US Immigration from Brazil

Hi! I was looking at my consulate feedback and reviews here on VJ while I prepare myself for my interview.

I noticed that when I filter the reviews to only see "poor" reviews, many of them have no stars given and no feedback given. Wouldn't this pull the embassy/consulate rating down? When in fact the user really didn't give any rating or feedback at all, even though he took time to submit a review?

I understand the user had to select the 0 star when he submitted it, so it was a conscious choice, but it's honestly not helpful for other users. Maybe as a solution, whenever a user selects zero, then a written feedback of at least 100 characters is required? That way it will help people to actually think/pay attention to their review before submitting it, and not just submitting anything that is not helpful at all.

Or maybe would including a requirement of minimum of one star for the review to be submitted be an option? Maybe this would be a big change on the whole rating and it may and not be possible. You know better than me.

Just throwing ideas here and wondering if this is possible seeing the website is going through so many changes too. I just feel frustrated many users gave the embassy 0 stars with no explanation whatsoever about what was so bad about it.

Also, if I may add, Rio de Janeiro has a terrible typo on this page: https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Brazil&cty=Rio De Janereiro
It's not Janereiro. It's Janeiro.

Hello everyone,

I am new here and as the title says I am applying for both of these forms and 2 more (I-130 and I-864). I came to the US with a student visa and after I graduated I filed for the Optional Practical Training (OPT) and I was able to work in the US for a year. My OPT has expired and I need to file the I-765 again to be able to work legally, now that I am married. So, I am thinking if I should renew my permission or if I should make a new one. I believe I should apply for a new one because I need to get a job and not just to get another OPT.

I would really appreciate a feedback! Thank you in advance!

Hi,

I've been married for 3 years to a US citizen. I adjusted status from an F-1 visa. I got my conditional green card and have since applied for removal of conditions, which I'm waiting for now. I'm eligible to apply for citizenship in February 2024 if I stay married.

I love my husband very very much, but we have some potentially irreconcilable differences that have me thinking of divorce more often than I would like to. We've gone to couple's therapy (but he has all the receipts), I've gone to therapy specifically to discuss whether to get a divorce about a year ago, and I decided to stay. A year later, I still think of divorce frequently, but I'm afraid of the implications for immigration.

My husband has visited my home country once, and my parents have visited us here in the U.S. once. I'm close with his family and he's reasonably close with my cousin who also lives in the U.S. (we have pictures and airfare tickets to support all of this).

Other than adding the two years for citizenship eligibility, what are my risks here? He's been known for some "petty revenge" (never against me) in the past, so I'm afraid he could do something to negatively affect my status. Does he have any recourse?

If I want legal advice, do I go to an immigration attorney or to a divorce attorney? How do I find an attorney that specializes on both things?

I'd love to get a no-fault divorce due to irreconcilable differences but he's not open to discussing divorce as a real option right now -- I've mentioned it a few times and he just shuts down.

What do I do? There's been no violence or cheating involved (thank goodness), just good old "we're too different and we fight too much and I'm unhappy about my marriage and feel like I've tried everything else already."

Thanks!

Hello all - I have been rummaging through USCIS/Lawyer/VisaJourney/Reddit/Govt sites and can't seem to get the 100% clear answer to my following doubt:


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Background Information:
To start - we are currently filing the IR1/CR1 Spousal (we are at NVC stage)

I am a freelancer whom works for a US company (though I work remotely outside the US) and get a 1099 - my past 2 tax returns include 1099s also - 2 years ago(2021) I made slightly under the 125% (by $200), last year I made well over the 125%, and this year I have already made over the 125% -
Additionally, I have enough liquid assets to cover the 125% x 3 were it needed.

I plan also to get a letter of continuing employment for myself (to also show proof of reestablishing domicile)

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The Actual Question/Doubt:

Where my doubt is the following:
I have seen mostly people talking about people whom are already living legally and working in the US as the intending immigrant and therefore using their income at that point.
Is that the case? or can we use a letter from her employer?


Am I able to use my intending immigrant spouse's income as part of the Affidavit of Support under the following circumstances?
1. She works for a large multi-national where she is currently employed in Portugal
2. The multi-national has already agreed to transfer her position to the US upon moving there (it was agreed since the beginning)
3. They said they will write her a letter stating that she is currently employed and how much she makes - and that they will transfer her job to the US and how much she will make when she can work in the US

USCIS says the following:

1. If you included the income of your spouse listed in Part 5., Item Number 3., any child listed in Part 5., Item

Number 4., any dependent listed in Part 5., Item Number 5., or any siblings, parents, or adult children listed in Part

5., Item Number 7., each one of these individuals must be over 18 years of age and must complete Form I-864A.

2. If you included the income of the intending immigrant who is your spouse (he or she would be counted in Part

5., Item Number 1.), you must provide evidence that his/her income will continue from the current source after

obtaining lawful permanent resident status. He or she does not need to complete Form I-864A unless he or she has

accompanying children.

Source: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-864instr.pdf


I don't think it will be 100% necessary to use her income - but it would be useful to know this because then it will remove any doubt at interview stage. Since I am not their ideal W2 earner with a "stable" income that they seek - I just want to have all the backups I can incase anything happens.


Thank you!

Hi, everyone!

I'm either too anxious or too burnt out to find the answer to this question (and I searched in the search box)... LOL...

I have my interview in a week and am finishing organizing all the supplemental paperwork (all sort of financial documents from the last 3 years, pictures, our son's birth certificate, etc.).

If you had an actual interview to remove conditions, what questions did they ask you? What documents did they require? Did they ask your partner questions too?

Thank you!