US Immigration from Netherlands

Hi all,

Story:

Last week my wife and I filed the i-130 from the Netherlands (online application) and I am preparing some future steps to be ahead.

My wife and I are both employed here and plan to move to the US as soon as I receive my visa. Now, my mother-in-law will be a joint sponsor, so that's covered. The only question I have is to proof that my wife (US citizen) will establish domicile in the US no later than me (beneficiary).

She worked in the last 1.5 years of her PhD also here for an US company, under Dutch contract, just to cover expenses (from what I understand this might be contradictory to the temporary part(?))

Case:

She lived in the Netherlands for about 8 years, but only for studies. So, I'll try to proof that by showing records of:

- letter from mother-in-law we're going to live at here address to start our house-seeking journey;

- proof of registration of her master program

- proof of her PhD program (ended June 2022)

- US bank account

- US tax filed last years

- US election votes

Question:

We might even have a job lined up by then, but we're not sure about that yet. Eight years is a long time. Does anyone has a clue if this sounds like strong case to proof my wife's intention to establish domicile?

Thank you all very much.

Martijn

On 6/27/2022 at 12:49 AM, Crazy Cat said:

If the income will not continue when you relocate to the US, then you can not include it as current annual income. If your income will continue after relocating to the US, it can be used. Your ability to support a new immigrant is based on your income over the next 12 months after re-establishing domicile.

I'm sure @pushbrk can explain it clearly.

Thanks. That's a useful piece of information! Can you provide a source for that?

I am in a more difficult situation. My wife (petitioner) and I (beneficiary) are going to file coming week.

For now, we're both in the Netherlands, but she might move within her American company into a post-PhD program that will start next year (around or just before we will enter the US). Which will put our US income (only on her name) on 120k+, meaning that it will provide above poverty line for both of us, for the coming 12 months.

Would that be sufficient to count in and how can we proof such a thing?

Hi everyone,

New on this forum, but read a lot already. Thank you all for the information. Great community.

So, my wife and I are living in the Netherlands. She's a US citizen and I am Dutch. She has been here for 8 years now.

We talked about it a lot already and then postponed it, but due to some career events we think it is a great choice to move next year.

So, we decided we're going to apply for the CR-1 (just got married in April). We're not in a hurry in terms of moving to the US. So, we will apply and see when it comes.

Great topic. I'll probably post some question anytime soon!

So apologies for length. Skip to TL;DR if you want to, but if you don't I will love you.

So technically she is not my wife. But we might as well be.

I'm a US citizen and currently in Seattle. Girlfriend gave birth recently back in the Netherlands. I came back to the US because of a family medical emergency. We are now thinking of making a permanent move to the US This separation is really affecting my mental health.

With that in mind, let me just ask some questions.

So if funds are not a problem would it be a bad idea

1. For them to come to Vancouver on an eTA (essentially almost like visa-free) using baby and mom's Dutch passport (Canada normally allows 6 months stay).
2. We get married in Vancouver and file I-130.
3. We find an AirBnB nearby for them to stay and me when I come to visit. Mom would not be working (on maternity leave).
4. File for baby's CRBA, US passport in Vancouver (couldn't do it in Netherlands due to situation).
5. I cross the border frequently with or without baby (depends on feeding).
6. Apply for a visitor record when the time comes for wife. If denied, wife goes back to Netherlands and stays at mom's.
7. Meet at International Peace Arch whenever we can.

TL;DR Is it bad idea for foreign spouse and American child to wait out USCIS process in Vancouver if US citizen spouse lives in Seattle and funds are not a problem, since working is not allowed? Should US citizen go back and forth across the border? Should US citizen parent file CRBA outside of country in which child was born in third country?