US Immigration from New Zealand

Hello,

My fiance has his interview on May 25th 2021 in New Zealand. He said it went well and it was approved and that he would receive his passport back within 2 weeks but it has been 15 days and the CEAC status only says "Application received" for over a week. No update at all. When I check other people's timelines they received their visa within days but ours has not been touched. I try contacting the consulate but no answer. Is this normal? I am starting to get really bad anxiety over this. Any experience with this?

Best,

Ashley

The NVC recently reviewed the documents for my husband's IR application. My I-864 (as USC petitioner/sponsor) and financial evidence was all accepted, however there was a message with a review note that said: Please submit every 2020 W-2/1099 form for "me"

I do not have a W-2 as I only have overseas income and I am instead using evidence of our assets to meet the I-864 financial requirements. I already submitted my 2020 IRS transcript and this was accepted. I do have payslips... should I upload some or all of these (there are 26 of them for the year)? I also provided a letter specifically stating I intend to use assets to fulfil the I-864 requirements due to having no US income so I don't see how payslips or a W-2 for that matter would be necessary or relevant in this case. Has anyone else come across this issue and found a solution? We have decided to add a joint sponsor anyway to cover our bases but this still does not solve the request for W-2 issue. Thank you!!

We are going through the IR process for my husband and made it to the front of the line for NVC document review last week. They reviewed and accepted all forms and documents except one, his police certificate, which we had not uploaded correctly. I uploaded and submitted the correct file within a few hours of getting the message. My questions is, how long is it likely to take NVC to go back and review the new document? Another 5 weeks?? I noticed that the date on the new document is still the same as the original submission date but it has been a couple of days since submitting and nothing has changed.

I know this question is kind of like asking how long is a piece of rope, but perhaps I can describe my circumstances and someone could make an educated guess at how long the CO would want to see me in a job role before approving the I-864 for my wife's case.

We are both still living in New Zealand completing our second Bachelor's degrees. At the end of the year we will hold four degrees between the two of us, which I think provides a great earning potential when looking at totality of circumstances and lowering the risk of my wife becoming a public charge. Because we have been living in NZ and studying, I don't have any US-based income in the last three years. We will finish our degrees in November and I plan on moving to the US and into a job immediately. I predict that I will be able to find a job paying $50-60k. So I will file taxes with the IRS at the end of 2021 with one month's worth of US-based income, and then how long should I expect to work before filing the I-864 with pay stubs and employer letter?

We are coming from a very low-fraud country. I am aware of the "six months of pay stubs" language used in the I-864 instructions, but as @pushbrk has repeatedly pointed out in threads that I've read, one pay stub is sufficient to show your current income, and YTD income is basically irrelevant as long as current income is above the threshold. But then this poses the question, what would be the harm in getting a job at the end of November, working all of December and then sending the I-864 in Jan-Feb 2022 with a pay stub, employer letter and 2021 tax transcript? Is that likely to be denied by the CO as there is not enough history of current income?

Maybe this is a question which cannot just be easily answered as they look at the totality of circumstances and it's subjective, but also surely the CO will acknowledge that I've been residing overseas and studying, hence not a longer history of US-based income, in addition to the fact that we have decent earning potential between the two of us given our education, and the fact we're coming from a low-fraud country? Or am I being too hopeful? My current understanding is that I'd need to work for six months, so I could send I-864 in early June 2022 and my wife could join me in the US in August-September 2022 if all went well, but 10-12 months is definitely longer than we would want to be separated if at all possible.

As a side note, joint sponsor is practically out of the question. I had someone lined up but they changed their mind, and I'd rather not ask anyone else as I don't think it's likely that I could find someone who will do it.

Any advice is hugely appreciated.

Hi everyone - We are getting ready to submit all the forms and documents for my husband's green card to the CEAC site. I'm unable to get tax transcripts because I had to amend my 2020 return. The issue I'm having is the file is too large even after I compress the PDF. Does anyone have any tips? There are so many pages to my return but am I able to only upload the 1040 or do I need to submit the entire return? Any help is appreciated!