Making it in time before the Oct 14 deadline

[Vasily_12 10]

Unfortunately, our AOS package (I-485, I-864, I-130, I-765, I-131 and I-693) is ready only today. It is using the current form editions, the ones that are compatible with filing before the new public charge rules go into effect (our income is borderline for the new rules).

 

I'm concerned about making it to the deadline. On the I-485 page, USCIS writes:

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• We will accept the current edition of this form if it is postmarked on or before Oct. 14, 2019.
• We will not accept it if it is postmarked on or after Oct. 15, 2019.
•  A dated receipt from the courier service used (such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL) is equivalent to a U.S. Postal Service postmark.

 

 

Since Monday (Oct 14th) is Columbus day, USCIS will be closed. This means that any overnight shipping by a courier sent tomorrow (Friday, the 11th) would actually be received on Tuesday (the 15th). Not good. Therefore it seems that my best bet is to go to USPS and send it as an express certified mail with a return receipt. It also won't arrive before Tuesday, but it will be postmarked tomorrow (the 11th).

 

Is that the right choice? Any thoughts?

[Just Paul 4,595]

As long as it is postmarked on or before 10/14 you will be fine.

[Vasily_12 10]

Thanks Paul & Mary. 'Postmarked' implies USPS, right?

[K1visaHopeful 2,799]

Post marked refers to the moment you hand to the shipper and receive a receipt.

[Pitaya 2,577]

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A postmark is a postal marking made on a letter, package, postcard or the like indicating the date and time that the item was delivered into the care of the postal service. Modern postmarks are often applied simultaneously with the cancellation or killer that marks the postage stamp(s) as having been used (though in some circumstances there may be a postmark without a killer, and sometimes the postmark and killer form a continuous design), and the two terms are often used interchangeably, if incorrectly. Postmarks may be applied by hand or by machines, using methods such as rollers or inkjets, while digital postmarks are a recent innovation.

REF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmark