加拿大华人论坛 美国留学移民转:F2A申请
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我到达美国三周后就收到绿卡,赶紧买了LA-广州的双程机票回国和LP登记结婚和办理公证,想尽快办理LP移民MG的申请。为了攒飞行积分,我依旧选择了美国西北航空(Northwest airline),因为攒够60000英里的飞行里数就能免费得到一张美国-中国的双程机票,而且这间航空公司的服务质量不错,还能在网上提前一个月自己预定座位,比南方航空公司好多了。回到中国后,我和LP带齐身份证丶户口本和结婚合照到户籍所在地的民政局办理结婚登记,登记过程千万不要透露自己已取得绿卡(免去可能的麻烦),一小时后就拿到了结婚证。我们带上结婚证丶身份证丶户口本丶结婚合照丶LP的出生证和单人彩照去广州市公证处办理结婚公证和LP的出生公证。广州公证处的办事效率比南方公证处高多了,而且办理以上公证基本不用自己填表格,只需提供各种证件原件丶复印件和照片,并在公证员提供的表格上签名确认就完成了整个办理过程,一周就能拿到公证,简单快捷!这里提醒一句,公证不妨多做几份(每增加一份才多收20元)以便日后可能之需。开始填写I-130表和整理各种配套证明材料了。1丶I-130表的填写。先从www.uscis.gov 网站上下载最新的I-130表和填写说明,一定按其要求执行。至于如何填写我就不详说了,网上已经有很多模板可参考。最好用电脑填写表格后打印出来签名确认,这样能确保字母填写规范丶美观,防止因手写某些字母无棱两可而引起移民局的误解。另外,根据USCIS的填写说明及网友的热心介绍,我还加填了G-352A表(申请人和受益人都要填写),不过至今我还不能确认绿卡申请是否一定要填写G-352A表,个人觉得那是公民申请才需要填的,不过以防万一我还是照填不误,一定要做到“另可杀错不可放过”,确保申请一次成功。2丶证明材料的清单。这是我要重点介绍的部分,因为网上相关介绍都比较模糊,以下是我的配套证明材料清单(受益人没有随行人员,也就是没有小孩): ● Payment check. (回到美国后去银行买张现金支票,355元的,抬头按要求写:U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 这是我当时按USCIS要求做的,大家不要照搬一定要按现时的USCIS要求来做!) ● Form I-130. (由申请人填写并签名确认) ● Two photographs of me (Petitioner).(申请人2张签证照片)● Form G -352A of me (Petitioner).(申请人填写自己的G-352A并签名) ● A copy of my permanent resident card (Petitioner). (申请人绿卡双面复印件) ● A copy of my passport (Petitioner).(申请人的护照复印件)● A copy of my birth certificate (Petitioner).(申请人的出生公证复印件,其实美国已有我的个人资料,所以我只提供该复印件以节省剩余不多的原件)● A copy of our marriage certificate.(结婚公证原件)● Two photographs of my wife (Beneficiary).(受益人2张签证照片)● Form G -352A of my wife (Beneficiary).(受益人填写自己的G-352A并签名) ● A copy of my wife’s passport (Beneficiary). (收益人的护照复印件) ● A copy of my wife’s Birth Certificate (Beneficiary). (收益人的出生公证原件) 以上就是我的清单内容3丶证明材料的整理按照清单准备所有资料,再配上一封给移民局的简介信就显得更完整和礼貌了,以下是我抄袭的简介信,英文水平有限,错漏之处敬请见谅!Dear Officer: My name is (申请人) and I am the husband and petitioner for (受益人).I and (受益人) met on Guangzhou of CHINA at 08/22/2007, and registered our marriage on 07/12/ 2008 in Guangzhou City . I love (受益人)with all my heart and plan to take care of her in every way. In order to live together, I wish my wife to immigrate to the United States . Enclosed please find my Form I-130 and supporting documents.Contents include: ● Payment check. ● Form I-130. ● Two photographs of me (Petitioner).● Form G -352A of me (Petitioner). ● A copy of my permanent resident card (Petitioner). ● A copy of my passport (Petitioner).● A copy of my birth certificate (Petitioner).● A copy of our marriage certificate.● Two photographs of my wife (Beneficiary).● Form G -352A of my wife (Beneficiary). ● A copy of my wife’s passport (Beneficiary). ● A copy of my wife’s Birth Certificate (Beneficiary).Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date.I anxiously await your decision and I thank you for your time.Sincerely yours, (申请人签名丶日期)以上就是简介信的全部内容。4丶申请包的邮寄。邮寄前再仔细检查各表格和资料,该填写要填写丶该签名的要签名丶该提供的证明材料要齐全,按清单顺序排列整齐并把简介信和支票扣在第一页上,最后用一个透明塑料文件夹(就是几毛钱一个的那种“clean bag”) 把所有文件封装好后再放进信封内,既防水又整洁。至于邮寄地址按照I-130表填写介绍并根据自己所属州份选择填写就可以。其实用普通邮寄即可,以我为例,寄出申请包后第4天移民局就收到,第12天我就收到移民局回复的收据(即I-797C表),上面有我申请的“received date”丶“notice date”,而“priority date”一项是空白的,还有申请金额丶WAC号码(这个号码重要,自己可以上官方网站查询case的最新进度)丶申请人和受益人的名字等。信的内容说:移民局已收到我的申请,现在case正处于受理和待定中,如果需要补充资料或作出判定后再信件通知(估计那就是带有GUZ号码的确认信),期间如果申请人地址变更要联系移民局……来源:网络
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不知道楼主还在不在,想请教一下楼主当时是从广州直接邮寄到美国提交资料吗?我也是在广州办理各种证明的,现在准备寄资料,不过我在USCIS官网上看到有以下说明:If you reside outside of the United States where USCIS has an international office, you may file at the USCIS Chicago Lockbox facility or at the USCIS international office in the country in which you reside. .....For a list of USCIS international offices and filing instructions please visit www.uscis.gov/international.Asia/Pacific (APAC)DistrictChina- Beijing Field OfficeChina- Guangzhou Field Office同时也看到楼主说的所在按照所在州份填邮件地址的说明,现在纠结是从寄到广州美领馆好还是直接从广州寄到美国USCIS好?因此想咨询一下您当时是怎样寄送的,有没有留意到以上说明,谢谢!
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