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25 minutes ago, Sukie said:

You have a child, right?  Then go get wills done for both of you - and medical powers of attorney.  Not only is this very good evidence for "estate/financial" arrangements, with a child, you need to have planned for the future should BOTH of you die at the same time.  Name a guardian for your child(ren).

 

Also - are you covered under the same health plan(s)?  If so, send the yearly "Summary of Benefits" that shows your health plan(s) and the people covered.  You do NOT have to have joint accounts (nor do you HAVE to have wills).  Bottom line?  You might be called for an interview.  But I think with wills, and the evidence you are going to send, you should be ok.  Draft a paragraph with your RFE response that gives a quick reason (not that it's their business, but they make it out to be) why you do not have joint checking accounts. 

 

Again - you will be OK in the end.  Just give them EXACTLY what they ask for (and Wills/Medical Powers of Attorney is something that will go a long way in what they ask for), and keep your chin(s) up!

 

Good luck!

 

Sukie in NY

I appreciate your response Sukie. We filled out and signed an “Advanced Health Care Directive” form provided to us by the hospital (Kaiser) with 2 witnesses when I was pregnant should anything happen during labor (but it’s a pretty general form). It does designate what each of us want at end of life type of situations and do declare each other as the others healthcare proxy. Is this the same (or valued the same) as a will/medical power of attorney? 
 

Naming a guardian for our child is a good idea regardless of this situation, so will definitely do that. 
 

As far as the health plans - we work for the same company so it’s more financially-wise to have individual coverage. However, he has our daughter on his dental and I have her on my medical. 
 

I appreciate your words of encouragement! 

RFE lists what documentation I submitted (which looks awesome in my opinion) and then they give the one liner: “However, the documentation submitted is insufficient because a bit more evidence showing a joint assets is required.” Yup, plural “assetS” and all. 
 

Then they list the following 3 categories of recommendations for things to include: children, combined financial resources and joint estate/health/financial arrangements. 

We initially included copies of medical records of my OB visits for our daughter (born after we sent in the I-751), joint tax returns, lease agreements and rental insurance showing both our names, car insurance showing both our names, car registration showing both our names, CC statements, T-Mobile statements showing how often we communicate, affidavits and photos. 

Based on this request for more “joint assets”, plan on sending:
 

- baby’s birth certificate 

- photos of birth, 3-4 during her first year including photos of vacationing in my spouse’s home country where baby met her paternal fam, her 1st birthday 

-Copies of DL showing same address

copy of the title of the car showing co-ownership 

-new joint CC statements 

-documentation of 401k showing spouse as beneficiary 

-new joint tax return and W2

-updated lease agreement and renters insurance 

-documentation of how baby is on his dental plan and on my medical plan 

Is this too much, too little?
 

We don’t have a joint checking or savings account but I have no problem adding him as an owner. Is that OK to do now or will it work against me and be shady that it was a recent thing? Or should I just write a letter explaining why we don’t have joint checking/savings?

There’s really no special reason, many couples don’t so I’m not sure why that would be what makes or breaks our case? But do let me know if that’s been the case!

Appreciate all the help and insight. Thank you!

Preparing for the AOS based on marriage interview and working on translating the documents. My husband is from the Dominican Republic and numerically they write the month first and then the day. For example, his son's birthday is June 14, 2007 on the birth certificate is written 14/06/2007.

When I translate it to the english form - do I write it out the way America does - 06/14/2007, or do I keep it as it is written on the form? Does it matter???

- Liz

CEAC will stay at the issued stage...check on USAtravel docs and then it will let you know when it was recived from the embassy and also when it will be ready for pickup. You should however have your visa in hand by thursday...friday the latest!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yaaaaaayyyy!!!! Thanks so much for the info tonyb, so excited

Hi all,

So happy CEAC states visa issued today. Wondering how long it's been taking from time it says "issued" to it's ready to be picked up? And does CEAC website status change again and says it's ready for pick up? Thanks in advance!

- Liz

Same thing just happened to me! They didn't ask for I-134. Did everything end up working out for you, Peregrinoazul? Did you get the visa no problem??

A little worried over here :-D

Sooo, I'm getting two very different answers here... ??

Hello all,

Love this website - has provided peace of mind many a times!

K1-Visa was just approved! And I'm super happy. However, and surprisingly, the I-134 wasn't requested by the officer we spoke with at the Consulate. I had spent a lot of time preparing it and getting together all of the evidence it suggested I bring but the officer never asked.

So now I'm worried there's another set of eyes that's going to look at our case, notice the I-134 isn't there and deny the visa or something. Or the officer at Customs will look for it when my fiance gets to the States and ship him back to DR.

Since visa was approved during the interview at the Consulate - should I stop worrying? Is the process over?

If not, what other steps should I take?

Thanks!

Hey there. I'm the petitioner for a K1 visa and I accidentally also typed my last name into the middle name field on both the application and my biographical form. So now when they refer to me they write my last name out twice. It was already approved by the USCIS and sent to the NVC. Do I need to fix this, and if so, how would I go about doing that? Thanks!

I'm the petitioner for a K1 visa and I accidentally wrote my last name into the middle name fields on both the application and my biographical information form. It was already approved by the USCIS and is now at the NVC. Do I need to fix this and how would I go about doing that? Thanks!