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Celebi   136

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Hi, I have been working on my AOS and has been relying a lot on the conversations on this site and it has helped me tremendously until I encountered one question. 

A bit of background, I came here to the US last year and met a guy. When I went back to my country, he visited me as well there and meet up with my family. I came back here to the US last November and instead of returning back home before my 6-month period ends, we decided to get married in March (a week before the lockdown) and go thru AOS.

There is a question in I-130A (page 1, 5b) asking for the duration of your physical address in your home country and here in the US. Should I say that my address back in my country is until the day I got married? Or should I indicate that I no longer live there since I came here for a visit? I don't know if I am just over thinking it but I am panicking as I want to file before the increase fees take effect. 

Appreciate any help :) 

I-751

July 25, 2023 - Submitted ROC via USPS 

July 31, 2023 - Credit card charged

Aug 1, 2023 - Text confirmation with IOE number received

Aug 14, 2023 - 48-month extension letter received

Aug 23, 2023 - Biometrics appointment at Brooklyn ASC

 

I-485

July 2, 2020 - 1st AOS submission via USPS  | July 19, 2020 - Rejected package received due to "missing forms" | July 20, 2020 - Resubmitted AOS Package | July 26, 2020 - AOS received at Chicago lockbox via USPS

July 27, 2020 - USCIS online status: Case received

Aug 9, 2020 - Credit card was charged | Aug 13, 2020 - Received SMS confirmation from USCIS | Aug 17, 2020 - Received NOAs in the mail | Aug 21, 2020 - USCIS account updated to RFE (waiting for mail)

Aug 27, 2020 - Hard copy of RFIE received in the mail (I-864EZ rejected) | Aug 31, 2020 - Response to RFIE sent to NBC

Sept 9, 2020 - Response to RFIE received by USCIS | Sept. 22, 2020 - Received I-693 deficiency notice

Nov 21, 2020 - Date USCIS sent out biometrics appointment letter  | Nov. 28, 2020 - Received bio appointment letter

Dec 18, 2020 - Biometrics appointment completed in Brooklyn ASC | Dec. 19, 2020 - Case updated to fingerprints taken (I-485 and I-765) | Dec. 30, 2020 - Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview

Feb 25, 2021 - New card is being produced (EAD) | Feb. 26, 2021 - EAD and AP have been approved

Mar 3, 2021 - Combo card received | Mar. 5, 2021 - SSN card received

Aug 31, 2021 - Case updated online to interview has been scheduled | Sept 8, 2021 - Interview schedule received in the mail via USPS

Oct 5, 2021 - Scheduled interview | Oct 6, 2021 - Approved

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barevfamilyman   1

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I think I would handle this differently than the above poster. I would put the day you intended to get married and stay in the US, that is, the day you made the decision to adjust status and not return to your home country. If you were intending to go back to your home country, and then later decided to get married (which it sounds like is the case), then can you really say that the US address was your address before it was your intention to get married and stay? It was really just the address you were staying at. 

 

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Celebi   136

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12 minutes ago, barevfamilyman said:

I think I would handle this differently than the above poster. I would put the day you intended to get married and stay in the US, that is, the day you made the decision to adjust status and not return to your home country. If you were intending to go back to your home country, and then later decided to get married (which it sounds like is the case), then can you really say that the US address was your address before it was your intention to get married and stay? It was really just the address you were staying at. 

 

Yes, this was what I was thinking. Technically, I still have all my phone and credit card bills sent there. I am still using my local mobile number and credit cards here as well. I have already requested for e-Statements but I'm not sure when it will be updated since my country has just started reopening. 

I-751

July 25, 2023 - Submitted ROC via USPS 

July 31, 2023 - Credit card charged

Aug 1, 2023 - Text confirmation with IOE number received

Aug 14, 2023 - 48-month extension letter received

Aug 23, 2023 - Biometrics appointment at Brooklyn ASC

 

I-485

July 2, 2020 - 1st AOS submission via USPS  | July 19, 2020 - Rejected package received due to "missing forms" | July 20, 2020 - Resubmitted AOS Package | July 26, 2020 - AOS received at Chicago lockbox via USPS

July 27, 2020 - USCIS online status: Case received

Aug 9, 2020 - Credit card was charged | Aug 13, 2020 - Received SMS confirmation from USCIS | Aug 17, 2020 - Received NOAs in the mail | Aug 21, 2020 - USCIS account updated to RFE (waiting for mail)

Aug 27, 2020 - Hard copy of RFIE received in the mail (I-864EZ rejected) | Aug 31, 2020 - Response to RFIE sent to NBC

Sept 9, 2020 - Response to RFIE received by USCIS | Sept. 22, 2020 - Received I-693 deficiency notice

Nov 21, 2020 - Date USCIS sent out biometrics appointment letter  | Nov. 28, 2020 - Received bio appointment letter

Dec 18, 2020 - Biometrics appointment completed in Brooklyn ASC | Dec. 19, 2020 - Case updated to fingerprints taken (I-485 and I-765) | Dec. 30, 2020 - Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview

Feb 25, 2021 - New card is being produced (EAD) | Feb. 26, 2021 - EAD and AP have been approved

Mar 3, 2021 - Combo card received | Mar. 5, 2021 - SSN card received

Aug 31, 2021 - Case updated online to interview has been scheduled | Sept 8, 2021 - Interview schedule received in the mail via USPS

Oct 5, 2021 - Scheduled interview | Oct 6, 2021 - Approved

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8 hours ago, Celebi said:

Hi, I have been working on my AOS and has been relying a lot on the conversations on this site and it has helped me tremendously until I encountered one question. 

A bit of background, I came here to the US last year and met a guy. When I went back to my country, he visited me as well there and meet up with my family. I came back here to the US last November and instead of returning back home before my 6-month period ends, we decided to get married in March (a week before the lockdown) and go thru AOS.

There is a question in I-130A (page 1, 5b) asking for the duration of your physical address in your home country and here in the US. Should I say that my address back in my country is until the day I got married? Or should I indicate that I no longer live there since I came here for a visit? I don't know if I am just over thinking it but I am panicking as I want to file before the increase fees take effect. 

Appreciate any help :) 

Your physical address her in the US should be where you and your spouse live together and that out of US should be the address where you spent most of your life. They don't count the breaking periods.

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Also confused on this one - they ask almost the same thing in I-130, i130A and i-485.

 

My wife was brought up in UAE --> then she went to Pakistan for med school --> then she returned back to her home in UAE --> came to the US and stayed somewhere else for almost two months before we got married and she moved in with me. 

 

Does anyone know how to list this in address history. There is a physical address first (which I write as our current address), then a physical address 2 (would it be her home in UAE?), and then last address outside the US (again, UAE?)

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