Question about friend/family affadavit letters

[Imua 0]

I think pushbrk is right and this is why I am agonizing over this - all everybody except my MIL and FIL can say is that they have heard about our marriage but everything is hearsay - it's not as if they are next-door neighbors who have heard our disagreements(and making up), or friends who hang out with the both of us - I can't see how we can be expected to come up with that at this point. Especially how can anyone in this country make a statement when he doesn't have the visa yet? I think I am just going to put my all into the application and send it along with the legal marriage certificate copy and photos - if I get an RFE or if it is brought up at the interview then I will approach people for statements - there is the friend in Nepal who introduced us, maybe neighbors and cousins who were at the wedding party, maybe even the pandits who conducted the ceremony or the nice Sherpa lady at the restaurant where we always ate and had our wedding party? We talked a lot about our relationship with her so maybe she would be a good witness. Most of G's extended family live in a village in the south where there are political problems and strikes so I have not had a chance to meet them yet. I hope to be in Nepal at the time of the interview so will be in a better position to ask people. I was under the impression that any document which is signed needs to be notarized but if not then this makes it much easier.

I just want to get it started - the reason I dont have a timeline yet is because I have not even submitted my applications! I can put our wedding date down I guess...

[Ta Ta 1]

Yes, that makes more sense...do it at the embassy level. I knew you had not filed yet but then forgot and thought embassy .......

sorry about that. I am so wrapped up in my own embassy stuff and that slipped past me.

No letters at the USCIS stage.

[pushbrk 13,073]

Yes, that makes more sense...do it at the embassy level. I knew you had not filed yet but then forgot and thought embassy .......

sorry about that. I am so wrapped up in my own embassy stuff and that slipped past me.

No letters at the USCIS stage.

I agree, no letters at the USCIS stage for the OP. However, remember the I-130 is used for DCF and AOS for people already living in the US and needing no visa. Those folks should submit one or more of the suggested list of additional forms of evidence, because they can; they've been living together.

[Ta Ta 1]

Yes, that makes more sense...do it at the embassy level. I knew you had not filed yet but then forgot and thought embassy .......

sorry about that. I am so wrapped up in my own embassy stuff and that slipped past me.

No letters at the USCIS stage.

I agree, no letters at the USCIS stage for the OP. However, remember the I-130 is used for DCF and AOS for people already living in the US and needing no visa. Those folks should submit one or more of the suggested list of additional forms of evidence, because they can; they've been living together.

Agreed.

[Craig_Karina 0]

Hello !!!!!!

For what it is worth, I think you are "overdoing" your papers and this is not necessary. When I sent in our I-130 paperwork, I included 4 photos taken at our wedding reception. In the photos were my son, her mother, my sister and her uncle posing with us....along with other guests in the background. On the back of the photos, I wrote an "affidavit" that was signed by these people as being in attendance at our wedding. It went something like: My name is "Billy Bob Brown" and I was the best man at my father's wedding to Karina on May 18, 2007. That is me standing to the right of my father. Signed, "Billy Bob Brown" These were NOT notarized. Also, I sent in a wedding invitation! That was it...no problems. NOA-1 followed quickly.

Best Wishes,

Craig

[Imua 0]

Yes, that makes more sense...do it at the embassy level. I knew you had not filed yet but then forgot and thought embassy .......

sorry about that. I am so wrapped up in my own embassy stuff and that slipped past me.

No letters at the USCIS stage.

I agree, no letters at the USCIS stage for the OP. However, remember the I-130 is used for DCF and AOS for people already living in the US and needing no visa. Those folks should submit one or more of the suggested list of additional forms of evidence, because they can; they've been living together.

OK, this clarifies it for me, thanks!!

I can relax(somewhat) now.

I just have to send the G-325A forms to G to sign and write his address in Devanagari.

Edited October 9, 2007 by Pattu Rani