Lots of little things in immigration law change quickly. It’s important to stay up to date with the changes, otherwise you may have an application or petition rejected or denied, which will cause you stress, cause you to spend more time than you wanted to spend on immigration, and (maybe) cause you to spend a lot more money than you anticipated you would. You may even find that you’ve lost access to immigration pathway once open to you!
In immigration, little details are, often, very important. There is an apt quote from Ben Franklin, the old, wise man among the United States’ founding fathers, about the great importance a little detail can assume:
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.
So, let’s look at some little details, related to changes in immigration forms.
There have recently been changes to immigration forms commonly used by individuals and families.
Form I-130 and Form I-130A
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released an updated version of Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. The current edition date is 02/13/19. Starting 05/06/19, USCIS will only accept that edition of the form.
The same goes for Form I-130A, Supplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary. The current edition date is 02/13/19. And starting 05/06/19, USCIS will only accept that edition.
Form I-134
USCIS also recently released an updated version of Form I-134, Affidavit of Support. The newest version of the form has the edition date of 02/13/19. Starting on 05/06/19, USCIS will only accept this edition of the form.
Form I-129F
Starting 04/29/19, USCIS will only accept the latest edition (edition date 11/07/18) of the Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e).