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So my household on the form is two, only my wife and I, but when my mom reports her income on her i-864a (since she is part of my household), she reports three people, herself, my wife, and I?

Greetings - I'll keep this brief.

I have little to no income and I am petitioning for my wife. Our case is currently in the NVC and we are sending documents to support our visa application.

I live with my parents. My mother is above the income cut-off and will be filling out an i-864a.

My step-dad also lives in the household. My mother files jointly with my step-dad. We are only having my mom fill out the i-864a since her income is sufficient and she has all needed W-2, 1099 forms, etc.

So if I follow the form, this means my household has:

-my wife who will be immigrating
-me

-my mom who will file an i-864a

Since my step dad isn't going to be filing an i-864a, he doesn't count as a household member, right?

Thanks everyone.

Greetings! First, thank you everyone who posts here for all your help. It's been invaluable so far.

My i-130 petition has been approved and I've paid the $120 affidavit of support fee, and my spouse will pay her $120 fee tonight.

Either way, I want to get my i-864 affidavit of support ready ASAP and check it over many times  before submitting it as I understand it's easiest cause of major delays. 

Here are the basic facts of my situation:
-I don't have any income as I'm a grad student.
-I live with my parents (my mom and non-biological stepfather); they have owned the house for many years and have resided there since the early 90s and this will be easy to prove with voluminous documentation.

-I lived abroad since 2011, but this has consistently been my permanent residence and I have documents to prove it (submitted them with the i-130 petition).

-Each parent independently makes well above the 125% 2017 poverty rate in annual income for years 2014, 2015, and 2016.

-They file jointly and have for 2014, 2015, and 2016.

-My mother has a W2 forms for '14 and '15, and 4 forms (W2s + 1099s) for '16 that add up very straightforwardly to her total reported income

-My step-father is self-employed; he has a variety of forms and an entire business return. Ideally he would rather not submit so much information when it's not necessary. He also has some employers that due to their error never provided him with 1099s, and he has reported the income in his return in the appropriate way with his accountant.

So here are my questions:

(1) Since my mother has enough income for the last three years on her own to meet the threshold as evidenced by her W2s and 1099s, is it possible to just have her fill out a i-864a even though she files jointly with her husband (my step-dad)?

(2) If I am required to have *BOTH* my mother and step-dad fill out i-864a and provide all tax documents, does my step-dad really have to submit his ENTIRE tax return for each year, including his business tax return? He is willing to do this to help but if possible he'd rather not by providing this information if it's not necessary. Also that document alone will be 50-100 pages for all three years.

(3) If I have to do both, *AND* I have to have my step dad submit his entire tax return including business documents for all three years, do I also need other documents proving familial relationship, or will documents for each household member and myself providing residence be sufficient?

Thanks everyone, and my sincere apologies if this questions has been answered previously.
 

Thanks! This is exactly the information I needed.

In all likelihood, we will be staying in the US for at least 5 years (and won't be visiting her home country for any longer than 3 months, probably no more than one month, and once a year at most).

And I likely wouldn't be working anywhere abroad except in her home country, in which case I would become a permanent resident there, but as I said, in all likelihood not for a number of years.

Thanks!

Here are two little questions about sponsoring a spouse (in my case, Japanese citizen wife). I am a US-born citizen.

(1) First, I see that the requirement to apply for removal of conditional residence status after receiving the green card applies if the residency permission is given within two years of marriage.

We were married in November 2015, and I submitted my I-130 in March 2017. Based on current wait times, it looks like I will receive word from the National Visa Center in September, but of course it could be earlier or later.

If she receives her green card after November 2017, am I correct in assuming that there will then be no requirement to remove the conditional status on her residency?

(2) Second, I am currently in graduate school and will be finished in Spring 2019. Around 2020 there is a good chance I will be looking for jobs, and I may be applying for jobs abroad. Since I am a US citizen and my wife would be accompanying me as a spouse, would this affect her ability to stay a permanent resident? Would I be stuck in the US for a certain number of years to prevent her from losing her residency status?

Anyway, thanks everyone for your patience and I apologize if this has been asked before.

Oh, and they also confirmed that it has been sent to the Texas Service Center for processing.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I ended up submitting it with various forms of evidence and have already received the I-797C Notice of Action.

The receipt number online says to check the I-797C for the next instructions.

The form says "The I-130, Petition for Alien Relative has been received by our office for the following beneficiaries and is in process:"
and then accurately lists my wife's information.

It says to confirm information and contact if any changes are necessary.

What should I do next? What other forms, biometrics, criminal backgrounds checks, etc., should I go ahead and start on while this processes? Or is it better to wait for the next update on the online case info?

Thanks again.

1 hour ago, NikLR said:

For evidence provide the photos and anything which shows you lived together.  The savings account if also good.  Also use whatever legal wedding certificate you have, if that's from December, that's fine.  Don't worry about the affidavits, they're very low on the evdience scale and you have much better evidence.

 

You wife will not be moving in August unless some sort of miracle or disaster happens.  CR1 visas generally take 10-18 months with a year being average.   You have a lot of things to do and stuff that needs to happen before the file ever gets to the embassy. 

Thanks for your advice.

Would it be worth considering a K-3 Visa with an adjustment of status? It certainly wouldn't be the end of the world to wait 10-18 months, but is a K-3 visa faster?

Thanks again.

Hi - I'm new here and all the information has been super helpful.
However, I was wondering if I could get some basic advice about how to begin the process.

Basic Info:
-My wife is a Japanese citizen; we met in a US college and we started dating and we both graduated in Spring 2011. I could provide a graduation photo of us together + scans of diploma to show the date.

-We took two trips together to Korea and Thailand in winter 2011-2012, for which we have photos and passport stamps.
-We lived together from August 2012 to August 2016. We could get the Japanese "juminhyo," or residency certificate, which would show our old address and names together in Japanese.

-We got legally married at a city office in Japan in December 2015, but our wedding was in late November. We have a copy of our marriage certificate.

What other documentation should we provide besides the i-130 and g-325a? Are pictures + proof of travel together enough? I saw on boards here that the sworn affidavits from friends (which we could get from friends who were at our wedding and our in the photos, friends who are not family members and currently live in other states, which I suspect might be good proof of bona fides).

I also have statements from a USA savings account we opened together in late 2015 that I can provide.

If possible, I'd like to avoid getting the "juminhyo" residency document for our old address in Japan, since it will be a bit inconvenient for my wife and I suspect Japanese documents will be less useful. Will photos, marriage certificate, evidence of travel back in 2011-2012, and a shared bank account be sufficient?

I can certainly get sworn affidavits, of course, before the interview, etc.

We are hoping for her to move here in August if possible, and I plan on being over there over the summer, and hopefully we will come back together.

Does anyone have any idea of when the embassy interviews usually happen?

Thanks so much.