IgorT

Hello Everyone,

Thank you very much for your replies.

I understand that I might have came of as being mad at the border control, I truly respect what they do an appreciate everything I've done with them.

What I was trying to find out if the amount of time he is allowed to be here in anyway reflected our conversation over the phone. But from what I have read, it does not matter, they were just doing what they were supposed to.

Thanks again for your input, and I do realize that we got lucky this time.

Good luck to all!

Helli everyone,

I ran into a little issue.

My father in law has a B1/B2 visa with multiple entries. It was his second time entering the US. I got a call in the middle of the night from an Immigration officer asking me for imformation. At that time he was being serviced at the US border in Chicago international airport. They called me because he does not speak english.

The call quality was real bad and I could barrely hear her (the officer).

She asked me how long is he going to stay, I said we are not sure because he is visiting but it might be as long as May. She also asked what he is going to do here, I said he will stay with us because our family is close and I live with my wife alone so we wanted him to be with us. She the. Asked where I worked and I told her, and asked how am I going to support them, I said that He was here before and I supported him no problem with the same budget. She was very rude the whole time. She said I cant let him stay that long, I will give him a month.

She the hung up without saying anything.

When he arrived, next to the entry stamp it was somthing written by hand, with a horrible hand writing, all I could make out was "stay limited" and the required return date. Didnt realize passport was a notebook.

Is there anyway to get his stay extended, I really feel that tha officer was very rude and was excercising her authority, she would not listen to me. I understand they are Border control, but we did not do anything wrong, and they really screwed up our plans. I need to do all I can to extend his stay, because a month isnt enough for what we have planned.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Igor

Thanks for your Input guys!

I'm going to try to do everything I can to push it through, my wife is in tears because of this so I just must get that advance parole.

Here is my plan:

-Schedule and Infopass appointment to talk to a rep, try to get an expedited advance parole

-If not granted, I will file for advance parole

-Make more infopass appointments and see if I can get advance parole expedited.

Also I have read that some people left the country during the processing of their advance parole, when coming back they usually had the advance parole done and just shipped it overseas to the applicant so they can reenter the US with it. I this is probably not allowed correct?

Hello Everyone,

Me and my Wife had a very small wedding at the city hall when she came over. She has a big family back overseas and we have scheduled to have a wedding there at church and with all her family. The thing is that everything is set up and ready to go, we will be married in front of God on July 18th. Her AOS documents are being processed at the moment, so we will need to file for Advance Parole. What shocks me is that the average processing time is 90 days, which is too late for us.

I may have gotten myself into some trouble, I know I should have applied for Advance Parole sooner, but its too late now.

There is an expedited process though, if you qualify. Do you think USCIS will accept an expedited/emergency advance parole application in our case?

We have gotten a letter from the church pastor saying that we have a wedding at a specified date. I am currently getting it translated.

Is there anything else I can do to help myself out in this situation?

Thank you guys,

Igor and Anna

Hello All,

My brother has filed form I-130 to bring his foreign wife to the US. We ran into some misunderstandings in the affidavit of support.

In the affidavit, where you determine the sponsors household size, do you put 1 or 0 for number 3 (if you are currently married)? The application is for his wife, who is also the applicant, and it automatically counts the applicant in the house hold size. He is married, but his wife is also the applicant, so you have to count his wife as 2 people in the household? Or you just count your wife as 0 for household size in this case?

Also,

For current individual income, do you select the total income or the adjusted gross income?

Thank you,

Igor

Hello Everyone!

I filed k-1 visa for my wife back in 2014, everything went well and now she is here in the US.

We have filed AOS back in in 2014 also. We have received a red sheet requesting for evidence.

The RFE states that I need to resubmit my year 2013 tax information and that my income does not meet 125% povery level (I'm a student working part time, I did meet 125% when my "household" size was 1 (just me) but not 2 (me and my wife)).

So I need to get a joint sponsor. The only person that is available to sponsor my wife is my brother. But he is currently married to his wife which is overseas, he has started a K-3 visa process for her.

My brother has enough income to meet the 125% poverty guidelines for a household size of 3. So would we be able to use him as our joint sponsor and be sure that he will not have any issues later on when he brings his wife to the US?

So he would be basically be over 125% porverty level for a household size of 3 and be able to support himself, his wife, and my wife? I have to ensure that it will not affect his wife's immigration process.

Thank you,

Igor and Anna

Hello!

My fiance received her letter to get schedule her medical and then take an interview

I am filling out the I-134 form, Affidavit of Financial Support.

It asks to list if your position is permanent or temporary.

Here is my situation: I am a student that is enrolled in a payed coop program. I work 1 semester a year, I make enough to to make the 125% of poverty level, and I have a good amount of money saved up.

I worked there 2 semesters, 1 year apart. I have offer letters from my employer, they do state my salary and the time frame I will work there.

Is it an issue if the position is temporary? I do qualify money-wise.

Just wondering if I should get a sponsor just in case?

Also they ask me to list my salary. Do I list the amount of money I should be payed a year, even though I do not work there for the full year and make 5 months worth of that? Or do I list the money I made during the 5 months as my salary?

Thanks!

Would it be possible to file AOS without meeting the 125% poverty guidelines but having money saved up in in the bank. Like at least 50% of the poverty guidelines value?

Igor,

I totally understand. Similar situation here.

