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http://brazil.usembassy.gov/interview/forms-for-immediate-relatives-and/or-employment-based-petitions/medical-examination-instructions2.html

Que estranho isso do DS-3205, eles não entregaram nenhuma cópia pra ela? Pq o médico do Rio forneceu a cópia da página das vacinas para mim, inclusive esta escrito bem grande no topo do formulário "give copy to applicant".

Então na verdade eu também achei muito estranho, tanto assim que eu falei para minha noiva ligar novamente e perguntar por que eles não tinha entregado. Eles falaram simplesmente que não entregam, e pronto. É por isso, e outros motivos, que a gente ficou desapontado com a atenção da clínica. O pior é que não tem alternativas...quem mora em SP (ou mais perto de SP do que qualquer outro médico aprovado pela embaixada americana) tem que fazer exame nessa clínica.

Pode marcar a consulta médica mesmo sem a carta de entrevista. Apenas precisa do número de caso para eles poderem encaminhar seus documentos para o consulado. Acho que eles estão marcando os exames com uma demora de entre 2 e 3 semanas.

A minha noiva não gostou muito da atencão da recepcionista, mais no exame mesmo (que foi com a Dra. Daniela também) não teve problema nenhum. A única coisa que eu (o peticionário) não consegui entender é por que eles não entregaram o documento DS-3205, que é uma transcripção das vacinas já tomadas para usar no processo de AOS aqui nos EUA. Mas na clínica eles falaram que não entregam nunca, então sei lá por quê.

You can have a look at my timeline for a rough, albeit Brazil-specific, estimate. The interview date assigned to you does not depend on how prepared you are. It will be given to you, first by e-mail and then (much) later through a letter mailed to the beneficiary's address, and it will be approximately 2.5-3 months after you receive your NOA2, assuming you don't run into any of the delays that CSC filers have reported.

Since you want to prepare now, be advised that the medical in Brazil is a PITA since there are Embassy-approved doctors in only four cities: São Paulo, Rio, Brasília and Belo Horizonte. If your fiancée doesn't live in one of those cities, she will have to travel there. She could of course do the medical in Rio right before her interview (like the day or a few days before), but she would run the risk of the results not arriving in time and holding up the process. They would still conduct the interview, but (assuming she got approved) would wait until receiving the results before issuing the visa, not to mention if your fiancée needs vaccines or something else comes up.

You can PM me if you need anything else.

You sound very lost. Why isn't your American fiancé helping you research the process?

Your dad cannot be a co-sponsor if he is not an American citizen or permanent resident. If your fiancé does not earn enough money annually to meet the minimum, then you will need a co-sponsor who is a citizen/permanent resident.

You do not need the NOA2 for the interview. However, as someone else already said, you will need it for future paperwork you will file once in the US. You need to make sure your fiancé's mom's address matches the one USCIS has on file and then find out why your documents have not been arriving.

If you have received the e-mail from the consulate in Rio, then you ALREADY HAVE AN INTERVIEW DATE SCHEDULED. That means you need to begin gathering all of the paperwork they list in the e-mail and make your medical exam appointment, because you may have to wait a few weeks for one depending on the city. Note that you can only visit embassy-approved doctors in São Paulo, Rio, Brasília or Belo Horizonte.

It's been 9 days since you sent your forms. There is no reason to worry that anything is wrong with them yet.

How did you reach this conclusion??

Because it sounds like you're committing tax evasion in your home country.

Sure sounds like fraud to me.

Yeah it's at Texas and it I think I've read on here a bunch where they no longer do the fiancé visas at Vermont I THINK so that's why they sent you to Texas . There is no rhyme to it you'll end up wherever you end up usually and sadly .

Not even close to accurate. There most definitely is a pattern.

I have heard this about California center as well. But we have been there 4 months now with nothing. Of course, this is less than the 5 montgs they list for my type of I-130.

Different type of petition, completely different timeframe.

Did you already send a letter of intent with your original package? If not, then it should be enough. Keep in mind you need one for each person and they must have original signatures.

If you already sent that the first time, then they're asking for additional evidence, so simply re-sending the letter will not be enough.

I-864 ask for total gross income if you file a IRS 1040 or 1040 a form. IF you file your taxes using 1040ezform then you will use adjusted gross income

as far as the op being surprise, he already stated that he wanted to use deductions to lower his income reducing the tax he owes, which he can do. Just because someone made 40000 does not necessary mean that is the amount they will pay taxes on

You're right. He can't used the 1040-EZ because he's self-employed. He'll have to use the regular 1040.

As for the last part of my post, I think you misunderstood. With $40,000 in gross earnings, even after deductions, he should have been making estimated payments. It won't affect his ability to sponsor his fiancée, but it will cost him an underpayment penalty on top of whatever he was supposed to pay.

The I-864 asks for adjusted gross income, which will be less than your gross income since you're self-employed and you can take certain deductions, such as deducting one-half of the self-employment tax. It shouldn't bring it down to below the minimum of ~$20,000 though.

