Karmalious

Thanks for your detailed response, Karmalious. I found the source for your confusion with my numbers; I was referring to a now out-of-date version, although thankfully, it's still possible to use my version. The version you're referring to was updated on July 2 of this year.

Yes, I can see where the adjusted gross income and total income are. My question about the income on I-864A is whether I should put that number from line 37 on both of their I-864A forms. Maybe it sounds like a silly question, but I didn't know whether they want to know how much each individual earns, and not just the total combined income on the 1040. Does that make sense?

I asked about 2015 vs 2014 because it says:

Item Number 2. Current Individual Annual Income. Enter your current, individual, earned or retirement, annual income that you are using to meet the requirements of this affidavit and indicate the total in the space provided.

The term 'current' income is what made me wonder if they wanted to know from this year (estimated). Does this mean that it is the same adjusted gross income amount as in the I-864A? Because on the I-864A, it says specifically, 'adjusted gross income', but it doesn't on the I-864.

Thanks for clarifying, I knew there was some reason for the mismatched question numbers.

If your parents filed jointly, then the AGI should be the same. In this instance, put the same number on both.....

Correct, that question #2 is the estimated income for 2015 ( Nothing official yet because the fiscal year is not over with ). ( No evidence is required for this, unless your 2014 did not surpass the poverty line )

Also: Taken from the instructions: You may include evidence supporting your claim about your expected income for the current year if you believe that submitting this evidence will help you establish ability to maintain sufficient income. You are not required to submit this evidence, however, unless specifically instructed to do so by a U.S. Government official.

ME? - I submitted last 3 months of paystubs even though I make about 40k/year.... I also submitted a letter of employment ( also not required )........ I dont know... I just wanted to be sure they definitely had no confusion about my ability to exceed the poverty line.

Don't worry about the too much for the "current income" question. This number is only an estimate. If your parents make the exact same amount year after year, then sure go ahead and put the AGI. I did not/was not able to predict my AGI. In my current income, I simply just estimated my annual gross income and rounded it.

Please note: On the newer forms for the question "Current Income................. Neither form suggests you to put in the Adjusted Gross Income. They only mention to use the AGI number on your past returns: 2014,2013,2012

I was interested on this topic and have few questions of my situation where I put income over poverty line and add assets over 5x the poverty line to verify but embassy still say may need additional sponsor when interview all was ok but when file was on reAdy got call saying need ssponser why

For some reason, the administrators request that you start a new thread instead of asking your questions in someone else's thread. This is called hijacking.....so start a new post =)

And, Ill try to answer you in there....

oh really! And how did you know when the nvc recived it? U called?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/561904-did-nvc-send-confirmation-that-package-was-received-split-topic/#entry7779145

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'your 2014 income must match the total income reported on your Federal income tax returns'

If you are living with them, then it is i-864A......................If you do not live with them it is I-864......

BUT, the response are the same on both forms:

MOST RECENT TAX YEAR: 2014

TOTAL INCOME: Please READ the fine print, they want the Adjusted Gross Income for the applicable year. Not total wages/tips earned.

DEFINITONS: Adjusted Gross Income is not total income, but only that income which is subject to tax! MOST people get some sort of deduction on their taxes..... So for example if a person has a GROSS INCOME and total wages of $40,000 per year, their GROSS ADJUSTED INCOME might in fact only be $36,399. Hence the confusion for the two numbers. Just refer to the actual taxes filed for that year and use the number under AGI.

--On regular form: 1040 ............. the AGI is located on Line:37

Good Luck on your interview!!!!

If none of the above apply and you are using the income of other household members to meet the minimum income requirement.

-------------- The sponsor must complete Form I-864 and each household member must complete Form I-864A

If none of the above apply and:

You do not meet the minimum income requirement and are using a joint sponsor, and

You are not using the income of other household members to qualify.

