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Hello everyone,

My wife and I are filling in her I-485 application, and I have a question regarding the spouse information section. I'm a former green card holder and became naturalized earlier last year, so my question is, do we need to fill in my A-number within the required section? I didn't think my A-number was applicable anymore since I'm now a citizen, so I'm assuming this section would be required if I were still a green card holder. What threw me off is that my former A-number is shown in our I-797 approval form. If anyone could provide any further information relating to the above, I would really appreciate it.

Best regards,

Eoghan

Hi everyone,

Potentially silly question here - my wife and I will be applying for the I-485, I-765 & I-131 all at the same time. I know the I-765 & I-131 require some of the same supporting documentation that is used in the I-485 application. My question is, if we're applying for all 3 at the same time, do we need to provide 3 sets of documentation? I wouldn't think it would be necessary as everything will be included within that one packet, but I just want to be clear so we don't mess up something that could be so easily avoided. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Eoghan

Sounds great - thanks for all the help, everybody.

Sure did - the immigration booth took the original but we still have a copy.

Hi everyone,

I have a question for those who have filed for the AOS through the K-1 visa route (this may apply to others, but I'm not sure.) So I'm confused about the requirement regarding whether or not to submit an I-693 form. My fiance got all of her shots/vaccinations while in Korea this past October (2014) and arrived to the states in November, where she turned over all of the original vaccination documents at the immigration booth.

My question is - do we need to submit an I-693 with the I-485 application? Or are we all good as all of her shots were done within the past year, and the USCIS has proof of this? If anyone can provide any additional information on this, I would really appreciate the help.

Thanks,

Eoghan

Awesome - thank you for the replies. That was our understanding, but I really appreciate you guys confirming it for us.

Well, that's the thing, we haven't done anything yet. My wife will be taking my last name, and we just want to make sure that we go through the process in the most hassle free way. From what I can tell, we can submit the I-485 application using her intended new name (O'Neill) prior to legally changing it, even though all of the K-1 stuff was done using her maiden name (Noh), and we shouldn't run into any issues. Then once the process is completed and the green card is issued with her new name, we can update her social security card, passport, drivers license, etc.

Can anyone with experience in this process please provide any input on whether or not this is the best/correct way to approach this? I would really appreciate any help here.

Hi everyone,

My fiance and I got married a few weeks ago through a K-1 visa, and we're now in the process of applying for her AOS. I've been looking through some other threads and have been having trouble finding an answer to my question. Do we need to change my wife's name at the social security office prior to submitting our AOS application? Or can we submit the AOS application using her intended new name prior to changing her name at the social security office? I'd really appreciate any help you guys could offer with this.

Best regards,

Eoghan

The USA doesn't issue police reports.

Gotcha. Is that because we're applying for a US Visa? I'd assume they'd do some sort of check in the initial petition, which would make sense that they don't issue them, but I guess if no one's ever had an issue with this then we needn't bother stressing it.

Hello,

Quick question - my fiance and I have received our NOA2 and the visa interview is next Monday (Oct. 20). I believe we've gathered all of the docs required based on the checklists I've found, but one thing I can't find is whether or not my fiance will need a police certificate from USA.

The reason I ask is because she spent exactly a year here on an internship, and the instructions say that if the applicant had ever spent more than a year abroad in any country, they would need a police record. Does this apply for her time in the US too? Anyone have any experience with this? I'd appreciate any insight anyone could offer.

Thanks,

Eoghan

Hello,

I've got a question if anyone can help out - My fiance and I are in the process of applying for a K-1 Visa. We received the NOA1 two months ago, so we should be close to receiving the NOA2 (hopefully!). We're trying to collect all the necessary documentation that will be required for the next steps, and we're a bit confused about how to proceed regarding the police report requirement. From what we can tell, she will need to bring a copy of her police report from her home country (South Korea) to her embassy interview. She also lived in the states for nearly a year, and has visited several more times, so my question is - will she need a copy of a police report from the states as well as her report from Korea? Her police report would be blank, although I'm not sure if that would affect whether or not she needs a copy. If anyone who's got experience with this could provide any additional information, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,

Eoghan

Well, the reason that I ask about this is that skype-skype video chatting has been our main method of communication since we've been apart. The instructions say to provide "cell phone bills, appropriate letters and emails"... We didn't email each other and rarely called using our cell phones. We've also been using an app called KakaoTalk for texting, which can export text but only as far back as August 2013. Would this, as well as appropriate photos, letters, and flight itineraries suffice as evidence of an ongoing relationship?

