US Immigration from Japan

Hi everyone - I received the very generic RFE for i-864 after sending through our AOS application.

It says "Based on the documents submitted, we could not determine that the petitioning sponsor on Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, is qualified. In order to be a qualified sponsor, the petitioning sponsor's Form I-864 must be properly completed and signed, and the supporting documents must establish that the petitioning sponsor's income meets 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor s household size. See Form I-864P for information on the Federal Poverty Guidelines. If the petitioning sponsor's income does not meet 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline for their 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 am confused as to why I got an RFE but have a few ideas. For clarity sake here, I make $186,000 a year so very confused as to why they are giving me an RFE.

What I gave:

1. My tax returns for 2022. Note: my income was foreign, so technically on my tax returns show that but redact it from my total income. So my total income on this is $4,000.

2. My pay stubs for the last 6 months where I get paid $12,000 a month (3 of which are in the US, 3 are from Japan when I was working there)

3. My US employment contract, showing my agreed salary and bonus.

Do you think 1 above was the issue? Perhaps despite 2 and 3 being provided, the income from my previous year was redacted as it was foreign income?

OR the I-864 was filled out improperly. I didn't use Adobe Acrobat and instead just used Chrome to fill out the pdf. Maybe that was the issue?

Either way, they were not specific at all. Perhaps it's safest to have my father (income of $140,000, household size of 3) to be my joint sponsor instead.

Maybe I should make a cover letter, saying that I should qualify with previous documents, but in the case that is not true for whatever reason, to use a new I-864 based on my father's information?

I have my visa interview scheduled on January 22, 2024.

They required me to bring my husband's certificate of naturalization, but he does not have it with him at the moment since he applied for his passport few days ago.

I do not think we can obtain his certificate before the interview date.

I was wondering if there are any alternatives I can take.

Hello,

Was wondering if anyone had any advice when applying for a 2nd I-131. Some background info; Applied for current I-131 on 11/2021, was approved around 01/2023. Due to our life situation we are not going to end up using the travel visa as intended. My wife (who applied for the I-131) will be spending *more* than 6 months per year in the US during the duration of the travel visa, we will also be filing US taxes during that time. I think we have a good chance of being approved for a 2nd I-131 because of this, but I'm not 100% sure.

My question(s) are as follows.

1. Does anyone have any experience applying for a 2nd I-131?

2. Any advice on when to apply for the I-131? Due to how long the i-131's are taking to process, we aren't sure if we should go ahead and apply right now as they are taking 1+ year to complete.

Thank you for any and all advice!

Hi. I am a Japanese national who used to live in Korea for several years.

I applied for the criminal records certificate at the Korea embassy in Japan, however, the document got rejected.

NVC told me to obtain a new certificate from the correct issuing authority.

I have checked the official NVC website but did not know what was wrong with it.

My wife just received her Visa and we will be moving to America shortly. We have a big stack of documents and are trying to figure out what we need to keep.

I know marriage and birth certificates are always needed, but what about other stuff like the I-130, or I-864?

here is what I am assuming

Keep

• marriage certificates
• birth certificates
• medical exam records

shred (destroy)

• I-130
• I-864

Not sure

• police certificates
• letters mailed by USCIS. (I have not received any physical letters from NVC)