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DV 2017 AOS Only

Ruw02 said:
I got a I-901 form when I made the $200 SEVIS payment. Do I need to include that too?
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I think we've already gone over this conversation before. If you don't know or have an I-797, then it's inclusion in the AOS package is not applicable to you.

An I-797 is a Notice of Action issued by USCIS.

An I-901 on the other hand is a Fee Remittance form which you, or your school used in making your SEVIS payment.

Anyway, you may include it with your package if you wish.
 
Ruw02 said:
I got a I-901 form when I made the $200 SEVIS payment. Do I need to include that too?
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May be I am missing the history of your DV case, Sm1smom alludes to, however I don't see any reason why you would want to include a SEVIS I-901 payment confirmation with your AoS I-485 DV filing. These two USCIS processes are fully unrelated and, if anything, might confuse rather than help your case. Anyways, may be I am just missing something here... :confused:
 
EURO2014 said:
May be I am missing the history of your DV case, Sm1smom alludes to, however I don't see any reason why you would want to include a SEVIS I-901 payment confirmation with your AoS I-485 DV filing. These two USCIS processes are fully unrelated and, if anything, might confuse rather than help your case. Anyways, may be I am just missing something here... :confused:
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The OP is simply confusing the two documents on the basis of some F1/J1 status holders reporting that they have an I-797. If the OP got an I-797 following the SEVIS payment, the OP should include that form, even if it is not AOS related.
 
Sm1smom said:
The OP is simply confusing the two documents on the basis of some F1/J1 status holders reporting that they have an I-797. If the OP got an I-797 following the SEVIS payment, the OP should include that form, even if it is not AOS related.
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Agreed - Forms I-797's from previous USCIS filings certainly would be useful, an I-901 payment confirmation from an unrelated case would possibly do more harm than any good, in my opinion.
 
EURO2014 said:
Agreed - Forms I-797's from previous USCIS filings certainly would be useful, an I-901 payment confirmation from an unrelated case would possibly do more harm than any good, in my opinion.
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Which is exactly what I've said.

A list was put together based on experience, to guide the petitioners on what they could/should include in their AOS package.

Now, if someone feels a need to add something else based on how they feel about their case, or based on something we don't know regarding their case, I will not discourage them from doing so.
 
Hi,

I had an interview today and it went all except that the FO assigned RFE on spot to prove our marriage valid. I am in F-1 Visa and my spouse came to the US on July-15 under F-2 visa as my dependent. Since she is in F-2 visa so she can't do much things here in the US and as she recently came here, we do not have things common here, such as joint account, joint credit cards, both of our names on store cards etc (of which he as giving examples of). But we have both of our's names on the lease (we live in university housing) and I turned that up to him today.

Now, the things that I am thinking to send are some more photos (he took some of them we had there but we did not have photos showing gathering in the marriage) of our marriage and photos that show us together before our marriage (we did MS together - classmates). The other thing I am sending is my plane ticket confirmation to my country which seems to be confirmed on 23rd January 2016, 4 months before my selection on DV. I guess he wants to be clear that there is not any relation between our marriage and my selection in DV (we got married on May 17 and which was planned before quite long time ago).

Any other suggestions? Thank you !
 
lucky17 said:
Hi,

I had an interview today and it went all except that the FO assigned RFE on spot to prove our marriage valid. I am in F-1 Visa and my spouse came to the US on July-15 under F-2 visa as my dependent. Since she is in F-2 visa so she can't do much things here in the US and as she recently came here, we do not have things common here, such as joint account, joint credit cards, both of our names on store cards etc (of which he as giving examples of). But we have both of our's names on the lease (we live in university housing) and I turned that up to him today.

Now, the things that I am thinking to send are some more photos (he took some of them we had there but we did not have photos showing gathering in the marriage) of our marriage and photos that show us together before our marriage (we did MS together - classmates). The other thing I am sending is my plane ticket confirmation to my country which seems to be confirmed on 23rd January 2016, 4 months before my selection on DV. I guess he wants to be clear that there is not any relation between our marriage and my selection in DV (we got married on May 17 and which was planned before quite long time ago).

