About marriage - Shot in the dark

[Cacerez 19]

waiting is a part, (BIG) of the process. start collecting evidence now!!!!!

you may look into DCF, if you can qualify....

DCF only works if you live in that country and I think you have to have lived there for a good while before you can file.

If you want to get married first, compare the pros and cons to K-3 and CR-1. I know there's something here on VJ - maybe under guides???

[Cacerez 19]

Here's the link from the Guides above (which have a lot of other good info - including I-134 financial info) comparing K-1, K-3, and CR-1:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=compare

[Kanij 0]

I think I'm going to go with the K1.

Another question - When I see some of you guys signatures. What is NOA, NOA2, AOS, Touched, what do all these words mean

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Notice of Action (NOA1 = sort of a receipt that says they have your petition, NOA2 = receipt showing your petition is approved), Adjustment of Status (what you do once you arrive in the US on a K1), touched means someone at the service center has scanned or typed in your file's code and potentially is working on it.

Edited November 24, 2009 by Sousuke

[IrJas 1]

Hello Kanij,

hey if you know spanish, you can go to the visajourney colombianos and find out all the information that u need if you want to know about a k1 visa with a colombian girl.....that forum is all in spanish..hope this can help you with all the process to bring your fiancee to your country....

Blessings!

[IrJas 1]

Kanij, read this http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/k1-o...sa-please-help/

Blessing!

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

Current requirement for 2 people is, minimum, $18,212 per year. Gross. They do not care if your house is paid for or not, they do not care if anything is paid for or not.

They do care. For the I-864, you can use the value of assets to offset below poverty level income. I believe the level is 20% of asset value, so if you are $5,000 short of the poverty level but have (and can prove) you have $25,000 equity in your home, then you can meet the conditions for a sponsor without a co-sponsor.

If you qualify with income, the value of your home does not matter and they do not care what your payments are. If you need assets to qulaify, then yes, they care what the net value is. Otherwise you leave that blank and they care if you even have a home or live in a refrierator box.

[Kanij 0]

Current requirement for 2 people is, minimum, $18,212 per year. Gross. They do not care if your house is paid for or not, they do not care if anything is paid for or not.

They do care. For the I-864, you can use the value of assets to offset below poverty level income. I believe the level is 20% of asset value, so if you are $5,000 short of the poverty level but have (and can prove) you have $25,000 equity in your home, then you can meet the conditions for a sponsor without a co-sponsor.

If you qualify with income, the value of your home does not matter and they do not care what your payments are. If you need assets to qulaify, then yes, they care what the net value is. Otherwise you leave that blank and they care if you even have a home or live in a refrierator box.

I take it they use the figures from my last years taxes?

[Kanij 0]

Hello Kanij,

hey if you know spanish, you can go to the visajourney colombianos and find out all the information that u need if you want to know about a k1 visa with a colombian girl.....that forum is all in spanish..hope this can help you with all the process to bring your fiancee to your country....

Blessings!

Si poquito, But mi novia does obviously I'll send her to the information so she can educate herself more as well. Thanks for your help

[rin and john 71]

Current requirement for 2 people is, minimum, $18,212 per year. Gross. They do not care if your house is paid for or not, they do not care if anything is paid for or not.

They do care. For the I-864, you can use the value of assets to offset below poverty level income. I believe the level is 20% of asset value, so if you are $5,000 short of the poverty level but have (and can prove) you have $25,000 equity in your home, then you can meet the conditions for a sponsor without a co-sponsor.

If you qualify with income, the value of your home does not matter and they do not care what your payments are. If you need assets to qulaify, then yes, they care what the net value is. Otherwise you leave that blank and they care if you even have a home or live in a refrierator box.

Agree, but your advise was somewhat misleading to the OP since he makes about $15,000/yr and own an house free and clear. If the house is worth more than $20,000, then he can qualify on his own and would not need to have is mother commit to being a co-sponsor. Just wanted to be clear to the OP that he would most likely be OK without a co-sponsor by considering his assets in lieu of income.

[baron555 934]

I'm a U.S Citizen. My fiance is Colombian. I want to get her here obviously as quick as possible. Let me ask this, I've looked around couldn't find information on it.

What if, I were to go to Colombia, and we get married there. Would that change anything at all? Would we be able to just fly right back to the states and skip the 8 month procedure?

Yes you can do that and fly back to the US. Once you get to passport control where you enter the US, she will be turned right around and sent back home because she does not have any valid entry visa. The fact that you are married is immaterial. She has no visa.

Being married affects which visa you can petition for.

Oh, and you can do this fly to the US and get sent back home as many times as you want. Same result each time.

Reference the Immigration Timelines at the top of the page to determine which visa is best for you.

Edited November 25, 2009 by baron555

[payxibka 10,048]

Yes you can do that and fly back to the US. Once you get to passport control where you enter the US, she will be turned right around and sent back home because she does not have any valid entry visa. The fact that you are married is immaterial. She has no visa.

Actually would not even get that far... the airline would not even let her board a US bound plane

[Krikit 1,166]

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[Kathryn41 3,205]

Just another consideration if you are thinking about using assets to meet the requirement - having a paid in full house may not be accepted because USCIS wants to see readily liquidated assets if they were needed to be used for support purposes. Your primary residence is not considered a readily liquidated asset as you need to replace it with another place in which to live so the asset is offset by the expense. A co-sponsor is probably a more realistic option to explore.

Edited November 29, 2009 by Kathryn41

[rin and john 71]

Just another consideration if you are thinking about using assets to meet the requirement - having a paid in full house may not be accepted because USCIS wants to see readily liquidated assets if they were needed to be used for support purposes. Your primary residence is not considered a readily liquidated asset as you need to replace it with another place in which to live so the asset is offset by the expense. A co-sponsor is probably a more realistic option to explore.

Actually, a fully paid house is a great liquid asset. It can be used to get a lump sum loan, a home equity line of credit, or a reverse mortgage. All of these can be obtained while maintaining the house as your primary residence. Now a house in which you only have 20% or less equity, that would not provide any liquidity in today's mortgage economic environment.