US Immigration from Cambodia

I m all for front loading with quality info to prevent the chance of RFEs or delays. We both have matching passport stamps, air/hotel bookings, and pictures of our travels in 4 countries over the course of 18 months. For 10 of those months, we ve lived together in an apartment. Because of the way things work (or mostly don t work) here, we re having some trouble getting the lease officiated by the town. It s going to be an expensive hassle to get the lease and residency permits officiated. The way I see it, the passport stamps alone are enough to prove the minimum meeting requirement. The air/hotel bookings support them, and the pics support all of it. Is including a lease really worth it or will it be considered extra and unnecessary information?

USC, Petitioner.

I was arrested in 2002 in the US but the charges were dropped before they were even formalized. It was a silly misdemeanor charge, nothing relating to drugs, domestic violence, or anything listed on the petition. The 129 instructions say Copies. You should submit legible photocopies of documents requested, unless the Instructions specifically state that you must submit an original document.

But under the section for criminal history, it says You must submit court certified copies of the arrest record and/or disposition for each incident .

Does this mean that a copy won t suffice and that they want certified copies with a wet stamp from the court?

P1, #10: the to date on my current physical address - do I enter present because it s where I ll be living when I file (in the next week), or do I enter the date I m going to leave in 2/3 months?

P1, #27: My father is deceased. Do I list his last city of residence or enter deceased in the address box?

P1, #32: Do I use mother s maiden last name, her last name as it appears on my birth cert, or her current last name?

P1, #41: If I was born in the U.S (and indicated it in the 40a. checkbox), do I need to check yes, no, or leave this one blank?

P2, #52: Nature and Degree of Relationship: If I enter Fiance, Unrelated , is this acceptable?

P4, #6: Hair color - my hair is brown but i have none on top, only the sides. The bald checkbox says no hair . Do I check brown or bald?

I m currently compiling everything my fianc will need to file the DS160 after I ve left the country. The official list says passport . Does the DS160 online form require the uploading of a passport scan? I would like to pre-scan everything and have it ready for him. Is JPG acceptable? Anything else I should scan in advance?

I submitted my wife's I-485 petition to adjust status from K-1 fiance to permanent resident on November 14. Also applied for AP and EAD on the same date. The NOA1 date is November 21.

When I click on "processing times" on the bar on top of the screen it says petitions with NOA dates of August 20 are currently being processed. Roughly 135 days ago.

Then when I click through to timelines stats it says 150 days on average between NOA and approval: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/apstats.php

But when I click on immigration timelines and sort by approval date, it shows that many/most of the approvals that posters have confirmed in December and January had NOA1 dates about 100-110 days earlier:

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/aplist.php?cfl=0&op1=app&op2=d&op4=1&op5=3,6,9,10

I know that average means average, nothing can be predicted, etc. but is it reasonable for me to look at these timelines and estimate that we may get an approval of AP around March 1-10 (within 110-120 days)? Do the 150 day "average" numbers include people with unusual delays and RFEs that skew the numbers too high and is 110-120 days a better estimate unless there is a snag in the process?

Does our applying for EAD with AP as part of an I-485 AoS speed up or slow down the AP approval process or have no effect?

My second question is "What are the pitfalls/risks of her traveling after we get notified of AP approval but before we have the card in hand?" Are there horror stories about that? We could have a neighbor fish the card out of our mail and Fedex it to us abroad. That does present the risk of card lost in the mail to us, lost by international Fedex, etc. I'm also worried about what happens if she leaves the USA and the AP card arrives but has her name wrong, or is otherwise screwed up such that she can't return to the USA.

Is it common to people to travel before getting the AP card in hand or is this not recommended?

We are anxious for her to visit her home country (Cambodia) as soon as she can because she is currently three months pregnant and wants to leave and come back before it becomes uncomfortable or ill-advised for her to travel. So getting the card in mid March vs. mid April may make all the difference.

Thanks