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URGENT help on i-485: Divorce Decree?

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hi folks, this might sound dumb but I already know if the applicant has been divorced, he/she needs to include divorce decree with i-485...However, if the US citizen spouse has been divorced, not the alien applicant, do I still include a copy of divorce decree with i-485? Nowhere on the instructions can I find any wording on this so not sure.. could someone confirm? thanks!

Lemme clarify.. the situation is: US citizen has been divorced once... Alien applicant has never been divorced... do I include divorce paper in i-485?

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07/31/2013 - AOS packet sent via UPS (I-130, I-485, I-131, I-765)
08/02/2013 - Delivered to USCIS Chicago
08/06/2013 - Received USCIS Acceptance Confirmation emails and texts.
08/07/2013 - Check cashed
08/09/2013 - Received all i-797C's by mail
08/19/2013 - NOA for Biometrics appointment. Date set for 09/06/2013

08/20/2013 - Successful walk-in Biometrics
08/28/2013 - NOA2 for Biometrics appointment AGAIN. Date set for 09/12/2013
08/29/2013 - Succesful walk-in Biometrics
09/04/2013 - I-485 status online changed to "testing & interview"
09/13/2013 - I-485 status showing the interview date.
09/14/2013 - Received NOA about the interview appointment on 10/15/2013
10/07/2013 - Received Combo card with fingerprint on it
10/15/2013 - interview day. approved on the spot.
10/16/2013 - I-485 status changed to card production
10/17/2013 - I-485 status changed to decision: registered as a permanent resident
10/17/2013 - I-130 approved

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Harpa Timsah   13,258

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Yes both divorce decrees (and any others if multiple marriages). The citizen's decree is probably asked for with the I-130 (which establishes their ability to petition a relative).

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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meowyyt   2

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@Harpa Timsah, Thanks for the quick response. Yes, the citizen's divorce paper is included in i-130 already. So, you are saying I should include another copy in i-485? anywhere else? i-765? i-131?

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07/31/2013 - AOS packet sent via UPS (I-130, I-485, I-131, I-765)
08/02/2013 - Delivered to USCIS Chicago
08/06/2013 - Received USCIS Acceptance Confirmation emails and texts.
08/07/2013 - Check cashed
08/09/2013 - Received all i-797C's by mail
08/19/2013 - NOA for Biometrics appointment. Date set for 09/06/2013

08/20/2013 - Successful walk-in Biometrics
08/28/2013 - NOA2 for Biometrics appointment AGAIN. Date set for 09/12/2013
08/29/2013 - Succesful walk-in Biometrics
09/04/2013 - I-485 status online changed to "testing & interview"
09/13/2013 - I-485 status showing the interview date.
09/14/2013 - Received NOA about the interview appointment on 10/15/2013
10/07/2013 - Received Combo card with fingerprint on it
10/15/2013 - interview day. approved on the spot.
10/16/2013 - I-485 status changed to card production
10/17/2013 - I-485 status changed to decision: registered as a permanent resident
10/17/2013 - I-130 approved

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Harpa Timsah   13,258

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No, I just meant that the decree must be in the package someplace. The I-130 asks for it so it goes with the I-130.

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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meowyyt   2

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@Harpa Timsah thanks again. my apologies for being paranoid or nitpicking or annoying...but, a lot of docs have to go in more than one place in this i-130, 485, 765, 131 bundle filing, such as birth certificates.... that being said, should i include US sponsor's divorce decree.. I think I am gonna include another copy... now that i started thinking over this, i don't think i can go to sleep without including another copy :(

07/31/2013 - AOS packet sent via UPS (I-130, I-485, I-131, I-765)
08/02/2013 - Delivered to USCIS Chicago
08/06/2013 - Received USCIS Acceptance Confirmation emails and texts.
08/07/2013 - Check cashed
08/09/2013 - Received all i-797C's by mail
08/19/2013 - NOA for Biometrics appointment. Date set for 09/06/2013

08/20/2013 - Successful walk-in Biometrics
08/28/2013 - NOA2 for Biometrics appointment AGAIN. Date set for 09/12/2013
08/29/2013 - Succesful walk-in Biometrics
09/04/2013 - I-485 status online changed to "testing & interview"
09/13/2013 - I-485 status showing the interview date.
09/14/2013 - Received NOA about the interview appointment on 10/15/2013
10/07/2013 - Received Combo card with fingerprint on it
10/15/2013 - interview day. approved on the spot.
10/16/2013 - I-485 status changed to card production
10/17/2013 - I-485 status changed to decision: registered as a permanent resident
10/17/2013 - I-130 approved

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Harpa Timsah Grand Master

Harpa Timsah   13,258

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Nope. You can disagree if you want, but you don't need to needlessly double up on things. You need to provide everything each application asks for. Each application needs photos, for instance, but not every one needs a birth certificate, so that assertion is just plain wrong.

I have gone through this process with no RFEs; you can do what you like, though.

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

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