DO NOT include your family members as part of your household. There are other ways to include their financial support.

At the end of the day, I ended up meeting the 125% guideline, so I didn't need other support, but I did have some friends lined up, similar to you, who were willing to submit an affidavit on our behalf if we needed it. From people who have done this process before you or me, I have heard two different ways of going about this:

1) You complete your own Affidavit of Support (AOS) and submit all supplementary documentation. You also have your brother complete a separate AOS and provide all the required supplementary documentation. Send both of these to your fiance(e) to bring to the interview.

2) If your brother, by himself, makes more than the 125% guideline, and if he is comfortable with the burden filing an AOS put on him (if he trusts you), he can complete the AOS, provide all the required supplementary documentation and you can send that alone to your fiance(e) to bring to the interview.

I know Option #2 works; I don't know if Option #1 is viewed as strange or not by the U.S. Embassy, but reason tells me it wouldn't be. It's your call.

As far as dependents go, as long as you are not married, your fiance(e) is not your dependent, so you should be putting "none" on line 8 of the I-134 (AOS). Do not include your fiance(e), nor your brother, unless they definitely depend on your for support.

Thank you for the support Erinwall, you are helping us out a ton. Especially when Im leaving in 8 days to see my fiance.

I understand what you are saying, although I have some questions.

There is a form I-864A, that I have a cosponsor sign and provide documentation.

On my tax returns it shows that I do not make 125% of guideline, although I do make 100%. So I need to rely on my brother to be a sponsor.

My brother can sign up for me but he is in a similar situation as me. He will be bringing his wife over later on using a K3 visa.

So if he cosigns on my AOS, does that make me his dependent?

I dont want him to have me listed as a dependent in case he wont make the poverty guidelines later on. He does make the 125% poverty guidelines for 2 of us, plus he has a lot saved up in the bank.

I just need to make sure it will not burden him later on during his k-3 application process.

Igor, no need to worry. Your household size is one currently (you) and will be two when your fiance arrives. Unless you claim your family members as dependents on your taxes (which you said you don't), you don't even need to tell the USCIS about them. They're irrelevant to the affidavit. I myself live with friends and I didn't include them on my affidavit, though we share household expenses. Same deal for you. Sweat no more!

Thanks for the reply! I get it now that I dont need to include them.

Although if I do include them can I add their wages?

The reason I am asking is because I do not meet the 125% guideline, but I do meet the 100% guideline. I'm sure I have to meet 125%.

I talked to my brother who is financially stable he agreed to sponsor me. So I will need to file for 2 or 3 dependents? me, my brother and fiance? And then add my and my brothers wages up?

Also do I include my fiance as my dependent even though she does not live with me? I did not file her as a dependent on my taxes

Hello everyone, I really need help with a big issue.

My fiance got a letter from consulate and everything is going great. While looking over the affidavit of support and the poverty guidelines, I ran into a problem.

To make a long story short. I live with my parents and brother in one home, I work and go to school. I earn enough to meet the poverty guidelines for 2 people household, me and my fiance (when she gets here) but not 5 people household (me, fiance, parents, and brother).

I file my taxes individually with no dependents. So would my "household size" be 2 or 5?

I am really worried about this, any help would be appreciated!

Thank you!

Hello,

My brother filed N-400 back in December, he passed the interview, but was not granted citizenship because he was 50 days short of the 2.5 years required to be present in the US.

As of right now he has been physically in the US for more then 2.5 years, so we were hoping to file N-336 and try to use that fact to be able to get naturalization.

Although the filing fee for N-336 is 650$, about the same as the fee for N-400.

Do you think they will grant him citizenship if he tells them he has physically been in the US for 2.5 years as of RIGHT NOW. Or they look at the date since you applied, and it would be easier to apply for a new N-400?

Thanks!

Hello,

I'm about to file a K-1 Visa and getting some things finalized. I will be writing a page regarding the question "describe the circumstances under which you met".

I went to visit my fiancee in my home country, where I used to live for 11 years when I was little. Should I mention that in the letter in hopes of giving me an advantage or the embassy might see it as a negative. We still have an apartment there and thats where I stayed for the time being, so no hotel records are present for me.

Any input would be appreciated,

Thank you,

Igor

That really applies to official documents, such as birth certificates and divorce decrees.

Some have gotten away with using a copy of the letter of intent, and some have received an RFE for an original signature on them. It could go either way for you.

Okay I see now.

Well how long is a delay if I get an RFE? 2 weeks?

It would take around 2-3 weeks to get the documents if she sends it.

What I think I will do I will send in the copies and have her mail me the originals and if I get an RFE, by that time I will have the originals and resend it.

If scanned ones will work then good, no hassle there.

Who would be more concerned with original documents? The USCIS or US Embassy?

Thanks

Thanks for the replies!

I was going to get her to send via airmail. But I followed the k-1 visa guide on here and the cover letter on the bottom says:

"Copies of documents submitted are exact photocopies of unaltered documents and I understand that I may be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date."

With that being said, can I still send the scanned documents and have her bring the originals when she goes off to the interview?

Thanks!

Hello!

I am applying for K-1 visa for my Fiance.

I had her fill out and sign her letter of intent to marry and g-325a, sign it, scan it and send it to me, I printed it out.

Since she is overseas its is the fastest way to get the document signed, but is it acceptable by USCIS and the US Embassies?

Thanks,

Igor