COMPLETE K-1 AOS HELP

[Jen&defs 0]

Hello everyone, all of you guys helped my fiancee now wife get here with no problems at all so thanks before I ask for your help again. Ok, so now we are happily married and are ready to file the k-1 AOS forms but after reading all the material on the guides here and USCIS etc., I still like a little nudge as to how to process correctly because I'm still foggy. Here we go...i assume there are about 6 forms to complete and submit along with my check. civil surgeon stuff we have completed but many people say we have to prove that we are a married couple now so that means photos, joint accounts, proof of address, bills with her now married name, insurance etc. i.e. a paper trail showing we are indeed husband and wife. my state of PA will not give my wife a state ID or my city will give her a bank account, drivers license, or even put her on my account until she has her AOS The DMV under the laws of DEPT of Homeland Security will not allow it until she has a green card or the AOS. She has her SSN but it is under her maiden name this is a minor thing to change with the marriage cert. She can't get but so much proof with just her passport/visa it is not honored as ID for many things in my city for a bank account, drivers license and some other stuff . We'll use what little we have. to file.Now on the the forms G-325A.... do she and I complete one again or just her. When she fills it out is it correct to put her now MARRIED name in the first spaces or her MAIDEN name with me as her now husband. Which box at the bottom do we tick NATURALIZATION, STATUS AS PERMANENT RESIDENT, OR OTHER (SPECIFIED AS ___). I'll save my next questions till you kind VJers reply thanks and LUV U ALL!!!

[Moomin 292]

You don't have to send proof of a genuine marriage with the AOS - if you get an interview, you show it there. You do have to submit an affidavit of support(i-864 and supporting evidence) and the certified marriage license. That's about what you, as the USC, have to do.

All the other things are forms(and supporting evidence) your wife will have to fill out, or you helping her with. That means it's her who needs to fill out the G325A. If she is aiming for using her married name from now on, then all forms(and signature) should be in her married name. In "other names used" she puts her maiden name.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

There's an AOS thread in my signature with the required document list.

Proof of relationship isn't sent with AOS. You will take it to interview (if you have one - not all K1's do).

You tick "status as permanent resident".

She completes the forms. You only complete the I-864 and supporting documents for that.

She uses her married name (if she's choosing to change her name) on the form and puts her maiden name anywhere it says "name on I-94" or "other names used" or "maiden name".

[pumpkinseed 10]

There's a good example form here on VJ, check it out: http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-G-325A-aos.pdf

AOS does look confusing in the beginning, but read all instructions, and the guides here, make lists and quadruple-check everything.

There are some guides from VJ members, too. I personally found Vanessa&Tony's guide incredibly helpful. Here's a link to it: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/