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Hello, we are traveling in three weeks while waiting for the I-751. We sent the package two weeks ago.

1. His green card expires in Sept. but we will return in August. I don't think we need an info-pass stamp in his passport?

Thank you. I suppose that is the date they mention.

confused about the date mistake.

and our packet was returned with this message...

The Form I-175 you submitted has been revised. You must submit the Form I-175 with a Revision date of 4/11/13

No other info was provided in regards to what date on the form they are asking us to revise. I can only assume they mean the marriage date, but our marriage was on 4/13/11.

My question is should I change the marriage date to their revised date? or do they mean the date where we sign the form? Any ideas?

--2 letters of affidavit from friends who know both of us well

--copy of car insurance listing both of us as insured drivers

--copy of our credit cards ( we can't get a joint credit card as most banks won't do a joint credit card) I have him listed as an additional user on my card

--copies of our driving lisences showing the same address

--copy of a letter from our landlord stating that we live together at the same place ( we don't have a lease but a month to month agreement)

-- joint bank statements ( spanning two years)

--copy of my life insurance listing him as a beneficiary

--copy of my retirement account listing him as the primary beneficary

--utilites in both our names

--some photos of us together

-- joint tax returns from 2 years

Is this enough evidence?

Thank you!

Hi everyone.

1. We are ready to send our 751 form and evidence in May.

( 2012 and 2013 tax forms)

--car insurance in both our names

--bank statments over the past two years

--two letters of support from friends

--a few pics of us together

--copies of utilities bills in both our names

--letter of proof of living together from landlord ( we don't have a lease as we are month to month renting)

--drivers license showing that we live together

Is this enough evidence?

2. We are traveling to Europe to see his family. Do we need an info pass? We leave for Europe in July.

Thanks so much for your help

Have you already looked at this? http://germany.usembassy.gov/acs/getting_married/

It sounds like he or she is still in the States from what I can tell, so they might not be able to visit the local Standesamt, but maybe their fiance can go there and clarify things. Or are they both in the States and planning to get married there?

Thanks for your help! I suggested that page as well and my friend told me that he even made an appt. at the German Embassy and they weren't very helpful... I think his fiance needs to work it out in Germany, but any responses are helpful.

Hi, I'm looking for some answers to these questions from my friend who is a US Citizen and will be marrying a German Citizen and moving to Germany... He registered here, but can't find the German citizen forum on here. If anyone can help him with these questions, that would be great! Thanks so much

According to the German consulate general's website I need to get a copy of my passport notarized.

Does it have to be notarized by the German consulate or will a regular, American notary public suffice?

Does the "application of exemption from the certificate of no impediment" have to be filled out at the consulate

or a licensed German translator or can anyone who speaks German help me? Also, the signatures on these forms

have to be authorized by the German consulate as well?

What is the difference between a certificate of no impediment & an affidavit about your marital status?

I already have the certificate of no impediment from Alameda county from 1999 to the present day, 2013.

Do I need another C.O.N.I. from the time I was 18 until 1999 from the county I lived in prior?

Does the schriftliche anmeldung der eheschlieBung have to be authorized by the German consulate?

Thank you so much! I hope this helps them out. Yes, they would be living in Germany. Apparantly, the German Embassy here has been very unhelpful.

Moved from adjustment of status to general immigration as the OP is not filing for or asking about adjustment of status but asking general questions.

Thanks Inky!

my friend ( US citizen) is engaged and wants to get married to his fiance ( she lives in Munich and is a German EU citizen) He went to the German Embassy ( two appointments) and they weren't helpful in answering his questions). Can anyone answer some of these or direct me to a site that can help him? Thanks!

1. Can I apply for the marriage visa from America?

2. How long (roughly) can I expect this process to take?

3. Can I travel between Germany & America while the visa is processing?

4. What part(s) of the filing or the visa process do I have to be present for in Germany?

5. When is my A1 level German language knowledge tested? At the interview?

6. What documents need to be notarized? Can I notorize them in America?

7. Translator at wedding? Translator for documents?

8. Health insurance for visa application?

9. 3 passport photos?

10. Can I apply for the marriage visa during my stay in Germany on the tourist visa?

11. I need a Affidavit swearing that I am not currently married to anyone else in America.

Where can I get this in the USA? How much does it cost?

12. Where else can I find reliable/easily accessible information regarding the marriage visa process?

1-800 number? An email address for help?My f

If your husband is a LPR then he has to claim the money earned wordwide for the entire tax year. You will have to convert the amount to US dollars. I did this by using the OMBs website for currency conversion the government uses. If your husband for some reason is not a LPR then you have a choice as whether to have him treated as a LPR for tax purposes or as a resident alien. Have a look at the IRS website for LPR and taxes. I used Turbo Tax for my wife's income she earned abroad and entered her income as if she received a W-2. Since she was not a LPR, we could not e-file as we elected to claim her as a LPR for tax purposes and had to include a written statement to the IRS signed by both of us.

Hope this helps,

Dave

Thanks everyone! very helpful... especially the turbo tax links and other info!

