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If I'm understanding this correctly, in AOS stage we need to submit translated documents along with the I-485 if they're in foreign language, right? It makes more sense to me to prepare in advance when preparing for the interview cause some of them are the same documents. (such as birth certificate, certified police records, and I've heard people got RFE for household registration so maybe this too. and of course this may vary for different cases.) These documents usually don't have expiration date problem.

6 months starts the day before her medical.

Congratulations on the approval! I just received my passport with the visa today and we did it without a lawyer as well. Wish all the best for you.

8 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Documents in the native language of the country you are applying for the visa do NOT require translation. 

 

Secondly,  need to be careful getting certain documents as some are time bound and could expire before the interview happens

Well, all of my legal documents are in Mandarin since I'm in Taiwan. We're required to have them in English for the interview. And most of our birth certificates here are issued by hospitals and since the US consulate will only recognize documents issued by government, we need to translate, get notarized in court, and send to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for authentication. That's why I specified that "in my case".

Yes, need to be careful with the timing. I'd say it's better to do the research on all the documents needed and make plans. 

I personally would recommend that you start preparing the paperworks that are required for the interview. In my case it was my birth certificate, household registration and police records, etc. Cause most of them were not in English and needed a lot of days to apply and translate. Good luck!

We filed for K-1 cause it seemed to us that it was the visa that best fits our circumstances. We got engaged and we wanted to meet each other and get married. Simple and easy. With or without the pandemic, I think we would make the same decision.