I-485 Questions (K1 Visa AOS)

[soprano82 5]

My wife and I got married exactly 1 month ago today, after she entered the US on a K1 visa. We are currently completing the paperwork necessary to adjust her status to permanent resident, but we have run into a few things on the I-485 form that we are not understanding.

 

1. In the section regarding "Information About Your Immigrant Category" the Receipt Number of the Underlying Petition is asked for, as well as the priority date from the underlying petition (if you are the principal applicant, which in this case my wife is the one applying, so it is her). We are not sure what this is referring to. Is it the i-129f receipt number? What is meant by the priority date?

 

2. There is another question later in the form that asks if you have ever been involved with any organization in the US. My wife and I met when we were mutually part of a musical organization that toured the US during the summers of 2009 and 2010. The organization is US based. I think that probably qualifies as a yes to the question, but I just want to be sure that I am understanding that question correctly.

 

3. For the employment history section,  are gaps in employment permissible in the 5 year period when completing that section? I remember the G-325 did not allow gaps to exist; that is to say that you had to note periods where you were unemployed. I can't find anything on the instructions for the form that discusses that. Currently we have all the jobs she has worked in the last 5 years on the form, but we have no included unemployed gaps.

 

4. When it comes to paying the fee, do they expect a single check for the sum of the filing fee and the biometrics fee ($1225) or 2 separate checks for ($1140 and $85 respectively)

 

Thanks for the input as always. Very happy to be part of this community.

[TNJ17 1,329]

Receipt number is USCIS number. There’s no priority date for k1, you can just use your noa date. 

 

I don’t think that’s the kind of organization they are referring to. 

 

I would write down the same thing you did for the g325.

 

Some people on this site have said they have written separate checks and some just one check. I think it’s your choice on that.

[soprano82 5]

What is the USCIS Number?

[GioRod 69]

2 hours ago, soprano82 said:

My wife and I got married exactly 1 month ago today, after she entered the US on a K1 visa. We are currently completing the paperwork necessary to adjust her status to permanent resident, but we have run into a few things on the I-485 form that we are not understanding.

 

1. In the section regarding "Information About Your Immigrant Category" the Receipt Number of the Underlying Petition is asked for, as well as the priority date from the underlying petition (if you are the principal applicant, which in this case my wife is the one applying, so it is her). We are not sure what this is referring to. Is it the i-129f receipt number? What is meant by the priority date?

 

2. There is another question later in the form that asks if you have ever been involved with any organization in the US. My wife and I met when we were mutually part of a musical organization that toured the US during the summers of 2009 and 2010. The organization is US based. I think that probably qualifies as a yes to the question, but I just want to be sure that I am understanding that question correctly.

 

3. For the employment history section,  are gaps in employment permissible in the 5 year period when completing that section? I remember the G-325 did not allow gaps to exist; that is to say that you had to note periods where you were unemployed. I can't find anything on the instructions for the form that discusses that. Currently we have all the jobs she has worked in the last 5 years on the form, but we have no included unemployed gaps.

 

4. When it comes to paying the fee, do they expect a single check for the sum of the filing fee and the biometrics fee ($1225) or 2 separate checks for ($1140 and $85 respectively)

 

Thanks for the input as always. Very happy to be part of this community.

By federal law if you do the money order it will have to be in two they do not let you got over $1000 I sent mine in two separate one's everything went smooth got accepted . I did mines at the post office.

Edited March 11, 2018 by GioRod

[BrassMoonGoldStar 1]

I noticed the new form says Priority Date from Underlying Petition (if any) so it looks like the date is not needed for the K-1

Edited October 26, 2018 by BrassMoonGoldStar