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Jan 7th 2006, 4:00 am

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gruffbrown

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by meauxna

Would you like to step over here to be smacked, or shall I come to you?

Fountain pens....cartridge or bottled ink?

Jan 7th 2006, 4:04 am

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meauxna

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by gruffbrown

Fountain pens....cartridge or bottled ink?

Lucky for you that I have to go rustle up some grub. An ACCO fastener in the eye is not a pretty sight!

Jan 7th 2006, 4:05 am

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gruffbrown

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by meauxna

Lucky for you that I have to go rustle up some grub. An ACCO fastener in the eye is not a pretty sight!

I'd prefer a paperclip

Jan 7th 2006, 4:31 am

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by gruffbrown

Are fibre tips OK?

Tips are great. Fibre Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Reg. Frank R.

Jan 7th 2006, 5:48 am

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by meauxna

lol.. and yes, I missed out a smiley before, on accident.

You must've meant ACCO fasteners

No, that's ACRO as in ACROmonious: this *is* BE after all...

Jan 7th 2006, 5:50 am

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by gruffbrown

Are fibre tips OK?

Not if they dispense black ink...

Jan 8th 2006, 12:12 am

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L D Jones

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Re: Black ink for I-751

Elvira wrote:
    >>First reaction: A familiar name user with 83 posts is not a troll.
    >>2nd: Been around long enough to know that the form instructions are
    >>not always correct.
    >>3rd: Well... are you *sure* you want to stand behind that one?! lol
    >>4th: Well, yeah, it does seem pretty clear. Use the damn black ink,
    >>but do as Rete says and use the common lawyers' convention of signing
    >>in blue ballpoint so that it is more clear that the signature is
    >>original.
    >
    >
    > Okay.
    >
    > Next question: ACRO fasteners vs paperclips?
    >
    > ;)
    >
Staple

Jan 8th 2006, 12:50 am

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Rete

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by L D Jones

Staple

Whiteout?

Do you or don't you?

Jan 8th 2006, 12:54 am

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Elvira

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by Rete

Whiteout?

Do you or don't you?

xxxxxxx!!!!!!!!!

(Insert 'scared' smilie here...)

Jan 8th 2006, 1:32 am

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Matthew Udall

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Re: Black ink for I-751

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Originally Posted by Frank

I might use blue even if black is specified, but never red or green.
Anything other than black or (dark) blue will not photocopy or (more
importantly) scan correctly because they come out a lighter shade of grey
when scanned

If you are talking about the CIS “scanning” a form, OK (not sure if they do though). If you are talking about a petitioner or beneficiary scanning a form to get it from a foreign country to the petitioner’s hot little hands in the U.S. (to get it filed faster) than that would be a huge mistake. The signature must be an original signature, not a scanned signature or photo copy of the signature.

I ask my clients to use a blue ink ballpoint pen and press down hard when they write their names. That way, if the officer has concerns about a signature they might be able to see how the pen pressed into the paper. Plus, my client’s sign each page of the G-325A separately (I don’t use the carbon copy govt. issued G-325As) so each signature will likely be slightly different and that can also help an officer who might suspect a scan or photo copy of a signature.