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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Mexico
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If your consulate accepts co=sponsors, then one can be used. The USC petitioner and the USC or LPR co-sponsor will each fill out their own separate I-134 and provide their supporting financial documentation. The co-sponsor must reach the income requirement for their own household size plus the foreign fiance(e). There is no combining of incomes with the I-134.

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Morocco
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Yes :)

Met online : 2009
Married : 07/28/2010


USCIS
Send I-130 : 06/08/2011
Touched : 06/13/2011
got a NOA1 by e-mail and SMS : 06/15/2011
got "I-797C" hard copy of NOA1 : 06/20/2011
got RFE "I-797E" : 10/15/2011
RFE Reply : 12/15/2011
Touched : 12/16/2011
I-130 Approved : 12/20/2011
got "I-797" hard copy of NOA2 : 12/24/2011
Your I-130 was approved in 183 days from your NOA1 date.


NVC
NVC Case Number : 01/13/2012
Pay "$88" AOS Bill and e-mailed DS-3032 : 02/08/2012
Email from NVC, DS-3032 Accepted : 02/09/2012
AOS Fee Shows PAID : 02/09/2012
IV fee invoiced "$404" : 02/10/2012
IV fee invoiced "$230" : 04/18/2012
Pay "$230" IV Bill : 04/30/2012
IV Fee Shows PAID : 05/02/2012
Send AOS and IV packet : 06/09/2012
AOS and IV packet Received : 06/22/2012
Case completed at NVC : 06/29/2012

Interview Date : 08/28/2012 "Denied"

Case Reaffirmed : 07/16/2013

Second interview - Approved : 10/24/2013

Visa Issued : 10/29/2013

Visa in hand : 10/31/2013

For more details please visit my timeline

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I have a related question- if there is a co-sponsor, does the sponsor need to turn in supporting evidence with the I-134?

Yes, the co-sponsor should turn in what the sponsor turns. So letter from employer ( although in my case they didn't ask for it) and tax returns.

If you can get paystubs would be helpful. My Interview was in the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia embassy which is very tough, but for my dad's co-sponsorship, they just took the I-134 and tax returns. I didn't have bank info or pay stubs for him. I had letter from employer but they never asked for it. But better to be prepared than sorry :)

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Thanks @ gedaa86! My fiancé is going to have his interview sometime in November at the consulate in Costa Rica. I have been living in CR for three years and haven't filed taxes because I make under the minimum to file for US citizens living abroad... That being said I will only be able to turn in W2s/Federal taxes from 2010. The bank and employee letter are not a problem, but I don't know what to do???

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Thanks @ gedaa86! My fiancé is going to have his interview sometime in November at the consulate in Costa Rica. I have been living in CR for three years and haven't filed taxes because I make under the minimum to file for US citizens living abroad... That being said I will only be able to turn in W2s/Federal taxes from 2010. The bank and employee letter are not a problem, but I don't know what to do???

I think the best thing is giver your fiance what you have, and since you are missing the past 2 yrs of tax returns, have the co-sponsor give you all (employer letter, pay stubs, tax returns( 3 yrs is enough) and bank statements)

And remember when your fiance goes to the interview, if they are not satisfied they will give you a chance to bring what is missing. So don't worry and hopefully everything will be ok :) Good luck

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I think the best thing is giver your fiance what you have, and since you are missing the past 2 yrs of tax returns, have the co-sponsor give you all (employer letter, pay stubs, tax returns( 3 yrs is enough) and bank statements)

And remember when your fiance goes to the interview, if they are not satisfied they will give you a chance to bring what is missing. So don't worry and hopefully everything will be ok smile.png Good luck

Ahhhh thanks so much for your advice/encouraging words! Of course I am so happy and lucky that I've been able to live with my fiancé abroad since we met, but I had a feeling that one day living in my expat bubble would come back to haunt me (ie not being able to be the sole sponsor to my fiance, not being officially "legal" to work here so therefore I am not registered in the system, don't have pay stubs or tax info). But at least I have ALL the supporting evidence from the co-sponsor and her income is more than 125% above the poverty line. Fingers are crossed!!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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Two similar threads by same OP have been merged.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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