Question on I-129F

[MeowMei 0]

Hi Everyone!

 

My fiance and I are currently working on the I-129F form and are unsure for 2 parts if you could kindly guide us.

- Beneficiary's employment history: Since everything is in his native language, do we need to have it translated into English by a professional?

- Beneficiary's parent's name Part 2 item 24a-c. His parent passed away couple years ago and we do not know his English name on the passport. In this case, how should we complete this section correctly?

 

Thank you all in advance! 😃

 

[AndyD 0]

Employment history - they don't ask for any documentation, just translate the jobs and addresses to english and put into the form, no need for professional translation as you aren't translating a document. 

Same for parents - just put their names in English, whatever you think is an appropriate  English spelling.

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

What language is this? Because if their name is Jorge you aren’t supposed to be “translating” it to George. His name is Jorge. Same with jobs.  Please add the beneficiary country to your profile which may help a bit. 

[Zoeeeeeee 797]

As said above, if your fiance worked at La Bourse et La Vie (for example) on Rue Crevier, that is what you would put - you wouldn't translate from French to English, as that is the correct name of the company, the correct name of the street. 

 

What you would translate would be the job description or title. Example - you wouldn't say he was 'le serveur', you'd say he was a waiter. 

 

[MeowMei 0]

6 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

What language is this? Because if their name is Jorge you aren’t supposed to be “translating” it to George. His name is Jorge. Same with jobs.  Please add the beneficiary country to your profile which may help a bit. 

Hi Luckycuds,

It's in Chinese. Thanks for the advise, I added the beneficiary country to my profile!

In this case, should I translate it to English?

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

3 hours ago, MeowMei said:

Hi Luckycuds,

It's in Chinese. Thanks for the advise, I added the beneficiary country to my profile!

In this case, should I translate it to English?

Thanks for clarifying and updating country. I was thinking it was a language without English letters but needed clarification. What I posted below only applies to beneficiary name and address it appears. This would lead me to believe you should translate his work history into English but I'm not 100%. FYI you don't need anything professionally translated for the I-129F form because you will just be listing the job yourself (not providing any specific work documentation)  I'm unsure what to do for deceased parent; are there any siblings or aunts/uncles that may know the name? I hope someone else can chime in. 

 

I saw this on the instruction form for I129f 

Item Numbers 49.a. - 50.f. Your Bene ciary’s Name and Address in His or Her Native Alphabet. If yourbene ciary’s native alphabet does not use Roman letters, provide his or her name and physical address abroad in the native alphabet. Otherwise, skip to the next question (Item Number 51.). https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-129finstr.pdf

 

This is not an official source and it says 

Question 49a – 50f – if your fiance’s name and address are spelled differently in his/her native alphabet using non-Roman characters, write them here. You may either print out the form and hand write the answers OR copy-and-paste the text using a word processor. This applies to any language with non-Roman text: Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, etc.

https://www.visatutor.com/form-i-129f-filing-instructions/

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

@Lucky Cat Can you help? Wasn't sure if your spouses native language was in characters, not letters. 

[Crazy Cat 41,982]

3 hours ago, MeowMei said:

Hi Luckycuds,

It's in Chinese. Thanks for the advise, I added the beneficiary country to my profile!

In this case, should I translate it to English?

Everything on the I-129F should be entered in English other than questions which specifically instruct otherwise.  You can copy and paste native characters into those specific boxes on the form.  See example below. 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[MeowMei 0]

11 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

Thanks for clarifying and updating country. I was thinking it was a language without English letters but needed clarification. What I posted below only applies to beneficiary name and address it appears. This would lead me to believe you should translate his work history into English but I'm not 100%. FYI you don't need anything professionally translated for the I-129F form because you will just be listing the job yourself (not providing any specific work documentation)  I'm unsure what to do for deceased parent; are there any siblings or aunts/uncles that may know the name? I hope someone else can chime in. 

 

I saw this on the instruction form for I129f 

Item Numbers 49.a. - 50.f. Your Bene ciary’s Name and Address in His or Her Native Alphabet. If yourbene ciary’s native alphabet does not use Roman letters, provide his or her name and physical address abroad in the native alphabet. Otherwise, skip to the next question (Item Number 51.). https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-129finstr.pdf

 

This is not an official source and it says 

Question 49a – 50f – if your fiance’s name and address are spelled differently in his/her native alphabet using non-Roman characters, write them here. You may either print out the form and hand write the answers OR copy-and-paste the text using a word processor. This applies to any language with non-Roman text: Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, etc.

https://www.visatutor.com/form-i-129f-filing-instructions/

 

10 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

Everything on the I-129F should be entered in English other than questions which specifically instruct otherwise.  You can copy and paste native characters into those specific boxes on the form.  See example below. 

 

 

Thank you both! Yup, I know this section could be in entered other than English. Good to know that we do not need a professional translator to translate the employment history into English.

[qwer123we 1]

If you want to find his parent's name on passport, here is the Chinese to English name translator on Taiwan consular affairs site. 

https://www.boca.gov.tw/sp-natr-singleform-1.html

 

 

 

[MeowMei 0]

23 hours ago, qwer123we said:

If you want to find his parent's name on passport, here is the Chinese to English name translator on Taiwan consular affairs site. 

https://www.boca.gov.tw/sp-natr-singleform-1.html

 

 

 

Thank you so much! This is very helpful!