US Immigration from Brazil

Hello everyone, hope all is well with you!

My name is Julia, I got married in July, under a K1 visa, and sent my AOS application in August. Me and my husband decided to put his mother as household member that is going to help him to meet the financial requirements for the AOS, since we're living with her. He filled out the form I-864 as the sponsor and she filled out the I-864A, as a household member.

We sent: both this forms, together with my husband's tax returns for 2023, 2022 and 2021, his bank statements for both his checking and savings account for the past 6 months, my mother-in-law's tax return for 2022 and 2021 (she didn't have to file taxes for 2023, because she only receives retirement benefits from Social Security, which are non-taxable), her retirement benefits statements for 2023, 2022 and 2021 with translations from Spanish and a letter certifying the translation was accurate and complete, the tax document for her house, that counts as assets to meet the requirements, and her proof of citizenship.
With my husband's savings, my mother-in-law's retirement benefits and her house, we calculated and we definitely meet the requirements.

Now, we received the following RFE:

"Based on the documents submitted, we could not determine that the petitioning sponsor, OMAR GERARDO, and the petitioning sponsor's household member(s) listed on Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, are qualified. In order to be qualified, the petitioning sponsor's Form I-864 must be properly completed and signed, and the supporting documents must establish that the combined income of the petitioning sponsor and the petitioning sponsor's household member(s) meets 125 percent (100 percent if military) of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor s household size. See Form I-864P for information on the Federal Poverty Guidelines. If the combined income of the petitioning sponsor and the petitioning sponsor's household member(s) does not meet 125 percent (100 percent if military) of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor's household size, you must obtain a qualifying joint sponsor who demonstrates the ability to support you or submit evidence of assets. See Form I-864 Instructions for more information"

I have two questions about this RFE, that I really need help with:

1 - We thought about asking my mother-in-law to fill out a new I-864, now as a joint sponsor, and send them this new form, her tax returns and retirement benefits from Social Security documents for 2023, 2022 and 2021, a letter from her explaining why she didn't file taxes in 2023, the deed of her house (that has more information about her ownership and we didn't send the first time) and a letter from the bank with my husband's savings account information for the past 12 months. What do you think about it, is it okay to have her as a joint sponsor, instead of a household member that would help?

2 - If we continue with this option, in the part of form I-864 related to the household size, what would be the number I should put in her form as a joint sponsor? Me and my husband live with her, so tecnically it'd be a household of 3, but he's the sponsor and I don't know if I need to include him on her form too and in what part of the household size I should include him.

Thank you very much you all since now! Best wishes too for all of you that are also in this process!

I don't understand what happened in my IR1 visa interview. I recently had my interview at the consulate in Rio de Janeiro and the consul was supposed to ask me for a 601 waiver, but in my interview, besides not even saying the waiver, he didn't tell me if the visa was approved or denied, he just gave me a sheet of 221g asking for a document. I took this document to CASV, the visa application service center, and there the lady said that my passport would arrive at home with my visa approved? What do you mean? Is this a miracle? But when I get to the visa tracking, it shows as refused? What's going on? And when will I get my passport back? Can they still deny it or ask for a waiver? I'm confused and distressed...

Hello everyone!

Well, basically the title explains it all. I'm an Alien with a K-1 Visa, arrived in the US a month ago. I am currently IN America, with my spouse. We just married and it was the best day of my life. We are filing for a Change of Status, Work permit, SSN. All that jazz. We are right in that moment where I can't really work and I have just been spending my money all over without making anything back. And, All the money that I had whilst coming here is slowly fading away.

Now, my spouse can very much cover all the basic needs and more, BUT there are still some things that I'd like to get for myself without needing to make her go through the trouble of spending even more of her money (specially given that the Change of Status fee is right around the corner and that is pricey!).

I have some folks back in my country and some friends that I know here that have said that they would like to give me some cash just to have for myself. So I can buy stuff like new clothes, food, pay my phone. Stuff like that.

Like I said, my spouse can cover for all of it. But I'd rather help her out in any way I can. That way we could more easily save up to get ourselves a couch and some other things to turn our basement into a cool living space like we've been wanting to!

However, I haven't really been able to find a concrete answer about this. Am I able to accept money from people without having a work permit? Would that get me in trouble? I am not really sure.

Thank you for reading, regardless! I very much appreciate it.

Have a good day!

My son 15 years old living outside of US is coming (tourist Visa) to visit me for about 30 days in US.

(I am US citizen through naturalization).

Can someone point me to the right direction about applying for his green card?

My specifically question is: Should I apply here in US or at his home country overseas?

What are the required forms? I-130, I-485...

Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely day.

I met my significant other online through a group of mutual friends on February, and, a couple months passed, i applied for a b1/b2 VISA, got denied (on the 10th of June) on the grounds of lacking strong ties to the country of origin, specifically in regards to having my own house/residence in the country.

Following that fiasco, my significant other came down here to Brazil (from 3rd of September to 16th of September) and we spent 13 days together. During this period, we decided to become engaged!

I have the equivalent of a Registered Nurse degree on my country, and I've been working as a Nursing teacher for 3 years, with some on-field supervisions here and there.

We've been looking at our options to live together. She absolutely needs to go back to America every couple months for medical related reasons, so staying here long term isn't exactly ideal.

I could go for a EB3 through NCLEX and CGFNS and looking for a job, but I believe applying for a EB3 after having my B1/B2 visa denied could be seen as a bad thing for the US government. Am I thinking wrongly?

We're willing to go for a K1, but since the time we've spent together was not a whole lot, it could be denied.

She's going to come down here sometime next year, and we could get married in here, and then go for a CR1.

Or I could go for a B2 and stay in the US for some time, and then come back here, and try again for a K1.

She's willing to be my sole sponsor, but she will need to look for a more stable job and career options to better cover the poverty line thing.

All of these options are so overwhelming and it makes me feel suffocated and hopeless at times.. Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.