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4 minutes ago, jakejon said:

Hey!

 

Can't you file Form W-7 to get an ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) for your beneficiary in lieu of using SSN? We filed electronically (we originally thought we had to paper file) - I was lucky enough to get a SSN previously and our tax refund is due to paid tomorrow according to IRS. Only took 2 weeks I think all in all. 

 

 

ITIN will take almost 5-7 weeks to receive from the time of filing and the interview date is next month. I applied for my spouse's SSN in October 2018 and is still pending. I thought it will come soon. Anyway, my best bet is to contact a lawyer. Thanks all for your help :).

1 minute ago, Ash.1101 said:

You can only show what you can. If it's the same stuff you sent, then that's it. 

You can also do a power of attorney, a will, some credit cards will allow you to add her on as an authorized user with just a state ID. Is she on your lease for your home? Have ya'll adopted any pets that can show both names? You can also provide her drivers license or state ID and yours if she has one to show the same address.

And yes, it's always possible to have an interview before anything else is approved.

What visa did she come into the states on?

Dear Ash,

Thanks for the quick reply. My wife came through K1 visa. I am not able to add her on my lease as she does not have her SSN as per the leasing policy. She came through K1 visa last July 2018 and we have been living together ever since. We did a court wedding on Aug 2018 and is planning to do our reception later along with our friends and families (my family will be invited only if they accept our relation ). Both me and my spouse family are against same-sex wedding. Anyway, that's not the issue. We don't have any pets. Again, for state id, other than a passport, she needs to prove her residency in my current state by showing some utility bills, etc in her name and her SSN plays a key role in that. 

Hi there,

My wife's Green card interview has been scheduled before EAD and we were quite a bit shocked. We did not expect the interview to be scheduled before my spouse receives her EAD. I am not able to do any joint filings, such as a joint lease, joint bank account, joint tax return as they require my spouse SSN. Initially, I was planning to gather all joint statements of us upon receipt of her SSN. Also, my joint tax file of 2018 is pending because of her SSN. Since the interview is scheduled earlier, would it be okay if we can't show any joint statements? We submitted our marriage certificate, some photos together, and some itineraries while filing for her adjustment and we never got any RFE before the interview is scheduled. Can someone please advise whether the same documents will serve as satisfactory evidence for the interview? I am a bit concerned. Thanks for your help.

My fiance's interview was scheduled for today. After approximately 2 hours of waiting, I just heard back from her that her interview got rescheduled due to the system error.  The consulate kept all supporting documents with them that my fianced carried with her and gave her passport back with a sticker placed at the back of her passport showing "post". I have never heard of such occasion. Is it normal?

1 minute ago, missileman said:

If you send a copy of the tax return, you should sign it.

Thanks for your prompt response. Can it be the present date? Also, my lawyer did not inform me that I need to sign it. She required my 3 years of tax return to fill out the affidavit of support.

I e-filed my 2017 tax return through Turbo Tax website. I downloaded the pdf copy to send it to my fiance for her interview. Do I need to sign my tax return or can be it blank? I never signed my tax return before for other purposes. I also have a copy of IRS transcript with me that I requested. I am planning to send both. I am just concerned whether the tax return requires my signature for the interview. 

I an planning to send the copy most recent year (2017) income tax return along wih copy of W2. Some websites say to bring 3 most recent years of income tax return copies with W2s during interview. When my lawyer filled out the affidavit of support on behalf of me, she requested for 3 most recent years of tax returns from me. But she told me that my fiance needs to bring only the 2017 tax return copy along with W2 form. Can anyone verify? Thanks!

1 hour ago, Sunnyland said:

 

Like you perfectly said. There is a loophole. the days of cases like this one where a lawyer advises to use a visitor visa to get in, marry and then adjust are gonna be over when the current administration decides to put a stop to adjusting status to those that came on a tourist visa, ESTA or whatever. At least OP was very honest with his case. Others just go with the "I change my mind suddenly and decided to get married" syndrome.

OP,  be careful with what that lawyer may suggest. You will want to be honest all the time when it comes to immigration. A lie now in any way will come to hunt you both in the future.

Our relation is genuine and there is no doubt in that. I guess many lawyers suggest the visit visa option to see if k1 visa process ca be bypassed. This is not a new norm.

2 minutes ago, NYCruiser said:

Your lawyer is either incompetent or an outright fraud...either way, get rid of him or her. You cannot come to the USA on a visitor's visa with a mindset to marry and stay here. 

Not at all. My lawyer is neither of them that you described.

8 minutes ago, Amnazaid said:

Yes i have also tried for vist visa from saudia riyadh 

but they rejected..!! 

What did u show as the ourpose of your visit. My girl fried just mentioned tourism purpose and didnot mention me. Did they ever wuestion you about the reason of your visit visa denial during k1 visa interview?

1 hour ago, NuestraUnion said:

You can’t  plan to use a visitor visa to come over, get married, and stay in the US. That IS considered fraud.

 

You ever wonder why it is so hard for some to get visitor visas to the US? Because too many people do exactly as you described above. So now immigration puts extra scrutiny to those that want to visit. If they have nothing to return to in their home country, like your fiancé, then what is stopping them from staying in the US.  So they are deemed a high risk of overstaying a visitor visa.

