Sweetfruits

Just make a note and give reasons why you did not file for those two years and attached to the AOS. So long your co sponsor have enough to cover your husband then everything would be fine

yes

Dear,

Even though you do not make enough to be a sole sponsor to your husband, you will still fill out your own AOS form and include your husband as a dependent and if he is the only one you have as a dependent then it will count as 2. Staying with someone in the same household like your mom and dad does not make them dependents on you unless otherwise they are included.

Secondly, you cannot add 2 individual incomes to make up the required amount needed to sponsor your husband it does not work like that. If you do not make the amount needed then your joint sponsor alone should make that such amount needed. You joint sponsor will have your husband as a dependent and will also count any other person she is responsible or dependent on her when filling out the AOS form.

If you look at the AOS guide on the required income side it starts from a dependent of,

1=19225

2=

3=

4= and goes on.

If for example your joint sponsor makes an annual income of 19225 or more and does not have any other dependent then this amount will be enough for her to sponsor your husband but if she have another dependent which is not your husband then she will count both your husband and that person the amount in number 1 will not suffice so you will move to the next amount.

I hope you will find this info very helpful. Am happy soon you and bunja will be together.

Good luck

Make an appointment at USCIS and they would be able to guide and help you more

Am so sorry...

Dear WombatWombat,

So despite all this, do you still call the thing between you two a marriage? I hope you not because its not. Try me, he is having another wife and probably children in his home country Senegal. How can he treat you like BS and not respecting you like you do? Why will you buy him a ticket to and fro his home country in the first place? It seems you are giving him the opportunity to be putting you through all this mess. You are not his slave and you should let him know about that. Do not pay to remove conditions nor should you buy his plane ticket. Let him pay for anything he wants for himself because you brought him over and help him get a job only for him to be threatening to leave jobs because of silly augments. A friend of mind went through this same in the hands of a man from the same country as yours Dakar, Senegal and they ended up in court for annulment because of the so call husband was married back home.

Talk with him and let him tell you what exactly he want and make a final decision together...

Thanks

No idea

Very helpful answer

Congrats Gambianbabyduedec,

I am happy for you, newly born and your fiance. Thanks luckyef too for helping them through the way. I hope you will help us out at some point too.

I wish you all the best...

you are so true onye uwaoma,

I am madly in love with my husband and am currently residing with him in his country. Believe me before i come and to stay with him there was never a day that will come and go that we never had fights and some times we insult each other with so unkind words. I got to a point that i told him i was leaving him for good even with my heart knowing i loved him so much. We agreed i will go live with him in his country and since they day i set my feet here, i knew i was wrong in doubting his love because of our fights. You love him so fight to have him into your life because there is nothing like real love. Just make while u do this, use your head and make sure he does not use you to get his way. If you see that there is no love kindly consult VJ members for what to do next to avoid getting further troubles with your AOS. OP take the advice posted from people and report to USCIS and avoid any fight with him if he tries to come back because he might try to get his way.

Thanks ritbiv

I really appreciate your answers

Dear VJ members,

Kindly help me out to complete the AOS form I-1864 for spousal visa. I got stuck and seeking your kind assistance in helping me out to finish up with it. I make no income currently since i came over to live with my husband abroad but my uncle who file his taxes jointly with his wife will be a joint sponsor. My questions are below,

1) Despite my uncle filing his taxes jointly with his wife, can he be the only joint sponsor to our petition?
If Yes, what other documents will be needed from him apart from him filling and signing an AOS form I-1864?
**Yes he can be the only joint sponsor but he has to separately show his income by providing his W2. Employment letter and paystubs will also help in addition to the W2s.


If NO, then i understand his wife who is a house hold member will also have to sign a different AOS form I-1864A to show the file their taxes jointly, am i right?
**You can opt this way also. The income need not be separated by W2s.

