famictech2000

I would find out which forms they had him sign.

The 22CFR41.122(h)(3) is just an indicator that the tourist visa was cancelled; so that the person does not try to renter the country with the visa.

Depending on which forms he signed, will dictate future visa outcome.

Hopefully he was smart enough to read the forms before he signed them...

Hi!, thanks for responding.

Yes, i know thats its purpose, but still... i want to live there and he has his job here. I will never convince him of leaving Uruguay.

if it it for income we wouldnt need a joint sponsor because he is paid well, i thought we would need a joint sponsor because of the domicile in the usa.

"your father will fill out the affidavit of support regardless of income" Yes, but so i will have to prove somehow that he will go back to the USA in a few month time?

"i want to live there and he has his job here"

so do soooooo many people... but they cant and you prob wont either....

No I didn't. And I feel so stupid for not doing that. I just assumed from everything that I've read that it won't be that bad...

Dont assume ; you make an "###" out of "u" and "me" = assume....

Hello everyone,

I petition for my wife in Pakistan. I don't make enough so my brother and me filled jointly. Her interview was on the 19 of May. Her Visa was denied becasue my brother income was not enough. even though he had $70000 in his bank account.

My question to all who knows about AOS jointly please help me understand that why did embassy dined the visa?

BECAUSE YOUR BROTHER INCOME WAS NOT ENOUGH.... PRETTY CLEAR.

Greetings Everyone!

I am a non-immigrant male, that came here to the United States, on a F1 Student Visa. Upon completing my OPT, I was sponsored for an H1b work visa. Met my wife in 2011. Were friends for 3 years as she was dating someone else at the time. When she broke up with her ex, we started dating in 2014, and after 1 year, we got married on Oct 1st, 2015. After she moved in with me, came to realize she was taking anti-anxiety drugs like Xanax and Valium because she said she suffered from anxiety and panic attacks. I thought nothing of it since I am not knowledgeable on mental health and anti-anxiety medication.

Long story short, she is apparently addicted to the pills, to the point where she has threatened me that if I don't help her to gain access to more pills, she will not show up to my green card interview. She has attempted to inflict pain on herself by cutting her wrists so as to make me afraid and make me feel guilty that she is suicidal because I as a husband have not met to her demands of helping gain pills illegally (buying them on the streets from a dealer). She has drawn money out of our bank account to go get the pills herself. I have suffered PTSD and depression from this whole ordeal as I did not realize that I married someone who became a drug addict to the point where they were affecting my well-being. I have seen a psychologist and sought therapy sessions because I am going through a rough time.

Meanwhile, I discussed this issue with my lawyer and he said to file a VAWA petition. And given that the lawyer represents the petitioner, my wife, he said he could not represent me because of "conflict of interest". Thus, I consulted with another immigration attorney, who happened to be a woman, and she said I had a weak case simply because I am male, and immigration officers tend to attend to more women-based acts of cruelty than men. She also said that my wife is simply a victim of drug addiction, and she does intentionally mean to harm me, but more so, she just takes it out on me. I argued, the same can be said of an alcoholic man who abuses his wife while drunk. No one says he's a victim of alcohol abuse, and thus, he didn't intentionally mean to harm his wife. So the lawyer says to fix my marriage, and just go to the marriage interview and suck it up. Well, I want to go to the interview, as my wife and I did have a "bonafide marriage", but how do I know she's not going to go through her mood swings, or decide not to show up last minute to the interview? How do I know she won't stumble on simple questions asked of her? I am living in fear and torment right now as I don't know what I should do. My friends said that the female lawyer was being sexist, and seems like she is just holding a bias opinion. I am open to thoughts from the public here on what your opinions and advice are. I appreciate some feedback.

My VAWA file so far:

1. Proof of bonafide marriage: marriage certificate, wedding photos, dating photos, photos from trips, joint auto-insurance, driver's license under same address, joint bank account, joint tax return, joint Roth IRA, joint COSTCO membership, affadavit letters from her dad, friends, my brother.

2. Proof of living together: letter from landlord, lease agreement, and joint renter's insurance with our address listed.

3. Good Moral Character: Police report from department that clears me.

4. Personal declaration letter: I outline how our relationship developed, why we married, how was living together, how the abuse started, what were the forms of abuse, and how I felt. Discussed my good moral character (volunteer work with children after-school tutoring).

