londonguy

Dear All,

Having been at the London Embassy and had the interviews etc, i walked out of there with the knowledge that my visa will be sent to me by the end of next week.

Thanks to all of you that helped me through my journey and all of your kind messages every time i mailed this website.

Even though i have my visa, i shall remain a member here and assist if I can.

kind regards,

E

HI there

it is the 1040 form and it looks very in depth so i would think it is a full return she has filed!

Nothing in line 22. every time the tax accountant has filed some numbers that would equate to my wife's wage she then cancels them out and leaves totals of £0.

Her wage for example is income wages,tips and salaries etc $35000

then it says gross income for allocation $35,000. is that the number im after?

sorry to be a pain

Hi there folks,

My wife is in the states and i have my interview very soon. I feel nervous but ok about the whole thing.

I need to know one thing for the afferdavit of support....

i do not understand your tax forms and in part 4 cont... of the I 864 form it asks half way down the page "Sponsors Individual income". Where do i find that on her tax return please.

many thanks,

E

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone can help. Do i need to take a copy of a "checklist" to the London embassy for my interview in 2 weeks. My wife has now gone to the USA and i hope to follow her next month upon completing my visa adventure. Just wanted to know if there was one i had to have for the interview as i think i have everything in order like passport copies and birth certs etc.

Any thoughts?

thanks again and happy holidays

E

HI people,

As i prepare for my interview next month, i seem to have miss-placed my check list form, that i apparantley need....so is there one i can download?

Also, i am looking at a check list online and see that there are various docs that i need to have with me. Do i need my wife's (USC sponsor) passport and birth cert. I say that as she has them in the US as she is there already!

I also notice that many of the check list does not apply to me...is this common or rare?

Thanks All,

cheers,

E

Hi all,

I have sent away for my police cert and now have it in my hand. Does not look like it is an important document to me!!

Is it supposed to just say in writing on the document, that i have no convictions/prosecutions? Says there is no information on me in the personal record catagory.

Is this all i need?

thanks in advance

E

I will do my timeline no problem, but can you email the embassy or do you have to write a letter?

thanks

Hi All,

I have my interview date, but now i have to be out the country on business. Is there anything i can do?

please advise if you know how i can change dates.

thanks again

i have to say now, i am gutted about that news.

all gone a bit cloudy again

thanks again.

Can you point me in the right direction to get an understanding of the tax forms and W2 that my wife has to show. This is going to be impossible as all work she has ever done, except a sat job, has been in corporate UK.

I have tax info and copies of forms from 2 household members for I-864a but not for main sponsor.

cheers

E

You've got it, LG. In fact, if you know you will have the I-864 "soon" there is nothing criminal about returning your 'ready to interview' papers now.

cool, thanks.

Once again though i am looking at a form that seems to be quite an old one! Does that matter or do i need to get an updated version online and send that instead?

checklist is "instructions for Immigrant visa application" (2 sided) and the other is "Applicant's statement" (1 page)

Hi All again,

I have now received my police cert and have also had my medical. I am just waiting to see which is the best way for me to go with the Aferdavit of support forms (who sponsors me and do we need a co sponsor) and then i am set.

Can you tell me or rather confirm that once i have filled in this I-864 (and I-864a if needed) I just need to send in the Applicants Ready form that i have and the checklist. No other forms are needed to be sent at this stage when requesting an interview date?

kind regards,

Londonguy

Thanks for your patience.

Cool, but if we use our assets on her I-864 form, do we value in $ or in £. The form obviously states $.

Our assets i think will cover the poverty line difference easily as house alone is $180,000 equity (already valued this week by estate agent)

Then we still need her father to step up to the plate and sign the I-864a form as we have no residence in the USA and will have to live with her parents at first! He can sign as the "housemember"

Glad it is Friday as i am going off to the pub lol to think long and hard about this visa stuff!

Drink anyone?

thanks again, i am off to bed to release my brain for a while LOL

With the assets lets say, we have £100k equity which equates to more than necessary, but i have to realise it within a year of a visa being granted. That is why i am opting for a skint (broke lol) wife as the sposor and her father as the money side of things............

,,,,,,,still by tomorrow i may have a new idea ....... NOOO i hear you all say!

nite nite

thanks again for your words of encouragement and facts that you talk of.

At the end of the day I want the easiest way possible and the one that is not going to catch up with me in a number of years time.

I shall have a little look at the links and having read the london US embassy site over and over, im a little clearer.

I think it is nerves that are confusing me and making it harded than it actually is.

I think that i will get my wife to be a sponsor and have her family home the address for all. Employment and money is an issue with us there so i will have to fill in all as $0. I dont wanna put our savings and house here up for asset as it will be hard to do and proove.