Any other suggestions? Thank you !
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How come you guys didn't take wedding photos to the interview? Do you have those? How about photos taken together before your wedding? How about a copy of your wedding invitation card? From what you've described, you guys took your time to plan the wedding, so is there a wedding invitation?

In addition, copies of receipts for activities/trips jointly taken helps. Print outs of your communications in the past - text messages, SMS, WhatsApp or some other chat history, FaceBook communications, etc.
 
Hi again,

I am one of the winners for 2017 DV lottery. I am currently in the US on an F1 visa. I am doing my OPT which expires in July 2017. I work full time and get paid over $30K a year. Do I need to fill out any of the forms for affidavit of support? If so, would I have to fill out i-864 or i-134? I plan on sending my pay stubs in the aos package.
 
Hello,

I received my interview letter. As the interview time was not appropriate for me since I am moving to another state, I signed the IL and mailed it back to the FO and explained the reason why I cannot go for the interview on the proposed time and asked if they can give me an earlier time before the new year (this is while I went to an infopass and talked to an officer about an earlier available time and he asked someone and said they dont have any available time before my move and I have to wait until I have an address to which I am moving and then call USCIS customer service and ask to change my FO). Is there anything that I should do at this point? Does my FO send me another letter in either case regarding their decision? I do not have my new address at the moment and it won't be defined until Jan 4th.
 
skdjbla said:
Hi again,

I am one of the winners for 2017 DV lottery. I am currently in the US on an F1 visa. I am doing my OPT which expires in July 2017. I work full time and get paid over $30K a year. Do I need to fill out any of the forms for affidavit of support? If so, would I have to fill out i-864 or i-134? I plan on sending my pay stubs in the aos package.
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The recommendation I often make for someone on a student visa is to always have the affidavit of support as a back up evidence of ruling out the possibility of becoming a public charge. It's your call if you want to stick with just your pay stubs as proof. I-134 is the applicable affidavit for DV based AOS petition.
 
Ali Amiri said:
Hello,

I received my interview letter. As the interview time was not appropriate for me since I am moving to another state, I signed the IL and mailed it back to the FO and explained the reason why I cannot go for the interview on the proposed time and asked if they can give me an earlier time before the new year (this is while I went to an infopass and talked to an officer about an earlier available time and he asked someone and said they dont have any available time before my move and I have to wait until I have an address to which I am moving and then call USCIS customer service and ask to change my FO). Is there anything that I should do at this point? Does my FO send me another letter in either case regarding their decision? I do not have my new address at the moment and it won't be defined until Jan 4th.
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Wow! That was a very unwise move IMO!

Be prepared for a rather long wait, coupled with the possibility of INFOPASS trips to both the current and new FO (after your eventual move). The current FO will not contact you, they will simply move your file to the back of the pile; then if they remember and do make the connection eventually to the change of address you will be providing, they will forward your case file to your new FO which will determine your new interview date based on availability of an open slot.
 
Sm1smom said:
How come you guys didn't take wedding photos to the interview? Do you have those? How about photos taken together before your wedding? How about a copy of your wedding invitation card? From what you've described, you guys took your time to plan the wedding, so is there a wedding invitation?

In addition, copies of receipts for activities/trips jointly taken helps. Print outs of your communications in the past - text messages, SMS, WhatsApp or some other chat history, FaceBook communications, etc.
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We had shown him some photos of our wedding, it seems he needs more. We had our marriage invitation card too, but he did not show interest on that, he did not even take copy of that. Since we were in love for 3 years before getting married, now I am thinking of sending him piles of our previous chatting history and our plane tickets tavelling together after marriage which was booked before marriage and even before getting selected in DV. I am also sending him more photos before marriage during our college day in groups with friends and ours separate and also more from our marriage.

I guess I have many proofs back from our country but I don't have any proofs here in the US. I don't know if he is needing evidences here in the US.

I am thinking to talk to immigration specialist at my university about it, will that be helpful?

