Had J-1, now applying for K-1

[Dustyb 5]

I have a curveball question here.

 

The first time I ever entered the US I came in on a J-1 visa as a summer camp counselor. This was in early 2013 before they switched the paper i-94 form over to the electronic form they now use.

 

Fast forward 5 years later and I am now in the US on a K-1 visa, have married, and im in the process of applying for AOS.

 

However, under the instructions for the i-485 in Section 7: Evidence of Continuously Maintaining a Lawful Status Since Arrival in the United States it reads:

 

B. Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record, including printouts of paperless I-94 admissions;
 

and

 

D. Form DS-2019 (formerly IAP 66), Certifcate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status, including all pages
containing notations by authorized exchange visitor program offcials; or

E. Passport page with an admission or parole stamp (issued by a U.S. immigration offcer).

 

My question is: Do I need to include the information about my J-1 visa (DS-2019, paper i-94/passport with immigration stamps)? Does this apply to a current K-1 AOS application, or rather only when applying for AOS under a J-1?
 

[payxibka 10,044]

3 minutes ago, Dustyb said:

I have a curveball question here.

 

The first time I ever entered the US I came in on a J-1 visa as a summer camp counselor. This was in early 2013 before they switched the paper i-94 form over to the electronic form they now use.

 

Fast forward 5 years later and I am now in the US on a K-1 visa, have married, and im in the process of applying for AOS.

 

However, under the instructions for the i-485 in Section 7: Evidence of Continuously Maintaining a Lawful Status Since Arrival in the United States it reads:

 

B. Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record, including printouts of paperless I-94 admissions;
 

and

 

D. Form DS-2019 (formerly IAP 66), Certifcate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status, including all pages
containing notations by authorized exchange visitor program offcials; or

E. Passport page with an admission or parole stamp (issued by a U.S. immigration offcer).

 

My question is: Do I need to include the information about my J-1 visa (DS-2019, paper i-94/passport with immigration stamps)? Does this apply to a current K-1 AOS application, or rather only when applying for AOS under a J-1?
 

Refers to  k1 entry only 

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

5 minutes ago, Dustyb said:

I have a curveball question here.

 

The first time I ever entered the US I came in on a J-1 visa as a summer camp counselor. This was in early 2013 before they switched the paper i-94 form over to the electronic form they now use.

 

Fast forward 5 years later and I am now in the US on a K-1 visa, have married, and im in the process of applying for AOS.

 

However, under the instructions for the i-485 in Section 7: Evidence of Continuously Maintaining a Lawful Status Since Arrival in the United States it reads:

 

B. Form I-94 Arrival-Departure Record, including printouts of paperless I-94 admissions;
 

and

 

D. Form DS-2019 (formerly IAP 66), Certifcate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status, including all pages
containing notations by authorized exchange visitor program offcials; or

E. Passport page with an admission or parole stamp (issued by a U.S. immigration offcer).

 

My question is: Do I need to include the information about my J-1 visa (DS-2019, paper i-94/passport with immigration stamps)? Does this apply to a current K-1 AOS application, or rather only when applying for AOS under a J-1?
 

~Moved to Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports~

 

 

We didn't. MY husband had two J-1 internships in NY before we met for total of 18 months time, he had listed them as previous residences in the original I-129f petition but for AOS we just supplied the I-94 for his arrival on the K-1.

Edited January 10, 2019 by Ben&Zian

[Dustyb 5]

Thanks so much both of you!  Fantastic news

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I applied for AOS in September 2018 and was here on a J1 visa from 2012 till 2014. Since I didn't have the visa anymore (old passport was revoked by municipality in the Netherlands after renewal) I just send the NOA1 I got in 2012 together with some other papers of the au pair agency and a letter from the au pair agency I was with, stating that I finished the au pair program and from when to when I was in the US.

On the I-485 it asks specifically if you've ever had a J visa and if so, that you have to provide evidence (it's in the instructions actually) So I would think it's a little risky not mentioning it since that could be seen as lying. Send whatever you have (old visa, DS-2019, I-94 etc) and you should be fine.