5. Witness affadavits: my brother, friend.

6. Psychologist report outlining my emotional abuse and that I am diagnosed with PTSD and depression. Therapist sessions transcripts.

so whats your question....

go that route and if they deny you, they deny you.... and you wasted time and money... thats all.

the lawyer just gave her opinion doesnt mean you need to follow it....

well this is the best answer ive recieved thank you so much, all in all we both happy she got to know someone else and they have a girl and im happy with my new wife, we re still friends

So what is the letter for!?

Do you have a GC yet from your first wife!? and the new person you are with, are they a USC?

is she the USC or Green card holder...

Question, it seems that they are servicing the DEC filers? The dates that people are entering in, are you referring to the date USCIS received your application or the PD date that you were given based on the I-130 application?

Reno, Nevada USCIS Office

I-485 filed on December 24, 2015

Biometrics done on April 11, 2016

Green Card issued 05/03/2016, received 05/10/2016

No interview.

What was your PD date?

I am happy on how things have progressed and happy that USCIS doesn't just follow an order of receipt numbers; since every case is different and some cases are allot more clear cut and should be easier to approve.

Is your wife the children's biological mother? Your posts are starting to confuse me.

They are not her children...

Unfortunately long visits are looked upon negatively by the CBP. So he should bring proof of his ties to Canada such as an employer letter, lease, etc... Things normal people don't just up and leave. It honestly is better to have several shorter visits, but as we all know, sometimes plans change after you get somewhere due to unforeseen circumstances.

The whole process takes about a year. Just the petition alone takes about 5 months. Then you have the NVC process, then the interview at the US Consulate in Montreal. He will need a medical right before the interview by an approved panel physician.

Hubs and I visited every 3 months until the last bit. Then there was a huge gap. None of my stays were longer than 10 days though because I had to work to support myself. I agree the separations are hard and flying down is expensive. But the whole process is expensive, so save up some if you can! I sold my car to pay for the uhaul to bring my things down.

If you need help with the I-130 and after paperwork don't hesitate to ask questions if you can't figure it out. Sometimes there is a simple answer that will seem obvious after you see it, but eludes you beforehand.

with the statement "thanks NLR do you have any input on ryan coming down to the US getting married and then filing the I130 and waiting here for the 5-6 months and then heading back to canada..." it seems there is no proof of any ties in Canada, including work, unless his employer is really nice about paying him 5-6 months for not showing up to work!?

You would most likely get denied entry into USA anyways when you would tell them what you were planning, and not disclosing your intension will only get discovered at the interview would could be cause for denial.

I myself did a AOS since I was already living and working in USA so I was here the entire process and am now just waiting for my GC to get sent.

thanks NLR,

With regards to my husband, his last 3 years taxes in Canada have basically been zero because he's made below 15k 1 year and was on disability for 2 years so have filed Canadian taxes but when i went to file US taxes, was told i didnt have to. Should I just state that on his i-864 and include his Cdn tax returns?

thanks for your help.

You better hope that their combined gross income can cover for at least 4 dependents; more if anyone else is living at their residence...

Yes. Officers are permitted to normally.

You will NEVER get a decision via any officer at the interview..... NEVER.

It is all done via mail, even if the officer wants to tell you "Yes" or "No" at the interview, they WILL NOT.

I got my EAD/AP card in the mail today.

Thanks.

The only proof of income she has are the invoices she generates for customers, but would this suffice as proof? These self-generated invoices don't account for all of her savings, but I'm guessing for at least 66% of it, if not more (need to gather and calculate all the invoices).

Self generated invoices will not work. I can sit at my computer all day and create bogus invoices.

There will need to be "TRUE" tax identification numbers, that are actually recognized/generated by the government where ever she earned the income. Even if you fake those numbers you will be caught because the US will go to that government to get the tax ids legitimized.

For instance, in Canada any litigate business gets assigned a GST and PST tax id numbers... These numbers are Clearly shown on receipts and/or invoices which ensures that both parties (sellers and buyers) are paying the taxes on the goods and services.

Hello all,

Beautiful forum you have here. I've been lurking around here for a while, but am finally making an account now that I am getting a little bit of hands on experience in the visa application process.

