Assembling AoS Package

[aacaselli 0]

I'm assembling the AoS Package (I-130, I-485, I-765, I-131). Should I clip them together or should I use ACCO fasteners?

In the USCIS website says one thing and then the opposite:

USE ACCO fasteners:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ff053d146a7ee010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=fe529c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

DO NOT USE ACCO fasteners:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=72a927c382f39110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=fe529c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

Which one do you recomend?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

No ACCO. Yes paperclips.

[cahrie99 12]

How unlike the government to be contradictory! (kidding!) I haven't gotten to the stage where you are yet (won't be too long now!) but after reviewing both and looking at the fasteners, I think I would not use the ACCO fasteners. I will probably just use simple binder clips or rubber bands (neither change the integrity of the paperwork and are easily removed). They really do make it confusing though, don't they? Hopefully others have run across this and will comment, it's a good question

[aacaselli 0]

No ACCO. Yes paperclips.

I think I would not use the ACCO fasteners. I will probably just use simple binder clips or rubber bands

It seems like it's the way to go

[Derby dog 9]

Lol whoops i used acco. Because every other thread i read said to.

I fastened the i130 as one and the i485 package separately. Then i put in tabs at the bottom for the forms and supporting documents. Ours was like 3-4 inches thick, so this was the most organized way to do it for me.

Oh well, it was accepted, so i guess as long as its in order it won't matter what you use. Lol

[aacaselli 0]

Lol whoops i used acco. Because every other thread i read said to.

I fastened the i130 as one and the i485 package separately. Then i put in tabs at the bottom for the forms and supporting documents. Ours was like 3-4 inches thick, so this was the most organized way to do it for me.

Oh well, it was accepted, so i guess as long as its in order it won't matter what you use. Lol

And it's maybe because right now I'm freaking out about every single detail

[Derby dog 9]

And it's maybe because right now I'm freaking out about every single detail

haha i know the feeling

[icv21 110]

just wondering if Binder clips are allowed??? I bought some this morning for all the assembling and now I have some doubts in if they are not falt enough

[seth2013 39]

I think it means "Do not use ACCO fasteners" when attaching personal documents to forms- but you can use ACCO fasteners when attaching the forms themselves together.

[GurkenSalat 48]

Lol whoops i used acco. Because every other thread i read said to.

I fastened the i130 as one and the i485 package separately. Then i put in tabs at the bottom for the forms and supporting documents. Ours was like 3-4 inches thick, so this was the most organized way to do it for me.

Oh well, it was accepted, so i guess as long as its in order it won't matter what you use. Lol

Same here. I only read the "Do NOT use ACCO fasteners" after I sent the package in. And freaked out a little. They didn't seem to care much though, and we got approved.

I think it means "Do not use ACCO fasteners" when attaching personal documents to forms- but you can use ACCO fasteners when attaching the forms themselves together.

Um... maybe? That just makes it even more confusing

[seth2013 39]

Um... maybe? That just makes it even more confusing

Agreed. Someone, somewhere, is probably giggling to themselves at all the confusion they cause us.

[icv21 110]

Hahaha that's right Seth

I think it means "Do not use ACCO fasteners" when attaching personal documents to forms- but you can use ACCO fasteners when attaching the forms themselves together.

I get it