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Hello, Immihelp. A little bit of background on my case: I'm a Canadian, now married to my husband (USC). I used to be in the States on F1 student visa. My OPT expired in October 2016. I was living with my husband (boyfriend then) from December 2015 till November 2016, which is when I went back home. I didn't have a work visa, so I couldn't adjust my status then. I came back in March 2017. I was given B2 visitor status at the airport (expires in Sept 2017). My husband and my in-laws got to meet my parents in April 2017. After this family get-together, my husband and I decided we should just get married. Our original plan was to be flexible. My friend is getting married in October 2017, so I was going to stay in the US for a bit and then my husband would come with me to Canada for my friend's wedding. But anyway, we changed our minds and tied the knot just four weeks ago.
So now we are getting into the process of putting our AoS package together. I had a few questions about it:
1. Do I need to include a copy of my old I-20? It doesn't ask for anything like that anywhere, as far as I can tell. But would it help our case and/or USCIS if I did include it
2. My husband's originally from San Diego and his driver's license still has his SD address. We live in LA. He doesn't want to change his license because of insurance reasons. Would it be okay for him to just get a California ID CARD (different from a license) bearing our current address? I know they ask for ID's at the interview and they'll notice if his card has a SD address.
3. Another point on ID's...I'm not on our lease. We tried recently to get my name on it but the manager said she doesn't want to allow it until I'm employed. But she knows I've been living with my husband since he got this apartment. We're going to ask her to write a letter stating that and why I'm not on the lease. I do have an expired California ID card with our address. Would it be good to include a photocopy of that to help prove I've been living here? (I also have bank letters and DMV things that were sent to me at this address).
4. On the I-485, PART 1, what do I put under the item that says, "CURRENT USCIS STATUS"? I'm guessing VISITOR or B-2 (this is what's stamped in my passport).
I think that's it so far. I'll be so damn glad when this is all over. I'm really not looking forward to the interview, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Any help on these points is greatly appreciated! Thanks. =)
So now we are getting into the process of putting our AoS package together. I had a few questions about it:
1. Do I need to include a copy of my old I-20? It doesn't ask for anything like that anywhere, as far as I can tell. But would it help our case and/or USCIS if I did include it
2. My husband's originally from San Diego and his driver's license still has his SD address. We live in LA. He doesn't want to change his license because of insurance reasons. Would it be okay for him to just get a California ID CARD (different from a license) bearing our current address? I know they ask for ID's at the interview and they'll notice if his card has a SD address.
3. Another point on ID's...I'm not on our lease. We tried recently to get my name on it but the manager said she doesn't want to allow it until I'm employed. But she knows I've been living with my husband since he got this apartment. We're going to ask her to write a letter stating that and why I'm not on the lease. I do have an expired California ID card with our address. Would it be good to include a photocopy of that to help prove I've been living here? (I also have bank letters and DMV things that were sent to me at this address).
4. On the I-485, PART 1, what do I put under the item that says, "CURRENT USCIS STATUS"? I'm guessing VISITOR or B-2 (this is what's stamped in my passport).
I think that's it so far. I'll be so damn glad when this is all over. I'm really not looking forward to the interview, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Any help on these points is greatly appreciated! Thanks. =)
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