 

Your lawyer knew what he/she was doing. They knew it is a loophole that is difficult for immigration  to prove. This was simply a gamble to see if they can get your fiancé here faster.

 

This is not to chastise you or judge you but to educate you. I believe you sincerely did not know any better. But to answer your question, it should not have an effect on your K1 case.

Thanks for your response. This is what I was looking for. I don't think my lawyer would have advised us about the tourist visa thing if she was aware of any complications that may cause trouble with k1 visa.

1 hour ago, TNJ17 said:

She has to answer yes to family member in the US question because fiancée is a family member and if you click on the tip button next to the question it says fiancé/e counts. 

Family approval matters during interview stage at some embassies due to the country’s culture. There have been some people on VJ who reported India was one of them. Might wanna check that.

 

Thanks for your response. This is what I was looking for. I don't think my lawyer would have advised us about the tourist visa thing if she was aware of any complications that may cause trouble with k1 visa.

There is no false information here at all. If the consular asks her why she didnot mention me in the B2 visa, the answer is we didnot get engaged yet. Thanks for your wrong advice.

My lawyer is top 10 immigration attorney for your kind information. Don't judge people instantly.

1 minute ago, Roel said:

Hun,  "fiance" is not an family member. The form question is about parents, spouses or siblings. 

 

IF you haven't met in person yet you cannot file for k1 visa. 

 

Also fire that lawyer. You can complete the process on your own. 

 

As for families - it might be an issue if the embassy takes it as your relationship not being geniue since your families don't know about it. 

fianceis family member. It was clearly mentioend in DS-160 form tips.

There is nothing staged here. We met 3 times already. After our first trip, I wanted to through K1 visa process and consulted an attorney. she told my fiance to try through visit visa first to see if she can come here without going through the k1 visa process.She didnot mention me in the visit visa even though we were already in relationship.  Her purpose of visit was tourism. She was denied as she could not show strong ties to her place of residence.

3 minutes ago, bakphx1 said:

 Normally, they don't ask about family approval.  Just saying you're not out to your family is fine. 

 

But your attorney told you to stage a fake first time meeting for fraudulent purposes?   You can always get yourself into big problems by lying to USCIS & NVC. Huge problems and make someone permanently ineligible for any kind of Visa in the future. You may have dodged a bullet by not being able to pull that off. You received horrible advice.

You got my question wrong.

My fiance got her interview date in July 2018. Before we started this k1 visa process, my lawyer suggested my fiance to try for visit visa due to its short processing time or minimal cost. And the idea behind it was to show that she met me during her trip to US and we fell in love. But she was denied the visit visa as she could not show enough ties to her place of residence which is Dubai (her current workplace).  She is originally from India. When she filled out DS-160 form for her visit visa in the past, she checked "No" for the question "If you have any immediate family member. But for the k1 visa, that question was answered "Yes" since I am her fiance. I discussed with my lawyer about it and she said it should not be a problem with her previous response to "No" on the visit visa case. Can someone verify that for me or if anyone had such experience?

Also, none of our parents are aware of our relationship as they are homophobic. We planned to tell our parents once we get married. My fiance will be interviewed in Abu Dhabi and we are aware that it should not be a problem as the interview will take place in US embassy. If the consular questions about family approval, she is planning to tell them "Our family does not approve same-sex relation/marriage. But we love each other strongly and we promised to be with each other for the rest of our lives and our family's decision won't affect our relationship." Is this a decent response?

Thanks for your help!

Thank you, guys! You all have been very helpful throughout this k1 visa journey. Love you all :).

I received the interview checklist in my email and the odd thing is my fiance (beneficiary) didn't receive anything. Anyway, during the initial stage of k1 visa, my lawyer wrote a lengthy letter of intent to marry for both of us and it was very romantic :D. I would like to know whether my fiance needs to carry the same one from both of us with a new signature of us. I did some research and the consulate usually looks for an updated letter. I checked some sample letters online and they are very brief....just 2 lines with the intention of marrying within 90 days. They are not as elaborative as the one my lawyer wrote initially. Can someone guide us?

Thanks

7 minutes ago, Maria Adames said:

no you don't i have to wait when you schedule the interview, in the letter they will let  you know what document you will need for the interview, for vac & for medical exam

Thank you dear! We will work on the DS-160 form and schedule the interview then.

2 minutes ago, Maria Adames said:

Fill out ds-160 them pay fee and schedule the interview !! Hurryy upp 😁😁

Thanks Maria! So does it mean my fiance doesnot havw to wait for her packet 3? I thought she will get details on her medical exam and other information. 

I just checked the status of our case on ceac.state.gov webiste and it’s showing the status “immigration visa application Ready”. Does it mean my fiance is going to get an appointment letter with an interview date? I am bit confused. When do we need to fill out ds-160 form? Thank you for your help! 

Hi Dear,

Thank you for your quick response. Is this a standard format for unknown date?

6 minutes ago, payxibka said:

 

Unknown

 

or 

 

00/00/0000

01/01/0001

 

My fiance does not recall her ex-spouses DOB and she does not have any documents of them that would contain that information. Now we cannot proceed with the DS-160 form without filling out the DOB field. Any suggestion? We are really concerned.

Thanks you guys for all of your responses. I just found out that I have everything saved on a flash drive. I guess we will find out what my fiance needs to bring for her interview. We waiting for NVC notice still.

Best,

Sadia