------------- The sponsor and the joint sponsor must each complete Form I-864

Did you have any income at all for 2014? If so, it would have required two of the form i-864

What forms to fill out, are dependent on your exact situation. It is found here just for reference, if you didn't know:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Step_4_Collect_Financial_Documents.html

Then you have to click on the link: "Complete and affidavit of support form"

If you are using forms i-864 and i-864a , if means that you are using the "mom and dad" whom you currently live with................. Is this correct for you?

Whereas, the last box is meant for using "mom and dad" and you DO NOT live with them.....

ANSWERS:

Is the amount from I-864 then only the estimated income for the current year (2015) rather than directly from the tax return?

Having a little difficulty understanding exactly what you are asking. Ideally, they would prefer to see the 2014 tax filing of your Joint-sponsor. If that 2014 tax filing still does not meet the requirement, but the 2015 income DOES!!, then that is where they suggest that you can send the "estimate for 2015". Sending the estimate is not required if the 2014 taxes already exceed the poverty limit. Then of course, if you are having to use the estimate.....Then you need to provide supporting documents of that.

What amount should I put in each section?

I cannot follow you along in the forms based on what you are saying..... I do not see a 6.c or a 7.c................

PART3, Q2: Current individual annual income:

Item Number 2. Current Individual Annual Income. Enter your current individual earned or retirement annual income that you are using to meet the requirements of this contract and indicate the total on this line.

PART4, Q2a-c: Most recent tax year / Income

They want the ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME .................Not total income. The AGI is found on the tax form under Adjusted Gross Income.... This is not the same as "Total wages/tips earned"

---I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you read the instructions for this Part 4.

Continuing with the answer: There is no PART11 on i-864A...There is no Question 11 either that pertains to your questions. So I am pretty confused where your questions are exactly. As per what I had written above, they want your "AGI" not the total income. I am not understand where in particular you are confused. While these forms can be difficult, the AGI is easy to find on any tax document.

So AGAIN: ( on FORM-1864a)

PART3 Q2: current individual income for 2015

PART4: Q2a-c: Past AGI as reported on tax transcripts

PART4: Q3a-d: Any other assets ..... Just put down the dollar number they have in total.

I was not sure if you have read the instructions on how to fill this stuff out, but you can locate the instructions by googling: "Instructions for i-864" or "Instructions for i-864a". It should be the first result that pops up. I would definitely read the instructions document thoroughly before starting on these forms. I would also recommend that you print it out or you following along in the instructions question by question until complete. If you have been able to file your tax forms on your own in the past, then the instructions will be familiar as it looks similar to the instructions for filling out the 1040 when you do your taxes. The format and the lingo can be confusing for novice folks, but as long as you go question by question....it should be a little easier.

----- If i missed something, or didn't understand you accurately please let me know

Hi Dec Filers !

What will be the next step after assigning case number and IIN ?

Do we need to get ourselves prepare for next the documentation before the welcome letter from NVC or what ?

Please elaborate and make this thread pro-active !

Any help will be much appreciated...

I seen that someone had already responded to you, but here on the offical webpage:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Step_4_Collect_Financial_Documents.html

You need to click on the link: "Complete an affidavit of support form"

Once you click that link, it will give you tell you exactly which form needs to be filled out for which particular situation you are in.

What is your date for case complete?

Our case is not complete yet. Currently on day #26 as of this posting.

You can see my detailed timeline if u like, but:

- It will take between 5-20 days from USCIS mail to be delivered to the NVC ( depending on the service center)

- it will take between 14-30 days from receipt of mail , for NVC to assign a case number

- then it may take another 4 days before you can "Assign an agent"

I am a newbie here, just about 2 days old and I want to thank the moderators and users for this great and free website.

I am very excited, my G-1145 worked just fine, today I received my NOA 1 via text message and email, 3 days after I express mailed my I-130 file to Chicago and best of all, it was assigned to California, (faster processing), I am in Atlanta , under Texas Service Center coverage.

I am confused about my timeline processing estimate, it says: Based on timeline data, your I130 may be adjudicated between October 30, 2015 and November 8, 2015. That is between 49 and 59 days after NOA1.

