ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS QUESTION

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I GOT MARRIED TO MY LOVELY WIFE ON THE 10 OF JULY IN AMERICA AND IM FILING THIS DOCUMENTS....FORMS I484,G325A,I864,I130,I765,I693(MEDICAL, DONE ALREADY WITH ME),AND G1145 RESPECTIVELY. ALL FORMS ARE READY AND PRINTED.HOWEVER, I HAVE PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA.VIS

QUESTION 1.... I HOPE THIS ARE ALL THE FORMS NEEDED AND IM NOT MAKING ANY MISTAKE?
QUESTION 2.... ON I485.. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS PART 2 PAGE 1,SHOULD I TICK B,"MY SPOUSE OR PARENTS APPLIED FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.... "OR SHOULD I TICK H,OTHER BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY.... AND TYPE "CONCURRENTLY FILED WITH IMMEDIATE RELATIVE I130"?

[aleful 1,905]

Hi

A, you will file the adjustment of status based on an approvable i130.

how did you enter the country? and are you adjusting status based on marriage?

[Pickle 65]

Q1: If you are adjusting status from a student, work, or visitor's visa (the forum you are posting in), then yes it seems like you have all the forms (except where you says I-484 should be 485). If you want to apply for advanced parole (travel document before AOS approval), then you can also add the I-131 form.

Q2: It depends. Are you adjusting from one of the visas I stated above and is your spouse a US citizen? If so, then you will check option A (as aleful also said above). It reads: Attach a copy of the approval notice, or a relative , special immigrant juvenile, or special immigrant military petition filed with this application that will give you an immediately available visa number, if approved.

Edited October 9, 2014 by Pickle

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I CAME IN WITH B1 VISA, VISITOR VISA, AND MY WIFE IS A CITIZEN AND I HAVE HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH ME.

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QUESTION 2.... ON I485.. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS PART 2 PAGE 1,SHOULD I TICK B,"MY SPOUSE OR PARENTS APPLIED FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.... "OR SHOULD I TICK H,OTHER BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY.... AND TYPE "CONCURRENTLY FILED WITH IMMEDIATE RELATIVE I130"?

[Pickle 65]

I CAME IN WITH B1 VISA, VISITOR VISA, AND MY WIFE IS A CITIZEN AND I HAVE HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH ME.

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QUESTION 2.... ON I485.. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS PART 2 PAGE 1,SHOULD I TICK B,"MY SPOUSE OR PARENTS APPLIED FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.... "OR SHOULD I TICK H,OTHER BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY.... AND TYPE "CONCURRENTLY FILED WITH IMMEDIATE RELATIVE I130"?

You will check option A. It reads: Attach a copy of the approval notice, or a relative , special immigrant juvenile, or special immigrant military petition filed with this application that will give you an immediately available visa number, if approved.

Since you are filing concurrently, that is the "petition filed with this application" (I-130). Option B does not apply, because your spouse is a US citizen and is not filing adjustment of status. The reason you are giving for H (concurrently filed with immediate relative I-130) is exactly what Option A says.

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You will check option A. It reads: Attach a copy of the approval notice, or a relative , special immigrant juvenile, or special immigrant military petition filed with this application that will give you an immediately available visa number, if approved.

Since you are filing concurrently, that is the "petition filed with this application" (I-130). Option B does not apply, because your spouse is a US citizen and is not filing adjustment of status. The reason you are giving for H (concurrently filed with immediate relative I-130) is exactly what Option A says.

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE

[Pickle 65]

You're welcome! Since it looks like you are going to be an October filer, you can also check out this thread that was created for October 2014 filers adjusting from Student/Work/Visitor's visas: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/516949-october-2014-filers/

Good luck!

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THANKS. I WOULD.

MY DOCUMENTS ARE READY,I INTEND SUBMITTING THIS WEEKEND BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO ARRANGE MY COVER LETTER, MY FORMS AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT I WE HAVE...

MY DOCUMENTS ARE READY,I INTEND SUBMITTING THIS WEEKEND BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO ARRANGE MY COVER LETTER, MY FORMS AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS...

[Pickle 65]

You basically will have two separate packages, one for the I-130 and documents, and one for the I-485 and documents. Now the I-485 packet will also contain the I-765 and if you still wanted to file I-131 you can include that too. I put each one in a separate folder and marked on each folder what form it included (I-485 or I-130) with both my name and the petitioner's name on each, and my alien registration number (which you will not have at this point since you are a visitor). Then both the petition and application will of course be sent off in the same envelope!

