superlori

My husband's interview in London was today and he's been approved! We were SO WORRIED because his flight from Scotland was delayed, then he was stuck on a bus in traffic. We phoned the embassy to say he'd be late, but they basically said if he's over half an hour late, it would be at their discretion whether they rescheduled him. He got there exactly half an hour late, but they saw him anyway and all was well!

They accepted the previous edition of the I-864 too, which I'm so relieved about.

From the day we mailed I-130 to interview was 141 days, just under five months. (By the time we actually move, it should have been approximately five and a half months.) Hurray for DCF!

http://www.***removed***/forms/i-864-sample-affidavit-of-support.pdf

This is a sample filled-in previous edition of the form. The form looks different now but the information is the same.

You fill it in the exact same. The only differences will be that you will check 'I am the petitioner' in Part 1 and your brother will check 'I am the only joint sponsor'. Yours will show no income ($0 for past 3 tax years - have you filed your previous tax returns?). Your brother's will show his income.

Also your household size may be different too. You need to count you, your intending immigrant and all your own dependents. He will count himself, his spouse and his dependents plus your intending immigrant. If he has a spouse and her income will be included in his tax returns and on his I-864, she must fill out the I-864A as well.

Good luck!

You do NOT need the new form. It was the valid form on the date it was submitted. it is still valid for submissions up until June 23.

There are instructions to the adjudicators that say the evidence submitted at the time it was signed is supposed to be presumed still valid if they have no reason to believe anything has changed but the passage of time. However, your adjudicator could ask you for an updated tax return from you and and joint sponsor so it wouldn't hurt to have one. It can be a scanned or emailed. If you can't get it, they will give you their address to send it later and hold their decision.

Thanks, Nich-Nick (and everyone). I will just do that, bring along the new tax forms but use the old I-864. I've filled in a new I-864 for myself (since I'm the main sponsor) but will use my joint sponsor/mom's old form. Fingers crossed, it's tomorrow!!!

Thanks for all your help!

I also realised that since she signed it in January, it contains her 2011 tax information instead of her 2012. Will they consider that financial information 'over a year old'?

My hubby's interview is on TUESDAY. As we went through all our forms to double check all was in order, we discovered they have updated the Affidavit of Support form - which is very bad, considering my mother (our joint sponsor in America) has signed and dated the old form - which was still valid when she filled it in!

She can't send a new (signed) form in time, so what do we do?! I mean, she can fill it all in electronically, but can't get her actual signature on it for Tuesday. I HATE GOVERNMENT FORMS!!!

Any suggestions on what to do?

Even if the school district isn't where you want to actually send kids to school, you could always enrol them there anyway and then just cancel it if you move.

As for living with your sister, you could get a lease written up. I read on here once someone saying they had a letter from their parents saying they could live there and it was rejected for not being formal enough. So I had my mother write us up a legal, formal lease (stating no rent would be required) and will be using that as extra evidence. If you'd like a generic copy of that lease for your sister to use for you, I can send you a copy.

My husband has not had his interview yet, so I don't know what will be accepted as suitable evidence of intent to re-establish domicile, but if it helps, this is what I will be putting in a letter to accompany my Affidavit of Support. Not all of it will be applicable to you but it might give you some ideas.

1. Six year old daughter, [named] enrolled in first grade at [named] School.

2. Arkansas driver’s license renewed in April 2013.

3. Savings account opened at [named] Bank in Arkansas in April 2013.

4. Federal Student Loan payments have been kept up to date from the start of repayment period in 2005.

5. Federal Tax Returns have been back-filed.

6. Notice given to clients using my Childminding service of termination of contracts at the end of May 2013; and stock for online business being sold off at discount prices.

7. Notice given by Intending Immigrant to his employer of intention to immigrate.

I am lucky that I'm travelling to America briefly at the start of April so I'll be able to do a few things like set up a savings account with my bank and renew my driver's license. Obviously this won't be possible for you if you aren't travelling back any time soon, but if you have a bank account still valid with a bank, put some money into it to show you are going to start using it again. Or call a bank and request information on opening an account when you arrive. File tax returns. My state's schools do require a local address but I don't think physical presence so I just used my mother's address, which is where we will be staying to begin with, to enrol kids in school. I will print email confirmation as evidence. I will maybe print out letters of notice to employers which may or may not be useful, but just anything to show on paper our intent. You could maybe email some rental companies to get information on rentals available to print and show as evidence you are looking to move.

I don't know how much of this is relevant but I'm thinking the more I put down, useful or not, the more it will show we are thinking seriously about all aspects of immigrating. Hope this helps spark a few ideas.

Regarding the DS-2001:

We are filing in London and wondering if we need to send the DS-2001 WITH the DS-230 Part 1 or if we need to post DS-230 Part 1 first and wait until we have a date booked for the medical first before sending DS-2001?

I had everything sealed to mail today, then noticed the website says DS-2001 must be accompanied by a cover letter with email address, date of travel and date of medical. Medical getting booked next week, so do I have to wait then?

I'm sure this has been addressed before, but I cannot find anything on it.

My husband got his case number (yay!) so now we are ready to schedule medicals and all that good stuff. However, I'm not sure how we obtain his PCC? I've looked online but not sure if what I'm finding is correct or not.

Where do we apply for this, and if you know, how much does it cost? And how long does it take for us to receive it?

