check list for AOS interview

[zchris 0]

mine will be held on April, here is my check list. please feel free to add wutever you necessary.

1. all the docs that i have received from USCIS

2. my EADs and passport

3. birth certificates for both

4. marriage certificate

for supporting docs:

1. lease for landlord (he got one from stable (i paid for it) and have both names on)

2. life insurance which my wife is benificinary

3. share verizon phone bill

4. x-mas cards from friends

5. tax returns (2004, 2005) and w-2s

6. joint auto insurance

7. employment letters and two months pay checks and pay stubs.

8. photos (not many, maybe just one album)

9. we both have our own healthcare through our companies. so we didn't bother to add each other on.

10. now we don't have joint bank account, we used to have one, but since the branch moved far from where we live, we closed it about half year ago. will that be too late to open another joint bank account?

there is one problem concerns me alot, we don't have that many pics. since we both tight with works, my wife(USC) work most time during the Sats. and sundays we just go to her mom's house to visit. will that be a problem during the interview? for the wedding, we don't have big one, since my parents couldn't make the trip (visa problems).

any suggestions?

[motu 6]

Don't worry about pictures too much. Our interviewer didn't even open the envelope containing pictures. We took 10 of them with us. Also, do take her insurance (and any visa credit/debit) cards to show you live together (same address) or if nothing else to establish that you are being 'normal'. Also, I had 3 years tax returns (attached to my I864) and I took a copy of my AOS packet as weel as K1 with me. He also looked at my passport to see the dates I visited her (so I suggest you take both your passports just in case.) Good luck

[zchris 0]

thanks motu

i think she does have credit card paper work which shows the same address.

initially i came as f-1, finished my degrees, then i met my wife and got married in States.

oh, i almost forgot, i also need to bring my colleges degress with me right?

Edited February 28, 2006 by zchris

[motu 6]

Naah - not your college degrees or Tennis Trophies - just Passport. But if you have any Olypics medals bring them!

[Autumnal 25]

Very useful thread.

Other things that have been mentioned in the past that might be useful for you:

1. Bills with your address together.

2. Memberships in clubs.

3. AAA membership.

4. Any "joint" or "family" memberships, like at a gym.

5. Magazines with joint name/subscription. (Something to read in the waiting room, at least!)

6. Medical forms/release waivers

7. Accident reports (again, if both names are on...)

8. Official documentation with your address

9. Copies of your original AOS package.