As we move toward an increasing electronic environment, we now scan and upload many documents into electronic database systems. To avoid delays and improve scanning efficiency, we recommend that you DO NOT:<\/p>\n
– Hole punch, staple, paper clip, binder clip, or otherwise attach documents to one another.<\/p>\n
– Include photos or documents smaller than 4×6 inches for evidentiary purposes. Provide photocopies of these items instead. The only exception is when we request a passport photo with the filing.<\/p>\n
– Include anything that contains electronic chips and batteries (such as musical greeting cards) or any non-paper materials such as cassette tapes, CD-ROMs, DVDs, toys, action figures, or thumb drives. We will not accept these types of materials.\u00a0However, we will accept photographs or photocopies of these items.<\/p>\n
– Submit forms or evidence documents bound with a binding or spiral wire\/plastic.<\/p>\n
– Submit evidence using photo albums, scrapbooks, binders, or greeting cards.<\/p>\n
– Fold documents.<\/p>\n
– Place sticky notes on documents.<\/p>\n
– Use insertable tab dividers.<\/p>\n
– Print forms on colored paper.<\/p>\n
– Submit more than one copy of the same document or evidence unless required by the form instructions or regulations. If you are required to submit a copy of a complete prior application, petition, or request, clearly mark it as a \u201cCOPY\u201d at the top of each page to ensure it is processed as intended.<\/p>\n
– Send original documents such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, driver\u2019s licenses, passports, naturalization certificates,\u00a0except\u00a0when:<\/p>\n
– Required by the form instructions for the application, petition, or request you are filing; or<\/p>\n
– We specifically issue a request for you to submit an original document.<\/p>\n
Avoiding these activities will improve our efficiency as we process your application, petition, or request. (USCIS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we move toward an increasing electronic environment, we now scan and upload many documents…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":380067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-380066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-uscis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}