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Visa Journey I-485 Adjustment of Status (AOS) Tips indicates that both birth and divorce certificates are required for the I-485 submission. Can anyone tell me where the divorce certificates go in the package as I do not see anywhere that they are required. Feeling a little confused. I want to submit my package but don't want to send it if I need to include divorce certificates. Please help.

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Visa Journey I-485 Adjustment of Status (AOS) Tips indicates that both birth and divorce certificates are required for the I-485 submission. Can anyone tell me where the divorce certificates go in the package as I do not see anywhere that they are required. Feeling a little confused. I want to submit my package but don't want to send it if I need to include divorce certificates. Please help.

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I would probably call USCIS first. I would assume you submitted them all with the I-129f right? It would seem very redundant if they needed them again since the basis for this new petition was from that approval. I would think they would still be part of your file.

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I know that I was asked by the IO at the AOS interview to provide the original divorce decrees for comparison with the copies that I had sent in my original I-129F petition. I was glad that I brought all of my original documents to avoid a RFE at the AOS interview.

YMMV.

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Maybe I should have had my fiancé purchase a few additional birth certificates. He is only bringing one over because he had already submitted an original at the interview.

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KayDeeCee   4,893

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Divorce decrees are not required for the I-485, and that is why the instructions do not ask for them. You just need to include a copy of the marriage certificate from your current marriage.

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

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I'm my husband's 2nd wife and even though we sent a divorce decree with our k1 visa package and were already married for the AOS (obviously), we got an rfe requesting another copy of my husband's divorce decree :ranting:

I'm about to send my citizenship package and after 3 years and half of marriage and a son together, they are requesting (AGAIN) my husband's divorce decree <_<

Thank God we requested several copies to the courthouse.

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This is good to know. I am the USC and was previously married. So I would need to send with my Fiance's AOS (after we are married) and Citizenship App (after appropriate amount of time) additional certified copies of my Divorce Decree?

I'm my husband's 2nd wife and even though we sent a divorce decree with our k1 visa package and were already married for the AOS (obviously), we got an rfe requesting another copy of my husband's divorce decree :ranting:

I'm about to send my citizenship package and after 3 years and half of marriage and a son together, they are requesting (AGAIN) my husband's divorce decree <_<

Thank God we requested several copies to the courthouse.

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Include it to avoid a potential RFE.

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Interesting how some people are asked for it, and some are not. The I-485 does not require it. Perhaps some people's divorce decrees did not make it from the I-129F submission to consulate and back to the USCIS A file after POE. Things get misplaced all the time throughout the immigration process. I personally was never asked for my previous divorce decree again, beyond the I-129F petition.

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

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Visa Journey I-485 Adjustment of Status (AOS) Tips indicates that both birth and divorce certificates are required for the I-485 submission. Can anyone tell me where the divorce certificates go in the package as I do not see anywhere that they are required. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but divorce papers are not required for AOS application. As they were already submitted during K1 application and they already have them on file. However during the AOS interview, there's no harm bringing some copies.

Feeling a little confused. I want to submit my package but don't want to send it if I need to include divorce certificates. Please help.

Here's a link below for Adjustment of Status for K1

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1k3aos

And here's a link for a "Guide" on doing some cover letters, filling up the forms etc

http://www.k1-visa.net

Rob&Ann page is very helpful. It helped me a lot during my K1 visa processing as well as my AOS

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YES YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT DIVORCE DOCUMENTS! Read the bottom of page 10 under number 6.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwjym4CU5rTVAhXD7IMKHX0XCUYQFgg0MAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uscis.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2Fform%2Fi-485instr.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEwKmlLskgWxB0bbSAWvpOfrles-A

On 12/29/2015 at 7:29 PM, tsabbas said:

I would probably call USCIS first. I would assume you submitted them all with the I-129f right? It would seem very redundant if they needed them again since the basis for this new petition was from that approval. I would think they would still be part of your file.

YES YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT DIVORCE DOCUMENTS! Read the bottom of page 10 under number 6.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwjym4CU5rTVAhXD7IMKHX0XCUYQFgg0MAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uscis.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2Fform%2Fi-485instr.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEwKmlLskgWxB0bbSAWvpOfrles-A

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katiedenis   0

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15 minutes ago, DKOliver said:

YES YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT DIVORCE DOCUMENTS! Read the bottom of page 10 under number 6.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwjym4CU5rTVAhXD7IMKHX0XCUYQFgg0MAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uscis.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2Fform%2Fi-485instr.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEwKmlLskgWxB0bbSAWvpOfrles-A

YES YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT DIVORCE DOCUMENTS! Read the bottom of page 10 under number 6.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwjym4CU5rTVAhXD7IMKHX0XCUYQFgg0MAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uscis.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2Fform%2Fi-485instr.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEwKmlLskgWxB0bbSAWvpOfrles-A

Thank you.  I sent in everything I had even divorce certificates and received my green card in March 2016.  

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