Lucy_Nani

We never showed a certificate since we've been in the States. Yes and yes. So it looks like I need to file for divorce then....

My husband would need to renew his green card in March of 2016. He currently has the 2 year conditional green card because of our marriage.

If we dissolve the marriage before then will he be deported or be denied the 10 year? Any ways around this?

Thanks.

Also we were married in Peru how do I go about finding out if the marriage has been recognized in the USA? I never changed my name or filed here.

Here is the orginal post: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/464770-update-husband-admitted-to-marijuana-use-in-medical-exam-advice-and-experiences-please/

Hi! So we were granted the visa!! It arrived on December 3rd! I cannot believe it. I am not sure what happended. I suppose he tested negative for THC, and that the Dr. said that she didn't think there was a problem with drug use. Which there isn't. Glad we pushed through, didn't tell anyone in my family. Now I will go home for Christmas, come back, and we plan to move to the US in March of 2014.

Haha great!

Right that is what I thought! Ok great so then we can go and come back then right?

Hi,

We are waiting for the CR1 Visa via DCF here in Peru. I am assuming that it should be ready within the next week. Since the process has taken longer than expected, we are planning on going back to the USA for Christmas (for just two weeks), then coming back to Peru to "finish" up our lives, and then move back to the US in Feburary. Is this possible or he is required to live in the US for 6 months without leaving? Thanks you guys are the best!

Yeah it DOES vary from country to country. I have been living in Peru for over 2.5 years on a tourist visa but the US Embassy doesn't care at all. They still accepted me and didn't have a problem for me to file DCF. Bellavita shouldn't have a problem since he is living in Italy with dual citizenship.

I edited my above post with the main fees. Factor in any travel, mailing, obtaining copies of docs etc.

If you don't maintain US domicile after you enter the US he can lose his green card and you'll have to start over. Waivers can be applied for if he wants to remain outside of the US for a prolonged period of time, but should be done before he leaves the US.

What a relief! Thank you so much for your responses!

sorry just re-read about the other fees....ok not soooooo bad, at least there wont be an additional $985.....!!!

Right I didn't know that he was required to LIVE in the US. The plan has sort of been ok let's go for at least a year and see how it goes, and if you like it then great but if not then we will move back to Peru. So let's say in two years we decide to move back to Peru, and let's say we have a baby which takes around a year. Then we have to do the process all over again if he wants to re-enter the US? I mean if he didn't maintain his status. I guess I didn't realize he had to live in the US full time. I thought he would be more like a citizen that he could come and go as he pleases, live half and half.

About your comment. I don't quite understand, about the adjustment of status. Do you know what the next steps are in DCF? I know we have to have an interview, police records, show that he will not be a financial strain on the US, and medical exam. What about other fees? Thanks

So I just started reading the additional requirements for filing DCF. I went to the embassy today in Lima, and dropped of the application and everything was fine and easy. Then the lady tells me they will send more instructions in the mail within the next 3 months. So I start doing research on VJ and there are more steps which I knew about but I didn't realize there were so many. Including a $985 filing fee!! This is for the adjustment of status. My husband has to get police records, a medical exam (who knows how much that will cost?!), fingerprints, affidavit support from someone in my family living in the States (because I cannot do it I have been living in Peru), and who knows what else. #######?! I thought DCF was supposed to be so fast and easy, and the cheapest. I just spend $420 today dropping off the application, and then I find out that he can't leave the US for more than 6 months at a time. I thought we were going to have way more freedom, than that. I thought we could come and go as we please. This blows. Someone please tell me that it will be okay and the positives for doing all of this.......

Hey! I dropped off the application today and it was so easy! The woman barely even looked at my packet. Is this normal? She says they will send us a letter between 3 weeks and 3 months telling us what to do next....does anyone know what the next steps are so we can start them now?

Hi all. I am getting ready to apply for DCF I-130 from overseas. I am here visiting my fiance for 6 months now and will meet the residency requirement. Does anyone know if dual citizens require Certificate of Residence or a Foreigners' Permit to Stay?

Thanks

What? Where? Filing from overseas? Who has dual residency and to what countries?

Ok thanks because I definitely didn't prepare one!!