Thanks!
 
lucky17 said:
We had shown him some photos of our wedding, it seems he needs more. We had our marriage invitation card too, but he did not show interest on that, he did not even take copy of that. Since we were in love for 3 years before getting married, now I am thinking of sending him piles of our previous chatting history and our plane tickets tavelling together after marriage which was booked before marriage and even before getting selected in DV. I am also sending him more photos before marriage during our college day in groups with friends and ours separate and also more from our marriage.

I guess I have many proofs back from our country but I don't have any proofs here in the US. I don't know if he is needing evidences here in the US.

I am thinking to talk to immigration specialist at my university about it, will that be helpful?

Thanks!
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Send as much evidence as possible of your existing relationship prior to your DV selection - he's basically trying to confirm if your marriage was DV based. Also include a copy of your wedding invitation with what you will be sending. Photos of both of you with each other's parents will also help. And like I said, chat histories prior to your marriage also.

I wouldn't recommend involving your school's immigration specialist. This is not their area of speciality. Plus it's usually not a good idea to inform the school while going through the AOS process. You don't want them to mistakenly terminate you from SEVIS prematurely.
 
lucky17 said:
We had shown him some photos of our wedding, it seems he needs more. We had our marriage invitation card too, but he did not show interest on that, he did not even take copy of that. Since we were in love for 3 years before getting married, now I am thinking of sending him piles of our previous chatting history and our plane tickets tavelling together after marriage which was booked before marriage and even before getting selected in DV. I am also sending him more photos before marriage during our college day in groups with friends and ours separate and also more from our marriage.

I guess I have many proofs back from our country but I don't have any proofs here in the US. I don't know if he is needing evidences here in the US.

I am thinking to talk to immigration specialist at my university about it, will that be helpful?

Thanks!
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Congratulations on doing your interview. Did the officer ask for your original birth certificate of you and your wife? For sure he also asked for the original marriage certificate, right?
 
Ali Amiri said:
Congratulations on doing your interview. Did the officer ask for your original birth certificate of you and your wife? For sure he also asked for the original marriage certificate, right?
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All interviews require originals and copies of all the required civil documents.
 
1) Mom, I read a few days ago in the thread that you do not recommend showing the I-134, unless the FO expressly asks for it. Why is that? Wouldn't presenting the form right away dispel the FO's potential doubts, thus speeding the interview?

2) "You must sign Form I-134 in your full name. (Note: Signing Form I-134 is under penalty of perjury under U.S. law). For this reason, it is not necessary to sign Form I-134 before a notary, nor to have your signature notarize after you sign it." With that being written on USCIS' website, would you still recommend to have the document notarized? I would feel safer that way.
 
MindCurious said:
1) Mom, I read a few days ago in the thread that you do not recommend showing the I-134, unless the FO expressly asks for it. Why is that? Wouldn't presenting the form right away dispel the FO's potential doubts, thus speeding the interview?

2) "You must sign Form I-134 in your full name. (Note: Signing Form I-134 is under penalty of perjury under U.S. law). For this reason, it is not necessary to sign Form I-134 before a notary, nor to have your signature notarize after you sign it." With that being written on USCIS' website, would you still recommend to have the document notarized? I would feel safer that way.
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1. It is never a good idea to provide unsolicited information when it comes to immigration matters. Only answer the questions you're asked, provide only what the IO is requesting to see. If the IO thinks an affidavit is required and you've not included one with your AOS package they will request for it. Providing unsolicited information more often than not leads to complications.

2. There's no need for a notarized affidavit, it doesn't add any more weight to its authenticity than the documents you will be providing in support of whatever you've stated on the form.

Don't overthink the process, keep it simple.
 
Hello,

My case number is AS56XX, looking at the current Visa Bulletins, I am guessing that my number might be current around June or July. I finish my graduation at that time and I found a job that requires me to move to another state for a month for training and then move to another location to begin working.
1. If I file the I-485 from my current home address and then move to another state for training, can I still complete the process from my current location ?
2. Will I have to transfer my case to that state ?
3. If I travel back and forth to complete the process, will there be a problem?
4. What is the process to change the mailing address once I have already given them the mailing address for where I want the GC to be shipped ? Are there any consequences if I change the address ?
 
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