There are a lot of examples on VJ of cover letters. Mine looked partly something like this:

To whom it may concern,

Please find here enclosed my concurrently filed petition and application to adjust status from an F-1 Visa based on marriage to a US-citizen.

Included in this pack is:

1. I-130 Petition for Alien Relative

• G-325A – Biographic information for Petitioner
• G-325A – Biographic information for Alien Relative
• Filing Fee ($420)

1. I-485 Application to Adjust Status

• G-325A – Biographic Information for Alien Relative
• I-864 – Affidavit of Support
• I-693 – Medical Examination
• I-765 – Application for Employment Authorization
• I-131 – Application for Travel Document
• Filing Fee ($1,070)

Then with each packet (A and B) I included a checklist of what each packet contains exactly in the order that I filed it. I basically did it in the order on this VJ guide: http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

I paper clipped the checks on the front of the respective application/petition.

I put the passport sized pictures into little ziploc bags and attached it to the respective documents also with a paper clip.

I hope that helps!

Edit: some people put the detailed description of documents they included on the cover letter. But that will probably be two or more pages, so not quite a cover letter anymore, which is why I decided to keep the cover letter as minimalistic as possible and make a detailed checklist for each packet.

Edited October 10, 2014 by Pickle

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I WANT TO SUBMIT TOMORROW. I JUST WANT TO CROSSCHECK THIS QUESTION I POSTED VIS

.... I AM A B1 VISITOR,(JUST EXPIRED) AND WE GOT MARRIED ON THE 10TH OF JULY IN AMERICA AND I AM FILING THIS DOCUMENTS....FORMS I484,G325A,I864,I130,I765,I693(MEDICAL, DONE ALREADY WITH ME),AND G1145 RESPECTIVELY. ALL FORMS ARE READY AND PRINTED.

MY WIFE HAS A KID MAKING MY HOUSEHOLD 3 FOR IM NOT FILING FOR MY 2 KIDS NOW. MY WIFE'S TAX RETURNS FOR 2013 IS $4,000, BUT MY JOINT SPONSORS TAX RETURN FOR 2013 WAS $41,000.MY JOINT SPONSOR IS NOT MARRIED BUT HE HAS 2 KIDS(BUT THE KIDS ARE ADULTS ABOVE 17,NOT COLLECTING CHILD TAX BUT ARE DEPENDENTS RELATIONS OF HIS)

WE HAVE NOW, 3 YEARS TAX RETURNS OF MY WIFE AND 3 YEARS TAX RETURNS OF MY SPONSOR TO INCLUDE 6 MONTHS OF HIS RECENT PAY-STUB E.T.C

IN MY WIFE'S (PETITIONERS) FORM I864,
PT 5, NO 1= NUMBER ENTERED FRM LINE 7 PT 3 WE MARKED 1, NO 2=YOURSELF IS 1, NO3= IS 0, NO4= DEPENDENT IS 1 AND ADDING TOGETHER LINE 1 TO 7 IS 3.

IN MY JOINT SPONSORS FORM I864,
PT 5, NO 1= NUMBER ENTERED FRM LINE 7 PT 3 HE MARKED 1, NO 2=YOURSELF IS 1, NO3= IS 0, NO4= DEPENDENT IS 2 AND ADDING TOGETHER LINE 1 TO 7 IS 4.

QUESTION 1..PLEASE HELP ME, IS MY FILLING/COMPUTATION RIGHT OR WRONG?ESPECIALLY THE JOINT SPONSOR, IM CONFUSED.

[Pickle 65]

I hope someone else would answer this, as I am not 100% sure. I did not have a joint sponsor so I never really looked into this. I tried to figure out if your two children need to be mentioned, but it looks like if they were not claimed as dependents on your wife's tax returns, then I don't see a category where they can be mentioned. So to me it looks like you were correct. I hope someone with more knowledge of this can confirm.

If your joint sponsor is not married and only has the two kids as dependents, than my understanding is that your numbers are correct. Again, it will be helpful if someone with more knowledge can confirm this.

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thanks

i hope some one would reply

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i want to buy the two money orders nw....My forms are..FORM I485,I130,I864,I765,G325A X2,MY MEDICALS ENCLOSEDI693,AND G1145.

I'm not filling form 131.

If i buy money order of $1070 for i130, how much is the second one??

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The $1070 is for I-485. The fee for I-130 is $420.

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THANKS