US Immigration from Mexico

I dont have evidence of joint documents because we do not live together, my wife is living 75miles away from the border in Mexico, so we visit each other during the weekend twice a month. We had a nonplanned small wedding party but i do not have pictures of it because my family wasnt happy about it, they even tried to stop the wedding; my family inlaw does not know about the relationship, after what happened with my family, i called her and i said to my then fiancee "dont tell them about the wedding". My exattorney told me that the few evidence i have is sent until requested and that there's a high chance to get rejected, but i did some research and the instructions for i130 ask for evidence and affidavits. Now I am completing my i130 packet by myself through consular processing(my attorney did not help us at all), do i need to include the pictures of us (mostly selfies at restaurant, but they are many), conversations, gifts receipts and few money transfers in the initial packet? O should i wait untill they request it as my exlawyer said? I have phone logs for ten months and they are like 100 pages, should i include all of them? Do I need translations even if the interview is going to be in mexico(the instructions ask for them)? The only hard evidence i have is a postnuptial agreement signed by a texas notary to joint assests and liabilities, an holographic testament and a life insurance, but i dont know if these documents are going to be enough. I wanted to include a letter of my situation but i know that when family is not aware of the marriage is a red flag, so i am unsure about it, my inlaw family was not present at the wedding party so they eventually will know about our family problems. We love each other but the distance and our families are making this process difficult.

Hello everyone,

I am currently under processing with the i601 that was filed Jan 21st 2022. We are also working with a laywer who asked for an expedition 15th February 2022.

The expedited processing got denied, my husband is a Marine so he could deploy any time so I'm wondering why it got denied and if we could appeal it?

We also got help from a Congressman to expedite the NVC appointment date for the Green Card so I was also wondering if he could help expedite the waiver as well.

Thanks for reading and for the help.

Hello everyone,

I would like to know the processing times and experiences for those who live in Tennessee.

I applied Nov 02,2021 based on 3 years of permanent residence, my fingerprints were reused the same day and I have not heard anything since then.

Hello all - We were given a date in June for my fiance's K-1 interivew in Mexico and then out of nowhere it got moved up to March. We would like to keep the June date or postpone the March date that they've now given us. Is this possible?

Thank you!

At the interview in Ciudad Juarez the counselor officer said that the my wife would need a different sponsor because they could only count the the "earned income" line our tax transcript and could not count our $34,534 of combined Social Security income. (this seemed totally illogical to me.) So she received the dreaded blue paper saying she was denied.

I filled out a new I864 and also an I864A. I sent that plus the original SS income 1099's for 2020 and the original SS 2021 income statements. I attached a letter saying it seemed illogical that SS income that showed over 150% of the amount needed ( which is on a different line on the tax transcript) could not be counted. 3 weeks passed and we received another denied stating she needed a different sponsor.

So I started researching and I found The Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual on line...... Guess what .....

Volume 9 Visas, section 9 FAM 40.41 N5.5 part 4 b Tax-free income (such as a housing allowance for clergy or military personnel) and other tangible benefits in lieu of salary are considered income. The sponsor bears the burden of proving the nature and amount of income. ..(So income includes salary income and any provable tangible benefits from any source}

And a rule that has been paused by the court The Public Charge Rule there was allowance for positive factors in the totality of the circumstances, including, but not limited to, if the applicant is: employed with income sufficient to support him or herself and the household; Not employed, but the household income is sufficient to support the household and the applicant; Collecting a pension, earned Social Security benefits, or has a retirement account or other supportive income that replaces employment income.

So clearly the counselor officer was wrong twice

So I re-submitted an I864 and attached a letter asking for a REVIEW BY SENIOR STAFF and citing the State Department Manual, and the paused Public Charge Rule stating clearly that other provable income should be counted.

The letter included this statement

"...since the reason stated for rejection is lack of income for me as sponsor based solely on the total income line on our IRS transcript, and the total Social Security benefits shown on the IRS transcript (in lieu of salary) are clearly more than the required income, and per the The Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual are acceptable as other tangible benefits that are income, and because I as sponsor have furnished proof of the benefit as per the manual, I ask that you please approve our 2021 Social Security income as a sponsor and applicant.

Since the only reason given for refusal of her residency visa was sponsor's lack of income, and that determination was not correct based on the the Department of State's Manual and previous rules allowing Social Security income in lieu of salary, the end result should be an approval of me as sponsor for her immigrant visa, thus resulting in an approval of her Visa.

Result: Visa approved.