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    New Vaccination (I-693) Question

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

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    Has your spouse had chicken pox? Because verbal statements saying so is good enough for the civil surgeon. The shots aren't necessary if someone's had it already.

    GET THE SUPPLEMENT FILLED OUT. If you want to send off the DS-3025 now, that is fine. Most people don't get RFE's since they've had a medical recently. However, at the time of the interview you may be asked for it. The officer who interviewed us said that 75% of the time, between your medical arriving at the airport with you when you first got to the US to when it actually gets to USCIS, the medical file gets misplaced and lost. She said that most people she interviews do not realize this, get there without bringing an I-693A supplement for precaution, and then have to redo their medicals because the original overseas medical results are not in the file anymore. She said that over half the couples who come in, end up having to redo the full medical exam as a result.

    So as a precaution, she advised highly to anyone, to get the supplement done.

    AOS Interview Package

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

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    What we brought with us:

    -both our birth certificates

    -both our pasports (his with his I-94 in it)

    -our marriage certificate

    -Dean's EAD card

    -joint checking and savings statements

    -our joint taxes from this year

    -a utility bill in both our names

    -completed I-864 forms (one by a cosponsor and one by myself. Make sure that whichever one of you is the USC brings and fills out a I-864, whether you make a considerable income or not. I did not know this.)

    -I-693 medical supplement sealed in an envelope

    -The original vaccination supplement from the overseas medical exam, as well as Dean's vaccination records from his doctor.

    -letters from both our employers

    -paystubs for both of us

    -letter from my aunt stating we live with her and pay rent

    -credit card bills (showing Dean as an authorized user)

    -a magazine in both our names

    -a TV Guide in our names

    -plane tickets showing we;ve travelled together

    -pieces of junkmail

    -a photo album full of wedding and other random photos

    -christmas and wedding cards from friends

    What our officer actually asked to see:

    -I-864 from me (because as I said, I never knew that I had to send one in, despite not having an income). Along with this, she took my taxes from this year.

    - she randomly asked for "any evidence we have proving our relationship, and not something specific. So I only handed her our cable bill, bank statements, plane tickets letter from credit card company stating Dean was an authorized user, the letter from my aunt stating we live with her,

    -our photo album (the officer STRESSED our important photos were for her, as there is no better way to see how genuine a couple is, then lots of photos of vacations and stuff.) She looked through the album quite thoroughly and asked a few questions (more of casual conversation) about some of the photos. She kept one of the photos of us on vacation.

    -the I-693 supplement. (Again the officer stressed how important this was for people to do, saying that often times the medical results given at the airport when arriving in the US, get lost on the way to the actual office and many times people who don't do the supplement for piece of mind, end up being forced to redo the whole medical exam when they find out at the interview that the results were lost. SO DO THE SUPPLEMENT FOR SURE, whether you recieved an RFE about it or not!!)

    -The EAD card.

    That was it. She didn't ask for anything else. She kind of left it up to us with what we wanted to hand over, and I didn't even show her half of it. She did say however to save all plane tickets and make lots and lots of copies of them when we go to remove our conditions. She said plane tickets go over really well when applying for your 10 year card ;)

    Other than all that, we were asked lots of questions. First she asked me these questions about Dean, and then she had Dean answer these questions about me. Here they are:

    Are you a member of a terrorist organization?

    Do you belong to any communist parties?

    Are you a spy?

    Were you ever arrested or deported from the US before?

    Have you taken advantage of American benefits?

    How did we meet?

    When did we meet?

    What's Dean's birth date?

    What are Dean's parents names?

    Where do his parents live?

    Where were we married?

    What day were we married?

    Did we marry within 90 days of entry?

    Where was Dean born?

    Does Dean have any siblings, and if so what are their names?

    Where do Dean's siblings live?

    Did Dean have a job when I met him, and if so, what did he do?

    Is Dean working right now, and if so, what does he do?

    It was more questions than I ever anticipated, but it was not frightening. It felt more like nice conversation. It was so not scary.

