Online Filing I-130 Questions for AOS (TN)

[Lexir1190 0]

Hi, I just found this forum and am very grateful! I have many questions. Every time we finish a packet, I find something else we need to do. Just to give some background I am a US citizen by birth and my husband is on the TN visa and we got married in March. So I have a bunch of questions regarding filing the I-130 online. 

 

In the online I-130 form it asks for just one photograph. We got the 2x2 passport photos per the I-130 instructions.

 

1. We are having a problem though, every time we scan them in they look like the background isn't white, which it strictly says on the submission form. Almost ready to throw in the towel and mail it in with all of the other paperwork. Should we just mail in the I-130 with the I-485? 

 

2. For the I-944, it asks for appraisals of owned property. We own a property outright and want to make sure that we are doing this correctly. We have the deed. Is that enough to submit with assets? Or do we need to have the house appraised? 

 

3. For the I-944, do we need to include translation for high school diploma/transcripts? We provided it for the college diploma and transcripts. 

 

4. If I submit the I-130 online, then I would send all of the paperwork via the Chicago lockbox together. My husband's I-485 and I-944 are submitted together? Do I submit everything together separately once we receive notice from USCIS about the I-130 being accepted online? 

 

Thank you in advance!!

 

 

 

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by Lexir1190

[geowrian 22,337]

If you are going to concurrently file (meaning I-130 + I-485), then just mail it in. The I-485 can only be sent by mail and it requires the receipt notice from the I-130...so it will actually slow down your intake (by only days) to do the I-130 online then I-485 by paper.

The only advantage of doing the I-130 online in your case is the online validation of fields.