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Hey Group!

My wife and I are stuck in the NVC review stage of our IR1 visa process, hopefully soon moving from Sweden to the US. I am the beneficiary.

We have been waiting almost 10 weeks getting our AOS and IV package reviewed and approved.

Finally, after many phone calls we managed to get some feedback from NVC and have been told that we got 2 errors in our AOS package.

1. We did not send in the long version of the personbevis as my birth certificate. The personbevis did not state my parents. I accidentally mixed up the marriage certificate with the long version of the personbevis   Will send in the correct one (The one I got in hand is in English.)
2. The beneficiary's military record is in English language. - I specifically ordered this certificate for US visa purpose. It was sent to be in English language. Signed and with stamp. Do this certificate also need to be in Swedish language?

We got this info from a operator, not a supervisor. So don't know how accurate the info is yet.

The operator also told me the "Extract of the population register" / Personbevis also should be in Swedish language?

I did send in the incorrect version of the personbevis I get that... But must these documents really be in Swedish language if officially stamped and signed?

I don't get it, why the English version should be invalid?

When speaking to Rekryteringsmyndigheten about getting another certificate for my military service in Swedish, they sounded surprised and have never experienced this request when dealing with US visa. They said they will try to help me out though.

Can anyone with experience of this NVC stage tell me if English version of both these certificates have passed their approval?

/Gustaf

Hey,

We are currently filling out forms for our I-130 application to get a IR-1 visa approved and are confused about family name /surname for the petitioner as it is different in U.S. and Swedish documentation.

Don't want to make any unnecessary mistakes.

Scenario is the following;

- Wife is Petitioner

- Wife has dual citizenship, U.S. and Swedish. (Born in Sweden, U.S. Citizenship via her father)

- Most of her life spent in the U.S.

- Husband is Swedish

- We got married in Sweden.

- Wife changed her SWEDISH surname to husbands. Kept her maiden name as a middle name.

- U.S. passport still state the maiden surname. Have not changed anything since marriage.

What family name do we put in the forms for the wife?

All our documentation from Swedish authorities are with her "new" name.

Any ideas?

No suggestions?

Hey,

We are currently filling out forms for our I-130 application to get a IR-1 visa approved and are confused about family name /surname for the petitioner as it is different in U.S. and Swedish documentation.

Don't want to make any unnecessary mistakes.

Scenario is the following;

- Wife is Petitioner

- Wife has dual citizenship, U.S. and Swedish. (Born in Sweden, U.S. Citizenship via her father)

- Most of her life spent in the U.S.

- Husband is Swedish

- We got married in Sweden.

- Wife changed her SWEDISH surname to husbands. Kept her maiden name as a middle name.

- U.S. passport still state the maiden surname. Have not changed anything since marriage.

What family name do we put in the forms for the wife?

All our documentation from Swedish authorities are with her "new" name.

Any ideas?

Wife has American + Swedish citizenship

Husband Swedish citizenship

Daughter Swedish citizenship. We have not applied for CRBA yet.

Daughter is 1,5 years and born in Sweden.

Wife has lived most of her life in the US, born in Sweden.

We will soon start the IR-1 and CRBA process for our future move to the US.

At the moment my wife is gathering documents etc. for proof of living in the US for the CRBA.

High school transcripts, IRS tax transcripts etc... It seems to be a pain to have the correct document that can be used and not used..

Question

Should we wait to start the IR-1 process until our daughter has been approved?

Does this affect the IR-1 process that our daughter is not a US citizen yet?

Any ideas?

Thanks...

You can do a lease or a notarized letter from the parents to state you'll be living with them.

The letter of future employment should be fine for domicile purposes.

Some other things might be an American bank account, an American driver's license, looking into enrolling kids for school if you have them, moving company quotes, etc. Sweden is not that strict about this, but it is better to have more evidence rather than chance it.

Thanks..

My wife has not been away from the U.S. for a long time. So bank account, drivers license still all in place.

You can use assets to satisfy I-864 requirements.

Your problem here is that the sponsor must be domiciled in the United States. Even if you have a co-sponsor, the US citizen spouse must fill out an I-864 as well, and you have to be a US resident to fill that out. Since the US citizen spouse must be at least a co-sponsor on the I-864, the US citizen has to establish domicile in the US even if there is a co-sponsor. This from the State Department's website:

How can a petitioner establish a domicile?

When a sponsor has clearly not maintained a domicile in the United States, he/she must re-establish a U.S. domicile to be a sponsor. The aspiring sponsor may take steps, including the examples given below, to show that the United States is his/her principal place of residence

• Find employment in the United States
• Secure a residence in the United States
• Register children in U.S. schools
• Relinquish residence abroad
• Other evidence of a U.S. residence

If the sponsor establishes U.S. domicile, it is not necessary for the sponsor to go to the United States before the sponsored family members. However, the sponsor must return to the United States to live before the sponsored immigrant may enter the United States. The sponsored immigrant must enter the United States with or after the sponsor.

Work on that. Here's the link to the State Department's FAQ on the matter. http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/support/i-864-frequently-asked-questions.html

I am a bit confused abut the re-establishment of a U.S. domicile. How can this be done without splitting up a family?

Anyone in a similar situation with a idea how to do this?

And what would likely qualify as evidence?

Hi All,

First question from IR-1 newbie.

We live in Sweden and want to move to California where my wife have lived most of her life.

1. My wife and I got married in Sweden 1,5 years ago

2. Wife have dual citizenship US/Swedish. Husband is Swedish

3. Wife was born in Sweden but lived most her life in the US.

4. Got one child together (1,5 year old, born after our marriage) (in the process of getting her a american passport)

5. We both reside in Sweden at the moment.

6. We both most likely will have to apply for work AFTER we have made our move from Sweden.

7. Have no current second sponsor in the US.

8. We own assets in property and should be able to provide cash to meet the I-864 minimum requirements. (Our assets are all located in Sweden)

Since we are in the beginning of starting this process. Does anyone have any tips to us based on our above situation?

Anything that we should put extra attention to?

Should we start looking for a second sponsor in the US or should our own assets be enough for approval of the process?

What I have heard is that the assets can still be in Sweden during the whole process. Am I correct?

What time frame should we do our planning after, once started?

Thanks for any help!