Cover Letter for AOS

[Rishi 0]

Does anyone have a sample for the AOS cover letter? I did not see a sample cover letter on VJ unlike other forms. Also since this is an AOS application for a non-US citizen, the cover letter must be signed by the non-US citizen. Correct?

[YuAndDan 153]

How about the 2 sample cover letters in the example forms? All you need to do is use them as a template and reword them to fit your case, it is mostly an itemized list of the packet contents, with the address of the service center at the top of it. Yes it is the non-us citizen who is petitioning to adjust their status, so they need to sign it.

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/Cover_...r_for_I-751.doc

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/Cover_..._for_I-129F.doc

Edited April 16, 2007 by YuAndDan

[Robert and Tanya 0]

I have never heard about Cover Letter till I came to this forum. Several of my friends have been approved already and they hae never wrote any cover letters. I asked them and they said that it's not necessary at all, only for your own records.

[Silke 1]

Here is mine:

Our address

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

US Citizenship and Immigration Services

P.O. Box 805887

Chicago, IL 60680-4120

Date

Nature of the submission: I- 130 Petition for Alien Relative and I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status -- ORIGINAL SUBMISSION

Petitioner:

Beneficiary: A#: SS#:

Dear Sir/Madam:

Enclosed please find all forms and supporting documents for packages I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) and I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status) in the following order. My eligibility to adjust from F1 student status to permanent resident status is based on marriage to a U.S. Citizen.

1. I-130 Package

a. Cover Letter

b. $190 check for Form I-130 payable to the Department of Homeland Security

c. Form I-130: Petition for Alien Relative

d. Copy of the U.S. Citizen’s birth certificate (front and back) and passport

e. Copies of the intending immigrant’s international birth certificate and passports

i. Biographical page of current passport

ii. Biographical page of invalidated passport

f. Certified copy of certified marriage certificate

g. Form G-325A (all four pages) filled out by the U.S. Citizen, signed and dated

h. One passport-type color photo of the U.S. Citizen

i. Form G-325A (all four pages) filled out by the intending immigrant, signed and dated

j. One passport-type color photo of the intending immigrant

k. Three color family photos along with a third party letter of support to establish evidence of an ongoing marital union between the petitioner and the beneficiary

2. I-485 Package

a. Cover Letter

b. $395 check for Form I-485 and biometric services payable to the Department of Homeland Security

c. Form I-485: Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status

d. Copies of the intending immigrant’s passports

i. Biographical page of current passport

ii. Biographical page of invalidated passport

iii. Copy of F1 visa

iv. Copy of entry stamp

v. Copy of I-94 (front and back)

e. Copy of EAD, I-20s and Certificate of Completion issued by City College San Francisco as evidence of the intending immigrant’s F1 Student Status

f. Copy of the intending immigrant’s international birth certificate

g. Certified copy of certified marriage certificate

h. Form G-325A filled out by the intending immigrant, signed and dated

i. Two passport-type color photos of the intending immigrant

j. Form I-693 for intending immigrant seeking adjustment of status & Supplemental Form to I-693 Adjustment of Status Applicant’s Documentation of Immunization (in sealed envelope)

k. Form I-864 Affidavit of Support

i. Copies of Federal individual income tax returns for 2006, 2005 and 2004 along with every Form W-2 and Form 1099 that relates to the submitted returns

ii. Recent Bank Statement

iii. Pay stubs from the last six months

iv. Employer letter

Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and we understand that we may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Thank you.

Sincerely,

(Petitioner) (Beneficiary)

[Yodrak 7]

Rishi,

Cover letter can be signed by anyone or by no one, since a cover letter is not necessary anyway.

Yodrak

..... Also since this is an AOS application for a non-US citizen, the cover letter must be signed by the non-US citizen. Correct?

Edited April 16, 2007 by Yodrak

[athena_ny 1]

Does anyone have a sample for the AOS cover letter? I did not see a sample cover letter on VJ unlike other forms. Also since this is an AOS application for a non-US citizen, the cover letter must be signed by the non-US citizen. Correct?

I doubt it matters who signs it. It's been said that it's probably thrown away when they open the package and review it for the first time. So don't fret over who should sign.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Does anyone have a sample for the AOS cover letter? I did not see a sample cover letter on VJ unlike other forms. Also since this is an AOS application for a non-US citizen, the cover letter must be signed by the non-US citizen. Correct?

A cover letter is required for a Visa application, because a lot of people on here have recently gone through the K-1 process assume a cover letter is required for AOS as well. It's not.

However, a cover letter is a good idea still, if only for your own uses as a checklist as to what goes into your AOS packet.

Rest assured, it doesn't matters who signs it!

Edited April 16, 2007 by Dr_LHA

[florida_guy07 0]

Exactly what Dr_LHA said was our case... I could care less if they throw it away or not... but it was a great guide and check list and thanks to it I realized I was missing a G325A and photos.

[misa 2]

Putting together a cover letter served as a good checklist for me as well and helped me to organise things.

[Yodrak 7]

Dr_LHA,

No cover letter was required for - or provided with - my wife's visa application.

Yodrak

A cover letter is required for a Visa application, .....

[Dr_LHA 3]

Dr_LHA,

No cover letter was required for - or provided with - my wife's visa application.

Yodrak

Bully for you.

[Yodrak 7]

Dr_LHA,

Yes. But not for the other folks who you've misinformed with your post and they don't know any better.

Yodrak

Dr_LHA,

No cover letter was required for - or provided with - my wife's visa application.

Yodrak

A cover letter is required for a Visa application.....

Bully for you.

Edited April 17, 2007 by Yodrak

[Dr_LHA 3]

Yes. But not for the other folks who you've misinformed with your post and they don't know any better.

I'm sure they will live. Its not like this thread was anything to do with filing a visa, anyway. My obviously mistaken information came this the I-129F guide on this site, and from an immigration lawyer who went to some pains to write such a cover letter for me way back in the depths of time.

Perhaps rather than wasting your time posting pithy, pedantic but ultimately pointless comments here, you can work with Ewok on correcting those guides.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

I have never heard about Cover Letter till I came to this forum. Several of my friends have been approved already and they hae never wrote any cover letters. I asked them and they said that it's not necessary at all, only for your own records.

A cover letter is NOT required, but it's a professional courtesy that will give USCIS an itemized list of what has been submitted. In hopes, they can quickly sort through your information faster and smoother. Nothing more... Nothing less...

Cheers!!!

Sheriff Uling

[florida_guy07 0]

Dr_LHA,

Yes. But not for the other folks who you've misinformed with your post and they don't know any better.

Yodrak

Relax !!... it is not THAT big of a deal. If he had said they have to send a pound of cocaine with their AOS application then that would be a problem, but a cover letter is not that serious...