US Immigration from Philippines

Wish us luck, This Monday is our AOS interview for my wife.

We have uploaded a preponderance of evidence , IMO anyway.

We're bringing copies of everything we uploaded as well as originals and extra copies of all documents required.

I-94, passpors, Birth certs, marriage cert. NOA notices, etc

In 2026 with the advent of greater scrutiny, I'm wondering if anyone was asked this year for any documents they already supplied.
You'd think with the ability to upload they would not need or ask for any copies other than to see original of the few specific documents required but you never know.
We are definitely bringing copies of all the evidence that was uploaded but we're discussing if we need to bring copies of everything that was supplied with the original application.

We did not make any additional copies when we made her AOS package and I wish I would have.
I intend to get it printed now anyway since better safe than sorry, but many are telling us the copies of the orig filing is not needed.
Some say they kept it on their phone and during the interview if a document was needed they would ask the officer if they could turn their phone on.
I doubt that's a good idea. Might work with some officers and not with others.

Why risk it?

Anyway, I was just wondering what others did since the new administration has made AOS marriage based interviews basically mandatory.
Anyone here go through the interview in 2025 or 2026?
I'm wondering too if anyone was asked to supply all the copies of the photos they already submitted

I will post our experience after the interview for those interested

It seems like USCIS added an option to file I-485 online at $50 discount ($1390 as of May 2026) for K-1 applicants. Has anyone tried that route yet?

Regarding updating evidence for I-864 and I-485

My wife filed her I-485 in the beginning of March 2026 and we filed the I-864 using the last 3 years of tax transcripts available (2024,23,22) before I filed my 2025 return.

Taxes and whether to file updated I-864:

We were married in 2025 so we are filing our 2025 return Married Filing Jointly for the first time.

Once my accountant completes our returns and files we want to upload the return.

I m thinking of waiting until the transcripts are available which supposedly takes 2-3 weeks after filing

Should I just upload the tax return/transcript or should I update form I-864 and upload that?

in the drop-down menu of USCIS for uploading evidence, there are several categories to choose for the uploads:

* I-864

* Income Tax Return

* I-864 Supporting Documents

* Bona Fides of Relationship

If I redo an updated 864 I would guess I should use the category I-864

but if I just upload 2025 tax transcript , should it be Income Tax Return category or I-864 supporting documents category?

Also since this is the first time we can file a Joint Tax Return (which is a document that proves Bonafide Marriage)

Should we upload the Joint tax return twice?

Once for the I-864 and also use under category Bona Fides of Relationship?

General question regarding uploading evidence;

How much other evidence and how often do you suggest uploading?

Bank statements, credit card statements, photos of relationship, utility bills etc

This may be out of category but letting everyone that I started the K-1 process back in July 2024. it took a while. She went to the American Embassy in Manila August 2025 for her interview. she was shot down because her name on her birth certificate did not match her passport, drivers lic etc. So she had to come home to have all that redone etc. It was done! She is here with me now here in Avondale Arizona and we got married Feb. 28th. All that took longer than I thought and I got scared, worried but Praise God it all went thru and I have the love of my life with me and my family. Now we have to take the next steps to allow her to work etc. I did everything myself and did not go thru a lawyer or third party. <Names Deleted>.....PS. I want to thank everyone who gave me info etc to help us along.

We are filing the I-485 AOS for my wife now.
I'm retired but still have taxable income well above the threshold
I'm now doing the I-864 and just want to double check regarding transcripts and whether to include assets and a few other questions.

I searched a few threads but most are a few years old and I also miss the forest for the trees from time to time ( actually, sometimes I focus on the wrong trees ) so I thought it okay to ask .

1) IRS Tax transcripts: Is 2024 the most recent year since it is not April 15th yet?

2) When using IRS Return transcripts ( NOT Account of course) is it truly best to use just the most recent year ( 2024 since it's before April) or best to use 3 years even if you make well more than the poverty guidelines?

3) When filling out the 864 #7 "My current individual annual income ": Should that be what is listed as Total income on the Return transcript?

3a) which is also the same # input under Part 6 16a Most Recent Tax year and Total Income?

4) In an old thread it was mentioned if you only use recent year you should only supply that years Return transcript BUT you still need to fill out the total Income from the previous 2 years transcripts in Part 6 section 16.b and 16.c

The quote from that thread is "Just to be clear, the amount earned for the last 3 years is required to be listed but only the returns for the last year is required to be attached."

That seems odd to me and not what I read on the guidelines on the USCIS website.
Perhaps things have changed? Or changed back even? I just want to check

4) Part 7 Use of Assets
I do not need to use assets and the guideline says "Only complete Part 7. if you need to use the value of assets to meet the income requirements. "
So I should not fill that out but can I, and should I include in the filing , account statements to the 864 that show assets as further proof of my capability of continually being well above the poverty guidelines?

Reading the Guidelines it seems all I need to attach as far as income requirements is the Return transcripts of 2024 but that just feels too easy

Thanks for your guidance