US Immigration from New Zealand

Hi all,

We are preparing for when we get an interview with the embassy in Auckland and we re wondering whether we can just have the latest tax transcript as the supporting evidence for form I-134.

There are a few different posts saying just tax transcript is fine and others saying to bring 3 years tax transcript and employment letter and W-2 and bank statements.

Any help would be appreciated!!

Thanks everyone

I'm a USC but have lived in New Zealand my entire life. I've always intended on moving to the US as it feels like home to me, since I first visited in 2009. Since 2009, I've returned once or twice every year to see family, friends etc (except 2020 and this year obviously!!). I originally planned on moving to the US after high school, but decided to stay here to get a degree as it is much, much cheaper.

We're on track to receive NOA2 within the next month or so, so I'm trying to get a concrete idea of what steps I should prepare to take next. I'll finish my degree in November so ideally we would move around Nov/Dec, as close together as possible.

I registered to vote in the US as soon as I was eligible and have always voted in every election I can. I have a permanent mailing address I use for things in the US. I have a SSN. However, at this point in time I don't have a US bank account or drivers license. If I can open a US bank account from overseas I'd be happy to do so, and it would actually be more convenient as I'm beginning to make plans to transfer my finances to the US. I've attempted to file income tax through TurboTax but my income is too low to file in the US. I understand we will need a joint sponsor for I-864 and are in the process of arranging one.

My concern is with the timing of completing I-864 if I'm unable to prove intention to establish domicile. Am I correct in saying that I-864 needs to be completed before DS-260? I just don't want to receive NOA2 and have the case in NVC for months without being able to progress with anything. In any case, I won't be able to move to the US until Nov/Dec. In an ideal world, I will be able to file all paperwork with NVC whilst still living in New Zealand, then be able to move with my wife or a few weeks before her. If this is not possible and we need to be apart for some months then that is okay too. We're lucky that we can live together, especially with today's global climate and covid. But I'm sure you can appreciate that we want to make things as easy as possible, if at all possible.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you.

How long can a New Zealander be expected to wait while our application is at the NVC before it goes to the New Zealand consulate?

Application currently at California Service Center.

Thank you all!

Hi,

My wife and I received our letter from the NVC saying that our petition has been approved and that they now require documents for our case.

We're currently living in New Zealand (where I'm from) and with our current employment/life situation in NZ and everything going on with covid, we'd like to stick around here a while longer until the second quarter of 2022. The process from here is obviously still pretty long, but we want to ensure that we don't have move earlier than we'd like to if our case moves quickly, so we were wondering if there's any limit on how long we delay sending in our documents to the NVC before it becomes a problem. Are we able to just wait another 6 months before doing anything and our application will just carry on as normal?

To follow on from that, my wife and I have been living in NZ for a little over a year, and before that Canada for 2 years. She earns well over the I-864 required income and has filed her US taxes on her NZ and Canadian income, however because she's been earning overseas none of the income is "US income". I just wanted to confirm that because of this, she does not meet the requirements for the I-864 and we'll have to find a co-sponsor as well?

Thanks for your help!

I had my citizenship interview done on 06th of January, 2021. The interview went well and the interviewing officer handed me the form N-652 with the box checked for "Congratulations your application is recommended for approval".

It has been more than two and a half weeks since then with no movement forward.

At this point I am still not particularly worried or concerned at the lapse of these two and a half weeks. I gather that the USCIS has 120 days from the date of the interview to issue a final decision.

But how long should I wait before I start making some inquiries?

And if I do reach such a point - who should I specifically be talking to or what is the best way/method to find out what is happening with my application?

Any insights are deeply appreciated. Thank you.