I performed a customized timeline search for IR-1/CR-1 Filtering:Colombia, California Service Center and Bogota US Embassy.

It shows the average time between I-130 NOA-1 and NOA-2 = 126 days.

The average time between I-130 NOA-2 and Interview = 149 days.

That is total of 275 days between NOA-1 and Interview. (Great news, compared with the other service centers)

What does ADJUDICATED mean? Does it mean the aproximate time for I-130 NOA2? If the answer is yes, then why the difference between my timeline estimate (49 to 59 days) and the customized timeline search (126 days)?

#1 - For CR1, the average processing time is about 6months looking at user reports. Mine was 6 months on the dot! The website USCIS website suggests it will be 5 months. When you actually call USCIS they will probably tell you 7 months and please call back later............. I took a look at your timeline and I agree, it is pretty odd that they esitmate you will be adjucated so soon. VisaJourney estimates are just that, estimates based off of past reports from other users.

#2 TimeLine searches - When doing a timeline search at the USCIS stage...... Do not use Colombia in the search parameters. Only search CR1 + California service center.

I say this because A) There are several service centers and each of them are on their own progress. Nebraska being backlogged for example will not affect California. B) The country of immigrant does not matter at this point. Colombia,Iraq,Mexico,Africa; they are all on equal footing at this point in the process. Simply to verify that a legitimate marriage took place and the sponsor is in fact able to sponsor someone.

#2a - NVC - When you do finally get to the NVC stage, then you only search with filters: CR1, and Country of immigrant. Do not use USCIS filters..... .....

I say this because A) Uscis service centers are out of the picture at this point and do not matter B) Once NVC completes the case they will wait for the US Embassy to tell them they have an appointment available and only THEN; they will send the package to the US embassy. ( So in this case, embassy scheduling times are different for each embassy )

#3 Adjucation means : "To make a decision"............... To say this differently: "My I-130 petition was adjucated on 7/1/2015 , exactly 6 months after my submission"

#4 Prediction time estimates - Again, I think Visajourney is giving you a bad estimate. Remember that visajourney estimates are Nothing official............... And the estimates they give are based on past-data that is submitted by users filling in their timelines..... I think its also important to note that the USCIS centers process upward of 1/4million application per year ( 250,000 + ) and here on the VisaJourney website you will see only a fraction of those people.... And only a fraction of that already small number fills in their timeline correctly. Which means that "VisaJourney numbers are a very very small sample size of the entire USCIS population", thus the estimates may not be as accurate as we would wish them to be.

Welcome to the forums

Viva Colombia

Can you tell me if the photocopies of Birth certificate, PCC etc worked at NVC? I am still confused as to whether they strictly want originals or not?

Thanks

I encourage everyone to read:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Supporting_documents.html

Under the first BULLET:

• You must send photocopies of all required civil documents to the NVC.

FYI...

Received SSN #: 2015-08-14 (from local SSA office)

Received SSN card: 2015-08-18

Received green card: 2015-08-21

Super congratulations! Wow, how is she adjusting to her new life? Be sure you take her out the beautiful Gila National Forest areas in the northwest part of that state. Bless you both!

Waiting on my case complete @ NVC also. So, I will probably be back here in about 20 days to let you all know if our interview was scheduled.

Yes, my email confirmation was received 2 days after they signed for the package.

Last year I settled on a Student Visa to study english being the easiest choice to get approved to come over.

Her family is not very well off and she could never even dream of affording to come visit much less live here. I sponsored her financially and she was approved.

I am having trouble understanding the facts that you present to us.... Aside from what people mention above me....

so who came to the United States?? You or your girlfriend obtained the student visa? Who is the United States citizen?

My first Question is obvious:

1. If you have known her since the age of 12, why did she come to the United States on a student visa instead of a Fiancee or a spouse visa?

2. Given the fact that you say you are already stretched thin on finances because of her school.....I am curious what you plan to do the future? Are asking for advice on how to manage money? I am not understanding how the money issue is related to her marrying you.