Thanks so much. Can't believe we are already at this stage, scheduling medicals and all that. Exciting!

Cheers!

They just check to ensure you have had/are caught up with all the immunisations the US requires. I'm not sure what they do if you have communicable diseases/viruses; we are fortunate not to be in that position. They do draw a vile of blood, so they are obviously looking for inconsistencies. They check your genitals- to confirm you are the gender you state? They do a chest X-ray to see if you have tuberculosis. They do ask questions about psychiatric history, but again, not sure what happens if there is a history. Just a basic all around health check really.

That's fine. Hubby is asthmatic so he kinda wondered what they were looking for. Otherwise, he's healthy as a horse. Just needs to get up to date on his vaccines.

Apologies if this is covered in another thread (or elsewhere on the internetz), but what exactly is checked for at the medical? Do they just want to make sure you aren't bringing in serious infectious diseases? And aren't psychotic and deranged?

To be on the safe side, is better have the originals with you.

You can book your medical as long as you have your case number. Without a case number they will not book anything unfortunately.

What about notorized copies? I would be so nervous asking my parents to send original passports/ birth certificates transatlantically! Has anyone else had to deal with this in regards to a joint sponsor's documents?

Having a bit of a panic moment here - nothing too serious I hope!

It just occurred to me, obviously my DH will need to take original documents with him to the interview. However, my mother in the US is a joint sponsor and has only sent in copies of her original documents. Does she need to send us the originals, and isn't that awfully risky??

Also, we haven't received the NOA2 letter yet, but can we still go ahead and book a medical?

Cheers!!

First realize that this form is designed for the majority, which live and work in the US. IT's not going to fit your situation like a glove. The children aren't being sponsored by you on the form. The only immigrant you are sponsoring is your spouse. They are part of your household (21d) and yes you report a household size of 5. You have a joint sponsor so it doesn't really matter if you make enough. If your UK income will not continue in the US, then for the purpose of this form, you make zero because they are looking for US income to know you can provide support.

Your joint sponsor is only supporting the one immigrant on the form. If your Mom has a spouse or younger children at home dependent on her, then they are part of her household count. Example

Mom, Dad, +your immigrant wife means Mom must make enough to support 3

Mom, Dad, your two young brothers +your immigrant wife means Mom must make enough to support 5

You and your US citizen kids do not require support. You are free to go on welfare, food stamps, etc. It's the immigrant they want sponsored.

Thank you so much. You have no idea how much that clears things up for me!

Hi everyone,

I am running around in circles on this!

Here's my situation:

I am a USC living in UK. I am filing for my UKC husband. We have three children, all with CRBA/US passports, so they are all USCs.

I am filing DCF, as I reside in UK, so I have a joint sponsor in US (my mom). My income in UK is not enough to support us (and my income in US is nil).

Here's what I'm asking.

How do I list the children on the AOS? It doesn't seem right to list them in #9 because they are not immigrants (and #10 refers to all people listed in #8 and #9 as immigrants). But if I list them in Household size (#21d) it is too many dependents for me to financially support (it makes a household of 5).

If I list them in that section (which only seems correct), then what does my joint sponsor do? Does she list the Immigrant (my husband) and then the four of us (the petitioner and 3 children) as #21e 'Other dependents'?

I hope this makes sense. And I hope my children being USCs means we don't need to file immigration petitions for each of them.....!

Thanks, and please help!

Is your child a US citizen? This is my question too.

Hello all,

I don't have tax records or steady employment for the last few years. I have been traveling and working odd jobs, and am going to rely on a co-sponsor to fill out the Affidavit of Support I-864.

My question is, if my co-sponsor is providing all of the paperwork (tax returns, letter on company letterhead, tax transcripts, etc), do I still have to provide that paperwork? Or does it become unnecessary for me to do so? Will it be a problem that I don't have tax or employment history for the last few years?

Sincere Thanks,

Mike

If you are the sponsor, then yes, you have to fill out an AOS too as the petitioner. Your application is incomplete without you filling one out. Your co-sponsor will fill out a separate AOS as the joint sponsor.

Even if you haven't been working, you are still required to file income tax returns. I don't know your specific situation, but because I was living abroad, I didn't bother, but to immigrate back to the US you must backfile at least 3 years. So that's what I did, putting mostly zeros in all the blanks (because of my Foreign Income Exclusion, but that also meant filling in a different form too). It shouldn't take you too long to backfile, but it is required for this.

Sorry to bump this, just want to know if anyone knows the answer? Would hate for the forms to be sent back because of a silly error!

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I'm new to these forums, so first of all, hello!

We are in the process of filing our I-130 (I am a US citizen living in UK, my husband is a UK citizen and we are moving back to the US).

Most questions I have have been answered by searching the forums, but I can't find the answer to this:

In Part 6, regarding annual income, I'm not sure what is expected. I work in the UK, do not have a job yet in the US, so my annual income is what I make here in the UK, correct? (Just transferred into dollars??) But my federal tax returns all state I make annual income of $0 because of the Foreign Income Exclusion. So...

1) Since it asks just below for my last 3 years tax return amounts, which are all $0, is it still correct that I put my UK income in the 'Annual Income' box? And

2) Do I then include my husband's annual UK income in the next part?

I do have a joint sponsor, by the way, my mother in the US, so I'm not worried about what amount of money I am including, I just want to do it right.

Thanks!!

Lori