Doesn't "optional" mean "optional"?

[lostpup 0]

Hello VJers,

My new wife and I have been fortunate in this process so far. Other then long wait times, everything has worked like clockwork until now...

We received one of the dreaded yelllow Requests for Initial Evidence in the mail yesterday re: the I-864 Affidavit of Support portion of our I-485. Specifically, they wanted us to complete page 5 of the Affidavit which is the "Optional" page that asks us to list the sponsor's (and immigrant's) assets.

Generally in this process we've been pretty ####### with providing USCIS with more than enough information, but this time, since my income greatly exceeds the poverty line, we left the Optional page blank. Now I wish we wouldn't have.

We still have the backup and proof of assets I gathered for the I134 during our Fiance Visa process. Is it okay to reuse them as proof of banking assets, etc, even though the letters are dated about 5 or 6 months earlier? Or would you suggest sending off for all new documentation and proof?

Would love the opinions of anyone who's been in this situation. Many thanks in advance for any advice.

Best,

Lost Pup

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

Optional means anything the USCIS wants it to mean

They make it up as they go along, no matter how illogical it may seem....

As for the letters dated a few months back, I would err on the side of caution and redo them....

[malego77 2]

I think that it's better if you do that they want. Anyway if you don't do that, it will affect only to you.