My wife's I-130 has been accepted and her interview appointment has been scheduled for a month from today. I haven't filed taxes for the past 5 years (2011-2015). Since one requirement is "copies of the petitioner's federal tax returns", what does this mean exactly? Can I just fill out my 5 IRS-1040 forms (for the past 5 years) and simply photocopy them, attaching them in my document package? Or do I have to wait until the IRS replies after I send the IRS my 5 IRS-1040 forms, and then photocopy whatever the IRS mails me and include that in the document package? If so, is there any way to expedite this process?

In case it matters, I have no pay stubs for the past 5 years, as payments made to me went directly into my PayPal/bank accounts.

Thanks!

Paypal issues a 1099 form, which you needed to file with the IRS.

Between you and your wife not having any form of tangible paper trails like pay stubs; you will most likely be denied entry.

Hello,

My wife will be having her visa interview in a month, and hopefully she'll get her visa shortly thereafter, and we'll go to the U.S.. She has around $100,000 in savings. As soon as she gets into the U.S., if she makes a U.S. bank account and then wires the money from her Jordanian bank account to her U.S. bank account, will she be taxed at all on this at the time of transfer or next year when she files taxes (or any other time, for that matter)?

I don't know if this will make a difference, but she doesn't have any pay stubs since she's a freelancer, and people in Jordan deal primarily with cash.

Thanks!

You should be worried about her money.

She has no proof of income (paystubs) and people deal primarily with cash, which translates to they did not pay taxes on it when they earned it in the first place, or they will see it as dirty money, either way the US will tax it.

I'm not an authority on this issue but generally anything over $10,000k will be scrutinized.

Would it be possible for you to start making deposits of a lesser amount at this time?

Personally it would worry me about transferring such a large amount of money after leaving the country.

I would think even cashiers checks might be a better alternative to a single wire transfer??

The banks are not stupid... they each have software that keeps running totals for deposits on their accounts... so you can deposit 1000 dollars at a time everyday for 10 days and it will catch you...

You would have to break up the deposits across different bank branches (BAC, JPM, TD, etc...) to try and get away with it

That's not true minions2. I just got approved April 12 through potomac and it took exactly 81 days. It really seems like there were some issues with the transfers they did from other centers. Hopefully they are getting that sorted out now and will get back on track to normal processing. I could imagine what it was like to start working at a new Service Center and you got tons of transfers from other Service centers while new requests continue to pour in. It must be a lot of work going through all this paperwork...

Same here... Jan 4th 2016 till Mach 21

Yes, I have been living and working in the USA under the NAFTA agreement for sometime now.

I got my EAD and AP applications both Approved yesterday... the card is being mailed out today

Thanks Good luck on the next steps!

@famictech2000: Did you do Adjustment of Status?

Yes, I have been living and working in the USA under the NAFTA agreement for sometime now.

a

We decide to do what many ppl advice us here....we going to way to found a place and move and buid our life before doing this...and my friend in australia are boxing our personal stuff like my kids things to send it went we move to our new home here...thanks a lot for all the help and good luck with your journey....in the last few days i start all this i visualise how difficult it is and i start to question my self if just love is enough to quit my life in Australia to was not bad at all apart of the fat im far from my family to start a life here and be treated like a criminal just for fallow my heart...i love this man but i start to doubt if my call was the right call...if i really took a decision with my head logical or my under head base in the butterflies i feel went im with him...anyway...thanks for advice and good luck.

Good luck, you are gonna need it.....

Hi everybody!! As I was preparing the paperwork of my wife's (petitioner) parents for the AOS package, I noticed that their household size would be 7 with me (beneficiary) which means that they got to make about 45 thousand a year to be be able to support me. So far we're using only her dad as the joint sponsor (he makes about 44 thousand a year) Giving this information, do you guys think it would be enough for NVC to approve our I-864 form? or the additional 1 thousand is really that important?

plus, should my wife's mom who also works but makes a bit more than her dad (by 1 or 2 thousand) need to be the joint sponsor instead of her dad?, or it would make more sense to add her as a household member by also submitting the I-864A and include her income? (together they make about 85 thousand)

What do you guys think? BTW, they file a joint tax return

I am not sure how you get to a ~85k combined if you make the statements that he makes ~44k and she makes a couple of more (1 to 2k more) which would be at least 45k+ which equals an ~89k total not 85k?!

Lastly its not the salary/year that the individual makes they are looking for; its the net income per individual per year, so what are you referring to when you say they make 44k and 45k+ respectively, their salaries or net income?