List Of Documents That The Applicant Is Required To Take For The Adjustment Of Status Interview

The alien must appear for the interview appointment as scheduled, for the completion of the Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I-485). Failure to appear may result in denial of the application.

Who should come with you?

• If your eligibility is based on your marriage, your husband or wife must come with you to the interview.
• If you do not speak English fluently, you should bring an interpreter who is neither a relative nor an interested party in your application.
• Your attorney or authorized representative may come with you to the interview.

NOTE: Every adult who comes to the interview must bring Government-issued photo identification, such as a driver’s license or ID card, in order to enter the building and verify his/her identity at the time of the interview. You do not need to bring your children unless otherwise instructed. Please be on time, but do not arrive more than 45 minutes early. Your interview may be recorded or videotaped.

List Of Documents You MUST Bring

• The original Interview Notice.
• Government-issued photo identification.
• All passports and any other documents, including your Arrival/Departure document (Form I-94), used to enter the United States.
• Birth Certificate.
• All documentation establishing your eligibility for Lawful Permanent Resident Status (see below: ‘What else should you bring’).
• All immigrant related documentation ever issued to you.
• Both originals and photocopies of all supporting documents. (If there are no photocopies, they will keep back the original)
• A certified English translation for each document not in English. The translator must verify that he/she is fluent in both languages, and that the translation in its entirety is complete and accurate.

What Else Should You Bring

• Any Employment Authorization card or paper, and any Authorization for Advance Parole (Form I-512) ever issued to you.
• Your petitioner’s Birth Certificate and your petitioner’s evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident status.
• If you have children, - a Birth Certificate for each child.
• If you are married, - Marriage Certificate.
• If your eligibility is based on your marriage, in addition to your spouse coming to the interview, bring:

Ø Your Spouse’s Birth Certificate and your spouse’s evidence United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident status.

Ø If either you or your spouse were ever married before, all divorce decrees/death certificates for each prior marriage/former spouse.

Ø Birth Certificates for all children of this marriage, and custody papers for your children and for your spouse’s children not living with you.

Ø Supporting evidence of your relationship, such as joint financial statements, joint legal documents, joint insurance policies, and photos.

• If you have not already submitted it, bring a completed medical examination (Form I-693) and vaccination supplement in a sealed envelope.
• Federal Income Tax returns and W-2s’s, or certified IRS printouts for the past 3 years.
• If you are employed, bring letters from each of your current employers on company stationery, verifying your current rate of pay and average weekly hours; and bring your pays stubs for the past 2 months.
• Completed Affidavit(s) of Support (Form I-864), with all required evidence, including the following for each of your sponsors:

Ø Federal Income Tax returns and W-2s’s, or certified IRS printouts for the past 3 years.

Ø Letters from each current employer on company stationery, verifying current rate of pay and average weekly hours; and pays stubs for the past 2 months.

Ø Evidence of United States Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Resident status.

• If you have ever been arrested, for each arrest, bring the related Police Report and the original or certified Final Court Disposition, even if the charges have been dismissed or expunged. Of no court record is available, furnish a letter from the court with jurisdiction indicating this.

PLEASE MAKE VERY EFFORT TO KEEP YOUR APPOINTMENT, even if you do not have all the listed documents. If an emergency, such as the hospitalization of a close relative, prevents you from appearing, call the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) customer service as soon as possible. Please be advised that rescheduling will delay processing, may require some steps to be repeated, and will affect your eligibility for other immigration benefits while this application is pending.

If you have any questions, please call CIS customer service at 1-800-375-5283.

Hearing impaired TDD service is 1-800-767-1833.

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