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Good day Mom @Sm1smom,

I don't know if anyone asked that before (I didn't find).

Q 1 Part 8 (General Eligibility and Inadmissability Grounds) of I-485 Form - Do I need to answer "YES" if in 2004 (my first visit in US) I was a camp counselor under J-1 visa for 3 months. I then returned to my home country. Do I need to tick that Yes, I was a member of organisation in the United States? I actually was employed and had my SSN (which I cannot use now as SSA said they cannot re-issue it unless I am transferred to another status from F2 (dependent)).

Thank you v much in advance.
 
Thanks rabey, skip1 for the answers.

I just got my envelope with the med exam.
I will be trying to get the appraisal for my apartments. However, currently, I haven't got an answer from any agency that I request to do it.
Can it be a subject to write a note and tell them that I will bring that to the interview? (I assume that's what I will do since time is important and it seems now agencies are not taking the requests). However, just curious if somebody had a similar experience?
 
dvelopp said:
Thanks rabey, skip1 for the answers.

I just got my envelope with the med exam.
I will be trying to get the appraisal for my apartments. However, currently, I haven't got an answer from any agency that I request to do it.
Can it be a subject to write a note and tell them that I will bring that to the interview? (I assume that's what I will do since time is important and it seems now agencies are not taking the requests). However, just curious if somebody had a similar experience?
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Remember if you don't include all the evidence that they ask, then your package is not complete and you will miss the chance of getting approved without interview ( not happen very often but some DV cases have approved without interview before).
Also keep track of your medical exam if you are planing to wait until get the appraisal, since you only have 60 days to file.
 
skip1 said:
I think maybe it might be even smarter to contact someone from the US embassy in Belgrade who is originally embassy dedicated to CP cases from our country. Please share your finding nonetheless.

As for the original name of country - if every possible document states Montenegro and I-485 doesn't have any specific instructions for it, I would honestly stick to Montenegro. I'm afraid that putting anything else might put some unnecessary delay that right now we should try to avoid at every cost.
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Good news! Just spoke with the Ambassador from the Montenegrin Embassy in the US, and since he wasn't 100% sure about the birth certificate requirement, he referred me to a friend of his from Montenegro who recently applied through AOS marriage-based, and he told me that he has submitted the international certificate with the multilingual translation. He did not submit the original birth certificate from Yugoslavia and said that there weren't any issues. He also pointed out that he included the original international document + a copy of that document to be safe, but at the same time he was issued multiple international birth certificates in case they asked for it during the interview, but he wasn't asked to present another birth certificate on the interview. Hopefully, that helps, and apparently USCIS is aware of these international versions of birth certificates as long as they are stamped and have all of the information provided about the applicant and his parents. (no additional attached translated document was included since this international version is also in English within the original document itself)
 
Hey rabey, thank you for the answer.
Yes, I know. But, now I don't even rely on approval without an interview because I can't get my tax transcripts.
I don't see them on the IRS website, it says "No records for return filed" for 2019 (the only year I was in the US).
I went to H&R block (they filed it for me) and they are saying that IRS is delaying the processing of everything and it's highly unlikely I can get the transcripts right now. So, I will be attaching I-1040, W2s and a note that I will bring my transcripts to the interview. I think that's already a red light for me to get approved without an interview.
 
By the way,
How can I prove the following?
>> you must provide evidence that the principal applicant included the derivative applicants in the entry when entering the DV lottery for the current fiscal year.
Even though my wife included me, we don't see info about me on DV lottery winner letter as well as 2NL or other docs from KCC.
 
Kentavar2397 said:
Good news! Just spoke with the Ambassador from the Montenegrin Embassy in the US, and since he wasn't 100% sure about the birth certificate requirement, he referred me to a friend of his from Montenegro who recently applied through AOS marriage-based, and he told me that he has submitted the international certificate with the multilingual translation. He did not submit the original birth certificate from Yugoslavia and said that there weren't any issues. He also pointed out that he included the original international document + a copy of that document to be safe, but at the same time he was issued multiple international birth certificates in case they asked for it during the interview, but he wasn't asked to present another birth certificate on the interview. Hopefully, that helps, and apparently USCIS is aware of these international versions of birth certificates as long as they are stamped and have all of the information provided about the applicant and his parents. (no additional attached translated document was included since this international version is also in English within the original document itself)
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Amazing news indeed. Put the mind at ease at least for that part.
Thanks for the effort in obtaining this info and sharing it with us :)
 
Gata2203 said:
Good day Mom @Sm1smom,

I don't know if anyone asked that before (I didn't find).

