I-130ASupplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary
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Form I-130A, Supplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary, is filed together with a Form I-130 when a U.S. citizen or permanent resident petitions for a spouse. It collects the spouse beneficiary's own background: names, addresses for the last five years and the last address abroad of more than a year, parents' information, and employment for the last five years, inside or outside the United States. It is not a separate petition and has no filing fee of its own; it rides with the I-130 and shares its instructions (one combined I-130/I-130A instruction booklet). The spouse signs it if they are in the United States; a spouse who lives overseas still completes it but is not required to sign.
How to file Form I-130A
With an online I-130
When the petitioner files I-130 through a USCIS online account, the spouse information is part of that filing. Follow the online account's prompts.
Open on uscis.govWith a paper I-130
Mail the completed I-130A in the same package as the I-130, to the address on uscis.gov/i-130.
“Form I-130A must be submitted with Form I-130.”
Open on uscis.govWith a PDF-uploaded I-130
If the I-130 is filed by PDF upload, include the I-130A in the upload; any signature must be a wet-ink signature on the PDF.
Why our filler is off for this form: USCIS says its forms are optimized for Adobe Acrobat Reader, and part of this PDF is read-only by design (copied headers, barcodes, signature boxes). We turn our fill on per form only after the output re-opens in Acrobat Reader with every value intact and a matching barcode. Until then, Adobe Reader on a computer is the free tool USCIS points to.
Print, sign in ink, scan, send
USCIS does not accept signatures made by software, so the dependable path is paper first, then a clean PDF under the online limit. Every step below runs in your browser.
- PrintThe official I-130A PDF from uscis.gov, every page from the same edition.
- Sign by handIn the signature box, in ink. USCIS: “USCIS does not accept signatures created by a typewriter, word processor, stamp, auto-pen, or similar device.”
- Scan to PDFPhone camera pages, deskewed and cleaned, in this tab.
- MergeForm and evidence in the order the instructions ask for.
- Under 12 MBCompressed to the USCIS online upload limit, with a preview first.
Sources: USCIS Policy Manual, Vol. 1, Part B, Ch. 2 (signatures) · uscis.gov/file-online/tips-for-filing-forms-online (12 MB) · checked 2026-10-05
Line help for Form I-130A
Plain-language notes written from the official instructions, with the place each one comes from. Informational, not legal advice.
The spouse beneficiary's A-Number and USCIS Online Account Number if any, full name, five years of physical addresses with dates (current first), the last address outside the U.S. of more than one year, and both parents' names, birth dates and places.
“Provide your physical addresses for the last five years, whether inside or outside the United States.”
Form I-130A (04/01/24), Part 1Employment for the last five years, current first, with employer name and address, occupation and dates. If unemployed, the form says to write unemployed.
Form I-130A (04/01/24), Part 2The last occupation outside the United States if not already listed.
Form I-130A (04/01/24), Part 2/3 (continued)Whether the spouse read the form or used an interpreter or preparer, contact details, and a handwritten signature and date (not required if the spouse is overseas).
Form I-130A (04/01/24), Part 4Interpreter and preparer sections are completed only if someone helped; Part 7 holds additional answers.
Form I-130A (04/01/24), Parts 5–7The spouse, unless overseas.
A spouse in the United States signs Part 4 by hand. A spouse overseas still completes the form but does not have to sign it.
“If your spouse is overseas, Form I-130A must still be completed, but your spouse does not have to sign Form I-130A.”
Form I-130/I-130A Instructions (04/01/24)Addresses and jobs, current first.
List physical addresses and employment for the last five years, inside or outside the U.S., starting with the current one, plus the last address and occupation abroad if not already shown.
“Provide your employment history for the last five years, whether inside or outside the United States.”
Form I-130A (04/01/24), Part 2Match the I-130's edition.
I-130 and I-130A share edition 04/01/24 and one instruction booklet. Print every page from the same edition.
USCIS Form I-130 pageRevision history
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| Edition 04/01/24 | Current | baseline |
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Sources
- USCIS Form I-130 page (lists I-130A) · checked 2026-10-05
- Form I-130A (Edition 04/01/24) · checked 2026-10-05
- Form I-130/I-130A Instructions (Edition 04/01/24) · checked 2026-10-05
- USCIS page for Form I-130A · crawled 2026-11-02
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