What Now?

[yardbirds 0]

Hi,

My fiance and I just returned to the USA on the 6th of August. What do we do next? We paln to marry in The first week in October. Do we need to do anything as far as filing forms or do we wait until after we are married?

Yardbirds

[Shub 78]

You can already do the following asap:

- Make sure you have the fee for filing the I-485 squared away so you don't spend it accidentally and find yourself out of moola for the occasion

- Start gathering the documentation (tax returns, etc.) for the I-864 Affidavit of Support

- Have a Civil Surgeon look over your foreign partner's vaccination record and fill out I-693A. You only need to have the supplement done, not an entire physical exam, but it needs to be a USCIS-approved civil surgeon, not just any doctor in your area. There's a civil surgeon locator on the USCIS web site

Also, may I suggest you get legally married asap and you can have your wedding ceremony whenever you like after that? Sometimes obtaining the marriage certificate can take a while, and that's part of the documentation you need to include with your I-485 package.

To answer your question more directly, there is nothing you need to submit to officials before filing for AOS, but you can get part of the package ready. I filled out everything I could in my I-485, I-765 and I-131 before I even left my home country so I wouldn't have to do it later!

[kim&james 0]

Apply for a SSN next week or the one after (to give them time to get you in the system)

[Shub 78]

Apply for a SSN next week or the one after (to give them time to get you in the system)

That's a good idea as well, although it's not mandatory for the purposes of AOS. Still, it's free and usually hassle-free, and should most likely be useful at some point in the future.

[Jasman0717 9]

Take a look at the AOS guide here on VJ