2)Secondly, PART 1 of the AOS form I-1864 on my form i will tick the (box 1.a) as the petitioner, but on my uncles form I-1864 he will be ticking the (box1.d)
as the only joint sponsor if it is allowed for him to be the only joint sponsor despite filing taxes jointly with his wife but if at all it is not allowed for him to be the only joint sponsor base on the fact that he files taxes jointly with his wife, then he will not be the only joint sponsor anymore but the first joint sponsor and his wife on her AOS form I-1864A form will be the second of two joint sponsors, am i right? This is the most confusing part for me of all the problems on the AOS

**You will check the petitioner box. Your uncle will check the only joint sponsor box irrespective of whether his wife files a I864A or not. He is your only noint sponsor even when his wife fills the I864A form because it is a contract between noint sponsor and the household member of the noint sponsor. So, his wife is not the second joint sponsor.

3) As a husband and wife filing taxes jointly can they be considered first and second joint sponsors as in 1.e or as the only joint sponsor as 1.d on the AOS form? Already answered.

4) Obviously, my husband is the intending immigrant so my uncle will count him as a house hold member on his AOS and enter, does he also include or exclude me as the petitioner? Looking at the AOS form PART 5 number 5 where it says if you have any other dependent, enter the number here here, i guess my uncle will enter the figure there am i right?
**Your uncle will not include you. I guess you are not shown as dependent in your uncle's tax trancript, right?
Your uncle will have him, his wife and your husband(the intending immigrant) as his household members.

Am sorry for the long post because am living in abroad and my uncle is in the states confused with the form just like me here trying to complete it and mail to me and we don't want to make any errors. VJ members kindly help in answering this problems me for one by one.

Thank you all for your time. I will be waiting for your responds.

Dear VJ members,

Kindly help me out to complete the AOS form I-1864 for spousal visa. I got stuck and seeking your kind assistance in helping me out to finish up with it. I make no income currently since i came over to live with my husband abroad but my uncle who file his taxes jointly with his wife will be a joint sponsor. My questions are below,

1) Despite my uncle filing his taxes jointly with his wife, can he be the only joint sponsor to our petition?

If Yes, what other documents will be needed from him apart from him filling and signing an AOS form I-1864?

If NO, then i understand his wife who is a house hold member will also have to sign a different AOS form I-1864A to show the file their taxes jointly, am i right?

2)Secondly, PART 1 of the AOS form I-1864 on my form i will tick the (box 1.a) as the petitioner, but on my uncles form I-1864 he will be ticking the (box1.d)

as the only joint sponsor if it is allowed for him to be the only joint sponsor despite filing taxes jointly with his wife but if at all it is not allowed for him to be the only joint sponsor base on the fact that he files taxes jointly with his wife, then he will not be the only joint sponsor anymore but the first joint sponsor and his wife on her AOS form I-1864A form will be the second of two joint sponsors, am i right? This is the most confusing part for me of all the problems on the AOS

3) As a husband and wife filing taxes jointly can they be considered first and second joint sponsors as in 1.e or as the only joint sponsor as 1.d on the AOS form?

4) Obviously, my husband is the intending immigrant so my uncle will count him as a house hold member on his AOS and enter, does he also include or exclude me as the petitioner? Looking at the AOS form PART 5 number 5 where it says if you have any other dependent, enter the number here here, i guess my uncle will enter the figure there am i right?

Am sorry for the long post because am living in abroad and my uncle is in the states confused with the form just like me here trying to complete it and mail to me and we don't want to make any errors. VJ members kindly help in answering this problems me for one by one.

Thank you all for your time. I will be waiting for your responds.

Dear Deathraaki,

Am very sorry for using your thread is just that am in the same level with you on the AOS form... We are having similar problems on the AOS form but i am able to complete some of the lines with the answers provided herein even though i still have some lines unanswered...

NRL and others am kindly asking for your help with some problems i have regarding the AOS form as am trying to fill it out in advance because i am staying abroad with my husband and sending everything from here...

