Question about passport entry stamps

[BearDown 1]

Hi. Me and my wife are following the "US Citizen and Spouse both live/reside in the US" guide given here and had a question about #4 of the i-485 guide which says:

Copy of the non US Citizen Spouses Passport (biographical page as well as entry stamps).

My wife renewed here passport in 2011 in Colombia so it only has the one entry stamp when she came back to the U.S. Would it help/hurt to also include scans of the entry stamps from her previous stays in the US of her expired passport as well? Thanks!

[jkelly07 120]

make copies of both passports old and new.

[jedfe 2]

I'm not sure if I did this correctly, but the USCIS instructions say that they are only interested in the stamps for entry into the US for the past year. From uscis gov/files/form/i-485instr.pdf:

If you have obtained a nonimmigrant visa(s) from a U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad within the last year, submit a photocopy(ies) of the page(s) of your passport containing the visa(s).

I only sent in the pages with entry stamps for the past year. Hopefully these USCIS instructions are correct, and old passports and entries are not needed for the application.

[kmarion1968 5]

:thumbs:

make copies of both passports old and new.

[Alonso&Sheryl 10]

Hi,

So I came into the US in the year 2000 (more than a year ago, obviously), and I also had to renew and get a new passport from Peru (my home country) because the passport I had not only expired, but Peru now had a different size and color passport.

What I did is, I copied the old passport, with the very last entrance to the US. I didn't give them the new one, just the old one with my last entry stamp. So, if your wife's last entry stamp is in the new passport, just give them that one.

I don't see why they would need both passports, they only need either your last entry, or all entries in the last year. This is just to verify that she came in legally, and goes along with the I-94 of her last entrance.

I mean, you can make copies of both if you'd like, but I would definitely write something either in the table of contents, or a note near the passport the reasons why you are attaching both old and new, because in reality, they don't need both. I certainly did not give them both, and they have not said anything about it. Matter of fact, they reviewed my paperwork and sent me a request for initial evidence, but it was regarding my joint sponsor, they never mentioned anything about the passport. If they required both passports, I am sure they would have said something in the RFE. But its your choice buddy. I guess having too much information can't hurt you.

Hope this helps. Best of luck to you two!