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4 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Name discrepancies are corrected with original MC as proof of legal name change.

*Tickets are always booked in name on passport.

1 minute ago, IWander said:

Your situation is a common occurrence.  Just bring the marriage certificate to bridge the gap

thanks for the quick replies, does the marriage certificate need to be a certified copy or can it just a scanned copy?

my wife is a permanent resident and it has her new name(after marriage) on the PR Card but her foreign passport still has her old pre-marriage name

when we leave to depart, i know the airlines will check the passport and match it with authorized travel document, which in our case is her PR card

the names will not match and im not sure if this will create an issue, she also has her state ID card and copy of the marriage certificate which shows the name change

I just got my green card and that means I can travel back to India.

Since getting married my middle and last names changed, all my USA documents have my new name but the Indian Passport still has my old maiden name so my last name is different on there.

When I book the flights I will use my new name but when I land in India they will obviously say the names don't match.

Can I just show them my marriage certificate and the section where it shows my name change details?

We got approved on Oct 5 via app notification.

I am trying to get an idea of when the green card will arrive.

Please someone reply  

53 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

If the I-485 is approved, there will not be another interview.   They will mail the plastic Green card. There will be no need for an EAD or AP document.  She is authorized to work and re-enter the US after travel. Congratulations!!!

51 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

If you have been married for 2 years or more, she should receive a 10 year card.  Your timeline has not been updated.

thank you for your prompt response, I have updated my timeline.

We have been married for 6 months, i guess we will get a 2 year card?

also: with this green card, how does traveling overseas work, will she just use her current foreign passport?

The USCIS app just told me my wife's I-485 was approved. I have a few questions.

1. What happens next? Some say theres an interview, others say they will mail the Permanent Resident Card in a week?

2. Usually the I-485 takes the longest, my wife's I-765 and I-131 are still being processed, if she gets her Permanent Resident Card will she need the advance parole and work authorization still?

We only had the legal wedding where a judge marries us and have two witnesses sign. Since my husband has been very busy with work we decided to postpone our real wedding(for a lack of a better term) until next spring, not sure if I need to mention this in the letter.

We live with my husbands parents so we don't have a lease or property ownership documents. All the below listed documents show our same current address though.

I am submitting:

1. State ID Card
2. Social Security Card and letter which includes our home address.
3. Moda Health Insurance cards and letter listing me on my husband’s health insurance plan as a dependent.
4. Joint Bank Account Letter showing our shared checking and savings accounts.
5. Phone Bill which lists my phone number and name as part of the family plan.
6. Various photos of us since our marriage.
7. Sworn affidavits of my husband’s co-worker and my husband’s parents.
8. Certified copy of our marriage certificate(which was already sent when we first applied for AOS)

We are also going to hawaii next week for vacation, should I wait after then so I can submit the hotel and flight boarding passes with the RFE response?

I have exhausted my Tourist Visa interview reschedules. I called the embassy and they said i can just cancel my interview and pay the fee again and that will allow me to schedule and reschedule my appointment 8 more times.

That's fine, and I understand that but can I submit another DS-160 and schedule the appointment?

Also if i do that will it affect the existing DS-160?

I dont want to risk canceling the one that I already have, because with that one I already have an appointment date guaranteed. In case the new DS-160 cannot get a sooner appointment date than my original DS-160.

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

That one.

11 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

"Applicant for Adjustment," or, more concisely, "Adjustment Applicant," is the status.

I had asked an immigration lawyer this question, and the above was his answer.

thank you

can you also tell me what is the best document to submit? I have I-94, I-797 and unexpired foreign passport

My Fiance came here on K-1 visa and we got married, I am mailing the I-485(Immediate Relative (Spouse) Family Based Adjustment of Status) in a few days.

In the meantime, since we got married we can apply on healthcare.gov for coverage, but it is asking for her immigration status and i don't know what to put

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Learn more about eligible immigration status

Select “Yes” if this person has any of these eligible immigration statuses:

• Lawful permanent resident (LPR/Green Card holder)
• Asylee
• Refugee
• Cuban/Haitian entrant
• Paroled into the U.S.
• Conditional entrant granted before 1980
• Battered spouse, child, or parent
• Victim of trafficking and their spouse, child, sibling, or parent
• Special Immigrant Visa holders from Iraq or Afghanistan
• Granted Withholding of Deportation or Withholding of Removal, under the immigration laws or under the Convention against Torture (CAT)
• Individual with non-immigrant status (including worker visas, student visas, and citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau)
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)
• Deferred Action Status (Exception: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) isn't considered an eligible immigration status for health coverage through the Marketplace)
• Lawful temporary resident
• Granted an administrative stay of removal by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Member of a federally recognized Indian tribe or American Indian born in Canada
• Resident of American Samoa
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

Or, if they're an applicant for one of these:

• Temporary protected status with employment authorization
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
• Adjustment to LPR Status with an approved visa petition
• Victim of trafficking visa
• Asylum — See note below.
• Withholding of Deportation or Withholding of Removal, under the immigration laws or under the Convention against Torture (CAT) — See note below.
• Cancellation of Removal or Suspension of Deportation with approved employment authorization
• Legalization under Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) with approved employment authorization

Note:

• Deferred Action Status (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)) isn't considered an eligible immigration status for applying for health coverage.
• Applicants for asylum or for withholding of deportation or removal under the immigration laws or under CAT are eligible for Marketplace coverage only if employment authorization has been granted, OR the person is under 14 and has had an application pending for at least 180 days.

Or individuals with approved employment authorization and these:

• Registry applicants
• Order of supervision
• Legalization under the LIFE Act
• Applicant for Temporary Protected Status
• Applicant for Cancellation of Removal or Suspension of Deportation
• Applicant for Legalization under IRCA

18 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

$0

thanks, but I am curious why the instructions contradict themselves

33 minutes ago, Timona said:

Zero.

