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My friend is in the process of getting their I-601A packet together. Which documents in the packet need to be notarized? The immigrant spouse is from Mexico. The couple has letters from doctors documenting the U.S. citizen’s health issues, letters from friends and family showing good moral character, various civil documents, and court dispositions for some minor criminal issues. I have seen a lot of different guidance on this.

I understand that. I guess I am asking more about what the general format of the letter that the US citizen would write would look like. Just tryin to get a grasp on what they are looking for.

I understand each person's situation is different and unique. That being said, can anyone provide guidance on what worked or didn't work when they submitted their I-601A. This is going out to both those who were approved and those who were denied. Just trying to get information from people who have gone through the process. Thank you in advance for any help provided.

A married couple had their I-130 approved but subsequently noticed, while checking their submitted packet, that there is a discrepancy with an address (where they lived together in the US) that is listed in both address histories of the US citizen petitioner and undocumented beneficiary. It is correct for the beneficiary but incorrect for the petitioner. Specifically, the street number and address are correct but the city is wrong due to a transcription error by the attorney. They are in the process of preparing to submit an I-601A and plan to use consular processing to ultimately get the beneficiary a green card. Will this sort of error cause any issues later in the process? Can it be corrected in some way? The approval of the I-130 occurred seven years ago and they just caught it recently.

Something to add: the beneficiary is already in the USA and living undocumented. Does this affect your answer?

It is an immigrant visa which will be finalized at a consular interview in the beneficiary’s home country. USCIS transferred the case to NVC but they are still preparing the I-601A to send to USCIS.

The beneficiary is in the USA. Mail from the NVC is in their name and is being sent to the current and correct address. Their concern is that a lot of sources online seem to indicate that USCIS requires the undocumented beneficiary to update their address with them within 10 days of it changing. Should they file a AR-11 to meet this requirement even if the address change occurred years ago?

The undocumented immigrant is married to a U.S. citizen. The citizen petitioned for the undocumented immigrant. They tried to update the address with the undocumented immigrants info via the USCIS website but got an error “Personal information not found” error. The approval notice was addressed to the petitioner and not the immigrant.

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Here is the situation: an undocumented immigrant has already had their I-130 approved but has not yet submitted their I-601A. They not longer live at the address that the I-797 showing the I-130 had been approved was sent to. It has been years since they have lived there. Communication from the Department of State regarding their visa is sent to the current address. Are they required by law to update their address with USCIS or has that already been done since the Department of State has the correct one?

My friend is going through the I-601A waiver process. He was convicted of misdemeanor truancy charges in Texas as minor. These charges were later expunged across the board by the state of Texas as it was determined that said misdemeanor charges should have never been applied to minors in the way they were (see https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/driver-license/truancy). This is the only "criminal" record he has. Would something like that cause hims to be inadmissible under the INA clause for "Criminal and related grounds"? Thanks in advance for any guidance. He already has a lawyer but he still wants to gather as much info from multiple sources as possible.

SalishSea, thank you for following up. Let me try to clarify my question. His concern is that this use of a fake SSN in this manner could make him inadmissible at his consular interview due to misrepresentation and/or identity fraud. He understands that I-601A waiver only covers unlawful presence.

He never claimed to be a US citizen. His parent may have said he was. The waiver is an I-601A.

I am new to this website and I hope I am placing this question in the right area. I am reaching out for guidance for a friend of mine who is working on getting an I-601A waiver approved. They have never worked using a fake SSN but their parent did provide a fake SSN to their school district when they were a minor. This was remedied by they time they graduated high school and their final transcript has a non-SSN ID listed. My question is how USCIS will view this and how would it affect my friend's wavier approval. Would they even be able to see that had occurred? He has not filed the waiver yet due to this concern. Thanks in advance for any guidance or insight into this.