    You have nothing to worry about. Hope this information and helps and GOOD LUCK! Let us all know how it goes!

    Questions about Sponsor and Join Sponsor

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

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    Okay you are in the same EXACT situation I was.

    I am the USC and am a student, like your husband. So I never worked a day of my life and generated NO income whatsoever, until about 6 months ago. So obviously I was below the poverty line in that respect and had no taxes at all. But I had my aunt be my husband's sponsor (my husband and I live with her, so it very similar to your circustances of living with his parents), and she alone made well over the poverty line. We sent in the I-864 signed by her, and like you, initially thought that was the end of that, especially since we were recieved no RFE.

    However, when I got to the interview, it turned out that even though I had no income whatsoever to be a sponsor of my husband, I DID have to fill out the I-864, just saying instead that I have no income. Basically, I had to fill in 0's everywhere, for income and accounts. It was fine that I made no income, so long as I filled out the form saying so. As it turned out, they let me fill out the I-864 right there in the interview, and the officer who interviewed us acted as the notary. I just signed it in front of her.

    So basically, don't worry that your husband didn't send in his I-864. Bring it to the interview, and if they ask for it, just give it to him. That is completely fine. Also, about his income, don't worry about that either. I didn't make a penny, and that was completely acceptable so long as the cosponsor made above the poverty line.

    Please take my advice. You and I are in the same exact situation in every single way, and it worked out fine for us. Good luck!

    Green Card Arrived Today!!!

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

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    Dean's shiny new green card arrived in the mail today!! Hoorah!

    It came 12 days after the interview, and 3 days after Dean's welcome letter. It's much more plain than I expected it to be.

    Did you ever notice on the back of the card, there's a tiny hologram on the magnetic strip of the person's face and statistics if you look at it in the right light? Very snazzy.

    Thanks so much for everyone who helped us on our journey thus far. We owe you our lives and future!

    AoS Interview - proof of citizenship for the sponsor

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

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    Our officer never asked for any proof of my aunt's citizenship as a cosponsor. She did ask for my passport though, but I think that was more to make sure I was who I claimed I was.

    As for the medical, go get an I-693 supplement filled out by a civil surgeon. You will not need a full medical if your overseas medical was done in the last year. Don't let the civil surgeon con you into thinking you need the whole medical. You don't. Our supplement cost $50 and took only 15 minutes to fill out. You need to show proof of your vaccinations somehow, whether you have old medical records or a copy of the vaccination supplement they gave you overseas.

    But definitely get this done. Our officer warned us that many times they don't get the original medical results sent to them and they've had to wait to approval many people every day because they don't come in with a new supplement. So for definite piece of mind, get it done.

    Good luck on the interview!

    Does green card ever come with welcome letter

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

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    Mine was EXACTLY the same! I had my AOS interview on the 16th Feb, then my case disapeared off the system until 16th Feb when i got the 'You've been approved, a card will be sent when ready' then the welcome to america letter arrived on the 18th Feb, then I got another 3 emails from them on the 22nd saying I'd been approved and my card has been ordered!! Craziness I know! I just hope the card comes soon. Our immigration officer couldn't be bothered to see if I'd had my FBI checks done on the day so I didn't get the stamp :-(

    Please let me know when you get your greencard, we should be getting ours around the same time by the sounds of it!

    Els

    Yes your online status sounds very close to ours! Well, a bit of news for us: we received the welcome letter today! (from the looks of everyone elses experiences, this will be the first of 10 more welcome letters to come! hehe) No sign of the green card yet, but no doubt that will be here soon.

    It's funny, when USCIS sends me my updated case emails, we also get three as well! They must really love to tell you good news!

    Keep me updated with what goes on, on your end!

    My timeline:

    Case disapeared from system, two days later I received the welcome email, the next day I received the welcome letter and the day after that I received the green card.

    It was an exciting week!

    It certainly sounds exciting! Well, our welcome letter came in the mail today, and obviously had no green card along with it. So that answers my question!

    Here's hoping the card will come along sometime next week! Oh how I wish mail came on Sundays...

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