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Jandy

Mar 15 2008, 07:06 AM

Hello everybody,

We're new to this. But my wife is from French Polynesia, and I'm a us citizen. We filed I-130, I-765, I-140, I-485, G-325 and the medical examination.
We didn't file I-864 (which we should have done

), because when we read I-485, it said that I-864 should be submitted if the beneficiary 's aos was based on an entry as K-1 fiancee. But my wife came here as a F-1 student, and still is.

Before mailing the forms, we went to the local office (Honolulu), and asked them if these were the only forms to be sent, and they said yes. What we filled out was all correct etc.

So everything was mailed except the sponsor thingie to Chicago on march 1st. But we got our first notices for I-130, I-765 and I-485 on march 13th. And we guess that our case was transfered to MO since it was sent from there instead of Chicago.

So my question is : is it going to affect our case if I-864 wasn't sent along with the other forms? Or should we just send it anyway to Chicago? Or are they going to send us a notice concerning this form? (But we are thinking that it might not have been a problem because we should have got a notice on the same day as the other ones telling us that the I-864 was missing etc)...or should we wait?

Before getting our first notices, we called the immigration and they said that we should get our notice in 30-45 days concerning the I-864...But since we got our notices, we will call them again later on, and see what they will say about it.

We know that you guys didn't forget to send that sponsor thingie, but any advice concerning that will be really helpful...

thank you

Bob and Jessica

diadromous mermaid

Mar 15 2008, 07:28 AM

QUOTE(Jandy @ Mar 15 2008, 08:06 AM)

Hello everybody,

We're new to this. But my wife is from French Polynesia, and I'm a us citizen. We filed I-130, I-765, I-140, I-485, G-325 and the medical examination.
We didn't file I-864 (which we should have done

), because when we read I-485, it said that I-864 should be submitted if the beneficiary 's aos was based on an entry as K-1 fiancee. But my wife came here as a F-1 student, and still is.

Before mailing the forms, we went to the local office (Honolulu), and asked them if these were the only forms to be sent, and they said yes. What we filled out was all correct etc.

So everything was mailed except the sponsor thingie to Chicago on march 1st. But we got our first notices for I-130, I-765 and I-485 on march 13th. And we guess that our case was transfered to MO since it was sent from there instead of Chicago.

So my question is : is it going to affect our case if I-864 wasn't sent along with the other forms? Or should we just send it anyway to Chicago? Or are they going to send us a notice concerning this form? (But we are thinking that it might not have been a problem because we should have got a notice on the same day as the other ones telling us that the I-864 was missing etc)...or should we wait?

Before getting our first notices, we called the immigration and they said that we should get our notice in 30-45 days concerning the I-864...But since we got our notices, we will call them again later on, and see what they will say about it.

We know that you guys didn't forget to send that sponsor thingie, but any advice concerning that will be really helpful...

thank you

Bob and Jessica

Is she adjusting status based upon marriage to you? Why did you submit an I-140?

Karin und Otto

Mar 15 2008, 07:33 AM

Being transferred from Chicago to Mo is normal - Chicago is just a central mail receiving location (Lock box) so if you're worried because of this, don't be.

As for the I-864, I can't answer that except to say you should just sit back and wait - if you get an RFE for this or any other reason, you can send the requested information at that time. Never send follow-up documents if you've not been requested to do so.

Jandy

Mar 15 2008, 07:34 AM

oooh my bad...we never sent that form I-140
But yea she's doing her aos through marriage

Jandy

Mar 15 2008, 07:36 AM

thanks for the help

(Karin and Otto)

Shamrock

Mar 15 2008, 08:59 AM

QUOTE(Jandy @ Mar 15 2008, 07:06 AM)

Hello everybody,

We're new to this. But my wife is from French Polynesia, and I'm a us citizen. We filed I-130, I-765, I-140, I-485, G-325 and the medical examination.
We didn't file I-864 (which we should have done

), because when we read I-485, it said that I-864 should be submitted if the beneficiary 's aos was based on an entry as K-1 fiancee. But my wife came here as a F-1 student, and still is.

Before mailing the forms, we went to the local office (Honolulu), and asked them if these were the only forms to be sent, and they said yes. What we filled out was all correct etc.

So everything was mailed except the sponsor thingie to Chicago on march 1st. But we got our first notices for I-130, I-765 and I-485 on march 13th. And we guess that our case was transfered to MO since it was sent from there instead of Chicago.

So my question is : is it going to affect our case if I-864 wasn't sent along with the other forms? Or should we just send it anyway to Chicago? Or are they going to send us a notice concerning this form? (But we are thinking that it might not have been a problem because we should have got a notice on the same day as the other ones telling us that the I-864 was missing etc)...or should we wait?

Before getting our first notices, we called the immigration and they said that we should get our notice in 30-45 days concerning the I-864...But since we got our notices, we will call them again later on, and see what they will say about it.

We know that you guys didn't forget to send that sponsor thingie, but any advice concerning that will be really helpful...

thank you

Bob and Jessica

You should have sent the I-864 Affidavit of support together with AOS, I know how mis-informing people at USCIS in general can be, sorry to hear that... Like everybody said don´t send anything if not required because it will most likely just get lost, if needed you will probably receive a RFE (Request for evidence) over this I-864 and then is the time to send it... Maybe you will get lucky and won´t receive any RFE´s and you can just bring the filled I-864 to the AOS interview!
Best luck!
Alex