I am trying to outline what options are available if I were in your shoes:

Filing for Adjustment of Status here in the United States to file immigration is probably not advised.....

1. Keep paying for her school, and when she graduates you can then worry about immigration.

2. Stop paying for school, and worry about immigration now.

Once you decide to bring her over as an immigrant:

1. Get married ( in her country or while she is here in the United States ) , THEN you file for petition I-130.............. at some point in this process she will need to leave to go the embassy of her home country for the interview.

2. Fiancee, file your form i-129f........................at some point in this process she will need to leave to go the embassy of her home country for the interview.

I never stop paying this bail bond the boss is the one that i contacted the first time, then there is 2 others different phone numbers one is for the person he filled the papers yesterday and another number for another person he called yesterday while i was on my way to them, i think i should just contact the boss that i recognize his voice and give him what he needs, i'm not woman that i love being in troubles, its just special experience for me, they can get the number and i will pay

Never stop paying?

-Maybe there is some miscommunication in English.

1. You DO STOP paying when your debt is paid. You should have signed a contract which not only tells you the total amount you are responsible for, but also other important matters such as what happens in the event of an emergency, or if you fail to show up to your court hearing.

2. You should not have more than 1 bail-bond-person. Or if he is giving you multiple numbers, I don't know but do not worry about it too much. Just make sure that you know which telephone number, is your point of contact if you need to call anyone from the bail-bond-office.

Do you understand what "bail" is? Let me explain what I know from my history of being involved with the law:

---First you are arrested, and then if the judge agrees to it. The judge will set a bond for you to get out. Usually the amount the judge sets for you very high. Well, honestly high enough that the every day person cannot afford it. As an example, let's say the judge sets your bond for $20,000USD. This means means you must come up with 20 thousand dollars to get out of jail! Most people cannot afford that so they hire a "bail bondsman". This is a person or company who will pay the full amount for you!! But, it comes with a price....Nobody works for free....

-- That $20,000USD ( as an example) is basically a "collateral insurance" or a "promise" to the United States Government that you will go any court hearings as scheduled.

---A bail bonds person will usually "loan" you the 20 thousand dollars if you a) provide a house as collateral b) provide a vehicle as collateral.......... Sometimes they will loan you the money if you have a steady job....... Other times the bail bonds person simply takes a risk with his own money trusting your good character. More frequently than not, they will require 10% of the total cost up front first. Also they will require personal information and information of everyone you know!!!

---Yes seriously, all this because they want to hunt you down and take you to jail if you fail to show up to court, or if you fail to pay any required amounts. Failure to pay or having bail revoked is pretty serious and will hurt your future chances of securing bail easily ( if you ever need again in the future ).

---And at the end of everything, the bail bonds will still keep the 10% you gave him to loan money to you. That is the price of doing business.

So what do i have to do, i don't feel comfortable to give it to him because i know i will pay, is this will put me in a legal troubles with the agency?

If it is a legitimate bail bonds person, YOU ARE REQUIRED to give them sensitive information like your social security. Yes, it can be a concern.......

But as far as jail and bailling is concerned. These people are basically loaning money to criminals, and a social security number is used to help assist people in collecting debt. You should be thankful he is willing to work with you on the payments, most are not willing to do that. Most want 10% or more up front before they will help you.

You have seen the TV show "DOG" right? You do not want these people banging on your front door at 3am....I am also pretty certain that if you do refuse to pay the bond-man as promised he will pick your butt up and haul you to jail himself.

Wow, I am so sorry about this....

Unfortunately, Domestic Violence & false accusations of Domestic violence are common here in the United States. I was also arrested for domestic violence on a false accusation. I have since those years ago become a nurse and an advocate for victims of domestic violence.

worst of all, if your arrested at all. Even if it was a false arrest, it will always be on your record!!! A police officer 10 years from now will still see that on your record search if anyone ever looked.

