US Immigration from Germany

We are considering to move out of state but I am concerned this may delay the interview scheduling way more than just waiting a little longer in California. Is there a rule of thumb how long it takes for the new case manager to request our file?

Hello everyone,

I'm currently living with my wife in Germany and am a USC and petitioner for my wife. We don't have dependents and are expecting to recieve a response from our petition approximately in the next 3-4 weeks. That is what the estimate suggests.

I am currently employed in Germany and will not be able to carry over my job to the U.S. and we only have maybe 1/3 of our required assets to provide sufficient means ot support. The assets are in my savings account, and I understand since I don't have domicile nor a job I can carry into the U.S. I must provide proof of 125% of the HHS poverty level.

I get all that and understand that I will fall short of that ability to provide this income.

As far as finding a co-sponsor, this is where I have also a blocker. My parents are very old and will not provide a co-sponser nor my sibling, which I cannot phathom why not. They love my wife and I have never historically been a burden to them... I believe itis just the unknown of how much liability and responsibility they would incur in case something really tragic happens. I don't know.

I do have extended family but have not asked them mostly because of pride but also because I do not want to bind them as well to something I am ultimately responsible for. I have friends in the U.S. but the same applies, and I don't have the type of friends that would openly volunteer being a co-sponsor.

This leaves me with only the choice of quitting my job once the petition is approved and moving to the U.S. to establish domicile and secure a new job. I can do that even though it will be tricky and costly as well.

The question I have is the timing of everything. Once the NVC takes over, then I haven't found any documentation on when the I-864 will be required to be submitted to the NVC, nor what is the timing in general to have the form filled out to allow me to move to the U.S. and secure a job and domicile.

I've read many blogs here and obviously I have missed it if documented in the travel.state.gov site: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas.html

I have read through the FAQ many times and cannot find this information.

Has someone else been through this same experience while living abroad and trying to plan ahead to immigrate their spouse to the U.S.? Is there a strict timeline once the petition is approved to have the next round of supporting documents submitted? Is this documented somewhere, or do I find out once the NVC sends the information to me?

Thank you!

Coffee2Go

E-2 Investors can not directly self-sponsor a green card for themselves but only obtain one via NIW and similar means.

What is the situation for E-2 Employees?

Can a company/employer from a treaty country sponsor an employment-based green card for their employee who holds an E-2 Employee Visa (that they obtained via that company)?

Hello everyone! My name is Tiffany. I am a US Citizen from Texas. My husband Mike is from Hamburg, Germany.

Our story is kinda different. My grandfather met my grandmother when he was stationed in Germany during WW2. They fell in love, got married, had 4 kids and she immigrated to the states. My parents divorced when I was 6 and due to family drama, I didn't really get to see my grandma or talk to her growing up. I was completely estranged from that side of my family and even struggled to have a meaningful relationship with my father even as an adult. Unfortunately both my grandma and father have passed so the opportunity to learn about my German heritage from them has passed.

I met my husband Mike in the late spring/early summer of 2022 though a video game that we both played. When I found out he is in Germany, I struck up a conversation with him about it as I've always wanted to visit there and learn about my heritage. Our conversations started off just about what life is like in each other's countries but then we started talking about our morals, past relationships, ect. After about a couple of months, we were talking for hours every day and spending every free moment we had together. Feelings really started to develop and we decided for him to come here to visit and stay with me for almost 3 months. We wanted to see if what we were both feeling was real or if it was just infatuation. He arrived here in December 2022. After having him here with me for a week, I just knew he was the one for me. On Valentine's Day in 2023 he proposed to me. Sadly 2 weeks later he had to go home.

We decided that he would come back to spend my birthday with me.

On September 10th, 2023 Mike and I along with my sister and husband took a trip to Las Vegas and were married that night.

I originally filed the i-130 in the beginning of November, however due to a typo on my credit card authorization, my petition was rejected. The petition was then re-submitted in the beginning of December 2023 and currently it is the "case is being reviewed" status. Yeah like I actually believe that.

Our journey with the immigration process has just begun but the anxiety and stress are already getting to me. I find myself waking up to being in a full on anxiety attack quiet frequently. I'm always thinking about the possibilities of things going wrong and having to file a waiver of inadmissibility.

Hey all,

I've read through this thread and would like to ask another I-864 related question.

We are currently preparing for the NVC stage after submitting our I-130 Standalone/Consular filing.

Once we get to NVC, it's DS-260 and I-864 from what I gathered... but... which I-864?

I am confused about the different forms at this stage: I-864, I-864EZ, I-864A.

Situation: Sponsor is active military US Citizen currently living in the US filing for beneficiary abroad.

I-864EZ states:

You may use Form I-864EZ if ALL the following conditions apply:
1. You are the person who filed or is filing Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, for a relative being sponsored; <<< That would be my husband (petitioner) filling out the I-864 and he filed the I-130, so I guess MET?
2. The relative you are sponsoring is the only person listed on Form I-130; and <<< I am the only beneficiary on I-130, no children or stepchildren
3. The income you are using to qualify is based entirely on your salary or pension and is shown on one or more Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-2s provided by your employers or former employer <<< means if we supply the past 3 IRS tax returns or tax transcripts and are over poverty line, we are fine?

... so, do we file I-864EZ? Or is there any downside and we should just go with I-864?