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Can I put charts and screenshots in a petition?

Key answer

Yes - and you should, when they make an argument clearer: infographics on a company's standing, screenshots of publications and results. Community rules: every screenshot needs a date and source, video needs a transcript, and visuals must reinforce the petition text, not replace it.

Community answers

The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.

  • In a critical role, I had illustrated infographics to show company status. I regret that we only created them for the response to the RFE, not right away for the petition.

  • Take the screenshot capturing the date and time: an officer may question whether you participated 'for the case' or if this is a real story.

  • If you attach a link to the video, no one at USCIS will watch it without a transcript - the video's value is communicated through text.

  • In the petition itself, insert references to the exhibits, and the exhibit should already show the link. I write this way to make it clear and convincing: sometimes I include text from articles and even screenshots, but the links themselves are not needed in the text.

  • When you create anything in color, such as charts, consider whether it will be visible in black and white.

The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.

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