US Immigration from Philippines

Hi all, has anyone here ever being asked to have an appraisal done in their house as part of requirements for aos and greencard application? I know over hundreds of immigrants but have never heard of this except from the lawyer of a friend. According to the poverty guidelines you need to make about $34k for a household of 4.

My friend has his own business and makes way more than that also have 100k on savings but aside from a bank statement and itr his lawyer advise him to get his house appraised to show equity of his house. Is this really necessary?

Is it normal and customary to apply for all three of these documents at the same time? Trying to get this done in the easiest and fastest time possible. Are there other documents that should be done first? TIA.

My question is in the event that I get my Interview schedule for my AOS, can I bring my K2 (no interview schedule yet) so she can get interviewed the same day as I am?

Thanks.

Hello all,

My Fianc and I got married here in Los Angeles last August 8. She came here in the U.S. under K-1 Visa in June 10. We are now looking into filing for Adjustment of Status for her Green Card. (Just an FYI, my wife changed her last name to mine)

The process for Marriage Certificate here in Los Angeles takes about 6-8 weeks (probably longer). I have done some research here and other websites saying that a Marriage Certificate is really needed for filing AOS. I have consulted Visa services and immigration lawyers and they all mentioned that we can file now without the Marriage Certificate and just submit my my Customer Copy of Marriage License that I got from getting the Marriage License form and signed by the Officiant of my Wedding.

I have read the I-485 instructions and on Page 9 it is stated:
"If you are unable to submit the required primary evidence (for example, a birth certificate or marriage certificate), you may provide secondary evidence (for example, church or school records) instead if you can explain why the primary evidence is unavailable. If you are unable to submit secondary evidence, you may submit two or more affidavits, sworn to or affirmed by individuals who are not parties to the immigration benefit sought and who have direct personal knowledge of the event and circumstances. You must also explain why primary and secondary evidence are unavailable."

So now, I am confused. for my understanding right now, Marriage Certificate is required as a primary evidence, but I can submit a secondary evidence such as my Customer Copy of Marriage License along with photos, and records from the officiant?

Also, my wife's I-94 is about the expire on Sept 7. Is there any difference on filing AOS between unexpired and expired I-94? and if my wifes I-94 expired, Is she still ok to stay here in the U.S?

When you receive and RFE, is the delay really that long even if you have the evidence and sent to USCIS right away?

Just to let you guys know that the reason why we are a bit rushing is that my wife I-94 is about to expire, she would like to work right away and to also get a SSN to be able to acquire drivers license.

Just seeking some clarifications on this and If anyone here has filed for AOS and had or have the same situation now. I thank you all in advance.

Hello everyone!

Our case story summary:

Husband and I got married on January 2019 and then we sent our AOS first application a few months after that but got denied due to hubby's loss of job and couldn't provide documents they needed to continue the process. So, we re-applied again same year but this time we have cosponsor so then we got interviewed and approved after waiting forever on August 2021 (2020 was just a rough year because of COVID). I received my green card and I noticed on my GC I only have 1 year left before it expires but I supposed to have 2 years right? After the approval.

(I was hoping to get 10 years green card lol because of us being married for more than 2 years (I know its not guaranteed, case to case basis I guess) before approval but only got 1 year left before it expires).

Basically, on my green card says I was a resident since August 2020 but I never got approved that year. So, our current status now is they sent me a notice letter saying to apply for ROC, also says I got approved on the year 2020 but that's not true. We didn't bother to call USCIS. But my question is, if you were in my case what do you think you could've done?

Thanks for reading!