US Immigration from New Zealand

Hi all!

I've been looking into putting together my AOS package for when I'll be filing in about a month. I've seen that they say ideally to attach a certified copy of a birth certificate. Is this a necessity? Or does it not matter as long as the copy includes all the things they need to see? I'm just a bit concerned that it'll take too long to get my birth certificate certified if I have to somehow do it in New Zealand when I have the certificate with me and need it done within 2-3 weeks. I just don't want an RFE!

Also does the marriage certificate need to be certified too? I'm not sure how I'd have time to do that so close to the 90-day mark.

Kind regards,

Rosalea

My fiance came here with a Tourist Visa valid for 10 years, with each stay validity of 6 months.

My fiance and I got married after 3 mos of her staying here in the U.S.

I now have applied for U.S. Citizenship with interview scheduled in the next 6 mos.

Since her stay will lapsed after 6 months. She is going back to Phils. for another 6 months before returning here again.

By the time she is back here , I can now petition her and file the I-130.

Do you see any potential issues with the narrative above?

Hi everyone!

I've been in the US now for 2 weeks and have been a bit confused about what my insurance options are. It seems that I can't get normal travel insurance since I now 'reside' in the US (unless I just say that I reside/am a resident of NZ [I technically am haha]), and I can't get on my partner's health insurance til we're married, and the only other option is to pay like $300+ a month. Do you guys have any tips or recommendations? I'm currently considering doing the travel insurance since it'll be the cheapest, and in some ways I guess I'm legally sort of a 'visitor', so, that works out in my head. But let me know cos I also don't wanna do something wrong haha!

Hi there

We re finalizing our AOS packet to send in after K1 marriage.

I think I ve checked and rechecked everything sufficiently, but I also want to be sure I have the correct address for USCIS from a Wisconsin address; and that the check is made out to the correct entity.

Is the attached screenshot the correct send in address?

And do we make our the check for $1225 to Homeland Security?

Thank you!

We submitted AOS and IV fees on August 3rd and it still says "In Process." We submitted an inquiry yesterday to help coax the fee through approval. Is anyone else having this issue? Anything else we can do to push it through?