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[Mrs. Disney 0]

So my husband and I are ready to mail our AOS application tomorrow. We are pretty sure our package looks fine but we have gone through it so many times that we are afraid we might have overlooked (or forgotten) something. Any help would be very much appreciated. Here's how it looks now:

- $1010 check (payable to US Department of Homeland Security)

- Two 2" x 2" photos (name and A # printed on back)

- Cover Page

- Form G-1145

- Form I-485

- Copy of non US Citizen Birth Certificate

- Non US Citizen Birth Certificate translation

- Copy of non US Citizen Passport (biographical and visa pages)

- Form I-693 sealed by doctor (only vaccines though since I had my medical done back home less than a year ago)

- Form G-325A

- Copy of I-129F Approval Notice

- Copy of Marriage Certificate

- Copy of I-94 front and back

- Form I-864

- Copy of petitioner's most recent Federal Income Tax Return

- Petitioner's W-2

- Proof of Active Military Status

- Form I-765

- Copy of non US Citizen ID (which is another copy of my passport biographical information with photo)

- Two 2" x 2" photos (name and A # printed on back)

- Copy of I-94 front and back

Missing anything? Thank you!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I wrote this thread: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/ which has the complete list.

Personally i would include the DS-3025 if you have it. Kinda like "proof" they should have your medical in there somewhere.

For the I-864, make sure that you include EVERYTHING that you sent with the tax return. They need all 1099s, schedules etc.

Other than that, you look good to go. Any reason why you're not applying for the I-131? I figure it's free so why not!

[Mrs. Disney 0]

My husband is in the military so they only use W-2's to file for their tax returns. So that one was easy for us.

Ok, just made a copy of my DS-3025. You're right, it won't hurt to add it.

I was going to file for the AP until I saw that you need to write a letter explaining why you want an AP. Since I don't "need" one, and my only reason to have an AP is for "just in case", I thought I would leave that one alone.

Reading your topic now, thanks for the tips!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

My husband is in the military so they only use W-2's to file for their tax returns. So that one was easy for us.

Ok, just made a copy of my DS-3025. You're right, it won't hurt to add it.

I was going to file for the AP until I saw that you need to write a letter explaining why you want an AP. Since I don't "need" one, and my only reason to have an AP is for "just in case", I thought I would leave that one alone.

Reading your topic now, thanks for the tips!

Common misconception (and one of the reasons i wasn't going to apply till I read it a few times and realised i was wrong ). You do NOT need to write the letter.

If you look at the instructions for the I-131 on page 4, Step 2, 1, C. You see that it says: A and B OR C so because we're an AOS applicant we would send in A and C and because we're filing at the same time as the AOS, there's no need to include the AOS receipt, it's just a "given".

Edited May 7, 2010 by Vanessa&Tony

[Mrs. Disney 0]

Then I guess it won't hurt to look into it.

[Mrs. Disney 0]

On the I-131, as for DATE OF INTENDED DEPARTURE and EXPECTED LENGTH OF TRIP, would it be ok if I put "Unknown" or "To be determined"?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

On the I-131, as for DATE OF INTENDED DEPARTURE and EXPECTED LENGTH OF TRIP, would it be ok if I put "Unknown" or "To be determined"?

Yep. Mine says "unknown" and i know other people wrote "TBD"

[Mrs. Disney 0]

So although on Item 7 they ask for a letter explaining why I want an AP, I should just ignore it and not add a letter?

Also, I just came across something: on the I-864 they ask for the petitioner's INDIVIDUAL tax returns, but the last time he filed (2009), he filed for a joint tax return with me, even though I'm unemployed. When he filed for his 2008 taxes he was deployed to Iraq, so his taxed income was only a little over 4000 (even though he made WAY more than that), which doesn't meet the 125% poverty thing. Is it ok to send the last one he filed, the joint tax return?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

So although on Item 7 they ask for a letter explaining why I want an AP, I should just ignore it and not add a letter?

Also, I just came across something: on the I-864 they ask for the petitioner's INDIVIDUAL tax returns, but the last time he filed (2009), he filed for a joint tax return with me, even though I'm unemployed. When he filed for his 2008 taxes he was deployed to Iraq, so his taxed income was only a little over 4000 (even though he made WAY more than that), which doesn't meet the 125% poverty thing. Is it ok to send the last one he filed, the joint tax return?

Yep because technically our "separate bit of paper" would be the AOS NOA1 but because we're filing WITH AOS then we don't include anything.

Re the tax return. What they mean is HIS income. So even though your info is on there, HIS information is the only stuff that's needed because he's the one sponsoring you and his income is the only important part. So yes, go ahead and send the O9 one. My husband and I filed married joint as well (also no income from me) and that's what we sent in.

[Mrs. Disney 0]

Great, just want to send this thing ASAP. Thank you so much!