Q: How to send ‘copies of documents’ to USCIS in ‘paperless billing’ era?
Hi
‘Copies of documents’ are required by USCIS for various immigration applications and petitions. Especially for marriage based petitions such as I-751 it’s required to provide evidence in the form of utility bills, joint savings and checking accounts with transaction history etc.
With the above in mind, I have the following question: Does USCIS accept utility bills, bank statements and other documents that are printed from the 'pdf' format downloaded from the online bank or utility providers accounts? (As especially nowadays every provider is pushing their ‘paperless billing’ on every occasion.)
Or does USCIS only accept photocopies of the ‘old-school’ physical letters with bills and bank statements that were delivered to my address in an envelope?
Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
A:
You may submit utility bills, bank statements, and other documents printed in PDF format or screenshots. USCIS will accept these documents as copies.
I recommend that you carefully read the instructions provided for form I-751 and if you have additional questions, consider retaining an attorney in this matter. Good luck.
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