US Immigration from Belgium

Hi everyone,

I recently completed DCF (i made a seperate forum post about this).

Two questions

question 1: when i recieved my passport back, there was attached a small card with a QR code. I followed that link at it told me that i still have a payment to make, i think it was $200 or $300. this payment should be made BEFORE i travel to the us.

my question is: is that correct or did i already make that payment in the embassy?

I recieved my passport back and it had a sticker in it with a visa to travel into the US. I do not yet have a green card.

Question 2: When and how do i recieve or request my greencard

Question 3: I am traveling to the states on March 1st. can i leave the states and come back, with that sticker in my passport? Or would i first need a greencard? (i need to go to mexico for a week or two ASAP-)

• 29 october 2025 My wife got a job offer
• 5 november: we file a request for DCF
• 10 november: consulate emails us: our request for exceptional filing has been approved and we have to come to the embassy on november 21. We need the I-130 and I-130A, both our passports, mariage certificate, my birth certificate ,proof the my wife is living in belgium (original + copies)
• 21 november : embassy visit. Everyone is super friendly. We have to hand over our papers and that was basically it. On the trainride home we recieve instructions for the next step: we have to contact the embassy when we have all the required next documents: DS260 + I864 + police certificate + court/prison/divorce records (we don't have those) + IRS transcripts of my wife for the last 2 years+ I have to do a medical exam at an approved doctor
• 25 november: I do my medical exam. You have to prepare some papers before (the embassy mails them to you). Do not forget to bring ALL vacination records... you need a bunch of vaccinations. I did not have all of them (well I had them as a kid, but could not prove it...) so they gave them to me again that day.
• 26 november: we email the consulate that we had all the required papers
• 3 december we recieve an email inviting is for an interview at the embassy
• 12 december: day of the interview. The interview was a bit formal, remember to answer the questions directly and truthfully. We got approved! I have to leave my passport there and await instructions to come pick it up.
• 23 december: I am contacted that my passport Is ready. I choose to have it fedexed to my house
• 29 december: fedex delivers. I open the outside envelope but I was not carefull and made a small tear in the inside envelope... the inside envelope you are not supposed to open, but give unopened to the customs official when you arrive. I contact the embassy and they tell me to come by and get a new enveloppe.

My wife is american and we are doing a DCF process in Brussels for me (the huband).

My wife has a new job, in the usa, and we werre in the embassy on friday. Now we have to do a medical check, fill in the affidavit of support, etc.

we are looking at flights.

My wife starts in januari 5th and she wants to fly to the states end of december, to get set up.

but we do not know when i will get my greencard.

Can she fly ahead, or does she have to be here for the whole process?

Hi everyone,

I have a couple of questions regarding DCF and the affidavit of support.

I am from Belgium and my wife is from the USA.

Married 2+ years.

We now live in belgium and my wife has a residency permit here since last year.

We want to move to the USA in '26. We have not started any procedure yet but are in information gathering fase.

Direct Consular Filing seems like a nice option.

A problem for us i expect will be the affidavit of support:

- in 2024 for a couple of months my wife worked, from belgium, for a USA company (online). I don't know exactly how much income she can show, but i think around 30K

- She collected USA unemployment for a couple of months, although technicaly she shouldent have because living in belgium.

- she payed USA taxes on that income (technicaly should have payed belgian taxes)

- since oktober '24 she works for a belgium company and makes about 80K/year

- she has, due to an issue with an inheritance in the past, an openstanding tax debt of about $40K

- she has savings (cash) of maybe 30K. combined we have savings (including stocks etc) of around 60K

- she has a property abroad, south america, that is in a process of being sold, but its a long procedure and it may take 1-2 years

- my wife hasn't lived in the states for 7 years, but kept a domocile (like a legal adress) there, it's at a friends house;

So my questions are:

- can she outright qualify for an affidavit of support?

- if not: what is the easiest way to do it?

- at what stage of the process do you have to produce the affidavit of support? if it is at the end, it could be an option for her to move to the states a couple months ahead of me, and get a higher paying job there.

- Does tax debt / past unemployment benefit matter a lot?

- should she file taxes for 2024 also in the USA? (we file in belgium since we live here)

Also:

- does anyone have experience with DCF from Belgium: brussels? How long does the process typicaly take?

- is it an option to start with the DCF route, but possibly change to another method (fly there on ESTA, or IR1 visa) should my wife get for example an amzing job offer soon.

We know that getting a "sponsor" is an option, but it seems like a very big ask to ask of someone...

Hello all,

I need your help. I have been trying to reach out to the doctor, but they are not replying. it is in that clinic Visa Meiser. They haven't sent my results yet, and I don't know what to do. Has anyone else been through this issue before? What did you do? Thank you.