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Thoughts on Cover Letters? One vs. Multiple vs. None

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lovestruck2   2

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About to submit full AOS 4-form package in a week. I've seen a lot of various formats for cover letters here, and I'd love it if some of you would be willing to share your experiences or knowledge of the best way to format this package. My first instinct is to make one giant cover letter with a complete table of contents for everything... this would be very long, but complete... But I see some people making 4 cover letters, some 2 (including EAD and AP forms under the I-485)... thoughts?

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s + j   71

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I made one long one :) 

K-1:
06/08/2016: I-129F Sent

06/16/2016: Check cashed

08/23/2016: Approval

09/09/2016: At the Stockholm Embassy

09/28/2016: Embassy received completed medical

09/29/2016: Interview date, APPROVAL 

10/14/2016: Visa ISSUED

10/17/2016: Visa received

 

AOS
12/22/2016: I-485, I-131, I-765 Sent

01/10/2017: Check cashed

02/03/2017: Biometrics completed

04/17/2017: Your case is ready to be scheduled for an interview

01/20/2018: I-485 Interview letter received

02/01/2018: I-485 Interview, APPROVAL 

 

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Australia
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I prepared 2 cover letters.  One for the I-130 package, the other for the I-485, I-864, I-765 and I-131.  :)

I-130 & I-485 (AOS) Concurrent Filing | Approved in 13 months & 10 days

Spoiler

05/27/2017: I-130, I-485, I-765 & I-131 Package sent to Chicago Lockbox via USPS

05/31/2017: Priority Date for I-130 & I-485; Received Date for all 4 cases

06/30/2017: Biometrics completed

07/13/2017: Ready to be scheduled for an interview

09/19/2017: Submitted online case inquiry for EAD

09/20/2017: Approval Date for EAD & AP (117 days from filing date)

09/25/2017: Received hard copy I-797 Notices of Action (EAD & AP)

09/27/2017: Received Combo Card (EAD & AP)

12/27/2017: Submitted online case inquiry/SR for I-485/I-130 

05/17/2018: Received email response re: SR  

05/29/2018: Notice Date for AOS Interview scheduled

07/06/2018: AOS Interview & Approval Date (406 days from filing date) 

07/13/2018: Conditional Green Card in hand (CR6)

 

I-751 Removal of Conditions (ROC) Filing | Approved in 12 months & 9 days

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03/18/2020: USCIS sent Reminder to File Form I-751 notice (sent to old address)

03/31/2020: USPS processed Return to Sender mail to NBC (Reminder to File Form I-751 notice)

04/02/2020: NBC received  Return to Sender mail (Reminder to File Form I-751 notice)

04/06/2020: Received Reminder to File Form I-751 notice in the mail to our current address

04/07/2020: ROC window opens

04/11/2020: I-751 Package sent to Phoenix Lockbox via USPS

04/13/2020: Package delivered to Phoenix Lockbox; Received Date for I-751

04/15/2020: Credit Card charged

04/16/2020: Case was received, assigned to WAC; Notice Date for I-751

04/17/2020: SMS notification that case was received

04/20/2020: Received hard copy I-797 NOA

09/30/2020: Old fingerprints were applied to ROC application

12/30/2020: SMS/e-mail received that case was transferred and new office has jurisdiction

01/04/2021: Received Transfer Notice to NBC 

04/19/2021: New card is being produced; Approval Notice date (374 days from filing date) 

04/20/2021: Case was approved notification received

04/21/2021: Card has been mailed to me notification

04/22/2021: I-751 Approval Notice received

04/24/2021: Permanent Green Card in hand (IR6)

 

N-400 Naturalization Filing | TBD

Spoiler

04/07/2021: N-400 Window opens (based on 3 year residency rule)

 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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I made one cover letter for each application since they are three (four in your case) separate applications and they will end up at different places. It's not like it matters but I felt better knowing each application had their own cover letter when they got separated at USCIS. 

K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

En livstid i krig. Göteborg killed it. Epic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBs3G1PvyfM&ab_channel=Sabaton

 

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5 hours ago, Scandi said:

I made one cover letter for each application since they are three (four in your case) separate applications and they will end up at different places. It's not like it matters but I felt better knowing each application had their own cover letter when they got separated at USCIS. 

I made one cover letter for the whole package. They actually scan everything you send at the chicago lock box. I know because my package was returned the 1st for incorrect fee and every dingle page had some scanning codes at the bottom. I believe the emectronic copies are sent to different agents.

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jaya_razz   20

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On ‎6‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 11:40 PM, lovestruck2 said:

About to submit full AOS 4-form package in a week. I've seen a lot of various formats for cover letters here, and I'd love it if some of you would be willing to share your experiences or knowledge of the best way to format this package. My first instinct is to make one giant cover letter with a complete table of contents for everything... this would be very long, but complete... But I see some people making 4 cover letters, some 2 (including EAD and AP forms under the I-485)... thoughts?

I made one cover page with a table of contents. And I labeled each attachment/document

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