ONLY A FEW SOLUTIONS EXIST: ( for your legal problems )

1. It sounds like you need legal "defense", a lawyer. You need to find a lawyer or a "company/firm" that not only works in criminal defense but also immigration! You may need some immigration protection depending on the type of "charge" you received. This process here in #1 is lengthy and the law system here in the United States is known for being slow. However, it is also known for being a money-#######. While bribes are illegal in the United States, I have realized from experience that money can pretty much make any problem go away. So, if you value your new life in the United States, then get a lawyer!

2. You could just do nothing. Our legal system in America provides you with a FREE criminal attorney to you if you cannot pay for one. You will goto a pre-trial conference. The prosecutor ( the people who are after you ), will probably offer you some sort of plea-deal. They will offer you something like "Plead guilty, and we will drop the charges down to a misdemeanor and give you 1 year of probation. If you accept that deal, then you are finished. Or you can refuse the deal and the entire process will go to court ( like you see on TV )..... The biggest concern of mine that I have for you; is THE Exact charge they arrested you for. Because usually a person who is arrested only for their first time, usually does not get a felony for domestic violence. what did they charge you with?

3. You could abandon your citizenship. When you are released out of jail they tell you not to leave the state or the United States. But, it's possible.... you could get on a flight right now and go back home. But you would be abandoning your citizenship, leaving un-resolved legal matters, and making it extremely hard to come back to the United States.......... I would know because my wife took this option #3 before we got married.

Again, this whole situation sucks. Often times in these situations, not everyone is completely innocent........ There are many more types of abuse that purely physical. If you need to chat, or if you need more detailed information on the "legal process" here in America... Send me a private message and I can help you navigate through it. I have been arrested more times than I would like to admit.

OPTIONS REGARDING ABUSIVE SPOUSE:

- Please read the comments above from Shauna&Wael.

- Victims of domestic violence are protected here in the United States.

If you have not already left your spouse:

1. First thing to do is call a "domestic violence" center in your local town. If true that the police were already there once before, then they probably gave you a letter or a hand-out paper that lists several resource centers in your home town.

Your Goals should be to:

1. See if you can file a temporary injuction. A lot of states have protections in place for you and frequently they can give you full control of the house where you live. Especially if you are the victim and you have nowhere else to go. This is state-dependent and not all of the US states are the same.

2. Or find other housing alternatives: friends, family, or such as a woman's shelter , homeless shelter,

3. Talk to a lawyer, and find the correct path for fixing your legal problems

4. JOB - Make that money $$, you will need it.

Escaping Domestic Violence is not something that is easily done. Here in the United States it can be even more difficult given the housing situation here in America. It is extremely expensive to try and leave a spouse with nothing on your back and not a dollar to your name. But, you should ask for those resources we have mentioned..... And all you can do is say that "I deserve better", and "you will get through this".......... Because, I promise you. You can do it....

God bless.

(PS) - Send me a message if you really do need some guidance. I can help you find local resources in your home town also.

EDIT timer ran out. The last sentence of those instructions are a little misleading as I read them also. A little bit confusing. Those instructions are on the I-864EZ also. Especially considering that the I-864EZ is only used for the sole support by the petitioner.

Just be sure your using the best form for your situation:

( Under Complete Affidavit of Support )

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Step_4_Collect_Financial_Documents.html

AND THEN ALSO

(Under financial evidence )

---It will tell you all of the required evidence depending on which form you need to fill out. Those filling out form I-864EZ only need to provide tax return for the last year. Per the TITLE: "Tax Transcripts"........... Or you can see the sub-heading "If you cannot obtain your tax transcripts", then you can include the 1040 copy, any 1099, and all W2s.

To be clear:

The photocopy of tax return, as they refer to it... is a copy of the form:1040 you filed taxes with.

W2s - are the payment stubs you receive from your employer as proof of documentation of your wages and withheld taxes

Tax transcripts - are a printed piece of paper that summarizes your tax history for that year.