You can file jointly and use TurboTax and report the French money earned in 2012. This thread will help you do it yourself using TurboTax to claim the foreign income exclusion. TurboTax help for Joint filing- 2012 For newly married in 2012 with foreign income

Thank you!!! very very helpful!

My husband earned money in France from Jan-March. We were married in April in the US and he has a conditional green card now. Do we have to declare the money earned in France from Jan-Mar 2011?

Can we file Joint income? What other loopholes do we have to provide? Can we do turbo tax or should we see a CPA?

Thank you

You will need to show, however, that it is not your intent to give up his residency in the US, that you are not taking up residence in France, but that relocation is expected to be a temporary one only. You will need to retain ties with the US - keep some sort of residential address and mailing address, maintain your DL and car registration, etc. Plan before you leave how you will show your move overseas is expected to be temporary and you fully intend to return to the US and make sure he applies for the appropriate permission from USCIS before he leaves.

If you are not able to do that at this time and do intend to move permanently to France or to live there for an extended period of time, then he will need to surrender his green card. If, in the future, you wish to return to the US, you can sponsor him again for another green card.

Thanks Kathryn, very helpful!

Does that include a green card with conditions removed? I suppose it does.

Hi everyone, my husband ( who is French) and I might be moving overseas ( back to France) next year. He just got his conditional green card this week. We understand that he will have to remove conditions of the card in two years if we are in France.

Can we move to France for a year and then return if he has a conditional green card? Is that legal?

We had an interview yesterday, and my spouse was grilled about the round trip ticket here. Why he bought the roundtrip, instead of a one way ticket. He didn't cancel the return trip, and the agent gave us a hard time about it. He explained the cost was $3000 for a one way and all we could afford was the round trip ticket. She let that pass, so I guess it depends on the agent? Our case was approved, so we were lucky. I would file a petition!

you hang in there! Maybe all hope isn't lost yet, make sure to talk about it before you end the petition.

Thank you so much for your support fellow vjers! What a strange experience going to USCIS for that interview... they are very good at intimidation and making people nervous... sigh. Glad that part of this process is finished. PHEW!!!!

Out of curiosity, I just checked the status of our case and it was updated today: Card production in the mail! YES!

I believe that means approval? Yes, No? so confusing after today's interview.

If I were to redo the interview, I would have been well rested and been better prepared for these questions had I know they would have asked me such detailed questions about my marriage... What year were you divorced? What year did you separate from your first husband? When did your first husband leave the apartment? Why did you get divorced? What year was your first marriage? I don't understand these questions because the divorce decree was in the packet for USCIS signed by the courthouse, original document?

Sounds like somebody on a power trip.

She can't deny you based upon her mood that day.

All decisions out of Regional Offices require two signatures - the AO who conducted the interview and the Director/Supervisor of that office.

I hope so, I just hope it wasn't because we were so sleep deprived that we were very slow to answer the questions.

It's not "typical", it depends on the officer (and your case). The IO who interviewed us in Sacramento was super-nice.

If you think everything was good, I would wait and see. Maybe that was too early in the morning for her and she needs some extra time to review your case.

You are so lucky! Our experience was the exact opposite and reading yelp reviews of the SF office confirmed that yes, they are very cranky there.

is there any red flags in your case??? I meant prior marriages? age differences??

Yes, I was married before. My husband, never married. No other red flags.

further review is pretty normal. They just have to make sure they got everything they want.

Fingers crossed, thanks for the reply.

SF office this morning at 7:45 a.m. The officer was very cold to us ( to be expected) and didn't like that my husband had purchased a round trip ticket when he came in the US with his K1 visa (???). In fact, she almost stopped the interview, and became defensive that my husband wasn't cooperating, but in fact he just didn't understand her poorly worded question, which was "When were you here in the US last". He said, "November" and she said "no it was when you entered the US on your K1 visa and didn't leave on the return date" Then we had to explain the reason for the roundtrip. He explained that one-way tickets are very expensive. She then drilled him about his military service in France and then asked us questions about where we live, how many relatives we have met and then when my first marriage ended. She then wanted documents of my salary, and proof of our co-habitation, bank account, bills etc. She xeroxed these. She took his I-94. The she asked about the ceremony, and wanted to know why his parents didn't come from France and my parents (too expensive etc.) We showed her some pictures and cards from our parents congratulating us. She left the office and came back with a form and explained that the green card would take a while, depending on the number of applications. She handed us a document with a box checked FURTHER REVIEW and then the interview was over.

Is this typical of the SF office or all immigration offices? What does Further Review mean? Did we not provide enough info or answer the questions?

This probably isn't any surprise to veterans of this topic, but I'm nervous.

I have all the documentation, but I don't have a rent lease in our name. I have cancelled checks written for the rent. We don't have a lease, but a month to month and my landlord only wants my name on the rental agreement, so I xeroxed checks which have our names on the check made out to the landlord. We also have, pg and e bill, vespa, credit card, bank statement and phone bill in both our names. I hope that will suffice for the immigration officials.

One more question, are wedding photos necessary ( we have a few) and are we interviewed together or separately?

Any responses would be appreciated. I don't know what I would have done without all the VJer's here. Thank you, thank you!

Best,