RachaelP

Hello Brazilian VJ'ers,
My fiancé is preparing for his move here to the US, and we have some questions for those of you who have already made the move successfully. I have listed the questions below (some related questions, some not).
1) I know that Brazilians living abroad do not have to pay income tax to Brazil since only residents must. Is there anything Brazilians must file with the Brazilian government to note that they are no longer residing in brazil? (I came across something called: IRPF - Comunicação de Saída Definitiva do País but I cannot figure out if this applies.

2) My fiancé is considering keeping a bank account open in Brazil in case he needs to ever deposit money for his family to access. The account is a savings acct that does not assess fees even if we maintain a very low balance. Is there any negative to doing this? Could it affect him being seen as a resident and therefore cause him to owe taxes on global income? I have been told that IF the government considers someone as a resident, they must pay taxes on income from the US. I would hate for a technicality, such as maintaining a bank account there, to make him a resident in the eyes of the Brazilian Government.
3) If he maintains an account simply for himself to use during times of visiting Brazil, is there any problem with this?
4) We have been advised in 2 contradictory ways about whether to suspend or maintain his CPF. We have tended to think that maintaining the CPF is more desirable since suspending it could cause a multitude of problems with regards to renewing his brazilian passport, being required to vote even while abroad, and making purchases via online brazilian retailers. Any advise on this? Also, how does he keep his CPF from suspending due to inactivity?
5) Will my fiancé need to file paperwork to Brazil at tax time (even if he doesn't owe the brazilian government anything). If so, what will he need to file?
THank you for all your help and advise!

Hi,

Hey,
you seem really good to go! I think you have enough and will be approved without RFE or interview, I'm not a lawyer, but just basing that off my own previous experience. I applied for my ROC on my own due to divorce and included the following:
The following are the description of the attachments in the submitted order:
· Form I-751 waiver based on marriage entered in good faith but terminated through divorce.

· A money order for $590 payable to US Department of Homeland Security

· A copy of my permanent resident card.

· A copy of my marriage certificate.
· A copy of my Divorce decree.
· Copies of Arrest Records
· Copies of our joint Tax returns 2012, 2013, 2014
· Copy of our Drivers Licenses
· Copy of joint insurance cards
· Copy of joint ATT phone bills since marriage
· Copy of joint Time Warner Cable Bills since marriage
· Copies of past 3 leases
· Copy of joint HSBC credit cards plus statements since marriage
· Copy of shared Chase bank account since marriage
· Superfluous mail sent to either of us at marriage address
· Various photos of our relationship
Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I agree to submit original documents to an Immigration officer or Consular officer at a later date, if required.
Should you have any questions, please contact me anytime.
I was approved on Monday by getting an email saying my new card is in production. By all means, keep researching, but in my humble opionion you have a soild package. I read somewhere that %90 of ROC get approved without interview, don't quote me, this is the internet after all, but I look forward to hearing about your approval.
EDIT: with regards to bank statements, I chose 4 a year for the past 3 years, so 12 in total, you can never send to much!

This is pretty good, but consider crafting wills, medical powers of attorney, and similar documents. These make excellent evidence for ROC, and they're even more crucial to have in "life."

Last night I received a notice that my address had changed (it had not), but I figured approval (or RFE) would be imminent. This morning I awoke to the MOST BEAUTIFUL news ever.....APPROVED!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
I had written my congresswoman a few weeks ago, whom had followed up with me in the last week when my case was assigned to an officer. Whether this helped my petition to be approved now, or if this would have occurred anyway, I do not know. Contacting her, if nothing else, gave me some peace. This week was MUCH easier simply knowing the case had been assigned to an officer.
SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!! :D

I have contacted my congresswoman's office, and a district aide there has reviewed my letter and plans to contact CSC on my behalf today. While I want to be optimistic, I can't help but notice how dispassionate my congresswoman's aides are because they don't grasp the severity of things at CSC. When talking to my representatives' office personnel, I have found that any evidence from VJ is received skeptically. They seem to only consider data received directly from the USCIS website as valid. They say, "Where did you get this data? Not from the USCIS website, right?" I even had one office liaison say,"DACA has a separate department working on it, so they would not slow down other petitions. I am sure the USCIS has never said that DACA has affected K1 petitions." I was careful to show support for the EXISTENCE of DACA, while questioning the handling of these applications. However, reps seem to be unwilling to consider anything other than what USCIS directly puts out there.
It is so frustrating to have such bright minds here on VJ working to expose the problem at CSC, yet the representatives office only want to recognize data from the USCIS. If the USCIS was transparent in their work, then this would be fine. But they are anything BUT transparent! We NEED the intelligent people here on VJ that determine and share accurate data. But how do we give them a voice that representatives are wiling to hear?