Her father can then be a household member on her sponsorship and he can be the one with the money and assets we need. I see that a household of 5 on poverty line graph is well below his $75k a year wage so that should be enough for us to apply

Hi there again...... yes its me to bore you....

erm answer to the last question, 2 seperate friends of mine married USC in London, then went to live in NY and Nebraska respectivly. They both went into the offices in the 2 different areas and were issued visas in less than a month. Nebraska one def is able to live and work and NY one not sure as she does not need to work, just reside.

I kinda had a brain wave on all this looking at the I-864 form. Since we started applying for our CR1 visa in London, times have moved on and now the forms have changed in their appearance. I am filling the new one (to me) in now!

a)Can i fill in that my wifes address is her parents home in Texas, where we intend to stay not our home here (PART 4 on form) ,that including me and parents she has 4 in the household.(PART 5) She has no income or employment at all cos we have lived her for so long (PART 6) ..... and here it is:

Then get father in law as joint sponsor to fill in I-864a form and have him state that he is a household member and willing to sponsor us on his income of $75k per year. that is above the poverty line too me thinks.

Hi there AussieWench,

Thanks for info.

My father in law has joint assets and joint tax docs or something that shows his wife (household memnber) on them, so when submitting them as his proof of earnings etc, she is on there too.

I will have a read of your link.

thanks again

Right then, once again this forum has been a pleasure and well woth it!

Thanks to all......I may pop back lol but at the moment i am off to fill in some forms and send them off, ring the states to get father inlaw to fill out his 2 forms (I-864 and the other one (I-864a) for household members) and then .........WAIT !!!!

cheers Yodrak, if all goes well i will buy you a drink someday lol and anyone else who helped

she did indeed submit it here to the US embassy in London!

thanks for your assistance guys i do appreciate it. As i said, wife now has brain fry so i am picking up where she collapsed lol and am trying to piece it all together. I have faith but also know that she is off to the states next week for a few months.

Without telling her lol i may just go get a lawyer to do this last part for me even though she will kill me.

I dont really wanna mess up having had medicals and filled other docs in etc.

As far as i can see, and i know you will correct me.. i have to find a sponsor (wife) and a joint sponsor (her dad). that way i can prove support of income if need be!

I also need to send the other form in, the DS-2001 requesting an interview with my completed checklist.

As you can see my wife is now confused...I am now taking over as she has brain Fry

Last year my wife applied for me to obtain a visa that would allow me to live and work in USA. We have been married nearly 3 years and have lived together in UK for 6yrs. She sent off forms and applied with I-130. That was accepted and we got going.

We are doing it all through the US Embassy in London.

Looking at packet "3" that we received way back in the year, I was asked to send a form back immediatley, which i did, and then collect all the checkpoint list documents, all done apart from joint support I-864 form. I need this as we have no money or assets in the states, its all here as my wife has never worked in the USA. She graduated from Uni here in London.

When i looked at the bottom of the letter with my details and application number, it stated there, that I was applying for a CR1 visa!

Thanks Yodrak for all your help and patience.

I told father in law last night to do his form and send me it from USA once notorised. He was great about it and was going to do today.

Once he has sent it i will send the checkbox form, and the 2 applicant forms in signed and request my interview.

cheers

looking through my docs and some letters i have had back, i.e package 3, it states that i am applying for the CR1 visa.

I have all my docs now bar the joint sponsor form from her father in law. I will get this just incase our assets do not amount to emough or something. Just a saftey precaution.

Once that is done i will send in my check list and my applicants statement along with the DS2001 form all signed and then wait i hope for an interview.

maybe i am going for the wrong visa then?

Thanks guys,

My wife and i are both currently looking for jobs in the US and even though we are not there, have had a few offers but nothing is written in stone!

We have those savings and also over £75k in equity here.

My only issue is we are practically there with all forms etc, but we would then have to wait for her dad, the co sponsor to fill in his forms and send them back having had them notorised.

My beef is with the fact i have 2 friends doing exactly the same thing as me but have not done anything here, they have just gone ahead and done it over there by just walking into a visa place with all their pre prepared docs. It has taken them 3 weeks in total and they are living and working there now!

still all that is good comes to tose who wait.....:-)

HI Yodrak,

thanks for your comments,

I am a UKC married to a USC and have lived here in London for 6 years. Wife is homesick and wants to return home. All we want is to be able to live and work there legally and we were told to file for the K3 and fill out a I 864 form so thats we have been doing...

have we had duff info

thanks so much,

as we live in UK and have not worked in USA, do we still need a joint sponsor or can my wife transfer our savings ($30k) to our small account in USA and say that the amount is enough to be an only sponsor?

cheers people