I make no income currently since i am with my husband in his country but my uncle with his wife are sponsoring buth the file their taxes together so my question is on the AOS form I-864 number, PART 1

1e My uncle will be the first joint sponsor by ticking the box and his wife the second joint sponsor ticking the second box provided am i right here?

PART 3 Number

1. Yes i am sponsoring the principal immigrant in PART 2 because of me being the main sponsor even with no income but when my uncle with his wife filing out their respective forms i-864 and I-864A its showing their in as NO should be the box ticked as an answer in this case because of two joint sponsors... This confuses me so much because i keep wondering why will they both tick the NO when the both are joint sponsors. Correct me if am wrong and advice me why its like that if am correct please...

Another question is that it possible for my uncle alone to sponsor me even if he files jointly with his wife?

Am sorry again for using your thread

Yes she a;ready hired a lawyer but it have been dragging for months and now the judge said he cannot grant her annulment because the marriage was conducted in a diffrent state. Another thing is that the judge said is she will need another lawyer to be able to file annulment in ohio and right now the funds are not avialable to file another annulment in ohio. Now my friend want to take the second option avialable which is the divorce even though she already paid $1,500 for the annulment already only for the judge to come up with this judgement after 4 months of a court case. But the judge made it known to her and her lawyer that he will look into the case before the next court date which is 02nd March-2015 to see if it will be possible to grant her an annulment since the ex husband has been found guilty of bigamy but he then said if it is not possible to grant her annulment then she will be granted a divorce if she wants that or the other option is she will have to go to ohio and refile the annulment case there and she will have to pay another lawyer which we can't afford right now. This is why she want to take the divorce incase the judge makes his final decision of not issuing her an annulment.

Now you said if my friend goes for the divorce route she would want to make sure the divorce reflects the bigamy, how possible is this?

Secondly, i asked my question number 2 wrongly yesterday, i should have asked as, USCIS told her the already recorded in their system that her ex committed fraud, and as a matter of fact they made it known to my friend that, her ex filed twice before with other spousse before he even met my friend and one of this he filed with a complete different name and he never told my friend about any of this but USCIS assured my friend that his 10 year green card would surely be revoked and they told her that she did all that is suppose to be done by reporting it earlier before her ex would try to apply for his US citizenship(i mean apply to be a US citizen) and to my knowledge, the US citizenship can be applied only after getting the 10 year green card, correct me if am wrong please. USCIS told her that the guy was having a wife different from the one my friend know of on the marriage certificate.

Our worry on the above is that, how comes USCIS never realized this guy filed twice before with different names and the third time my friend filed for him because to my knowledge that is the reason why the biometrics are conducted on but the guy fodged his way through their system and got what he wanted because on the papers he filed twice before he told USCIS he was married before in Africa and had kids but on the paper work with my friend USCIS realised he withold imformation by saying he never married and no kids. Kindly share your knowledge on this please.

Is it possible he can fordge his way again with the 10year green card in his hand to adjust to US citizenship even though USCIS and the court both have proven his guilt? I am asking this last questions because the annulment by the court should have been the hard prove that he committed bigamy but the court found him guilty of bigamy but want to grant a divorce instead of annulment which will not proof him guilty to anybody because of the divorce which he can use to fool USCIS again because he did it to them 3 times like if there is no use for the biometrics.

different states have different laws. As strange as it sounds its not that strange to imagine that a marriage taking place in OH would need to be annulled in OH and not MI.

To be honest Detroit is not that far from Ohio. the closest border is about 2hrs. Other points can be as far as 3-4 hrs. Its reasonable to be able to travel there, attend court and return home.

However the courts do allow for people with extenuating circumstances to have attnys appear on their behalf and they themselves not be present in the courtroom. They can be present on the phone (speakerphone) or through a video conference if the court has that technology. She would need to hire an attny that is licensed to practice in OH unless by some chance her attny is licensed in both states and is willing to go to OH and represent her..

questions

1. USCIS generally does not view divorces different from annulments. If your friend goes the divorce route she would want to ensure that the paperwork reflects bigamy in it.

