I-130A

[Petersaad1 10]

I am completing this form for my spouse who is not fluent in English and lives outside the US. Should I fill out the Interpreter section or just leave it blank?

[Volli 29]

Be honest! There is nothing wrong to fill out this section.

[Petersaad1 10]

Not asking from an integrity point of view. Is this forn intended to be filled out by the beneficiary or the petitioner? If the answer is beneficiary, then I’ll fill out the interpreter section

[Volli 29]

The purpose of this form is to collect additional information for a spouse beneficiary of Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. If
your spouse is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or non-citizen U.S. national who is filing Form I-130 on your behalf, you
must complete and sign Form I-130A, Supplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary, and submit it with the Form I-130 filed by
your spouse. If you reside overseas, you still must complete Form I-130A, but you do not need to sign the form.

 

So my understanding is that this form has to be filled out by the beneficiary. And I remember I did that too. My wife (USC) filled out the I-130 and I (beneficiary) did the I-130a. Because I understood the questions I didn't need her for translation. If I did, I would have filled out the interpreter section.

[pushbrk 12,618]

Leave the interpreter and preparer sections blank.  Nobody cares who types the information into the form.  What's important is that the correct information is there.  No signature is needed on this form, if the foreign spouse is outside the USA.  Any other answer you get, can simply be ignored, except it is true that completing those sections will not HURT anything.