US Immigration from Finland

Hi all,

I am going through the supporting evidence requirements for the Affidavit of Support and one of them is a letter from the employer stating whether the work is temporary or permanent.

My US fianc started working at the end of March for a company that hired him through a contracting company. His work contract says it is "contract to hire", which means that for now the contract is for a one year of employment but they usually end up hiring the person as a permanent employee after that one year. He would be making $111,000 in a year, maybe a bit less during this year since he only started but still way more than what the minimum requirement for the sponsors are.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and could tell us if the embassy would for some reason not accept him as a sponsor because the work contact doesn't say permanent?

Also, is the tax refund info required only for self-employed sponsors? So in my fianc s case he would only need to submit his bank statements and a letter from his employer as evidence?

Thank you!

So, the interview instruction form says to provide an interpreter VIA PHONE only if applicant doesn't speak English fluently. We have one lined up, BUT there is conflicting information on how to get form G-1256 (declaration for interpretation) filled out. The interpreting company says since the pandemic has started, it has been filled out prior to the appt by both the interpreter and applicant, and we are to call the interpreter at the time of the interview. This seems in direct conflict to what the paper says and of course I can't get a hold of anyone at USCIS for clarification. This is sooo annoying and anxiety inducing. Does anyone have any experience with this recently. Our interview is next week on 3/23. Thanks

Karina and Auli

Hi,

apologies if this is a repeated question, but there seems to be a lot of conflicting info.

Do I need to bring my husband's (petitioner) divorce decree to the interview? If so, does it need to be an original or would a photocopy be enough (i.e. the same one we submitted online to USCIS and NVC - I would just print it out)?

Then again, it says under "U.S embassy Helsinki, Finland" that only if I, the applicant, was previously married, a divorce decree should be brought to the interview.

Five months ago my fianc and I filed for a K-1 visa me being the beneficiery. I have been discussing about the unpredictable processing times and prolonged EAD process with my boss and today she had a call with a lawyer and some people from our US parent company and they were laying out the option of applying for a L-1B visa for me.

If I would qualify and decided to let the company apply for me, what would happen to my K-1 visa application? I was told that L-1 processing time is around 8-12 weeks, which sounds unbelievable as I am prepared to wait another 5 months for my K-1 visa to get to a point where I could move to US. The L-1 visa would seem to remove all the worries of having to wait for the EAD and not knowing when I am able to get back to work. Yet I am scared that if I withdraw my K-1 application for this and for some reason my L-1 application is denied I would have to start this process all over again.

Can I leave my K-1 as it is and withdraw it if I receive my L-1? The lawyer should be looking into this but I thought I d ask here while I wait him to get back to us.