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I'm petitioning for my wife. We filled out both the I-485 and I-130 together, so we sent it to the Chicago Lockbox (we are in Orlando). For some reason we were assuming our interview would also be in Chicago, but since we had the fingerprints done here in Orlando, I heard that the interview is...

Same Boat. I filed I-130 and I-485 for my spouse and so far she got her Bio done, but that's where we're stuck. We've been waiting for the interview appointment (we're in Florida). Can someone tell me what the 800 number is??

Ok, that makes sense. Now, as my brother (who lives in the same household) is going to fill out the I-864a, I noticed it asks for proof of relation and proof of shared residence. For relation, can I submit copies of our birth cirtificates? and for residence, some bills such as pay stubs and...

I am married and living with the person I am sponsoring. On the top of part 5 it says "don't count anyone twice." So for question a "enter the number you entered on line 10" I enter 1. Question c says "If you are currently married enter 1 for your spouse." That confuses me. If I enter 1 on line...

My fiancee and I are going to submit forms as soon as we get married (because her visa will expire a few weeks after anyway). As I'm reading the section in the I-130 instructions that says "Documents to prove family relationship," All we need to send at this time is our marriage certificate...

I've seen a few checklists in various places of this forum, but can someone point me to the most current I-130 / I-485 etc. checklist? Have there been any significant changes from the ones dated back in 2006?

Thanks so much! As far as the I-864A form, I'm going to have my brother (who lives in the same household over the poverty line) be a joint-supporter. There is an option of submitting the prior tax return from the previous year, or submitting the tax return for the previous 3 years. What is...

Thanks for your response. Is there a possibility that her I-539 gets rejected? Would that cause more problems?

Also, it doesn't make sense that we merge our accounts (like bank account) before marriage right? Wouldn't that look suspicious? How long after we get married should we wait to mail the forms? We get married on Feb 22nd and her tourist visa expires March 13.

I am a US citizen. My fiancee is a Chinese citizen here on a tourist visa. We are both single/never married (30 and 28 yrs old). We met over 1 year ago while she worked temporarily in the US. After she went back to China I visited her and we both came back to the US WITHOUT the intention of...