No evidence for AOS package

[Phil & Han 28]

My understanding is that the initial K1 petition is the part that satisfies USCIS that your relationship is legitimate. They can see that you are adjusting from a K1 in your I-485 petition, therefore you've proved you have a legitimate relationship with your K1 visa photocopy.

 

[MarksMate 227]

We married May 20th and sent our stuff June 12th. During that time my husband added me to his insurance and we opened up a joint bank account so that is all we sent including our marriage certificate. 

[Crazy Cat 39,213]

1 hour ago, Orangesapples said:

Yes, but it's not necessary to do it all in a hurry when they can just send the marriage certificate only and have zero issues. For example, my husband's bank made it a real pain to have me added to his account and it took a few months before we could do it. That's the bank he'd been using way before I moved and it wasn't actually meaningful for us to create a bank account with a totally different bank where he didn't have anything. We actually wanted to comingle our finances and it only made sense to use his already active bank account for that. And there's no need to create wills in a rush. They have a lot of time before the interview to prepare everything, they're much better off just sending the AOS package as soon as possible and start collecting evidence after that. 

I agree that they can wait.  But there are documents which can easily be generated in a short time if that is what a person wants to do.....

[AshMarty 359]

23 hours ago, blessed981 said:

 

sorry we forgot to mention that we have been married and living together one week and we are planning to rush the filing of AOS so we don't loose time waiting. in one or two weeks, it is impossible to have any of those evidence.

what we were asking is that should we wait about a month or two until we do all those stuff that you stated and then apply for AOS, or just apply with no evidence and then gather them for interciew while risking getting denied for no evidence..?

We only put in our marriage certificate no additional evidence. It didn't even occur to me to do otherwise because we had only lived together for less than a month and I own my house. 

 

We had all the other evidence for our AOS interview 7 months later. We were fine and my husband was approved no issues from a K1. 

Edited October 15, 2018 by AshMarty

[SunflowerSweet 1,321]

We did not submit any evidence with out AOS packet outside of the required marriage certificate. They don’t expect a lot for K-1 applicants because you are new to the country and to the marriage.

 

We were approved without an interview, so in the end no evidence was needed for us. I would suggest submitting whatever you have now and then just be mindful about setting up financial ties going forward for when you are asked for an interview later on. Getting things set up earlier will also save headaches in the future and help ROC go smoothly in 2 years. 

Edited October 15, 2018 by MorganandMichael

[Brook72 8]

On 10/14/2018 at 12:52 PM, blessed981 said:

Dear all,

 

we were wondering about the AOS evidence of relationship that we should include in the AOS package.

right now, we have nothing except our photos. no bank account, no joint bills, no insurance beneficiaries.

should we be worried?

should we postpone filing until we do all the stuff above or send the package with  no evidence?

some posts states one or the other option so we are confused.

 

 

thanks for the help

Hi Blessed981

My husband and I filed our aos in September we got married in January and live with his parents we only contribute to groceries and the Bills we do not have any Bill in both our names.  We only sent a bank statement, copies of cards we got from family members as evidence I did my biometrics last Friday. 

[EM_Vandaveer 2,368]

21 hours ago, Phil & Han said:

My understanding is that the initial K1 petition is the part that satisfies USCIS that your relationship is legitimate. They can see that you are adjusting from a K1 in your I-485 petition, therefore you've proved you have a legitimate relationship with your K1 visa photocopy.

 

Yes and no. They assume some legitimacy, yes, but now they interview all K1 AOSers so it's better to have some "paper proof" of financial co-mingling by interview time.

[Sarah&Facundo 576]

50 minutes ago, EM_Vandaveer said:

Yes and no. They assume some legitimacy, yes, but now they interview all K1 AOSers so it's better to have some "paper proof" of financial co-mingling by interview time.

But that's when the interview comes, which is a while down the line. For the initial filing, you don't need any of that. We, among many others, sent the required papers and our marriage certificate. No RFEs. We wanted my husband to get his EAD and AP as quickly as possible, so we didn't want to wait. We sent the AOS paperwork the same week as our wedding ceremony, so we didn't even have anything co-mingling together yet.  

[EM_Vandaveer 2,368]

12 minutes ago, Sarah&Facundo said:

But that's when the interview comes, which is a while down the line. For the initial filing, you don't need any of that. We, among many others, sent the required papers and our marriage certificate. No RFEs. We wanted my husband to get his EAD and AP as quickly as possible, so we didn't want to wait. We sent the AOS paperwork the same week as our wedding ceremony, so we didn't even have anything co-mingling together yet.  

For sure. OP should file now & send the marriage certificate. Gather evidence for the interview later.