Will sponsor changing job delay AOS?

[pablo2752 106]

If a financial sponsor changes her job after AOS has been filed, should I submit anything to USCIS? It looks like some people just bring new I-864 to interviews. 

Edited September 1, 2020 by pablo2752

[geowrian 22,338]

6 minutes ago, pablo2752 said:

It looks like some people just bring new I-864 to interviews. 

Bingo. No need to send anything beforehand.

[pablo2752 106]

Thanks,  Geowian.

 

So, if you submit new I-864 at the itnerview, does it substantially delay adjudication of my AOS? Also, what do you have to bring? 

 

Somewhat unrelated, but do you think it's somewhat unsavory when lawyer whom you paid for AOS filing asks you to pay her for completing new I-864? Like, I get it, in the contract we agreed that if there is RFE they may charge us to address RFEF hourly basis ($325/hr), but come on ffs. On the other hand, I wonder if completing the new I-864 on our own will  make USCIS raise its eyebrows because every form that we have submitted so far has been signed by our lawyer (except the I-865, change of sponsor's address, which we finished on our own because it's very simple) .

Edited September 1, 2020 by pablo2752

[geowrian 22,338]

It shouldn't. The IO can review it at the interview and make a public charge decision from there. The only delay would be if there was something missing in the I-864 packet.

 

Depends on what the agreement was...if it was for AOS as a whole, then I would not be happy if I were nickel and dimed like that. If it was an hourly arrangement, then any work they do I would expect to be charged.

Either way, if there is not a signed contract that the situation covers already, they can charge whatever they want for it.

[pablo2752 106]

Thanks.

 

Well the phrasing in the contract was like this, "Flat fee of $2,000 for AOS application application...in some circumstances we may charge an additional flat fee or an hourly basis for legal issues ...after representation has been undertaken to provide responses to requests for evidence, and for similar matters. We will also charge on an hourly basis for any matters that are not expressly contemplated by flat fee agreement."

 

I didn't give much thought about the above phrase because our case is pretty straightforward and some people I know recommended me to hire her...until recently I asked her whether she can review my co-sponsor's I-865, which she replied that she'd charge hourly for that ($325)...very off-putting, IMO. 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2020 by pablo2752