2. this question makes absolutely no sense at all. You say he got his 2yr card and then his 10 yr card. Then you say " they told her she came forward to report the matter to them on time before they guy would be able to file for his permanent residency" Um what? when did they say that? after he got his 10 yr card? your question states " they assured my friend even with the 10 year green card he will not be able to file for his residents permit base on his bigamy then what if my friend took the divorce instead of the annulment which proofs his bigamy?

You realize that the 10yr card is good for 10 years right? It wont come up for renewal for 10 years and even then its a simple form to renew it. What you should be hearing is stuff along the lines of his residence card will be revoked. Or he would not have been able to file for his residency permit- so because it was issued in error they are going to rescind it. Slight difference in wording but makes a huge difference.

Either way- the divorce or annulment is not the nail in the coffin that proves the bigamy. The divorce can have wording and must have wording that includes bigamy. The bigamy proof was the marriage certificate you provided already.

3 The only way he could weasel out of it is to show the other marriage was terminated and no bigamy occurred. In corrupt areas its not unheard of to illegally obtain false documents. USCIS is trained to detect false documents, but if you had the means to get an official to create a legitimate backdated divorce certificate- well what can you do then. Its a false legitimate document.

4 Generally there are no rules about time frames or periods of waiting to remarry in the US. None that Ive heard of in OH or MI. However in some ultra conservative counties in southern states they do implement them in the divorce. Its very rare. You can easily find out by doing a google search of the county you are considering having the divorce or annulment done in and see the rules and procedures. Or call the clerk in the county and simply ask.

Yes she a;ready hired a lawyer but it have been dragging for months and now the judge said he cannot grant her annulment because the marriage was conducted in a diffrent state. Another thing is that the judge said is she will need another lawyer to be able to file annulment in ohio and right now the funds are not avialable to file another annulment in ohio. Now my friend want to take the second option avialable which is the divorce even though she already paid $1,500 for the annulment already only for the judge to come up with this judgement after 4 months of a court case. But the judge made it known to her and her lawyer that he will look into the case before the next court date which is 02nd March-2015 to see if it will be possible to grant her an annulment since the ex husband has been found guilty of bigamy but he then said if it is not possible to grant her annulment then she will be granted a divorce if she wants that or the other option is she will have to go to ohio and refile the annulment case there and she will have to pay another lawyer which we can't afford right now. This is why she want to take the divorce incase the judge makes his final decision of not issuing her an annulment.

Now you said if my friend goes for the divorce route she would want to make sure the divorce reflects the bigamy, how possible is this?

Secondly, i asked my question number 2 wrongly yesterday, i should have asked as, USCIS told her the already recorded in their system that her ex committed fraud, and as a matter of fact they made it known to my friend that, her ex filed twice before with other spousse before he even met my friend and one of this he filed with a complete different name and he never told my friend about any of this but USCIS assured my friend that his 10 year green card would surely be revoked and they told her that she did all that is suppose to be done by reporting it earlier before her ex would try to apply for his US citizenship(i mean apply to be a US citizen) and to my knowledge, the US citizenship can be applied only after getting the 10 year green card, correct me if am wrong please. USCIS told her that the guy was having a wife different from the one my friend know of on the marriage certificate.

Our worry on the above is that, how comes USCIS never realized this guy filed twice before with different names and the third time my friend filed for him because to my knowledge that is the reason why the biometrics are conducted on but the guy fodged his way through their system and got what he wanted because on the papers he filed twice before he told USCIS he was married before in Africa and had kids but on the paper work with my friend USCIS realised he withold imformation by saying he never married and no kids. Kindly share your knowledge on this please.

Is it possible he can fordge his way again with the 10year green card in his hand to adjust to US citizenship even though USCIS and the court both have proven his guilt? I am asking this last questions because the annulment by the court should have been the hard prove that he committed bigamy but the court found him guilty of bigamy but want to grant a divorce instead of annulment which will not proof him guilty to anybody because of the divorce which he can use to fool USCIS again because he did it to them 3 times like if there is no use for the biometrics.

