my situation:

I'm European and I was due to fly to the US this month to marry my fiancee, then fly back to Europe and get a lawyer to help us with filing the I-130 form. 

Well as you all know Corona came around and I had to cancel my flight and cancel the wedding altogether. On the good side, during this lock-down I had plenty of time on my hands and I decided to 

research more about how to file the I-130 form and I actually think a lawyer isn't needed. I believe we can save money and file the petition ourselves. My soon-to-be husband isn't very good with filling in forms,

so basically I will be me assisting him and - with a little of help from this forum - I can think we can be successful. As soon as the travel ban for the EU is lifted (I really hope before the summer), I will fly to the US to get married.

 

Meanwhile I have made a list with the documents that we need to assemble the I-130 package. Please let me  know if I forgot something:

• Cover letter
• Money order $535
• Form G-1145
• Form I-130
• Form I-130A
• Petitioner's certification of naturalisation
• Copy of beneficiary's passport
• Two passport style photos of the petitioner and beneficiary
• Copy of the marriage certificate (which hopefully I have by August 2020)
• Copy of divorce decree beneficiary (I was married before)
• Letter explaining how we met
• Two affidavits of support from friends
• Photos of us (we actually don't have many photos with friends)
• Screenshots of video calls 
• Ongoing WhatsApp text messages
• Passport stamps
• Hotel reservations with our names
• Western Union receipts 

 

Can someone please comment to let me know I'm on the right track?  Thanks a bunch  🙂

 

 

 

You dont need the copy of beneficiary passport unless youre trying to show entry stamps for visits.  Nor do you need a letter explaining how you met. 

[JustMe2020 3]

7 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Good place to research and determine if you have all needed documents.

 

 

Thank you!

[JustMe2020 3]

4 hours ago, NikLR said:

You dont need the copy of beneficiary passport unless youre trying to show entry stamps for visits.  Nor do you need a letter explaining how you met. 

 

Yes I saw that my passport isn't actually needed, but for some reason I feel silly not to add it (I know I don't make sense lol, why add something that isn't required?). I just think it will humanise me a bit more when they review the petition, since I don't live in the country of my nationality nor in the country of my birth. Just for them to get a clearer picture of us and our love-story. Also we really don't have many photos together or with our friends, not sure if that poses a problem? I do have tons of screenshots of our video calls and chat logs. 

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