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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Tunisia
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Hello everyone,

 

I am preparing our I-129F and I will send it June 2nd. However, I have a question if I will satisfy the financial obligation. I am starting a new job on June 1st that is 3X the financial requirement for the visa, but my tax return for the last year (2016) will not show I met the financial requirement. I will be able to get a letter from my employer stating I have a permanent job and everything, however if my fiancee has her interview in December for example, I won't have the latest tax return showing I meet the requirement. What is your expectation, will it be a problem, or will my new job easily cover the minimum requirement that you expect us to be approved? Or should we simply delay the interview (assuming everything goes smoothly until that point) until after I can get the tax return for the current year? This is my only worry about our application, otherwise we easily fulfill the other obligations and it's clear our relationship is genuine.

 

Thanks

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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You should be fine. You can also supply pay stubs to help demonstrate your income. Assets could also be used to meet the requirements.

 

What country is your fiancé from? Some will allow a cosponsor, which you could use to give yourself some comfort that you will be fine.

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Relationship:     First met 2015, Married since Oct 2016

Spoiler

2015 Apr - First met and started chatting online (he was in the US on a J-1 visa)

2015 Sep - J-1 visa expires (2 year home stay requirement)

2016 Feb - First trip to China (10 days): met friends and family, celebrated Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), lots of sightseeing (including seeing pandas), and lots of food

2016 Feb 06 - Purchase matching jade necklaces to mark engagement

2016 Jun/Jul - Second trip to China (10 days): lots more sightseeing, food, and time with friends/family

2016 Sep/Oct - Third trip to China (10 days) this time with my parents so that my parents could meet him and his mom, along with lots of sightseeing and food (i'm sure you've picked up on a trend by now :D)

2016 Oct - At the end of the time in China my parents, myself, and Xuan all traveled to Canada (7 days) so that we could get married, but unfortunately his mom couldn't come along with us.

2016 Oct 08 - Wedding day on top of Mount Washington on Vancouver Island, and it had just snowed the night before. (L)(L)

2017 Jan - Fourth trip to China (7 days), you guessed it: food, family, friends, spring festival, ...


The CR-1 Process:    NOA1 - PD 27 Dec 2016 (TSC)

Spoiler

2016 Dec 21 - Sent I-130 packet (along with G-1145 for e-notification) by USPS priority mail express (1-day), but missed the pick-up so it won't actually leave till the next day

2016 Dec 23 - Delivery confirmed by USPS

2017 Jan 03 - Payment drawn from bank account

2017 Jan 04 - Text and email confirming USCIS receipt of petition, assignment to Texas Service Center for processing and SRC case number

2017 Jan 09 - Received I-797c notice of action by mail (NOA1) with assigned priority date of 27 Dec 2016

2017 ??? ......... just waiting patiently for NOA2 (hopefully by April/May if they ever stop transferring cases from Nebraska)

 

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Tunisia
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Posted
6 minutes ago, EG&XY said:

You should be fine. You can also supply pay stubs to help demonstrate your income. Assets could also be used to meet the requirements.

 

What country is your fiancé from? Some will allow a cosponsor, which you could use to give yourself some comfort that you will be fine.

She's Tunisian. I'm upper 20's but still thinking of asking my parents to co-sponsor, just don't wanna leave any stone unturned

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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Sure, I don't specifically know if Tunisia will accept a cosponsor or not. If you can I would just use your parents as cosponsor just to give yourself more comfort.

 

You can see if someone else with specific knowledge gives some insight here or ask specifically in their regional sub-forum. The advanced search function is also your friend, the specific answer may already exist on here somewhere.

 

Good luck

Relationship:     First met 2015, Married since Oct 2016

Spoiler

2015 Apr - First met and started chatting online (he was in the US on a J-1 visa)

2015 Sep - J-1 visa expires (2 year home stay requirement)

2016 Feb - First trip to China (10 days): met friends and family, celebrated Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), lots of sightseeing (including seeing pandas), and lots of food

2016 Feb 06 - Purchase matching jade necklaces to mark engagement

2016 Jun/Jul - Second trip to China (10 days): lots more sightseeing, food, and time with friends/family

2016 Sep/Oct - Third trip to China (10 days) this time with my parents so that my parents could meet him and his mom, along with lots of sightseeing and food (i'm sure you've picked up on a trend by now :D)

2016 Oct - At the end of the time in China my parents, myself, and Xuan all traveled to Canada (7 days) so that we could get married, but unfortunately his mom couldn't come along with us.

2016 Oct 08 - Wedding day on top of Mount Washington on Vancouver Island, and it had just snowed the night before. (L)(L)

2017 Jan - Fourth trip to China (7 days), you guessed it: food, family, friends, spring festival, ...


The CR-1 Process:    NOA1 - PD 27 Dec 2016 (TSC)

Spoiler

2016 Dec 21 - Sent I-130 packet (along with G-1145 for e-notification) by USPS priority mail express (1-day), but missed the pick-up so it won't actually leave till the next day

2016 Dec 23 - Delivery confirmed by USPS

2017 Jan 03 - Payment drawn from bank account

2017 Jan 04 - Text and email confirming USCIS receipt of petition, assignment to Texas Service Center for processing and SRC case number

2017 Jan 09 - Received I-797c notice of action by mail (NOA1) with assigned priority date of 27 Dec 2016

2017 ??? ......... just waiting patiently for NOA2 (hopefully by April/May if they ever stop transferring cases from Nebraska)

 

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, useful89 said:

Hello everyone,

 

I am preparing our I-129F and I will send it June 2nd. However, I have a question if I will satisfy the financial obligation. I am starting a new job on June 1st that is 3X the financial requirement for the visa, but my tax return for the last year (2016) will not show I met the financial requirement. I will be able to get a letter from my employer stating I have a permanent job and everything, however if my fiancee has her interview in December for example, I won't have the latest tax return showing I meet the requirement. What is your expectation, will it be a problem, or will my new job easily cover the minimum requirement that you expect us to be approved? Or should we simply delay the interview (assuming everything goes smoothly until that point) until after I can get the tax return for the current year? This is my only worry about our application, otherwise we easily fulfill the other obligations and it's clear our relationship is genuine.

 

Thanks

remember your check stubs will also show what you have made up to date so if you make enough during the year your gross income will be stated on a printed stub, my lawyer said with my w2 they will also use 6 weeks of my current paystubs.. you wont have to show it till your interview so you have time.

Edited by SChamb
miss spellings etc
 
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