So you have 2 options:

1. You can send in that photocopy of 1040 + ALL W2s ( so if you filed married-joint you need to provide the W2 for both husband and wife)

or

2. Get the transcripts from the IRS and this is the only thing you need.

Ah Ha, I found the hard link. In case anyone else was curious...

NVC approval start on step 3

http://bogota.usembassy.gov/stepbstep.html

Hello everyone. I've been lurking on the site for a bit now and unable to find this speicific questions.

What exactly is needed for my husband (UK citizen) who has a criminal history?

My husband has visited me in the states under ESTA before and declared his past-could we take this as a good sign that his past won't be a problem if we are up front about it?

He told me of his past before we got serious, so there is no deception going on.

I'm still in the beginning stages of the CR-1, should I write a statement to confirm I already know of the criminal history?

Is the police certificate or whatever he needs to get included in the I-130 or at a later stage?

Thanks in advance.

What exactly is needed? At the beginning of filing your petition, nothing is needed.

By the time you get to the NVC stage, it may or may not be needed depending on the country and/or if he was found guilty.... It most certainly will be needed at the time of your interview.

We don't know if the visa-waiver program can be considered a good sign. Some criminal histories can make you ineligible at all for the visa waiver program. Can you tell us more about the criminal matters, how long it has been, what was the outcome?

You do not need to write a statement about whether or not you know about his criminal history ( it doesn't matter ).

The police certificate will be needed, but does not need to be included with your initial I-130 petition. However police certificates will be needed at the NVC stage. A police certificate will need to be obtained from every country you lived, except for the United States.

All of the processing centers are processing in about the same time.

You will hear on these forums that "X" service center is taking forever. And that may be true for a small percentage of people.....But the people you see here on VJ forums are an extremely small sample size. As an example, I think I read that USCIS processes upwards of 100,000 petition per quarter or per year. The amount of recorded cases here on VJ is about 300-500 per year.

Sending in your petitions by "X" date does not mean that your petition will goto "Y" service center. The petitions are all taking in by a lockbox facility. The lockbox facility will re-route your case to a service center based on load. It is worth noting that there are very few, if any, K1 applications going to Nebraska. And I have not seen many K1's going through Vermont............. Aside from little caveats like that though, your petition will be routed to the service center with the least amount of cases. There are times however, where the dividing the load of cases will still get bottle-necked, and thus leading to a service center getting backed up. In theory though, they avoid this.

Again, just because you live in Maryland does not mean it will goto Vermont.

Lastly, Yes. It will be a waiting game. Nothing can prepare you for the time of NOA2. And even though service centers are "supposed" to adjudicate cases based in the order they are received. This is ideal, but not the case in reality. According to an interview I had read from an officer ( here on VJ ).... As cases are received they are put into 1 big box until that box is filled with like 50-75 cases. Then that box is put on a shelf amongst 30 other boxes......As the officers finish a box they should be grabbing the next-earliest-date , but again this is not always the case.

USCIS time line for Nebraska showed = 5 months

When I called USCIS central office, they said in fact that Nebraska was working on Nov'2014 ..... = 7 months processing time ( at this point in our case )

ACTUAL APPROVAL TIME = 6months 2 days.

Best thing to do is patient wait your 5 months.

For someone who filed August 12th,2015... Your 5 month mark is not until January 2016! You will not be able to ask for an inquiry until February 2016.

And who knows... you might be one of the lucky ones and get an approval in less than 2 months!!! WHO KNOWS? Nobody............. lol

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Sorry to hear about your difficulty in the marriage. Adultery is very hard thing to get-over.

It is not for anyone in this forums or thread to tell you what you should do. Only your brain and your heart can help you decide what is best for you.

However, if "Fixing this marriage" is both you and your husband's goal, THEN DO NOT move back to Canada. The only way to fix a marriage is to either a) Come together to some sort of mutual understanding or b) get professional counseling assistance to help the both of you communicate and overcome this obstacle.

just my opinion on the subject....