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Document checklist

What almost every case includes, and what your category usually adds. Your exact list is generated from your answers in the free check.

Almost every case

The documents nearly everyone gathers

Passport biographic page — the photo page, for every person in the caseBirth certificate — with a certified English translation if it is in another languageTwo identical 2×2 color photos, taken in the last six monthsCopies, not originals, unless USCIS asks for an original

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What your category usually adds

This is the typical list, not yours. Your exact list — generated from your answers, nothing missing and nothing extra — is part of the free check.

Your case

See what your case needs. It costs nothing to find out.

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