US Immigration from France

I am gathering as much information as I can about the K-1 Visa. The objective would be for my girlfriend and I to start to file it once we know the details of the process, as I would be the one moving to the US. Throughout my research on this website and others, I've been able to draw a timeline potentially, but I have several questions and I hope one of you might be able to bring the lights on my questions.

1) I saw that no evidence of financial support is required when filing the I-129F form. When will this be required? I read the I-134 form might be filed before the interview process at the Embassy/Consulate but I would like to know about your experience. Also, the I-864 form must be filed when Adjusting the status when I would arrive in the U.S ?

2) My girlfriend left her job 4 months ago and plans to find another job soon. So far, even if she left, she earned in 2024, above 125% of HHS Poverty Guidelines (we plan to be a household of 2). She also had a steady income for 3 straight years before leaving. We know having a joint sponsor is a possibility but I was wondering with her situation only, if that would be possible to immigrate financially wise? Also how many pay stub, tax returns are needed, and for how long they should be dating back for the I-134 form and I-864 form?

Thank you very much in advance!

Hey guys, (venting here) I had my interview on May 30 at the Tampa field office and was approved. My status has been on "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled" since then..
I did request a name change so I found out after researching that It cause delays but I had no idea It could be this long. I reached out my State senator on Friday so I'm hoping this will move things along but this has been stressing me out I just want to be done I have no criminal background, never got a speeding ticket... Has anyone experienced this kind of wait?

Hi,

good news and bad news. As the title says my I-130 has been approved but now the USCIS ask to fill and send an I-824 to know what US Consulate we have to go through...

I have understood the processing time is like 9 months? that's huge and also another $500-ish fee, the basic mistake costs a lot of money I wish they just asked this during the RFE and not another form to fill out.

Any people went through this?

Hello,

we got asked to send an I-130a (spouse) and we forgot to fill out the contact information section where it says phone number if any - email address if any.

However in the I-130 we already have written the spouse phone number in the appropriate field. I don t really understand why they ask these infos twice (on each form)

Are these info really used? And should we be okay?

thank you

Hello everyone,

I'm French, married to a US citizen, got a K1 visa in 2018, got married quicly and got a conditional 2 year GC a few months later, applied for removal condition in 2021 and got my 10 year GC in may 2024 without interview, but nobody knows (I was in France then).

I'm still married but the problem is that we finally couldn't maintain our US residence and moved to France in 2021.

We have to go to the US next week for family reasons but just for a short visit (20 days), absolutely not to move back to the US, we have our return ticket.

I already traveled back and forth from US to France with my first GC, at the arrival the only simple question they asked was "how long have you been outside the US ?", it was 2 weeks, 4 months... then they just stamped my passport and "welcome back" without checking anything more.

When I will be at the CPB desk shall I try to lie if they ask the same question (I`m very very reluctant) ?

Is it easy for them to check my past trips (I don't know what they have on their screen).

Otherwise I`m ready to volonteerly file the i-407 form, no problem, but will they let me in for a limited time signing the i-193 (paying fee) or paroled ?

I worry they can send me back immediately.

Any experience of that ?