Last minute form questions

[DandT14 272]

Just doing a review of my forms and I have some last minute detail questions:

For the G325A for my husband (he's the Canadian, I'm the USC):

1.It asks for SSN, which he doesn't have. He has an ITIN for tax purposes. Do I use that or leave blank? (Same question for the I-130)

2. For current wife last name(me, obviously), it says use maiden name. Our marriage certificate shows my previous married name, since I never went back to my maiden name after divorce. Do I still use my maiden name or the name on my marriage certificate?

3. For applicant's residence for last 5 years...he came here on a visit and basically never left. So, he's been physically living with me since he arrived the last time. But we still considered it "visiting" until we decided to get married, because we had planned on him leaving. So, do I use the date he arrived for his visit as when he started living here, or the date we got married?

4. Same question for the I-130 "address at which you last lived together"

Think that's it..for now.

[jdh 103]

Just doing a review of my forms and I have some last minute detail questions:

For the G325A for my husband (he's the Canadian, I'm the USC):

1.It asks for SSN, which he doesn't have. He has an ITIN for tax purposes. Do I use that or leave blank? (Same question for the I-130)

2. For current wife last name(me, obviously), it says use maiden name. Our marriage certificate shows my previous married name, since I never went back to my maiden name after divorce. Do I still use my maiden name or the name on my marriage certificate?

3. For applicant's residence for last 5 years...he came here on a visit and basically never left. So, he's been physically living with me since he arrived the last time. But we still considered it "visiting" until we decided to get married, because we had planned on him leaving. So, do I use the date he arrived for his visit as when he started living here, or the date we got married?

4. Same question for the I-130 "address at which you last lived together"

Think that's it..for now.

I would pure none in the SSN blank...itin is different.

Put your maiden name, it will show on your birth certificate.

His residence was with you for the past five years, so you use that. You can consider it visiting, but since he has been living with you - that has been his residence. Unless he had a home or apartment in Canada that he was maintaining? If he did than I suppose you could consider the date that he sold or stopped paying his lease up there...

The address you last lived together is whatever your current address is...because you are living together.

Good luck.

[DandT14 272]

Thank you!

He lived with his parents in Canada so he had no lease or anything like that. His bedroom is still there though, with everything he left behind. So I'll just put the date he arrived in the country as the date he started living at our address.

One more question, for "place of entry into the US", do we just put the first place in the US that his plane landed, which would be New Jersey?

[jdh 103]

After thinking about that some more, I would actually probably not put his address since his entry but rather since he decided to move...Which was likely a little before you got married?

Until that point his address could still be considered his parents and may look a little better.

Edited April 25, 2012 by jdh

[DandT14 272]

After thinking about that some more, I would actually probably not put his address since his entry but rather since he decided to move...Which was likely a little before you got married?

Until that point his address could still be considered his parents and may look a little better.

Thanks, that was my first guess. But then on the I-130 I have to give dates for "address where we last lived together" and I was putting the date he entered to "present". But I had put the month/year we decided to get married on the address history for the G325A. It seems like I probably should have those two matching, right?

[DandT14 272]

Ok, I'm making myself nuts now...

I swear I read somewhere that if you were submitting the G-325A with the other forms, then you just sign it and don't fill out the rest. Now I can't figure out where I read that. Is that true or did I just completely imagine it?

I feel like I'm getting more blonde by the second!

[Little_My 464]

I have no idea where you would have read something like that, but no - you don't just sign it.. why would you sign a blank form? You fill it out according to the instructions. It needs to be filled out by both US citizen and foreign spouse for the I-130, and foreign spouse for the I-485.

[jdh 103]

I have no idea where you would have read something like that, but no - you don't just sign it.. why would you sign a blank form? You fill it out according to the instructions. It needs to be filled out by both US citizen and foreign spouse for the I-130, and foreign spouse for the I-485.

I actually recall reading something similar in my preliminary research, but I don't believe it applies to common AOS situations...I cannot recall what specific circumstances it was in regards to, but you aren't crazy.

In our situation, just fill it out.

[DandT14 272]

I'M NOT CRAZY!!!

From the I-130 instructions:

D. A completed and signed form G-325A....Except for your name and signature, you do not have to repeat on Form G-325A the information given on your Form I-130 petition.

But it sounds like everyone just fills it out anyway?

[DandT14 272]

Reviewing our forms and have another question (or 5).

On I-765, number 9 it says "social security number (include all numbers you have ever used, if any). He has an ITIN for taxes, no SSN. He's never worked in this country. So do we include the ITIN or leave blank?

[Little_My 464]

ITIN is not an SSN. If the form specifically requests for an SSN number, then leave it blank.

[DandT14 272]

Thank you.

More questions:

1)On G325A, for "date and place of previous marriage" I can't make the date, city, and state all fit in the box. Do you think just the state is ok? Should I hand write in the city? Or do they want country?

2)I'm only asking the next question because my husband doesn't believe me...so please verify I'm right. When the form says (State/Country) I only need to write the state, correct? Not "CA/United States"?

3) For Tax Transcripts...I always file electronically. I can easily print out copies of my returns though. Is that good enough?

4) I-485 "current USCIS status". Do I put anything there? He's Canadian and entered as a visitor. Does he have a status?

5) For the forms that ask what status he entered, does anyone have an opinion on writing "Canadian visitor" vs. just "visitor"?

I'm pretty sure that's the last of my questions!

[DandT14 272]

One more question (sorry, for some reason there's no "edit" option on my previous post)

on I-485, the box for "Social Security number" - I'm trying to write in "none" but it changes it to "000-00-0000". Should I just leave it blank? I thought blanks were bad - but all "0's" doesn't seem right either.

[jdh 103]

Thank you.

More questions:

1)On G325A, for "date and place of previous marriage" I can't make the date, city, and state all fit in the box. Do you think just the state is ok? Should I hand write in the city? Or do they want country?

I would put date, city, country - they seem to more commonly ask for that on the forms than the state. Ie: city and country of birth. And do USA for country so it squeezes in better.

2)I'm only asking the next question because my husband doesn't believe me...so please verify I'm right. When the form says (State/Country) I only need to write the state, correct? Not "CA/United States"?

I believe it is asking for both the state and country.

3) For Tax Transcripts...I always file electronically. I can easily print out copies of my returns though. Is that good enough?

If memory serves, It needs to be actual tax transcripts from IRS, Not forms from an e-file company.

4) I-485 "current USCIS status". Do I put anything there? He's Canadian and entered as a visitor. Does he have a status?

Put Visitor

5) For the forms that ask what status he entered, does anyone have an opinion on writing "Canadian visitor" vs. just "visitor"?

Doesn't matter.

I'm pretty sure that's the last of my questions!

For your other question, i left if blank and then wrote in with pen after I printed it.

[DandT14 272]

Thank you.

One more (maybe):

On I-765 question 15 "current immigration status", NOLO.ORG says put "Adjustment Applicant". But the form says "visitor, student, etc." In our case, that would be visitor.

Any thoughts as to which is better? "Adjustment Applicant" or "visitor"?