BarbaraLamb
Registered Users (C)
Hi Blessed 123,
1. You don't yet have an Alien #, it'll be assigned to you later as part of your AOS processing and you will find it in your Notice of Action (Receipt for I-485) when you get it. So, first things first. Right now you don't have it and in form G325 you need to write "none".
2. If you have an Affidavit of Support (I-134) you may as well send it in with your package, but some people prefer to wait until the interview. I sent mine in with the package.
3. Correct, a sponsor needs to be a US Citizen or a LPR. The Affidavit is only required if you have no other means of showing you can support yourself. This way you're covered and they cannot use an excuse to deny your case based on you becoming public charge. BUT, you can show in other ways that you can support yourself. For instance, if you are on F-1 presumably you can continue your studies once you get your GC. I don't know how you're supporting yourself now, but you can continue in the same way. Show bank statements etc. Or, you can find someone who can give you a letter offering you employment.
I used all three: bank statements, offer of employment and Affidavit. They didn't really look at any of them. They assumed that since I was already in the US on a valid "working" visa (R-1) I was continuing in the same activity.
Hope this helps
Barbara
1. You don't yet have an Alien #, it'll be assigned to you later as part of your AOS processing and you will find it in your Notice of Action (Receipt for I-485) when you get it. So, first things first. Right now you don't have it and in form G325 you need to write "none".
2. If you have an Affidavit of Support (I-134) you may as well send it in with your package, but some people prefer to wait until the interview. I sent mine in with the package.
3. Correct, a sponsor needs to be a US Citizen or a LPR. The Affidavit is only required if you have no other means of showing you can support yourself. This way you're covered and they cannot use an excuse to deny your case based on you becoming public charge. BUT, you can show in other ways that you can support yourself. For instance, if you are on F-1 presumably you can continue your studies once you get your GC. I don't know how you're supporting yourself now, but you can continue in the same way. Show bank statements etc. Or, you can find someone who can give you a letter offering you employment.
I used all three: bank statements, offer of employment and Affidavit. They didn't really look at any of them. They assumed that since I was already in the US on a valid "working" visa (R-1) I was continuing in the same activity.
Hope this helps
Barbara