I-131 with AOS packet.

[LuvMyPortuGAL 1]

Hi,

Our process is pretty straight forward but I want to double check that we have the right supporting documents for our 131. Looking around I see too many different suggestions. Some seem unnecessary (such as marriage license). The instructions aren't super clear.

What I have so far is:

Form I-131 itself

TWO passport photos

Copy of personal info page of passort

copy of K! visa found in passport

copy of both sides of the I-94 that was found stapled in the passport

Do I really need any more when co-filing with AOS? I know USCIS doesn't need or like bloat.

Thanks!!

PF

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Try this thread: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=235331 it tells you what is REQUIRED and what is simply your choice.

A lot of people say that the packet's get separated (the AP, AOS and EAD) so it's best to make them look good to "stand alone".

[HeatDeath 430]

I figured out what to send by just reading carefully through the I-131 instructions, treating them like a checklist. I agree that the instructions here were a little vague. This is what i ended up sending, and I got approved. I can't remember if there were items listed in the I-131 instructions that didn't apply to my case, so double check your instructions (and the form itself, sometimes they sneak an "attach X" into the form itself.

This is what I sent:

The I-131 form itself.

The attachment stating what the reasons for the intended trips are, following the example here.

An official Photo Identity Document: biographic page of Canadian passport

Documents issued by USCIS showing present status in United States, to wit:

A photocopy of page of Canadian passport showing stamps from previous entries to the United States.

A copy of passport page with K-1 nonimmigrant visa

A copy of my I-94

Two passport photos, with name and A# on the back, per the I-131 instructions.

It worked for me.

Edited January 11, 2010 by HeatDeath

[LuvMyPortuGAL 1]

Try this thread: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=235331 it tells you what is REQUIRED and what is simply your choice.

A lot of people say that the packet's get separated (the AP, AOS and EAD) so it's best to make them look good to "stand alone".

I read the thread. VERY helpful. However in the G325a section it mentions resicence and employment attachments. Anyone know what that is all about. Can't find much in my quick searches.

P

[HeatDeath 430]

I read the thread. VERY helpful. However in the G325a section it mentions resicence and employment attachments. Anyone know what that is all about. Can't find much in my quick searches.

P

An attachment is simply a separate piece of paper that duplicates the structure of a table on the form, providing more room than the form does. For example, if you've lived in more places than the form provides lines, you would duplicate the table on an attachment, providing more space to fill in all of the places you've lived. I didn't need an attachment for residences, as I've only lived in a couple of places and all of them fit on the form. But I have worked a large number of jobs in the last decade, so I did an attachment for employment. The header and first couple of lines looked like this:

Attachment: Form G-325A, Q: Applicant’s employment last five years:

Name: LASTNAME, FirstName MiddleName

Applicant’s employment last five years. (If none, so state.) List present employment first.

Full name and address of employer Occupation (Specify) Month Year (From) Month Year (To)

By recreating the table from the form as a separate sheet you now have a lot more space to list all of the necessary information for each field, and you can add as many lines as you need. You then attach this sheet (hence the name "attachment") to the back of the form, writing "See attachment" in the table on the form itself. This way the adjudicator can easily find the sheet when s/he's looking at the form.

You should sign the bottom of the attachment sheet in ink. It becomes, literally, a part of the form that it's attached to.

In my AOS packet I included 4 copies of my G-325A (to match the older version of the form) and each copy had an attachment sheet like this stapled to it's back.