Application Considerations for Students

[hundertwasser 1]

Greetings!

I wonder whether anyone has advice to offer for my particular situation.

I'm finishing up many years of uninterrupted education with a Ph.D., and I wonder whether this wouldn't have certain implications for how I complete the G-325a form and future forms related to AOS. For instance:

I've lived at many apartments and moved several times during the past 10 years, but have always maintained my "permanent address" at my parents' home, in the city where I was born and in which I remain an official resident (documentation includes driver's license, voter registration, etc).

--Should I list each of these apartment addresses, or should I list only my permanent address on the G-325a?

Related to this question is the fact that my fiancee and I intend to live together (upon receiving the K-1) in my local, rather than permanent address when she comes to the US.

--Does the most recent address I list on the G-325a need to be the same as the address I list on the I-129f for Question 14 (where my fiancee intends to live)?

--If they are not the same, will this look "fishy"?

Finally, as a long-term student living off of stipends and fellowships, I have not maintained an income of 125% the poverty line over 3 years and will thus need to ask my parents to either co-sign the Affidavit of Support or to permit me to declare their fiancials on behalf of my fiancee as well. I understand that the latter is a legal option if and only if I share the same house as my parents -- that condition is *true* given my permanent address, but *not true* given my local address).

Any advice on these matters or general recommendations would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

AJ

[baron555 934]

Greetings!

I wonder whether anyone has advice to offer for my particular situation.

I'm finishing up many years of uninterrupted education with a Ph.D., and I wonder whether this wouldn't have certain implications for how I complete the G-325a form and future forms related to AOS. For instance:

I've lived at many apartments and moved several times during the past 10 years, but have always maintained my "permanent address" at my parents' home, in the city where I was born and in which I remain an official resident (documentation includes driver's license, voter registration, etc).

--Should I list each of these apartment addresses, or should I list only my permanent address on the G-325a?

Related to this question is the fact that my fiancee and I intend to live together (upon receiving the K-1) in my local, rather than permanent address when she comes to the US.

--Does the most recent address I list on the G-325a need to be the same as the address I list on the I-129f for Question 14 (where my fiancee intends to live)?

--If they are not the same, will this look "fishy"?

I'd use the permanent address as the prior address up until you occupied the current address and then use that as your current and future address.

Finally, as a long-term student living off of stipends and fellowships, I have not maintained an income of 125% the poverty line over 3 years and will thus need to ask my parents to either co-sign the Affidavit of Support or to permit me to declare their fiancials on behalf of my fiancee as well. I understand that the latter is a legal option if and only if I share the same house as my parents

This is not true. The cosponsor does not have to live with you or you live with them. They are just a cosponsor.

Also your parents (actually only one of them) does not co-sign. They submit their own I-134 along with your I-134. These are needed at the interview and not in the beginning.

-- that condition is *true* given my permanent address, but *not true* given my local address).

Any advice on these matters or general recommendations would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

AJ

Edited November 30, 2009 by baron555