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cchong

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Below is a list of documents that I attached for my I-485 application. Can you verify if I miss anything:

1) $305 filing fees - personal check ($255 for I-485 and $50 for Finger printing)
2) Form I-485 -- signed and dated
3) 2 photos
4) Form G-325 (Not G-325A) -- signed and dated
5) I-94 and approval letter from the Asylum office
6) School registration statements -- evidence of one year’s physical presence in the United States
7) National passport and Refugee Travel Document -- do I have to copy all the pages?
8) Birth certificate - translated into English

Thanks for your help.
 
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Lost my Birth Certificate!!

Looks like you got your stuff in order, cchong, but maybe someone more knowledgeable can comment on its completeness. I am going to send in my I-485 in about two weeks' time.

I've got a question about my birth certificate, though. I lost my birth certificate when I was coming to the US. It was on one of those shorter legs where my luggage got misplaced, and could never be found.

Does anyone know what might be a suitable replacement for a birth certificate??

Thank you so much.
 
Gilbert,

The I-485 form indicates that asylee applicants do not need to submit I-693 form until further notice.
 
oops

sorry.

I am sorry that I typed in the wrong form number. I was talking about I-643, not the medical form. Please accept my apologies.
 
Gilbert,

I did not realise that I have to submit I-643. Thanks for letting me know.

But, I believe this I-643 should be sent to the below address:

Data Unit, Office of Refugee Resettlement
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
370 L'Enfant Promenade S.W., (6th Floor)
Washington, D.C. 20447

Whereas, the I-485 form and supporting documents should be sent to:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Nebraska Service Center
P.O. Box 87485
Lincoln, NE 68501-7485

Am I right?

Do I have to make copy on all the pages including blank page on my national passport and Refugee Travel Document?
 
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My understanding is it goes to the INS with the rest of the application. The INS then forwards the form to the HHS.

In regard to the passport/rtd, it is not necessary to copy every page. I know some people who do that though.
 
Please explain about I-643

This is for Gilbert or any one of you out there,

I am in the process of submitting my I-485 and I believe I have all my documents in place. Now I read that I also have to send in the Form I-643.

I wasn't aware that an asylee has to send in this form when applying for the GC.

Could someone explain please? Thanks in advance.
 
The form enables the federal Department of Health and Human Services to compile aggregate statistics on the refugee and asylee populations. It takes only a few minutes to fill out. It is not a big deal.
 
Do we have to pay the $50 fingerprinting fee upfront?

cchong, I read your very informative post on what documents and payment to support your I-485 application. I know I have to send in a personal check of $255 to support the I-485 application, but do we need to send in the $50 fingerprinting fee now. I must have missed reading that, somehow. Please advise based on your experience, and others can provide their feedback, too.

Also, if I send in my I-485, in the next week or so, say, when is a realistic time for me to see things happening, and what things can I expect, response, request for fingerprints, interview, etc.

Someone with prior experience or knowledge of these stuff. please let me know

Thanks, y'all.

Kelabit03
 
Of course you have to send them the fingerprint fee also.

You will get an official receipt a few weeks after sending in your application.

Realistically, you will hear nothing for more for about 10 years. Read the old posts. Only 10,000 green cards are available every year and there is a backlog of over 100,000 cases. This is the sad truth.
 
Kelabit03,

Yes, you do need to include the fingerprinting fees. You can just write the BCIS one check that include both the i-485 application and the fingerprinting fees.

Basically, once you send out your 1-485 application package, you would expect to receive a receipt from BICS within few weeks (I received my in about two weeks). And then nothing will happen for a long time.

Even though the estimated time frame for asylee to adjust to permanent resident status is more than 10 years, but if you look at the 2002 statistics report of how many granted asylum each years, you will find out that the wait should be shorter. Of course, this is only my analysis.

10 - 12 years is a very long time, things can change. The law might change. People might decide to leave the US and go to some way else. Nobody no.

Good luck to all of us.
 
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