Dear Damara,

Thanks for your reply!!! You said my question 2 does not make any sense, yes it does not make sense because i asked the wrong thing. I wanted to say that immigration assured my friend that even with his ex having the 10 years green card, he whould not be able to apply/adjust for his US Citizenship this is the correct question. Shed light on this one please.

different states have different laws. As strange as it sounds its not that strange to imagine that a marriage taking place in OH would need to be annulled in OH and not MI.

To be honest Detroit is not that far from Ohio. the closest border is about 2hrs. Other points can be as far as 3-4 hrs. Its reasonable to be able to travel there, attend court and return home.

However the courts do allow for people with extenuating circumstances to have attnys appear on their behalf and they themselves not be present in the courtroom. They can be present on the phone (speakerphone) or through a video conference if the court has that technology. She would need to hire an attny that is licensed to practice in OH unless by some chance her attny is licensed in both states and is willing to go to OH and represent her..

questions

1. USCIS generally does not view divorces different from annulments. If your friend goes the divorce route she would want to ensure that the paperwork reflects bigamy in it.

2. this question makes absolutely no sense at all. You say he got his 2yr card and then his 10 yr card. Then you say " they told her she came forward to report the matter to them on time before they guy would be able to file for his permanent residency" Um what? when did they say that? after he got his 10 yr card? your question states " they assured my friend even with the 10 year green card he will not be able to file for his residents permit base on his bigamy then what if my friend took the divorce instead of the annulment which proofs his bigamy?

You realize that the 10yr card is good for 10 years right? It wont come up for renewal for 10 years and even then its a simple form to renew it. What you should be hearing is stuff along the lines of his residence card will be revoked. Or he would not have been able to file for his residency permit- so because it was issued in error they are going to rescind it. Slight difference in wording but makes a huge difference.

Either way- the divorce or annulment is not the nail in the coffin that proves the bigamy. The divorce can have wording and must have wording that includes bigamy. The bigamy proof was the marriage certificate you provided already.

3 The only way he could weasel out of it is to show the other marriage was terminated and no bigamy occurred. In corrupt areas its not unheard of to illegally obtain false documents. USCIS is trained to detect false documents, but if you had the means to get an official to create a legitimate backdated divorce certificate- well what can you do then. Its a false legitimate document.

4 Generally there are no rules about time frames or periods of waiting to remarry in the US. None that Ive heard of in OH or MI. However in some ultra conservative counties in southern states they do implement them in the divorce. Its very rare. You can easily find out by doing a google search of the county you are considering having the divorce or annulment done in and see the rules and procedures. Or call the clerk in the county and simply ask.

Dear VJ,

If you could remember sometime back i ask a question on behalf of a close friend of mine concerning her bigamous ex husband. I told you guys that my friend discovered a marriage certificate of her husband while the guy was off country on a trip to Africa. This happen after her ex husband was issued his condition 2 year green card and then later the man got his 10 year green card. My friend reported the matter to USCIS and provided them with a copy of the marriage certificate and USCIS adviced her to get a lawyer and file for annulment and they told her she came forward to report the matter to them on time before they guy would be able to file for his permanent residency. USCIS also discovered the man first filed twice with fake names even before he met my friend and were investigating him still now and want to deport him.

Now my friend hired a lawyer and filed for annulment in Michigan and the case has been dragging since Oct-2014 because of the bigamous husband refusal to accept he was married in Africa and instead he responded to the case brought against him in court by saying he does not accept the annulment but instead he would want to go on the divorce rout until today they went to court and the judge told my friend and her lawyer in front of the bigamous husband and his lawyer that the case is proofed bigamy.

