What to submit for AOS

[EllisAndRenz 193]

From what I understand, this is what I have to send in for AOS:

 

I-131  (Advance Parole)

I-485 (AoS document)

I-765 (EAD)

I-864 (Affidavit of support)

 

Can I send the first three and the final I-864 a little later?  (I'm waiting to get my tax returns to fill out the three year income requirement)  Or will they kick the whole thing back without that?

 

I know I also have to send a letter with the AP document explaining reason for travel, and a marriage certificate to prove marriage / name update.

 

Anything else am I missing?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

7 minutes ago, EllisAndRenz said:

From what I understand, this is what I have to send in for AOS:

 

I-131  (Advance Parole)

I-485 (AoS document)

I-765 (EAD)

I-864 (Affidavit of support)

 

Can I send the first three and the final I-864 a little later?  (I'm waiting to get my tax returns to fill out the three year income requirement)  Or will they kick the whole thing back without that?

 

I know I also have to send a letter with the AP document explaining reason for travel, and a marriage certificate to prove marriage / name update.

 

Anything else am I missing?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

They would probably kick it back as an incomplete packet. Now, that being said, you could submit everything and all the tax info you have, worst case then is an RFE for more financial information but at least your wife would have a legal status while the I-485 is pending. Just not sending in for AOS means she will be out of status soon and could be arrested, detained, and even deported for unlawful presence.

[EllisAndRenz 193]

2 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

They would probably kick it back as an incomplete packet. Now, that being said, you could submit everything and all the tax info you have, worst case then is an RFE for more financial information but at least your wife would have a legal status while the I-485 is pending. Just not sending in for AOS means she will be out of status soon and could be arrested, detained, and even deported for unlawful presence.

Understood.  If I can't find the information (I'm missing two tax years and I didn't file 2018 yet due to an extension), I'll send in what I have and wait for the RFE.

 

Would that also delay the AP and EAD processing?

 

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

1 minute ago, EllisAndRenz said:

Understood.  If I can't find the information (I'm missing two tax years and I didn't file 2018 yet due to an extension), I'll send in what I have and wait for the RFE.

 

Would that also delay the AP and EAD processing?

 

 

It shouldn't as the EAD/AP are processed separately of the I-485, but I'd definitely send in everything you got and least get the process going, plus get her to stay in a legal status/remin in one.

[payxibka 10,044]

1 minute ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

It shouldn't as the EAD/AP are processed separately of the I-485, but I'd definitely send in everything you got and least get the process going, plus get her to stay in a legal status/remin in one.

If you receive an RFE on the i485,  it will halt all processing on the i131/i765 if the have not yet been approved 

[EllisAndRenz 193]

2 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

 

It shouldn't as the EAD/AP are processed separately of the I-485, but I'd definitely send in everything you got and least get the process going, plus get her to stay in a legal status/remin in one.

Understood and will do.

 

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

Just now, payxibka said:

If you receive an RFE on the i485,  it will halt all processing on the i131/i765 if the have not yet been approved 

 

Good info, my bad on that. Still better to get the I-485 in now before the expiration of her I-94.

[EllisAndRenz 193]

Side note and possibly a silly question:  Where do I mail these forms to?  I don't see an address on any of them.

 

[payxibka 10,044]

6 minutes ago, EllisAndRenz said:

Side note and possibly a silly question:  Where do I mail these forms to?  I don't see an address on any of them.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-485-addresses

 

Hint: Chicago 

Edited June 20, 2019 by payxibka

[EllisAndRenz 193]

23 minutes ago, payxibka said:

https://www.uscis.gov/i-485-addresses

Thank you very much.

[Pitaya 2,576]

38 minutes ago, EllisAndRenz said:

Thank you very much.

Here is some more AOS-related light reading material for you:

 

https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1k3aos/

https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1aos/

https://www.visajourney.com/content/examples/

https://www.uscis.gov/i-485

 

Good luck on your immigration journey.

 

 

[K1visaHopeful 2,655]

1 hour ago, EllisAndRenz said:

 

 

I know I also have to send a letter with the AP document explaining reason for travel, and a marriage certificate to prove marriage / name update.

 

No reason is required to submit I131. As a K1 AOSer,  you do not need a reason to apply for Advanced Parole. 

A photocopy of the MC is one of the documents that you will submit with each of the three applications but there are many more required documents. 

I'd suggest you take a look at the K1 AOS guide and also use the search bar to research recent posts of coverletters so you can assemble the required documents for each form.

[EllisAndRenz 193]

1 minute ago, K1visaHopeful said:

No reason is required to submit I131. As a K1 AOSer,  you do not need a reason to apply for Advanced Parole. 

A photocopy of the MC is one of the documents that you will submit with each of the three applications but there are many more required documents. 

I'd suggest you take a look at the K1 AOS guide and also use the search bar to research recent posts of coverletters so you can assemble the required documents for each form.

What is an MC?

 

There was a question on the form asking for reason for travel.  I just wrote family visit.  

5 minutes ago, Pitaya (火龙果) said:

Here is some more AOS-related light reading material for you:

 

https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1k3aos/

https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1aos/

https://www.visajourney.com/content/examples/

https://www.uscis.gov/i-485

 

Good luck on your immigration journey.

 

 

Thank you very much.  Too kind 

[Pitaya 2,576]

Just now, EllisAndRenz said:

What is an MC?

 

There was a question on the form asking for reason for travel.  I just wrote family visit.  

Thank you very much.  Too kind 

MC = Marriage Certificate

Look at the VJ Form examples for ideas, clues on what to fill in the EAD and AP forms. 

[K1visaHopeful 2,655]

18 minutes ago, EllisAndRenz said:

 

 

There was a question on the form asking for reason for travel.  I just wrote family visit.  

 

As a K1 AOSer you do not need to answer with a reason. AP is a usual benefit granted to us.

 

The I131 form is used for ALL travel document applications. Ppl like DACA and those who have entered illegally at one point and "who should have no reason to leave because they tried so hard to get in to the US" (for a lack of a better, more PC way to put it) are usually required to provide reasons or evidence of why they want to travel and to be allowed to return, as for them a travel document is an extended benefit not to be so easily granted to those types of filers.

 

We do not need a reason to want to leave the US like others. Being allowed to leave the US with AP is a usual benefit for K1 concurrent AOS filers of AP.

 

Your answer can be "unknown" or "TBD" and that's perfectly acceptable.