Certified Court Documents

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My fiance has one minor arrest record from 2001. He has a copy of the court record, but it is not court certified--simply a printout from the courts directly, but with no notarized seal. We are applying for Adjustment of Status from a K-1 visa and would like to get his work permit ASAP, but the court says that it will take at least 1 month to give us "certified" documents. My questions are:

1. Will he get an RFE if he sends the copies of the court documents that he has? The I-485 requests "certified" documents, and he has only computer printouts that the court gave him at the time.

2. If he gets an RFE for his 1-485 and lack of "certified" court documents, will this affect his work permit?

Perhaps it would be easier / faster to simply apply for AOS with the current court documents he has, and worry about an RFE later...as long as it doesn't terribly affect his work permit. IDEAS? I'm all ears.

[baron555 934]

My fiance has one minor arrest record from 2001. He has a copy of the court record, but it is not court certified--simply a printout from the courts directly, but with no notarized seal. We are applying for Adjustment of Status from a K-1 visa and would like to get his work permit ASAP, but the court says that it will take at least 1 month to give us "certified" documents. My questions are:

1. Will he get an RFE if he sends the copies of the court documents that he has? The I-485 requests "certified" documents, and he has only computer printouts that the court gave him at the time.

2. If he gets an RFE for his 1-485 and lack of "certified" court documents, will this affect his work permit?

Perhaps it would be easier / faster to simply apply for AOS with the current court documents he has, and worry about an RFE later...as long as it doesn't terribly affect his work permit. IDEAS? I'm all ears.

Yes to the RFE....either wait to file, there is no time limit in which to do it, or wait for the RFE and send in the info them.

Yes it will stop processing of all other applications including the EAD.

[ndu26 114]

the word CERTIFIED means original in USCIS term ( read that somehwre). since you says it is the original printout of the court record, I would suggest why not file with that as long as instructions do not specify NOTARIZED documents...That is what I would do.

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No, they don't specify "notarized" or "sealed"...so I'm not really sure if they'll accept the documents we have. We got them directly from the courthouse a few years ago when my fiance was applying for a US visa. We didn't specify "certified" back then, but we didn't have a problem then either.