question about I-864 affidvit of support

[tenderheartusa79 14]

Hi everyone

We are trying to get everthing ready to file for AOS .so we have a question for you .Do we have to notorize the I-864 affidvit of support from my wife's work or from her bank ?

BTW do we have to file for SSN first or we can go and file for AOS before we even file for SSN ?

Thank you so much .

[aishahossam 1]

hey and congrats to u again! way to go! and no u dont have to have the affidavit of support notorized,, as for the ssn i dont think u can file for it till after your aos because u need to be at leave a perment resident to obtain it but not sure on this one,, hope i helped some

hey and congrats to u again! way to go! and no u dont have to have the affidavit of support notorized,, as for the ssn i dont think u can file for it till after your aos because u need to be at leave a perment resident to obtain it but not sure on this one,, hope i helped some

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Nothing has to be notarized. For the SSN, just put NONE in the blank if you don't have one. It's not required for filing.

You are, as a K1, eligible to go get a SSN from now until about 2 weeks before the I-94 expires.

[inGODShands 0]

It does not have to be notarized, but I had mine notarized just in case. As for the SSN, my husband applied for his after he received his green card, but a lot of people go & apply before doing the whole AOS thing. We were afraid to do that because we had read about it & we were afraid of hurting our AOS process, so we just waited.

Ah, one thing I will STRONGLY recommend.... when you finally do go & apply for your SSN, DO NOT give them your birth certificate!!!! My husband did that & it was the worst thing we could've done! It took a little OVER 3 MONTHS to receive his SSN because his birth certificate slowed down the process TREMENDOUSLY due to the fact that it was written in Arabic. We had the document translated by a professional in Egypt, but they refused to take our translation & said that all translations needed to be done through their department. Well, had it been in Spanish or a language which is more commonly used here in the states, well then, yeah... it wouldn't have taken sooooooooo long. I don't even remember how many times we went back to the SS office to get status updates & to file a complaint. EVENTUALLY (after 3 LOOONG MONTHS), my husband received his card in the mail thank God. The process should have only taken 2 WEEKS, but since we took in his birth certificate & presented it to the SS officer, they had to process it with THEIR TRANSLATION. The woman who processed our application told us after almost 3 months, that it would've been processed immediately if he had ONLY shown her his passport & said that he didn't have his birth certificate. STUPID right, I know! However, that's what happened to us so just be careful with that. Oh & don't worry....... the AOS journey is sooooooooo easy compared to the K-1 journey. I'm so glad that your long journey is over, Mohamed. I wish you all the happiness in the world in your marriage. Once again, congratulations, my friend. God bless!

Edited June 30, 2010 by inGODShands