 

Your profile says K-1. Which process are you doing, exactly?

K-1 was done, now applying for AOS

I am applying for Immediate Relative (Spouse) Family Based Adjustment of Status

I submitting in a pack Forms: I-485 , I-864 , I-765 , I-131, G-1145 and I-693(in a sealed envelope by my physician).

I-131 page at https://www.uscis.gov/i-131 says its $575 if filed with I-485

But below it says it $0 if filed with I-485...

I got this taken at walgreens photo center, i noticed the background has a slight shadow, not sure how strict USCIS is with passport photos.

My 2022 and 2021 tax returns have W-2 and 1099-M but my 2020 tax returns only have W-2.

My 2020 tax returns don't have 1099, the instructions clearly say I must include W-2 AND 1099

which doesn't make sense because you only get a 1099 if you were required to, which I wasn't for 2020...

My then fiancé, now wife, came on a K-1 visa, I am sending forms I-485 as a package along with I-765, I-864, I-131

My wife's eligibility category is supposed to be (a)(6) Fiancé(e) (K-1 or K-2 nonimmigrant) or (c)(9)    Pending adjustment of status under Section 245 of the Act ?

It says (c)(9) is for if you have pending I-485, so does that still count if submitting as a package with the I-485?

I heard somewhere that when sending copies of supporting documents for form i-485, i-864, i-131 etc. they must be self attested with your signature and date?

I've read the instructions for these forms and it says nothing about self attested

not sure how strict USCIS is about copies with writing on them, do they only want copies with no writing?

2 hours ago, K1visaHopeful said:

The PANEL PHYSICIAN is required to provide a PERSONAL copy of the DS3025 AT the overseas medical exam. 

You can contact them to get your copy by email so you can at least see, inretrospect, if it was marked complete. 

Your post is confusing though as it doesn't say if you filed AOS already or you are filing NOW and are asking these questions TO FILE and your VJ timeline is definitely NOT accurate.

2 hours ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

The panel physician must fill the record anyway, to state if the applicant has the required vaccinations or not. 

 

So, I'm guessing your fiancée didn't get any vaccination during the medical?

 

The DS-3025 looks like this: 

 

 

We never got any DS-3025, only a sealed envelope that contained the medical report which was not to be opened by us and to be handed to the consulate staff during the K-1 interview.

We called the Medical Office where we had the exam done and they said they do not hand out any forms besides the sealed envelope.

I guess I will just have to have a civil surgeon in the USA do the exam and fill out the DS-3025

4 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

After the medical, they must hand the sealed envelope AND the vaccination record -DS-3025-.

my fiancé only received the sealed envelope, no DS-3025

maybe she didn't receive the DS-3025 because she didn't have a vaccine record? In India no one keeps track of vaccines and she doesn't have any sort of record

1 minute ago, EatBulaga said:

Is this an official RFE? Or just a courtesy notice?

If it is an RFE, then you must get the I-693, or you risk abandoning the AOS.

If it is just a courtesy notice, then you can wait and see if it turns into an RFE, or you go ahead and get the I-693 medical which overrides the DS-3025. 

 

We got a copy of the DS-3025 from the overseas doctor. 

You having a copy of the DS-3025 is irrelevant to how USCIS approve the medical.

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799273-k1-aos-have-ds-3025-and-received-rfe-for-i-693-medical-documentation/?do=findComment&comment=10833637

USCIS still reserves the right request the I-693 medical regardless of DS-3025.

I have not submitted anything yet, this for AOS, I am gathering all the required documents to send with I-485

2 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

She should have been given the DS-3025 which you MUST include in your packet when filing for AOS.

she should have been given it when? by border and custom agents when entering the US? or the doctor

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Ask her if the medical was complete.

complete as in included the vaccine record?

She doesn't know, she went in, the doctors did the exam and said to pick the result next week, when she picked them up it was in an envelope that was not to be opened and handed to the consulate at the interview

As stated below, we need to submit Form I-693:

• Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. Not all fiances need to have this done, since you already had a medical exam in order to qualify for your K-1 visa. But if the one done for the consulate is over a year old, or it revealed a Class A medical condition for which you didn't get a waiver, you'll need to go to a U.S. civil surgeon for a new exam. And even if your exam is still good, you may need to visit a civil surgeon if the overseas doctor didn't include a complete vaccination record (DS-3025).

My Fiance took the medical exam in her country prior to the K-1 interview at the consulate. She was instructed not to open the medical report and hand it directly to the consulate staff when she went in for her interview. I assuming her medical report was fine as they never mentioned anything about it and she was approved. A week later when we picked up the passport with K-1 visa, they gave a package that was not to be opened by us and we were to give it directly to the US customer and border protection agents. When we came to the US, the US customer and border protection agents, took us to a waiting room for an interview and took the packet, however  they told us there is no interview and told us we could leave. We did not think anything of it and went home.

Were we supposed to get a copy of the medical report or something?

My fiance already did the medical exam for the consulate, it is only 2 months old. We never got a copy of it. My finace also does not have any vaccination records besides her Covid vaccine certificate. 

My Fiance arrived with a K-1 visa, the VISA in on her passport.

Is "Travel Document" number needed? I dont want to put both as question 20 asking about expiration will not know if im talking about the expiration of the passport or travel document, which are different

Can I just put Fiance for 25a   26b and 27 ? It will not allow me to put K1 as numbers are not allowed to be entered

I am the US citizen and my wife is the one applying for AOS

My wife is principle applicant, do I have to put myself as the derivative applicant?

Im supposed to put "no" ?

Im genuinely not sure what to select here: