spouse visa

[chenAsia 0]

Hi, Im new here in this site, Im Chen from Philippine and married for 8yrs  to a foreign man from USA. We have two kids and both american citizen s. We lived here in the Philippines for many years now and we plan to move to USA. my husband work online as a teacher and it is a good income. My question s is does my husband can able to sponsor me with my two kids alone or still needed another member to sponsor? and because we married for 8yrs now does our paper works process quicker?

Thanks 

[Crazy Cat 42,676]

1.  Your husband will have to provide evidence that your family plans to live in the US.  That is called domicile.

2.  He will have to show sufficient income which will continue after he relocates back to the US, or he will have to find a sponsor.

3.  The length of time you have been married will NOT make the process faster.  The only advantage is that it will result in 10 year Green Cards, instead of 2 year green cards.

Edited July 20, 2018 by missileman

[Dee elle 1,368]

9 minutes ago, chenAsia said:

Hi, Im new here in this site, Im Chen from Philippine and married for 8yrs  to a foreign man from USA. We have two kids and both american citizen s. We lived here in the Philippines for many years now and we plan to move to USA. my husband work online as a teacher and it is a good income. My question s is does my husband can able to sponsor me with my two kids alone or still needed another member to sponsor? and because we married for 8yrs now does our paper works process quicker?

Thanks 

Your processing will not be faster because of the length of your marraige, but you will receive an unconditional Green Card on entry and not have to remove conditions as with a 2 yr Conditional Green Card. 

If your husband is able to show that his current employment source and income level will continue when he is in the US, his I 864 should be accepted . But it might be worth thinking who you might ask to be a joint sponsor if they request one. 

[mcdull 474]

depends on his income and no it will not get processed any faster.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

10 minutes ago, chenAsia said:

Hi, Im new here in this site, Im Chen from Philippine and married for 8yrs  to a foreign man from USA. We have two kids and both american citizen s. We lived here in the Philippines for many years now and we plan to move to USA. my husband work online as a teacher and it is a good income. My question s is does my husband can able to sponsor me with my two kids alone or still needed another member to sponsor? and because we married for 8yrs now does our paper works process quicker?

Thanks 

Magandang gabi po or Good Evening Ma'am in English. What is your husband's salary and what does he plan on doing in the USA once you all arrive? Once you tell us that then we can let you know if he will need a cosponsor or not.

 

Since he is already in the Philippines as a resident then he can file for you using what is call Direct Consular Filing(DCF) which means he will file the petition at the US Embassy in Manila instead of having to send it to the USA to file it. This means that the wait time is decreased significantly to only a few months instead of almost a year now. He will be filing for what is called the IR1 visa for you, which means that you two have been married for longer than 2 years. That means that when you do get the US Green Card it will be a 10 year green card automatically instead of the 2 year Green Card.

 

Are the 2 kids his, and have you filed for CRBA for them yet? We have a awesome Philippine subforum here for Filipinos and I will post the link to the IR visa, DCF, and the Philippines subforum below.

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, mcdull said:

depends on his income and no it will not get processed any faster.

It will if he is living in the Philippines because they allow DCF there.

[Amadia 711]

20 minutes ago, chenAsia said:

Hi, Im new here in this site, Im Chen from Philippine and married for 8yrs  to a foreign man from USA. We have two kids and both american citizen s. We lived here in the Philippines for many years now and we plan to move to USA. my husband work online as a teacher and it is a good income. My question s is does my husband can able to sponsor me with my two kids alone or still needed another member to sponsor? and because we married for 8yrs now does our paper works process quicker?

Thanks 

Hi Chen,

 

Congrats on taking the first step - the decision to move to the US.

 

Like @missileman and others stated, your husband has to prove domicile and ensure his Affidavit of Support is 125% above the poverty line for 4 persons (you, him and your 2 kids) as per the Federal Poverty guidelines enacted for 2018. Just as a safety measure, have someone on standby as a 'backup' sponsor should they request one.

Being married for 8yrs allows you to bypass a conditional 2-yr spouse visa and you would not have to file to remove the conditions.