AOS Documents - Copies or Originals?

[Hanging On]

Do any of the AOS documents need to be certified originals? Is a copy of the marriage license OK? How about the vaccination records, do I send the entire yellow book?

[dnoblett]

Copies. You keep the originals.

 

USCIS no longer routinely requires submission of original documents or "certified copies." Instead, ordinary legible photocopies of such documents (including naturalization certificates and alien registration cards) will be acceptable for initial filing and approval of petitions and applications.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

[dnoblett]

You take the yellow book to a US Civil surgeion for transfer to an I-693.

 

You include the I-693 with the I-485.

 

DO NOT let the CS try to soak you for a FULL medical, only the vaccination record is needed per the directions with I-693.

 

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

 

Locate a CS here:

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=of...office_type=CIV

[Richard & Li]

The marriage license we sent was the certified one we obtained from the county records office. Don't make another copy of that, just send it.

[dnoblett]

The marriage license we sent was the certified one we obtained from the county records office. Don't make another copy of that, just send it.

Town hall send us a cert, and 2 certifed copies, we followed USCIS suggestion to send an ordinary copy, so made a photo copy and kept all the originals.

 

We were approved without an interview, so the copy was just fine.

[Don]

We sent copies of everything. We did have an interview, so at the interview we brought originals. they did not ask to see them.