Petition & Support Letter Samples

Dear Immigration Officer,

Enclosed is Form I-130, filed by the petitioner, a U.S. citizen, under INA §201(b) on behalf of the beneficiary, his spouse, together with supporting evidence establishing a bona fide marriage entered in good faith and not for the purpose of evading the immigration laws.

Exhibits are indexed per the USCIS checklist: a certified marriage certificate, joint bank and credit statements, a shared lease and utility accounts, insurance and beneficiary designations, a photographic timeline, and four third-party affidavits.

The marriage is genuine and ongoing, and we respectfully request approval of this petition.

Dear Immigration Officer,

The petitioner respectfully requests a waiver of the job-offer and labor-certification requirements under the three-prong framework of Matter of Dhanasar, 26 I&N Dec. 884 (AAO 2016).

Prong 1 (substantial merit & national importance): the petitioner's work on grid-scale energy storage maps directly to a national priority named in §40207 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Prong 2 (well-positioned to advance): the work has been adopted by 11 national laboratories; the petitioner holds an h-index of 31.

Prong 3 (waiver benefits the U.S.): requiring labor certification would harm the national interest.

To Whom It May Concern,

I am a tenured Professor of Computational Biology at Stanford and an Associate Editor at Nature Methods. I have no employment, mentorship, or co-authorship relationship with Dr. Chen and write as an independent expert.

I first encountered her work in 2022 while anonymously peer-reviewing her single-cell RNA-velocity paper, and have since cited it three times in my own publications.

Her 2023 Nature Methods paper has 412 citations in 18 months — the top 1% of computational-biology papers that year — and her open-source tool is used at 11 NIH-funded cancer centers. I recommend approval without reservation.

Dear Immigration Officer,

The beneficiary satisfies five of the eight criteria at 8 CFR §214.2(o), well beyond the three required:

(1) receipt of nationally recognized awards; (2) service as a judge at top-tier conferences; (3) published features in major media; (4) original contributions of major significance; and (5) a salary substantially above peers.

Evidence is indexed by criterion. We respectfully request approval.

Dear Immigration Officer,

This responds to the Request for Evidence dated April 12, 2026, which questioned the "substantial merit and national importance" prong.

We enclose three federal agency reports, two new independent expert letters, and quantified adoption data, addressing each concern raised in the notice point by point.

The record now fully supports approval of the petition.

As the sponsor, I agree under INA §213A to provide financial support to the beneficiary.

My household income of $78,400 meets 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a household of three ($26,500), supported by the most-recent IRS tax transcript, two years of W-2s, and a letter of employment and salary from my current employer.

I understand that this affidavit is a legally enforceable contract.

Dear Immigration Officer,

The petitioner satisfies four of the ten criteria at 8 CFR §204.5(h), beyond the three required, and has earned sustained acclaim at the top of the field.

(1) original scientific contributions widely cited by peers; (2) authorship and peer-review service for leading journals; (3) receipt of nationally recognized awards; and (4) remuneration significantly above peers.

Under the two-step Kazarian analysis, the evidence is sufficient in both quantity and quality. Approval is respectfully requested.

Dear Immigration Officer,

The petitioner offers the beneficiary a Software Engineer position that qualifies as a specialty occupation under INA §214(i), requiring at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related field.

The beneficiary holds a master's degree in computer science and fully meets the position's requirements. Enclosed are the certified LCA, the job description, and prevailing-wage data.

Dear Immigration Officer,

Enclosed is the beneficiary's Form I-485 under INA §245, filed concurrently with the I-130. The beneficiary was inspected and admitted, has maintained status, and a visa number is immediately available.

Exhibits include the sealed I-693 medical, a certified translation of the birth certificate, the I-864 Affidavit of Support, and concurrently filed I-765 (EAD) and I-131 (Advance Parole).

Dear Immigration Officer,

The petitioner, a U.S. citizen, files Form I-129F for the beneficiary, his fiancé(e). Both are legally free to marry and intend in good faith to marry within 90 days of the beneficiary's admission.

The couple met in person within the past two years; enclosed are boarding passes, photographs, correspondence, and affidavits from friends and family attesting to the bona fides of the relationship.