Renegade

That's correct

But somewhere I saw, that it was tracking with steps like "Initial Review" "Decision Making" e.t.c?

Hello April filers!

Can anyone explain me how the Status Check works? The only status I saw is My Case Was Recieved, so it's the only one I am going to see until NOA2 or RFE?

But, you are suggesting he applies for the lottery now that you are married? So, why would he do that when he is in the process for the CR1?

Because there is actually a little chance that CR1 can get denied for some reason?

Where is he from?

Sounds like he is desperate to move to the US, so you might want to think about having strong relationship evidence to demonstrate that he is not just using you for a green card.

Exactly,

what is HIS answer to that question?

He is from Armenia, and yes he always wanted to live in the US.

But we are together for 7 years already, and our marriage is 100% genuine.

You tell us. We don't know why he's applying for DV lottery when he in the process for a CR1.

Well when he applied for a DV Lottery, we were not married yet.

No. No affect whatsoever. He can apply.

And what's the answer for a possible question

"Why are you applying for a DV Lottery if you already in a CR1 process?"

Hello!

Can the fact that my spouse applied for a DV Lottery several times, have a negative impact during his CR1 interview?

And can he apply again "just in case" during this year, when the CR1 process is ongoing?

Thanks!

JFH thank you for a quick answer! Well, in fact we live in separate countries starting from may 2016.

Yes, we've sent photos starting from 2011 to 2016.

We are from Armenia.

Hello dear VJ community!

We have finally filed our CR1 package, so now we want to be ready for any possible RFE-s.

We lived in a same country for 6 years, and now I am moving back to the US, until the visa is done.

For a Bonafide marriage evidence we've sent out a lot of photos from our 6 years relationship, joint bank account statement, sworn notarized affidavits, a lot of tickets from our trips together, passport stamps and various small things like gym cards and movie tickets.
I realize that it's not a big evidence for a married couple, but we've been married just for 3 months.

So the question is, what else can we provide in a response for a possible RFE, if we're living in different countries? My only guess for now is that we collect our skype conversations, because we are going to skype every single day for sure.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Yes, just you and your spouse.

Do you have a joint sponsor if your income isn't accepted?

No, but we are looking for a sponsor at this moment.

Why my income can be not accepted?

NLR Thank you, you are very helpful as always!

I'm living overseas now, for the last 16 years, and I haven't paid taxes, and when I move back I might not work a whole year to pay taxes, I'm just going to show my income at the moment, if it's enough. So it doesn't matter how many people I'm living with? Can I just write that it's only me in my household, if no ones names are dependent on me?

OK we finally sent out our CR1 package to Rapidvisa!



So I have one more basic question,

If Im living with my family which all together is 5 people, and if I'm planing on moving out after my spouse arrives can I count 1 person +1 alien spouse during the financials, when meeting the minimum guidelines?

We are preparing our CR1 package, however Rapidvisa accepts only Letter sized paper for Government forms. In country I live now there's no such paper, we can find only A4.

Is there anything I can do? Or should I order a pack of paper from the US?

Our embassy is in Armenia, and unfortunately I don't know how "tough" is it, concerning CR1 visas.

I think you should be fine with your proofs. We have sent also wedding congratulations, wedding announcments, recepits from our wedding. FB and whatsapp chats, bus tickets.We wrote on the back of our photos:who is on the photo(in case there were more people), place and date. We put all the proofs in one file, so it would be all together.

Thank you for the answer! Ok so it is safe to write down on the photos, because I think it's important to indicate that we are together for 7 years.

Depends on the country of the benefiary

What do you mean by that?

So we started our long proccess, and currently working with RapidVisa.

Unfortunately for the Evidence we don't have that much stuff to provide, so we stop on

1) Photos from our 7 years relationship + Wedding photos.

2) Joint bank account statement of money flow.

3) Ticket copies and various stuff from our trips together.

4) Fittness club membership cards (?)

5) Couple of sworn affidavits from friends and coworkers.

So do you think it will be enough?

How can we organize all this stuff, can we write on the back of photos , like dates and events?

NLR Thank you!

So now , we are filling the application, and we are stuck at a question, I am registered (US Citizen) under my sisters address in America, but I have been living overseas since 2000. Which address should I fill out in the form, if I am going to move back on May 24-th.

OK thank you very much for the answers! I have few more questions,

If i live with a roommate renting an apartment, does he count in my household? I mean do I have to meet the poverty guidelines with one person in my home or two?

Do I have to work one whole year to be able to be a sponsor on my own? Or can I just get a written statement from my job stating my salary amount?

So basically, I will need to backfile 3 years of 0-ish tax returns, because I was living overseas, and was earning below the threshold. Will they be OK with that?

NLR thank you very much for a quick answer.

Can you tell me little more about the taxes? What do you mean by backfiling?

Sorry for making a separate thread but there's so much information here, I'm confused :/

Just a few simple questions, to go on

1) I've never worked in the US and never payed taxes, do I need to work one full year, to be able to show my income in Affidavit?

Anyway joint sponsor is my only option, because I'm not be able to make enough income... I'm planning to move to the US, then start the process of CR1.

2) At which step do I need to return to the US for reestablishing domicile? (Job, rent, driver license e.t.c). We want to be together as much as we can.

3) In the country that I live for the last 15 years, my income is very low compared to the US (4000$-5000$ yearly). Is it ok that I'm not paying any taxes?

4) Can the fact, that I lived most of my life outside of the US, affect on the final decision during my spouse interview?

Thank you.

Okay so the most important question for now is

Can I file petition now, if I don't live in USA, and don't have a job? Should I write in petition my local adress or my adress in the US?

Are you a US citizen? Re-reading your first post, I couldn't work out if you are a returning citizen or a new immigrant when you wrote about "moving to the US".

You need to be a citizen or permanent resident before you can petition for a CR-1 for your spouse. Sorry if I've misunderstood that.

Yes, of course I am a US citizen, however I've lived there until 11 years old, and I am 26 now.

The US taxes on worldwide income. So while you may not have to pay taxes, you may have needed to file an income tax return. You will need to sort this out for the affidavit of support.

What If I didn't work?

1 and 3 would be my vote.

So you have never had to file taxes or you just have not filed taxes?

Thank you for a quick reply!

No, I haven't work officialy yet.

So is it OK, to apply now, when I don't have any work and place to live in the US? So what about Tax Transcripts, at what stage I will need them?