Thanks! Yea we ha e always lived together so there is no phone bill or skype evidence. I have lived in Peru since the very beginning of our relationship. I have stayed here for so long for him, so hopefully they will understand. Did you file DCF? I am getting ready to file the first round application tomorrow. Then if everything is approved they will ask for more info right? Like a sponsor financially and medical records, and then finally an interview right? Congrats! I have heard good things about the embassy I hope they're true.....I don't live in Lima so I have to travel there. I hope they don't make it difficult for me......

Is it really necessary to do a cover letter????

When writing the dates should we write day/month/year or month/day/year?

I have everything in order except maybe enough proof of a bona fide relationship (I have a lease and some photos) hopefully if they want more evidence they will ask for it in the second interview. They wouldn't turn me away because of this right? Anyway I am writing to see if there have been any recent changes that I should know about? The filing fee is still $420 right? Also they asked for an alien filing number on the I-130 application that I have no idea what that is. I figured they would give that to us later right? Thanks so much for the help all of you here are so wonderful and have been such a tremendous support group through all of this! So much love! Wish me luck! I will update my timeline ASAP.

If you are using affidavits from family and friends to support your relationship then they should be notarized. Are you both on the same cell phone plan? do you have any paperwork/bills stating both of your names on it? Since your filing DCF i'm assuming you're living in Peru... do you have mail addressed to the both of you? Christmas/Birthday cards sent to your address in Peru that could prove you do in fact live together?

For a spousal visa they may want to see the joint account/insurance policy... if you have time to spare you may want to try to get these things in both of your names and hold off on filing until after. If you are set on filing now then try to come up with more evidence of the relationship. My fiance and I lived together for a while in Lima and although our lease was only in his name we pointed out that the stamps in my passport and boarding passes proving the time I had lived in Peru corresponded exactly with the dates the apartment was rented. Also if you've gone on trips together try to show boarding passes/bus tickets both of your names and seats next to each other?

sorry, i just re-read the original post... disregard the suggestion about the lease... but any mail addressed to both of you at your residence may help

Thanks for the info. Yeah I asked the landlord for a contract and he got us one with both our names on it. However it is just a few months old because we just moved in. Also I have been here for so long and we have been living together for a long time, I am hoping that since we are putting the same address on the 325a for the past 2 years hopefully that will also be ok. I am glad I don't have to translate the FB messages, because that is great evidence, with dates and everything. Everyone on here seems to make out the visa application this crazy hard, horrible process but it really doesn't seem to be THAT hard. It was just as difficult if not more difficult to get married here, in Peru. (Well maybe I am speaking too soon?) Hehe well I will let you all know how it goes in a few weeks!

because you are already married your going to need everything the people above listed except you WILL have to show joint accounts and if you have children you will have send their names

....but we don't have a joint bank account, and like I said we don't have children. Does anyone know if the affidavit needs to be notarized?

are you already married or getting married?

Yes we are already married. We have been married since February of this year.

Ok so I will get our lease, I was just really hoping not to have to translate it. What about an affidavit does that need to be notarized?

We don't have a bank account together, we don't have children, we never got a lease, and don't have enough time to get affidavits. I also don't want to translate facebook messages. However I am planning on showing a bunch of pictures with dates on them. Do you think that will be enough evidence or will they want more? Thanks!

The actual required vaccines are depending on the age of your significant other. Fro details, go to CDC and find the details (DOS uses the CDC directions). Most would be by default applied in Peru when your spouse was a baby. Not sure how easy or difficult would be to get duplicate records, but it used to not be that hard and nowadays they have many of those records digitized.

Worst case scenario, many of those could be waived with a bllod test (can't recall the name of it, but it is listed in the CDC directions). Is a special test designed to report on the inactive vaccine organisms. Other than that, you would have to do the vaccines again.

Great thanks for the info!

Why in the world would you both have to get them? The medical exam and the interview are solely for the intending immigrant. The USC doesn't even have to go to either if they don't want to. Assuming most USCs are in the USA during the entire visa process, I doubt the doctor would even expect the American spouse to be present for the examination.

Ohhhhh ok great, I thought we both (myself and my husband) had to take the medical exam! Wahoo great news! Thanks

Yeah one of the K visas. I think the K1 is the fiancee/fiance visa. You have to get married within the first three months of being in the US though. Look into DCF if you live in Isreal legally it's the fastest and probably the cheapest way.

Yeah thanks good idea for some reason I am really not okay with getting so many vaccinations, especially ones that I have already had! It just seems unnatural and kind of gross.