Our confusion now is that the judge concludes that the case is bigamy but he stressed that the court cannot grant my friend annulment on the basis that the case was filed in Detroit Michigan but my friend got married in Ohio to this bigamous guy and this shocks my friend and her lawyer so much and her lawyer says he never come across such judgement that because the marriage happens in Ohio it cannot be annul in Detroit. Now the judge adjourn the case to March 02nd 2015 after telling my friend that the court will look into it to see if she could be giving annulment but if not she will have to go to Ohio and file with the court there since the marriage took place there or another option to my friend is that if she cannot go to Ohio then she will be provided with a Divorce instead of Annulment in Detroit. I mean divorce will be granted to someone who filed for annulment in case annulment is not possible in Detroit.

USCIS already showed my friend in there system that they her ex committed fraud and asked her to hire a lawyer and file for annulment which she did but her ex is opting for divorce and because of the stress attached to this case my friend is giving up and said if divorce is the option that the judge comes up with she will just take it and avoid another case in Ohio.

Our questions are

1) Will the man be able to walk free if the case comes in a divorce?

2) USCIS already recorded fraud in their system and assured my friend even with the 10 year green card he will not be able to file for his residents permit base on his bigamy then what if my friend took the divorce instead of the annulment which proofs his bigamy?

3)To our knowledge if her ex got the divorce will he be able to manipulate his way to get his residence permit even though USCIS made us know about his other wife we know of and they too are on his heels on that?

4) She is dating a guy she want to marry after this case, but how long does it take to remarry after either a divorce or annulment?

Kindly advice us please because my friend is so stressed out now and running out of ideas.

Good luck to you and your husband

Hi thanks,

just to clarify - for the question that asks "individual income" on the I-184 , will they still use the combined income from the tax return for that since they filed jointly?

Also, I have read and received varying information regarding an IRA being income vs. assets. My father says they are taxed on the IRA and it is considered income. I am concerned because this is their main source of funds - it is a monthly deposit that comes in on a consistent basis, so can it not be considered income? If all else fails, she also receives a pension but it only equals 26,000 a year - is this enough to meet the poverty guidelines for a household of 3 (her, my dad and the beneficiary)? I think it just makes the cut off? I am just not sure how to report the IRA as it is taxed as income on their statements but you say its assets?

Good luck

Dears,

I am planning to go to my husband's country in Africa to live with him probably till when our CR-1/IR-1 petition is approved. My only worry is when USCIS are done with our petition and pass it on to NVC, how long can i delay it by failing to submit the AOS and other documents because i don't want them to think our petition is abandoned?

Secondly, what other types of excuses can be giving because my husband is not in a hurry to come to the US and he is preferring me to go live with him in Africa till after the birth of our first child during which our petition would be right there with NVC?

I really want the petition to delay like 4 to 5 months at NVC before responding with the required documents but am just kind of afraid it could be cancelled if i did not respond for a certain period of time because i cannot send them any documents until after i come back to the states.

Kindly advice me on how much time is allowed maximum.

Dear VJ members,

A friend of mind petition for a green card for her husband who she met in the US and the husband was first issued a 2 year green card and then the 10 year green card but after the 10 year green card was issued to the husband, the husband decided to go to his home country in Africa for holidays because he was living in the US for more than 10 years without seeing his family members in Africa. During his visit to his native country, my friend was doing a complete house clean up and she came across a marriage certificate written in French because the husband is from a french African country and she seek advice and she was told asked its indeed a marriage certificate showing his husband is married back home in his country and she decided to translate it in English and keep it. When the husband came back she asked if he is married and he said he was married but he divorced the wife before meeting my friend and my friend asked him, why is your divorce papers, he could not produce any. My friend married him in Ohio USA and he was asked at the court during the marriage if he was married and he said he never have a wife his whole life.

1) Now that my friend has a proof of his marriage certificate married to another wife before marrying her, can my friend annul the marriage and move?

2) Secondly, my friend told him about how she is planning to annul the marriage, and he said he don't know about annulment so he would prefer a divorce, what do you guys think of this?

