TimAnlle

Which # is needed in box 15? It seems straightforward, but here is why I am asking for help.

We are filing for AOS. My wife's Ecuadorian passport has a 10-digit number under the heading "Passport." It also has a "country code" starting with the letter "A" followed by a 7-digit number. On the I-94 Arrival-Departure Record, it has the phrase "Passport Number" - and then it gives the "country code" on the Ecuadorian passport! So which number does box 15 really intend?

Box 17: This asks for the "expiration date of this Passport". So the passport booklet includes an original passport issued by the Ecuadorian government with one expiration date; and two different Visas issued by the US embassy in Guayaquil, EC with two OTHER expiration dates. Can anyone help with knowing which one they want? My natural assumption would be either the original passport, OR, the date on the K1 Visa.

Please help, deadline looms!

Which # is needed in box 15? It seems straightforward, but here is why I am asking for help.

We are filing for AOS. My wife's Ecuadorian passport has a 10-digit number under the heading "Passport." It also has a "country code" starting with the letter "A" followed by a 7-digit number. On the I-94 Arrival-Departure Record, it has the phrase "Passport Number" - and then it gives the "country code" on the Ecuadorian passport! So which number does box 15 really intend?

Box 17: This asks for the "expiration date of this Passport". So the passport booklet includes an original passport issued by the Ecuadorian government with one expiration date; and two different Visas issued by the US embassy in Guayaquil, EC with two OTHER expiration dates. Can anyone help with knowing which one they want? My natural assumption would be either the original passport, OR, the date on the K1 Visa.

Please help, deadline looms!

Sorry to hop on this thread after it appeared to be answered, but I am filling out the I-485 for my wife and have a similar question. This pertains to Part 1, questions 15 and 16. On her I-94, it lists her "Passport Number" as, Axxxxxxx - which is not the same number as referred to as "Passport Number" on her ACTUAL passport issued by Ecuador (the "Passport Number" on her Ecuadorian passport is a 10-digit number). Rather, the number Axxxxxxx is the "country code" for Ecuador as listed on her Ecuadorian passport.  SO......on form I-485, line 15.......WHICH "Passport Number" should I use.....the one on her most recent I-94....or the one on her Ecuadorian passport?

I am confused on where the I-134 needs to be sent. I am the petitioner living in the US and my fiancée is the beneficiary living in Ecuador. The I-134 instructions say, under "where to file" - essentially, check our website OR call a particular number. On the website, it says "Where you submit the form depends on whether the alien you are sponsoring is in or outside the United States and what type of application is being submitted.  See the instructions provided with the corresponding application for detailed information on where to submit this affidavit of support." So, the written instructions send me to the website, which sends me to the written instructions. (In fairness, tomorrow, Monday, I will call the National Customer Service Center they provide; in the past I have called and asked about forms, and they said things like, "Well, we really can't advise you how to do this...")

SO - my question is this. Do any of you know where I will be sending this thing when I am finished? Will I be sending it to some USCIS location stateside, or do I just finish it and send it to my fiancée who carries it with her to her interview? Of something else?

Thank you.

I am working through this same form, at least for me it is the I-134 (I have heard there are other Affidavit of Support forms out there, so I just want to make sure we are talking about the same thing. My I-134 has the same numbering sequence for the section you are asking about, so I think we are OK.)

I took it to mean ANY OTHER debt, regardless of whether or not it was real estate related. I too have a student loan and I included it there. It is good to be "picky" about verbiage the way you are. I am that way too, although I have relaxed "a little" as I fill out more forms on this process. It seems that those who write the forms are either so legally trained that no one can figure out what they are saying; or on the other hand appear to have relatively little self-awareness of the ambiguity of their own writing. I'm sure that creating a form for the government would be hard as there are so many inter-locking programs whose various regulations they must take into account.

So, to be conservative, I took it to mean ANY OTHER debt. After reading your question, though, I might add an addendum on the form where it gives you space at the end and simply note that the debt I included is a student loan, and that I added it in the interest of open and honest reporting since I didn't know if the section meant real-estate only debts, or ALL debts. I doubt anyway that there would be some bureaucrat out there who would reject the Affidavit on the basis that "...petitioner claimed real estate debt of $xxxxx.xx, but no such debt exists in public record; ironically, petitioner does have student loan debt in the exact same amount as claimed in section 8b; but since section 8b's section makes it clear that anything under it pertains only to real estate, we must deny this affidavit based on falsification of data." haha! sorry, I had to write that out. That is probably the worst nightmare scenario of people like us who are very concerned about verbiage. I'm not making fun of you - just trying to make it light! 

Bottom line, I would include it in that section to be conservative, and then write a brief note about why you included it.

I am going through this right now. The instructions do not specify that it even needs a signature; it simply requests a "statement" - which is more of a "communication of facts" rather than something that needs to be signed. It seems to me that that would be a good argument in favor of getting the employment letter online as you have described in your final paragraph.

NEVERTHELESS, being the cautious type, I have requested that a paper copy be sent to me in the mail with a "wet signature" just to satisfy that proverbial bureaucrat somewhere who is having a bad hair day!

To answer your question about "employer stock." This simply means that it needs to be on stationery with the official company logo and letterhead. I'm not sure what you are looking at that uses the word "stock," but the word "stock" with reference to paper usually refers to the different ratings assigned by the paper industry to differing qualities of paper (common copier paper vs. for example, thicker, glossier paper for photographs). Each type of "stock" receives a number. In this case, "stock" is simply a way of referencing a grade of paper. In this case it simply means, it needs to be on whatever your company uses for its official correspondence.

47 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

Wedding must be within 90 days of entry...... entry must be befo re expiry of K 1

So last day to enter on K1 June 29, and last say to marry if enter then id 89 days later...approx 27 September  

48 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

Wedding must be within 90 days of entry...... entry must be befo re expiry of K 1

So last day to enter on K1 June 29, and last say to marry if enter then id 89 days later...approx 27 September  

Dee elle: thank you for your reply. But - and this is my main question - according to your reply, then, the wedding can be AFTER the expiration of the K-1?

I know that the K-1 visa lasts for 6 months, and you have 90 days to get married once the beneficiary arrives. Let me give a scenario to illustrate my question.

1. Suppose you get approval of K1 Visa on January 1; thus it expires on June 30

2. If the beneficiary arrived on June 29, would they still have 90 days to get married? Or would June 30 be an absolute "drop dead" date for the wedding to happen?

Not that we are intending to push it that closely. But, it will be helpful for planning to know the "outside parameter" on this.

Thank you!