As a side note, if you earned $40,000 in 2014 and you didn't make estimated payments....well, you're in for an unpleasant surprise when you file your taxes.

Once I had to e-mail the consulate (about something related to the K-1 visa) and I used the immigrationrio@state.gov e-mail address. They responded the following day with a thorough and accurate answer. Have you tried that address yet?

I have no idea about the expedite, but if they moved your interview up almost a month, that would seem like it had been expedited to me. K-1 interviewees normally have to wait about two months as well between the consulate receiving the package and the interview date. I don't think they can bump somebody else to give you that person's slot, even if you are being expedited.

Just got approved! Saw it on the USCIS website at 7:45PM CST, but no text or e-mail (as most other users have been reporting). I had an NOA1 date of July 29, so I'd like to think that the remaining July users will hear something soon!

EDIT: Text and e-mail both came at 8:00PM CST.

I have no idea what a DR10 is, but am I reading this corectly that you applied for a tourist visa to get married in the US? Or you're going to marry in the UK and then take a trip to the US? Either way, did you provide evidence of ties to the UK?

Processing times are still getting longer, so either they're moving more slowly, handling a larger volume or allocating resources to other types of petitions (or all of the above).

From 10/16/2014 to 2/18/2015 is four months, not five. And it doesn't say anything about your chance of getting an RFE. Be prepared for at least a couple more months of waiting for your NOA2, unfortunately.

Using assets can be very subjective and tricky, so I'd avoid that at all costs. You also cannot use your primary residence or vehicle as assets.

The 2015 poverty guidelines are out already, and you can find them here: http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/15poverty.cfm

After multiplying by 1.25x, for 2 people it's only about a $300 increase over last year, so we're not talking about THAT big of a difference. Take the least amount of deductions you can to get you over that amount. Also keep in mind that depending on how late in 2015 your fiancée has her interview, they might want to see some bank statements for 2015 as well to make sure that you continue to make at least as much as you did in 2014.

If you're going to respond to me and tell me I am "flat out wrong" without having any decency to correct me for the future then why bother saying anything

I responded to a question about how Italy would recognize gay marriage.

My response to that question was correct as long as Italy accepts k1 visas. ( of course it'll have to be sent to uscis)

My information was not wrong.

So unless you're going to tell me why I was, I'm going to leave it here.

In your first post, you said, "The initial i129f petition is going through the U.S. embassy." That is wrong -- USCIS handles the petition. In the context of our ongoing discussion on whether DCF was possible, that is confusing because it makes it sound like you're saying that it is possible (and so that's why the petition goes to the embassy), when in fact it is not.

After re-reading the rest of what you wrote after that initial statement, it sounds like you're referring to processing the I-129F in the US, like everyone else does, and your information appears to be correct. I misinterpreted it because of your first sentence about the embassy handling the petition.

It appears as though the US does NOT recognize the união estável for the purposes of visas, which means should you choose to pursue the K-1 visa to get married in the US, there should be no complications. See here (in Portuguese -- let me know if you need help translating it):

http://portuguese.brazil.usembassy.gov/pt/commonlaw.html

You can continue living in Brazil until your case is processed, and in fact, the foreign beneficiary MUST do the medical exam and interview in Brazil. You'll likely need a co-sponsor though, since you won't be able to prove a steady income in the US (since you're not living there).

Someone asked a question. I gave them an answers that's always relevant.

Yeah, except for the part where all of your answers were flat out wrong.

Anyway, out of fairness to the thread starter, we should prevent this topic from veering even further off course. You CAN file the I-129F petition from abroad, assuming you have access to the required documents and a check drawn on a US bank (or money order) to pay the filing fee. You will need to find a co-sponsor who meets the requirements mentioned by aaron2020, and you may be asked to provide proof that you will re-establish your residence in the United States. The co-sponsor does not have to be an immediate relative, or even a relative at all, but the closer your relationship with that person, the lesser chance you will be asked questions about it. You will need this co-sponsor for the next step of the process as well.

Keep in mind that the K-1 process can take anywhere from 4 to 10 months on average depending on which service center your petition is assigned to, so it's best to get started on it ASAP.

The initial i129f petition is going through the U.S. embassy.

Italy does not count in the process.

This couple are moving to America to get married, they are not marrying in Italy and same sex marriage has been allowed with a k1 visa for several years now.

They can do this. It might be a little harder for them but there is no law even in Italy saying they cannot go fourth for a k1 because they will not be marrying in Italy.

Also Italy for the first time in history has more people wanting civil unions to be allowed. It's changing, and hopefully one day they will decide to let civil unions happen or better yet marriage.

All of this is irrelevant to the topic at hand because as I said before, DCF is not for I-129F petitions.

So you didn't read the previous posts in this thread, because if you had, you would have learned that it's never a good idea to use correction fluid or modify documents AFTER other people have signed them. What you did is technically illegal, although I'm fairly certain it won't be an issue in the long run. But you've given yourself an extra headache in this process that you get to carry around until the day your petition/visa is approved.