3) My friend requested an appointment with USCIS and took a copy of his marriage certificate of him and his other wife in Africa to USCIS their file was pulled to the office from another state only for USCIS to tell my friend that they themselves have discovered so many lies about her husband because he twice applied for a green card with a different name before he even married my friend. My friend was so shock, confused and full of anger for USCIS themselves questioning how on earth can USCIS approve for his Green card without knowing they guy applied before up until he was issued a 10 year green card. Can some tell us if this is possible because to my knowledge bio-metrics are there for things like this?

4) My friend now hired the services of a lawyer and the lawyer told her that even with the 10 year green card, if found guilty of bigamy he would be deported and possibly sent to jail before taking him out of the country. Can someone shed light because i was thinking ones issued a 10 year card, you are now ok. I asked another immigration officer and he told me my friend reported it on time, because if the man went on and apply for the LPR, then he would have been free but since he is still on the 10 green card, immigration would be on his heels especially he lied on most of his records at USCIS. USCIS now have the marriage certificate of him and his other wife he married in Africa showing proof of bigamy, also he applied before he married my friend with a different name and now after the lawyer asked him about his other marriage back in his home country, he said he was divorced before marrying my friend, forgetting that, when he was marrying my friend in Ohio, he was asked if he ever married and he said no, also when applying for his Green card he was asked on the I-130 about previous spouses and he answered never married. Now he is trying to probably submit a fake divorce paper to say he was divorce before marrying my friend.

5) My friend is heart broken, because she did a lot for him and even buy assets in the man's country but she said she will annul the marriage but the husband is insisting on divorce only. Any experience advice would help us so much...

You confused. Somebody asking questions and expecting answers in treated like this? I was only asking but dwheel76 is always happy to answer and does not answer questions with questions.

Thank you .

Thank you dwheel76 i know you would try to give me some stuff in this. I really appreciate and thankful to you in guiding me all the way this long journey. May god repay your kind heart.

Thanks to all VJ members too.

I am asking VJ members if you could read properly my text. I am asking to know who or who is not eligible and also what are the requirements needed before you can apply for a case expedite. I am sorry you don't understand my message but i also don't know that is why am asking but i know there most be requirements before you could qualify and those requirements are what i am asking to know from every VJ member who knows better than i do.

I hope this helps you.

Dear VJ Members,

I want to know what are the requirements needed to be able to expedite your I-130 visa for spouse application?

My I-130 file is now completed and ready for submission to USCIS probably before end of this month, but i want to know if the expediting request is applicable at this first level or at NVC only?

After submitting my file I-130 and recieve my NOA1 that all is ok, i am flying to Africa to stay with my husband until our case reaches NVC but i want to know who is eligible to apply for expediting case and who is not?

My husband lives in The Gambia with no war or problems which i could have used advantage of and apply but i still want to apply for expedite so i need advice on how to go by this especially points i could use to convince them approve our request?

Your respond is highly needed

Thank you all again.

Thank you so much The Maven & Dwheels76

Secondly, i am living in Phoenix AZ and on the below addresses i can see USCIS phoenix lockbox for applicants residing in the areas shown who should send their petitions to that lockbox.

I just saw this address on the internet just now because all along i was thinking after i finish preparing my package i will be sending it to by mail to the Chicago Lockbox as was first adviced.

Can someone tell me if this is a old information or i can follow the shown of the information below?

If you are filing a standalone Form I-130, and you live in: What does this standalone form-I-130 mean?

If you are filing a standalone Form I-130, and you live in: Mail your application to: Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Washington, Wyoming USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service (USPS) deliveries:

USCIS
ATTN: I-130
PO Box 21700
Phoenix, AZ 85036

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: I-130
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P.O. Box 804625
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Attn: I-130
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Chicago, IL 60603-5517

Outside the United States* USCIS Chicago Lockbox

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS
P.O. Box 804625
Chicago, IL 60680-4107

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS
Attn: I-130
131 South Dearborn-3^rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

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Chicago, IL 60603-5517