PLEASE HELP with my wife's immigration. B1 VISA and we were married in 2018. Please help

[Cam1926 0]

My wife and I were married in 2018. She is from Ukraine and ni need to get her green card . What is the best path for us? She is currently here in the USA. Is the I 130 or the I 495 better option for us. Please help..

Charlie 

[mytruelove18 607]

11 minutes ago, Cam1926 said:

My wife and I were married in 2018. She is from Ukraine and ni need to get her green card . What is the best path for us? She is currently here in the USA. Is the I 130 or the I 495 better option for us. Please help..

Charlie 

You need fill out i-130 fee 535  , do that online and attach the receipt you will get to the form i-485 fee 1225 

ALSO fill out firms i-765 and i-131, those are free when send together with i-485

[mytruelove18 607]

18 minutes ago, Cam1926 said:

My wife and I were married in 2018. She is from Ukraine and ni need to get her green card . What is the best path for us? She is currently here in the USA. Is the I 130 or the I 495 better option for us. Please help..

Charlie 

 

[Chancy 6,233]

*** Moved from What Visa Do I Need to AOS from Work/Student/Tourist Visas forum ***

 

[obanla 37]

you can do concurrent filling 

[OldUser 5,159]

14 hours ago, mytruelove18 said:

You need fill out i-130 fee 535  , do that online and attach the receipt you will get to the form i-485 fee 1225 

ALSO fill out firms i-765 and i-131, those are free when send together with i-485

I disagree, not much benefit of filing I-130 electronically in this case, because I-485 is paper only form.

 

I vote for filing the entire packet together.

 

Here is detailed guide for Adjustment of Status:

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by OldUser

[mytruelove18 607]

56 minutes ago, OldUser said:

I disagree, not much benefit of filing I-130 electronically in this case, because I-485 is paper only form.

 

I vote for filing the entire packet together.

 

Here is detailed guide for Adjustment of Status:

 

But when file i-130 online you get receipt almost instantly and attach that receipt to the i-485 package.

File i-130 online give you a peace of mind that uscis is not going lose your paper submitted with i-130.

[OldUser 5,159]

Just now, mytruelove18 said:

But when file i-130 online you get receipt almost instantly and attach that receipt to the i-485 package.

File i-130 online give you a peace of mind that uscis is not going lose your paper submitted with i-130.

If it's lost it will be lost with I-485, which is required for AOS.

 

There's been cases of USCIS assuming beneficiary is abroad doing consular processing despite checking the right boxes.

 

Additionally, instead of IO having one packet to review he or she would have to combine I-130 and I-485. And when things are separate, with millions of petitions at USCIS, things can get slower or more complicated.

[mytruelove18 607]

4 minutes ago, OldUser said:

If it's lost it will be lost with I-485, which is required for AOS.

 

There's been cases of USCIS assuming beneficiary is abroad doing consular processing despite checking the right boxes.

 

Additionally, instead of IO having one packet to review he or she would have to combine I-130 and I-485. And when things are separate, with millions of petitions at USCIS, things can get slower or more complicated.

I have done that 3 times and not problems, if you mark the right box saying the interview location

[OldUser 5,159]

11 minutes ago, mytruelove18 said:

I have done that 3 times and not problems, if you mark the right box saying the interview location

Good for you. As I say, it's a matter of choice, but I heard at least 5 stories about it on Jim Hacking Immigration show. People who filed I-130 separately online, call the show and complain that USCIS sent their application to National Visa Center despite checking the boxes saying the beneficiary is in the US.

 

When I filed the whole AOS packet on paper, one of the benefits was having all case numbers in sequence.

 

Example:

 

I-130 - NBC0000016000

I-485 - NBC0000016001

I-131 - NBC0000016002

I-765 - NBC0000016003

 

They were all filed on same date and received on same date. Received and processed at the same place. This approach also removes any doubts about which evidence to include with each form. You submit evidence for everything once.

 

It worked for me, but as you say OP has option to file I-130 separately.

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by OldUser

[Timona 3,976]

I agree with @OldUser. I have never understood the rush to get I-130 receipt only to attach it to I-485 package and wait for the other receipts. 

 

Just file the whole thing on paper. 

[Rocio0010 5,573]

Study This guide from beginning to end