what to bring to the interview

[umikoikaze 12]

Hi! My interview is scheduled for November 7th and as I'm preparing my documents I'm kind of confused on what I need to bring to the interview. What I'm thinking is:

1) Originals of all the passports, certificates and titles submitted (do I need to make copies of them as well? even though we already submitted it?)

2) Updated financial information (recent bank statements and pay stubs, updated letter of employment since my spouse got a pay raise)
3) Renewals of our lease, insurance, car registration, recent bills (showing our names and address)

4) Recent pictures of us taken since the original submission
5) My original I-20 and SEVIS since I entered on F-1 (do I need to make a copy of these as well?)

My questions are:
1) Do I need to bring a copy of our whole initial package? (which was probably 200 pages and I'd rather not waste paper if not necessary)

2) We have a joint checkings and savings account where my spouse's salary gets deposited, but we use individual credit cards to make purchases so we can get cash back on it and then pay for both credit card bills the same month from our joint account. Also if a credit card isn't accepted for some service, we use our joint account to pay for it. We also have individual savings and checking accounts that we had before we got married. We use those to separate our finances into categories so it's easier to manage and pay for our rent from our individual accounts (mostly cause I haven't ordered a check book for our joint account until I can get my name changed with the bank). Could this create a problem? Do we need to bring statements from all of our accounts and demonstrate it? Even some of our accounts are separate, we know each other's online credentials and can login into each other's online accounts if necessary. Once I get SSN we'll be able to add each other as users on our credit cards, but right now our bank doesn't allow it without SSN.
3) We don't have a photo album as I haven't had time to sit down and make one that I'm happy with and I feel like it's kinda stupid/fake to make one just for the interview. Is it okay to just bring photos?
4) Do we need to bring our tax transcript that was already submitted? (Haven't filed a new one since then)


Here's a list of what we submitted originally in May: (In green I highlighted the documents that I'll be bringing originals of)

1. Check in the amount of US$420 for I-130

2. Check in the amount of US$1,070 for I-485

3. Form G1145 E-Notification of application/petition acceptance

4. I-130 Petition For Alien Relative

• Copy of US Citizen’s birth certificate

• Copy of US Citizen’s passport

• Copy of marriage certificate

• G325A signed by US Citizen

• G325A signed by beneficiary

• Passport photo of US Citizen (attached with a paper clip to Form I-130 and signed)

• Passport photo of beneficiary (attached with a paper clip to Form I-130 and signed)

• Evidence of Bona fide Marriage

- Copy of current joint lease agreement

- Copy of previous joint lease agreement

- Copy of joint car title

- Certificate of fetal death of US citizens and beneficiary’s baby together

- Copy of utility bill in beneficiary’s name demonstrating the address

- Copy of utility bill in US citizen’s name demonstrating the address

- Copy of joint car insurance

- Last 12 statements of joint bank accounts

- Pictures documenting our relationship

5. I-485 Application To Register Permanent Residence Or Adjust Status

• Continuation pages for Form I-485

• Copy of Birth Certificate with English translation

• Copy of passport page with nonimmigrant visa

• 2 passport photos of beneficiary (attached with a paper clip to Form I-485 and signed)

• G325A signed by beneficiary

• Copy of I-94 Form

• Form I-864 Affidavit of Support

- Sponsor’s tax transcript for most recent (2015) tax year

- Letter from employer

- Sponsor’s pay rate notice

- Sponsor’s last six months of paystubs

- Copy of sponsor’s Birth Certificate

• Form I-693 Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Completed by a Civil Surgeon sealed in an envelope)

6. I-765 Application For Employment Document

• 2 passport photos of beneficiary (attached with a paper clip to Form I-765 and signed)

• Copy of passport page with nonimmigrant visa

• Copy of marriage certificate to note the name change

• Copy of I-94 Form

7. I-131 Application For Travel Document

• 2 passport photos of beneficiary (attached with a paper clip to Form I-131 and signed)

• Copy of passport page with nonimmigrant visa

• Copy of marriage certificate to note the name change

• Copy of I-94 Form

And here's what we submitted with our RFE in September:

1. A copy of sponsor’s tax return for 2015

2. A copy of W2 forms submitted with the tax return for 2015

3. Updated i864 from – Affidavit of Support signed by petitioner

4. Copy of sponsor’s passport.

5. Letter of employment signed by sponsor’s employer

6. Pay rate notice from sponsor’s employer

7. Sponsor’s paystubs from January 2016 until August 2016

8. Bank statements from sponsor’s checking account covering September 2015-August 2016

9. Bank statements from sponsor’s savings account covering November 2015-August 2016

10. A printout of car value

11. A copy of car title for the card included as an asset

12. A copy of car title for the second car, proving ownership of two vehicles

13. Bank statements of intending immigrant’s checking and savings accounts covering September 2015-August 2016


Am I understanding everything correctly? Am I missing anything that I need to bring? I appreciate your help and input!

[umikoikaze 12]

One more question. On my checklist that they sent me they have this item:
"All documentation establishing your eligibility for lawful permanent resident status".

As someone AOS-ing from expired F-1 what would that be? I'm thinking marriage certificate, passports, i-94, my F1 documents, evidence of bona-fide marriage.

Am I missing anything? Also confusing, since all of the above are already included in other items listed on the checklist

[IslandQueen 45]

One more question. On my checklist that they sent me they have this item:

"All documentation establishing your eligibility for lawful permanent resident status".

As someone AOS-ing from expired F-1 what would that be? I'm thinking marriage certificate, passports, i-94, my F1 documents, evidence of bona-fide marriage.

Am I missing anything? Also confusing, since all of the above are already included in other items listed on the checklist

I was wondering about that line too. I find the letter to be repetitive.