Q 1 Part 8 (General Eligibility and Inadmissability Grounds) of I-485 Form - Do I need to answer "YES" if in 2004 (my first visit in US) I was a camp counselor under J-1 visa for 3 months. I then returned to my home country. Do I need to tick that Yes, I was a member of organisation in the United States? I actually was employed and had my SSN (which I cannot use now as SSA said they cannot re-issue it unless I am transferred to another status from F2 (dependent)).

Thank you v much in advance.
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Please use your discretion - it has to do with any organization, association, party, club, society, etc both within and outside the US.
 
dvelopp said:
Thanks rabey, skip1 for the answers.

I just got my envelope with the med exam.
I will be trying to get the appraisal for my apartments. However, currently, I haven't got an answer from any agency that I request to do it.
Can it be a subject to write a note and tell them that I will bring that to the interview? (I assume that's what I will do since time is important and it seems now agencies are not taking the requests). However, just curious if somebody had a similar experience?
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My recommendation is to not list it on the I-944 if you have no documentary proof to back it up. The more explanatory note you provide/include with your package, the more likely you are to receive a RFE in place of an interview letter as a matter of fact. Just plan on attending your interview with any document you think may help your case, draw less attention to their absence in your AOS package.
 
rabey said:
Remember if you don't include all the evidence that they ask, then your package is not complete and you will miss the chance of getting approved without interview ( not happen very often but some DV cases have approved without interview before).
Also keep track of your medical exam if you are planing to wait until get the appraisal, since you only have 60 days to file.
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If there is any document missing and they want to approve the case without interview they can simply ask it by Request for Evidence (RFE) and once they receive it the case is approved!
 
2020AS00011xxx said:
If there is any document missing and they want to approve the case without interview they can simply ask it by Request for Evidence (RFE) and once they receive it the case is approved!
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all that takes time. They take time to send it to you, and they certainly don't open and approve an RFE the same day they receive it... i understand officially they take 60 days to process/act on an RFE response submission, some will be shorter, some will be longer. It's May, and I don't know if anyone really wants to add two months on to their processing at this stage.
 
Hello all,

I am an F1 student working as a graduate research assistant at a University.
One of the employment documents needed for the AOS package is "a copy of employment letter".
Is this the "The Working Number (TWN)" from equifax or is it just a simple letter signed by my supervisor stating the dates I have and will be working for the university?
Thank you in advance :)
 
2020AS00011xxx said:
If there is any document missing and they want to approve the case without interview they can simply ask it by Request for Evidence (RFE) and once they receive it the case is approved!
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It’s not as simple as you’re putting it. Getting a RFE introduces unnecessary complications and delays. Typically USCIS does not issue RFEs for DV based AOSers because (1) majority tend to include all the necessary documents in their AOS package and (2) USCIS understands DV based AOS petitions are time limited, they would rather not send a RFE.
 
Thanks guys for the answers.
I will try to get appraisals by the end of the week, and if I can't, I will just submit docs without apartments listed.
I will list my savings account info and I-1040 and I hope it should be enough.
 
Hi Mom!
Instructions to Form I-944 say that "you may provide evidence of continued payment of bills if there is no credit report or credit score." How would such evidence look like, in your opinion?
 
Hello,
For I-944, I will provide all my bank statements from US but I will also provide the bank statement from my 2 other bank accounts in France. In total I have 12 statements in English and 24 bank statements in French. Should I have my 24 french bank statements translated in english?
Thank you
 
F1_student said:
Hello all,

I am an F1 student working as a graduate research assistant at a University.
One of the employment documents needed for the AOS package is "a copy of employment letter".
Is this the "The Working Number (TWN)" from equifax or is it just a simple letter signed by my supervisor stating the dates I have and will be working for the university?
Thank you in advance :)
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Employment letter is typically issued by the employer. If all you have is the TWN employment verification letter, then that’s all you can include with your AOS package
 
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