redarmy990

hi guys i know ive seen it somewhere but just need clarification can i paperclip my package together or do we staple it all.

think i read somewhere no stapling allowed but just not sure

thanks

dean and lori

Noorah101

You can staple relevent pages together, like if one form has 2 or 3 pages, you can staple those pages together. In order to hold ALL the paperwork together, many people use a bulldog clip (binder clip).

Rene

redarmy990

thanks rene just one more question

how do we attach the cheque and passport pics

thanks

Noorah101

Paper clip.

Rene

thephionex

make sure the picture goes face down on the form and attach the paperclip to the back of the picture so you don't scratch the pic

Noorah101

Good idea.

We put our pictures in a plastic ziploc baggie and then paper clipped the baggie to the form.

Rene

jeffreyhy

I think an appropriate size 'bulldog' clip is better than a bent-wire paperclip. Things tend to slide out from under a paperclip. (Or sometimes just the opposite - something that didn't belong gets caught under the paperclip.)

Regards, JEff

Noorah101

Very true, good suggestion!

Rene

redarmy990

thanks guys.
so we have paper clipped 2 pages of i130 together
pics and cheque in ziplock bag
all other paperwork paperclipped
and then a small bulldog clip clipping everything together as a package hope this will be ok.

dean and lori

jeffreyhy

You can staple the two pages of the I-130 together - it's a single document and you don't want those pages to get separated. (I printed my I-130 double-sided, top-to-bottom so that it would flip up for easy reading in a top-bound file, so only one page.)

It's stapling separate documents together that USCIS (and DoS) doesn't like, because the different documents will have to be separated and removing staples from a package of documents could damage the documents and injure the clerks.

Regards, JEff

redarmy990

thanks jeffrehy were going to the us post office today as im currently in the us until end of november.

then the long wait begins

S Folinsky

When I was in practice, multiple page forms or exhibits would be stapled together. E.g. -- the I-130. Lets say there was a multiple page divorce decree, that would be stapled together.

The local Los Angeles office of the former INS had generated a cover sheet in conjunction with the bar. We this cover sheet gave a list of documents and the necessary filing fees.

I would staple the appropriate tax returns to each individual I-864.

The photos were put in a small coin envelope and stapled to the front of the primary application. As was the check for the filing fee [I followed IRS practice for tax returns].

We would put a rubber band around the package and then into the envelope.

No "binder boy" for us!

BTW, I recommend against two sided copying. There are times that the file will get copied or scanned and the back sheet will not get copied or scanned -- it can be a PIA.

FWIW, the I-130 used to be yellow -- I know of attorneys who still print the thing on yellow paper! However, there requirement for colored paper no longer exists.

Notionally speaking, one should use US "letter size" [8.5 x 11"] paper. However, if push comes to shove, metric A4 will not be rejected.