How to File an Immigrant Petition

at this Embassy

TThe United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has sole authority under U.S. law to approve immigrant petitions. As there is no USCIS representation in Jordan, for more information on how to file with the USCIS, please contact your local USCIS office in the U.S. or visit www.uscis.gov. Under certain circumstances, this petition approval authority is delegated to the Embassy. One of these circumstances is that the petitioner must be a United States citizen. In addition, the petitioner must be a resident of this consular district (Jordan and Iraq).* Residents are persons who have the legal right to live in the consular district and whose principal, actual place of residence has been in Jordan or Iraq for at least one year.

Any petition (I-130) which is not completely and properly filled out or which is not accompanied by the necessary documents will be returned without action. 

Submitting a petition to the Embassy gives a consular officer the authority to approve the petition. If the consular officer decides that the case is not clearly approvable, the Embassy must forward the petition to USCIS Athens for further processing. This may take six months or more. Any decision to forward a petition to USCIS Athens is final.
 

If your petition is approved:

All correspondence related to your petition will be sent to the address listed for the beneficiary on the I-130 petition, unless another address is specified in writing. Please ensure that the address you provide is clear and complete. The petitioner is responsible for the accuracy of all information provided.

Requirements for filing any petition

ð    All petitioners must schedule an appointment. To do so send

an e-mail to I-130apptsamman@state.gov, or fax the Immigrant Visa Unit a request at 592-4102, or  call 590-6000 between 1:30 and 4:00 PM, Monday through Thursday.

Appointments to file petitions at the Embassy are given on a first come, first served basis. Due to the heavy demand for appointments and the volume of requests to reschedule, unfortunately we do not have the capacity to accommodate requests for earlier appointments. No appointment is required to file a petition with the USCIS in the U.S.

ð    The petitioner and beneficiary should have a legitimate existing relationship when requesting the appointment.  For example, if filing for a spouse, the couple must already be married and have a marriage certificate.

ð     Proof of the petitioner’s U.S. citizenship (passport valid for at least five years at time of issuance, or naturalization certificate, or birth certificate, if born in the U.S.).

ð                   The petitioner’s and the beneficiary’s passports.

ð                   The petitioner and the beneficiary must be present at the interview.

ð    185 U.S. dollars (cash) or the equivalent 131.350 Jordanian dinars (cash).

Requirements for filing for a spouse:

Ö                   Form I-130 (one form for each applicant).

Ö                   Original[i] marriage contract (certified by Qadi Al-Qudah[ii]) or original marriage certificate (certified by head of church[iii]) with an English translation and a copy of both.  The Jordanian government must authenticate all non-Jordanian or non-American documents.

Ö                   Original1 proof of the termination of any prior marriage(s) for the beneficiary and petitioner with an English translation and a copy of both.  The Jordanian government must authenticate all non-Jordanian or non-American documents.

Ö                   One Form G-325A Biographic Information each for the petitioner and the beneficiary.

Ö                    One photograph each of the petitioner and beneficiary.

Ö                    Photographs of the wedding ceremony and/or wedding party.

Æ   The Embassy will not accept a petition if the petitioner has returned to the United States at any time since the marriage occurred. Such petitioners should file with the USCIS in the United States.

Æ   The Embassy cannot accept any petition in which one or both spouses are under the age of eighteen (18).

Requirements for filing for a child:

Ö                    Form I-130 (one form for each applicant).

Ö                    Original1 marriage contract (certified by Qadi Al-Qudah2) or original marriage certificate (certified by head of church3) for the parents with an English translation and a copy of both.  The Jordanian government must authenticate all non-Jordanian or non-American documents.

Ö                    Original1 proof of the termination of any prior marriage(s) for the petitioner with an English translation and a copy of both.  The Jordanian government must authenticate all non-Jordanian or non-American documents.

Ö                    Original1 birth certificate for the child with an English translation and a copy of both.

Ö                    Photo ID for the child.  If the child is included in a parent’s passport, the child’s photograph must be attached and the child’s name must be translated into English.

Requirements for filing for a parent:

Ö                    Form I-130 (one form for each applicant).

Ö                    Original1 marriage contract (certified by Qadi Al-Qudah2) or original marriage certificate (certified by head of church3) for the parent(s) with an English translation and a copy of both.  The Jordanian government must authenticate all non-Jordanian or non-American documents.

Ö                    Original1 birth certificate for the petitioner with an English translation and a copy of both.  The Jordanian government must authenticate all non-Jordanian or non-American documents.

Final note:

Download I-130 Form

For your convenience we have a special email for first time I-130 petition filing appointments. The email address is: i-130apptsamman@state.gov

If you have further questions, you may contact the Immigrant Visa Unit by telephone at 06-592-3293, Mondays - Thursdays from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m., and 1:30 - 3:30 during the month of Ramadan.