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Thanks all.

2 minutes ago, milimelo said:

I did. Wasn't a problem. 

Just to be absolutely clear (sorry), you entered on a CR-1, departed before your green card arrived, and then reentered with just the same visa? Do you know if there's any official written guidance anywhere saying this is acceptable? Thank you.

Has anyone entered on a CR-1 and then left the US before green card arrived with plans to return a few weeks later? We may have a situation requiring this and need to know if husband would be able to reenter by showing his used visa as proof of legal residency.

So, the long version is that my husband has a title in the UK, and it screws up his passport.  Where his name is legally, say, John Joseph Smith, his UK passport says his name is John Joseph Hon John Smith (this, for whatever reason, is the way the UK passport office handles his title; he's checked and tried to fix it already).  The facing page gives his name correctly.  For his visa, however, they've just stripped out the title, and named him John Joseph John Smith (obviously following the information on the bio page).

Short version: does the name on the visa have to match the passport or his actual legal name?  We emailed the embassy a month ago when we first received the visa, and haven't heard back from them, and they are absolutely refusing to put any calls through to the immigrant visa unit.  Time is getting pretty tight now before we fly and I'm starting to stress out.  Any light you could shed would be greatly appreciated.

5 hours ago, patriot10 said:

your dad will file the I-864 as the only joint sponsor.

you are the petitioner as well as the primary sponsor on your I-864, but you dont have income above 125% poverty line/us derived income and hence the need for the joint sponsor.

 

Joint sponsor could be anyone, living domiciled anywhere in the USA as long as they have the requisite income and tax transcripts to substantiate the same.

 

Along with the I-864 , he needs to send you his 1040 for the previous relevant year definitely (but if he send for previous 3 years that while not necessary, may come in use). In case he sends the 1040, then he needs to send every document he used to file the 1040 , which includes all w2s and 1099s.

OR

He can simply send you the tax transcripts for the relevant year. This is preferred and simplest.

 

NOTE: In case he files married filing jointly, and this i say from personal experience as it was brought up in my case by the interviewing officer, then even with the transcript, you will have to submit his w2s/1099s to demonstrate, that he-the sponsor signing does indeed have the necessary income individuallly and its not derived from his spouse and also a plain statement of the spouse saying the she is aware that her spouse is filing an i-864 using their common returns as proof and that she has no objection.

 

Seems complicated, but is actually quite logical and easy to put together.

Best of luck.

Thank you, that's super helpful, especially the married filed jointly bit.

Followup question: on the I-864, if it's me as petitioner and my dad is submitting one as well, does he list himself as "the only joint sponsor" or "the second of two joint sponsors"?  Thanks!

18 minutes ago, mindthegap said:

 Considering you are about to be dealing with USCIS for at a minimum the next 4 years, I guarantee that you will be uttering that statement again.

 

 

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That's helpful, thank you.  I'm just so fed up with dealing with the Home Office that I can't believe any government agency could be that sensible :-/

Getting paperwork together to file I-130 in London, but I'm stymied by proof of residency for DCF.  In a nutshell, I married in October, changed my name/passport in November, and have been trying since then to get my name changed on my UK visa.  Due to repeated errors by the Home Office, I still don't have my new residence card, only a photocopy of the one in my maiden name which is valid through next February.

Basically, if I submit a copy of my passport with current name, (canceled) passport with maiden name, marriage certificate, and visa with maiden name, will that be good enough for USCIS, or do I have to wait and pray that it doesn't take another four months to get my new visa?

Argh. Thanks.

Ohhh, I see.  So is it just the I-864A that requires the second sponsor be at the same principal residence?  A non-household member submits another I-864?

Hello, my British husband and I live in London and are planning to move to the US later this year.  I'm having trouble with the I-864; my father is planning to co-sponsor my husband, but obviously does not live in the same residence as us.  What does he need to file in order to be considered a co-sponsor?  Thanks!