Hi,

Quick question - my fiance and I are doing some research on the I-129F application. We seem to have everything in order based on the requirements on the USCIS website as well as the instructions on this website, however we've found several websites stating that she (the beneficiary) will also need to include a copy of her birth certificate. Is this the case? I cannot find this requirement anywhere on this or USCIS's website, but we're really close to getting everything ready to file and I just want to make sure we get it right. Any help you could offer would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks,

Eoghan

Great, thanks for all of that, that's going to be extremely helpful. Any chance you guys know if that info needs to be notarized as it's not necessarily "official"? Or is it only the I-134 that needs notarized?

Hi,

My fiance and I are in the process of collecting evidence of proof of our ongoing relationship as mentioned here:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide#proof

Regarding copies of cell phone bills and such, most of our communication was through video chatting on either Skype or Google Talk. There is history of our conversations within my Skype application, although I can't find any formal way of translating that data into an "official" document to submit as evidence of our ongoing relationship. Has anyone else come across this issue, and know how to solve it? I'd really appreciate any help that could be offered here.

Best regards,

Eoghan

Hello,

My fiance and I are about to start the process of the I-129F/K-1 Visa application. We got engaged a few weeks ago while I was abroad visiting her in South Korea, and she is currently here visiting me in the US. She entered on the VWP, and I was advised that we could simply get married while she was here on the VWP then apply for an AOS to a green card, however after looking into this in more detail it seems like a far too risky venture. So, we've decided that we'll go forward with the I-129F application, although I had a few issues that I wanted to clarify before sending in the application:

1. How long can my fiance stay in the states before having to go back to Korea? Her VWP entry will let her stay here until May 23, and from what I can tell the only time she will need to be in Korea is for her K-1 interview which seems to be several months after the process is started. Could anyone provide a bit more information on this subject for me?

2. Evidence that we intend to marry within 90 days - On the instructions it says that we can submit a "statement of intent to marry", but is this statement alone sufficient evidence?

3. Just to confirm that I've got the adequate document list correct (neither of us have been married before and no kids):

I-129F Application

$340 check

Copy of my certificate of citizenship

Evidence of intent to marry (hopefully just statement of intent)

Evidence that we've met up in the past 2 years (plane ticket receipts, passport stamp copies, etc.)

2 completed G-325A forms (any additional fee required for these?)

1 passport photo each

Sorry for the exhaustive list of questions, but this was a pretty quick decision that we made and we're hoping to have everything submitted ASAP. This being the case, any help that you guys could provide would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks,

Eoghan

Hey, sorry for the late reply to this, but I'm just coming across a similar situation. So, from what it seems, the only time "proof of intent to immigrate" would only be an issue is upon entry into the country? Would this not be something to come up during the adjustment of status/bona fide marriage interview?

Hi everyone,

I'd really appreciate some help with an issue that I'm having. I'm currently a US Permanent Resident, but I'm in the process of applying for naturalization and hope to have it some time within the next 3 months (I've had a green card for 6 years). I met my girlfriend back in 2010 while she was here on a year-long work visa and I was still in school. We were together in the states for roughly 10 months before she had to go home to Korea, and we've since been keeping up the long-distance, seeing each other 2-3 times per year thing. She's still in school, but is graduating next February, and we've kind of set that as the date that we don't want to be apart anymore. This being the case, I was hoping that I could propose to her, we could get married over here, and all would be easily taken care of, but that doesn't seem to so. I spoke with a lawyer about our situation, and he advised me to go the way of bringing her here on a visa waiver then getting married while she's here. I know many of you have had luck with this, but what worries me is that maybe the immigration lawyers will be a bit more scrutinous of our situation as I'm currently living in Texas and she's from South Korea. I'm afraid that if they look into the timing of my citizenship application, things may get a little bit more complicated regardless of whether or not she entered the country with the intent to leave (I planned on kind of surprising her with this whole thing... She has an idea of what's coming, she just doesn't know exactly how.)

If anyone has any advice/comforting words/insight to this issue, I'd really appreciate the help.