6.2)...What forms and other items are required for Adjustment of Status?

I-485 Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
I-765 Application for Employment Authorization. You will apply as category (c)(9), "adjustment applicant".
I-864 Affidavit of Support
G-325A Biographic Information
Form 9003 - Additional Questions (a form used for the Internal Revenue Service. If you don't get this form in your package, don't worry about it)
WR-702, WR-703 or I-468 - Data Collection for Alien Documentation, Identification & Telecommunications System (ADIT). (If you don't get one of these forms in your package, don't worry about it. These are "office specific" forms which may not be used at your local office)
A copy of form I-94, Nonimmigrant Arrival Departure Record (this was put in your passport when you arrived)
I-131 Application For Travel Document (for traveling outside the US during the application period, known as "advance parole")(also see question 6.7)
A copy of the marriage certificate
A copy of your birth certificate. (bring an extra when you move, or two or three if you can). You need a translated copy if it is not in English.
A copy of the fiance(e) petition approval notice (I-797 Notice of Action)
2 photos - the 3/4 face view - like you have done before (this for the I-485....but more pictures, fingerprint card, signature card, etc may be required for I-765 and I-131, so read the instructions)

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Originally posted by Feropont:
Да Вы правы Травел Документ нужен к пасспорту с таким штамном.
Ну и что с этого?

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А то, что Вы все-таки напутали!

Штамп, о котором Вы говорите - это не эквивалент GC, это эквивалент EAD (видимо, в Вашем штате не выдают пластиковую карточку EAD).

Ну подумайте сами - как можно на основании справки, что ваши документы ПРИНЯТЫ К РАССМОТРЕНИЮ, поставить штамп в паспорт, эквивалентный GC?! Чего тогда они там рассматривают-то? Чего решают? GC ведь уже Вам выдали!

А вот если Ваш штамп действительно эквивалентен GC - то никакого "Травел Документа" для путешествий уже не нужно!

"Situation #1: The K-1 spouse has applied for adjustment of status, but has not yet received any adjustment (ie, no interview, no I-551 stamp, and no green card):

If we get a divorce before my spouse gets an adjustment of status, can my K-1 spouse stay in the US and adjust on some other basis?

Answer: Unfortunately, NO. There are no options under the law for a K-visa holder to adjust except based on marriage to the original petitioner.
You can see the law for yourself here:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-20302-filed

Is there any other basis that a K-visa holder could file for adjustment of status, other than marriage to the original petitioner?

Answer: For a K visa, the only way that the foreign spouse can stay in the U.S. and continue the adjustment would be IF he/she can PROVE spousal abuse AND that it would be a hardship for him/her to leave the U.S."

"Situation #2: The K spouse has applied for and received conditional adjustment of status (ie, has attended the first greencard/adjustment interview, and has received either an I-551 stamp in the passport, a letter of adjustment, OR a conditional 2-year green card): In this situation, the immigrating spouse has four options for removing the "conditional" stipulation on his/her adjustment and staying in the US as a permanent resident:

spouse died,
marriage was entered into in good faith, but you are now divorced or annulled,
marriage was entered into in good faith, you remain married, but are a battered spouse,
deportation would result in extreme hardship.

[...] Note that IF the spouse is DIVORCED, he/she can file IMMEDIATELY to have conditions removed, does not have to prove battery and only needs to prove that the marriage was entered in good faith. Read it again: the foreign spouse could go ahead and and file the I-751 for removal of conditions as soon as the divorce was finalized if a divorce occurred during the 2-year conditional phase of the green card, IF the marriage was originally entered into in good faith. This applies no matter what kind of visa the spouse used to originally enter the US, whether K-Visa or otherwise. Any foreign spouse who has applied for adjustment based on marriage may petition for removal of conditions if a divorce occurs prior to removal of conditionsl on the 2-year green card, as long as the spouse already has a 2-year green card.

[...] However, be aware that filing for removal of conditions based on divorce requires STRONG proof of the bona fide relationship and is not likely to succeed unless such proof exists.

[...] In case your wondering what constitutes "good faith marriage":

The Service has previously determined that a variety of evidence may be used to establish a good-faith marriage, and a self-petitioner should submit the best evidence available. Evidence of good faith at the time of marriage may include, but is not limited to, proof that one spouse has been listed as the other's spouse on insurance policies, property leases, income tax forms, or bank accounts; and testimony or other evidence regarding courtship, wedding ceremony, shared residence and experiences. Matter of Laureano, 19 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 1983). Other types of readily available evidence might include the birth certificates of children born to the relationship; police, medical, or court documents providing information about the relationship; and affidavits of persons with personal knowledge of the relationship. Self-petitioners who submit affidavits are encouraged to submit affidavits from more than one person. Other types of evidence may also be submitted; the Service will consider any relevant credible evidence.

The Act does not define a "good-faith" marriage or provide guidelines for evaluating the bona fides of a marriage; however, persons applying for immigration benefits based on a marriage are generally required to establish that they entered into the marriage in good faith, and a significant body of case law has developed concerning the interpretation of this requirement. It has long been held that a marriage that is entered into for the primary purpose of circumventing the immigration laws, referred to as a fraudulent or sham marriage, cannot be recognized as enabling a spouse to obtain immigration benefits. Lutwak v. United States, 344 U.S. 604 (1953) and Matter of Phillis, 15 I&N Dec. 385 (BIA 1975). A spousal petition will not be denied, however, solely because the spouses are not living together and the marriage is no longer viable. Matter of McKee, 17 I&N Dec. 332 (BIA 1980). The key factor in determining whether a person entered into a marriage in good faith is whether he or she intended to establish a life together with the spouse at the time of the marriage. The person's conduct after marriage is relevant only to the extent that it bears upon his or her subjective state of mind at the time of the marriage. Separation from the other spouse, even shortly after the marriage took place, does not prove, by itself, that a marriage was not entered into in good faith. Bark v. INS, 511 F.2d 1200 (9th Cir. 1975)."

Разница между невестой и супругой в том, что невеста будет находится в ситуации #1 от приблизительно от года до трех лет и более, в зависимости от штата, правда, если брак на момент AOS интервью и его approval имеет стаж 2-х лет, выдается постоянная грин карта. Однако если за эти три года ожидания брак распадается, невесте нужно быть готовой к тому, что ее статус будет automatically terminated, unless she was a subject to EXTREME spousal abuse and has substantial evidence to prove that.

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Originally posted by Bizu:
Адвокат должен быть в России? И, если так, можете ли порекомендовать кого-либо.
Заранее благодарна,
Бизу

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Originally posted by LisaSimpson:
Для информации...
Мы нанимали адвоката из компании "Kirsch&Kiselev" в Нью-Йорке. Адвокат взял деньги, и положил документы в стол, где они и пролежали без дела полгода.
В ответ на все запросы адвокат отвечал, что, мол, INS медленно работает.
В конце концов удалось документы из него "выбить" и послать самостоятельно, и тогда все пошло как по маслу.

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