Adjust Status For Wife

[LnS 1]

I've read the guides for adjusting status and I'm just wanting to confirm the process for adjusting status for my wife who came here on a tourist visa. Would I need to file both the I-130 and the I-485? And I'd need to pay $1070p plus $420?

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

*** Moving from AOS from Family visa to AOS from Tourist Visa ***

[Hypnos 6,577]

Follow the guide: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=i130guide2

And yes, those fees are correct at the current time.

[LnS 1]

Follow the guide: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=i130guide2

And yes, those fees are correct at the current time.

Ok thanks for the confirmation

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

I've read the guides for adjusting status and I'm just wanting to confirm the process for adjusting status for my wife who came here on a tourist visa. Would I need to file both the I-130 and the I-485? And I'd need to pay $1070p plus $420?

The following forms are needed:

I-130 (Petition for an alien relative),

I-485 (AoS),

I-864 (Affidavit of Support),

2 x G-325a (biographic info for both of you),

I-693 (the medical),

I-765 (work permit—EAD), and

I-131 (Advance Parole—AP).

The latter two are optional but FREE when submitted concurrently with the other forms what you want to do anyway, so absolutely file them!

Also needed is a check for $1,490. Personal check is okay and preferred as it allows you to trace when it was "cashed."

After about 10 to 12 weeks your wife will receive a plastic card which now is a combination of work permit (EAD) and Advance Parole (AP). At about the 3 to 5 months mark, you two will have the interview. Thereafter she will receive her "conditional," 2-year Green Card.

[akihon 129]

The following forms are needed:

I-130 (Petition for an alien relative),

I-485 (AoS),

I-864 (Affidavit of Support),

2 x G-325a (biographic info for both of you),

I-693 (the medical),

I-765 (work permit—EAD), and

I-131 (Advance Parole—AP).

The latter two are optional but FREE when submitted concurrently with the other forms what you want to do anyway, so absolutely file them!

Also needed is a check for $1,490. Personal check is okay and preferred as it allows you to trace when it was "cashed."

After about 10 to 12 weeks your wife will receive a plastic card which now is a combination of work permit (EAD) and Advance Parole (AP). At about the 3 to 5 months mark, you two will have the interview. Thereafter she will receive her "conditional," 2-year Green Card.

do NOT write one check. write TWO checks with the appropriate amounts for each packet (I-130 and I-485 with associated forms 765, 131 and 693).

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

One check is okay too.

[akihon 129]

One check is okay too.

I saw some cases where writing one check caused issues. Personally I would always just send two checks, since I'm sending two packets.