what kind of envelope/fasteners/stationary to use ?

[drsrk 0]

I will be filing one step application(concurrent filing) for my wife. (I 130, I 131, I 485, I 693, I 864, I 765 and G-1145 together).

I was wondering what kind of envelope, paper, pins or fasteners to use ?

[Bobby+Umit 161]

I will be filing one step application(concurrent filing) for my wife. (I 130, I 131, I 485, I 693, I 864, I 765 and G-1145 together).

I was wondering what kind of envelope, paper, pins or fasteners to use ?

I used paperclips, standard 8X10 file envelope, enclosed in a USPS priority mail envelope.

Scented stationary, lilac I believe (just kidding). Regular paper

[HeatDeath 430]

I used a large-format flat-rate cardboard mailer from the post office. My packet (about half an inch thick) was wrapped in a normal file folder inside the mailer, and each separate form (with it's accompanying documentation) was clipped together with paper clips. Nothing fancy. The forms and photocopied documents were all printed on normal photocopier/home printer paper.

I wonder what USCIS would do if they got an AOS package with the forms printed on parchment and filled out by hand in exquisite calligraphy?

[Probably reject it outright for being the wrong color of paper. No sense of style at all, I suspect ]

[Nik+Heather 121]

The file will be much thicker than just the papers you send in, and whoever looks at it will rearrange it as they like and flip through it all over the place. I curiously looked at the binding job they had done on ours, and it wasn't "pretty" and the sheets all looked a bit dog eared despite my being careful to leave them nice and flat...

Your primary concern should be legibility and completeness - can all fields be read, etc. DO NOT assume that the forms are properly formatted so that dates and such will be readable when printed.

We used paperclips to make sure that supporting documents stayed with forms, but that was it. (and no paperclips present in the file when they were done with it)

[MacTO 6]

I will be filing one step application(concurrent filing) for my wife. (I 130, I 131, I 485, I 693, I 864, I 765 and G-1145 together).

I was wondering what kind of envelope, paper, pins or fasteners to use ?

First off, I used regular size paper clips that I picked up from Staples (didn't want to pay even a dime for them when I wrote those checks with large amounts) to separate each application, stapled additional papers to each form (when necessary) and used big paper clips to hold them together.

First time when I asked about AOS questions last year, someone mentioned about organizing them very meticulously for his application. Basically, what he did was that he turned them into two big packets under a big bundle: I-485 and I-130, and, of course, those two packets have small separate packets: I-485 packet would include I-765, and I-130 would include I-864. You get the picture. Because I am ####### about documenting, I took his advice literally, and did just that. Oh, some of you may laugh, but I used coloured papers to separate those two packets.

What's interesting, though, is that my initial applications were returned due to the address error I made, and I saw what they did with all the pages of documentation I submitted. Basically, each page of all the forms and the documentation (usually it adds up to 1 to 1 1/2 inch thick, right?) that I enclosed in that envelope was all stamped with some sort of barcodes. Every single page. And the pages and the forms were not in order when they were returned. As if someone looked them and then piled them together enough to be shoved in a return envelope.

So, I was not impressed with how they actually treated mine. But then again, it wasn't that important to them since it had to be re-submitted anyway with a correct address. Just a thought. Cheers.

By the way, in terms of photocopying all the pages before the submission, I found that Staples offered the cheapest deal in my area. (Think about it. The number of pages you end up photocopying hovers around 70-100. It all adds up, doesn't it?) Anyway, they have free paper clips, rubber bands and post-its and staplers for customers if you find them useful.

[drsrk 0]

thank you all