Reuven

13 hours ago, SadafAsif said:

Hi

i am facing the same problem and i have already tried paying twice. So what i understand is u just waited and did not try paying again and ur status changed from pay now to paid after two days?

I don't remember exactly how it went through in the end, but it did. Jut make sure everything is entered correctly and the payment method is actually working.

Our child is American, but is moving to the States for the first time. Does that count as "immigrating"? There's only one non-American, my spouse. This blows my mind, for months I've been looking for a joint sponsor that makes enough for all three of us. How did I make that mistake? Are you guys sure? That if I have a sponsor who is a household of 1, then they only need to make enough to cover a household of two, if they are sponsoring my spouse? That's just $20,575 (125% FPG).

Maybe I was confused because for me to not need a joint sponsor I would need to make enough to cover a household of three.

Quick question about the joint sponsor. I understood that if I don't make enough to sponsor my spouse then we would need a joint sponsor and that sponsor, they're a household of 1, will have to make enough for 4 people, which includes them, our child, me and the immigrant (my spouse). So at least 125% of a household of four.

But one potential joint sponsor thinks that they only need to show enough for a household of three: themselves, the immigrant and the immigrant's child. While I won't have to be included in that since I am American and not a dependant of my spouse. That can't be right, can it?

Just an anecdote, but did they give you a hard time at entry? And if you may, how long were you allowed to stay each time? Three months, or more?

My spouse has a B1/B2 tourist visa valid till 2026 and her immigration case is at the NVC waiting for our i-864. We both live abroad at this point. We're pretty close to the end of the process, so If I were to move back now, then she should technically be able to enter the country with me as a tourist, right? As long as we bring appropriate documents showing that we intend to finish this process abroad and she does not intend to stay indefinitely (right?). My question is, how long could she stay as a tourist, staying with me? Not working, not anything, just a tourist. I know the maximum duration of stay is six months, which is decided by the immigration officer. Is that at least technically possible?

I just wanted to make sure I have this right, if you guys can double check with me. If I don't have the $31,375 annual income required for a household of four to sponsor my spouse, then I can use other assets like a savings in a bank account. If I make $22,000 a year I would subtract that from $31,375 which is $9,375 and then multiply that by 3, because a spouse only needs 3 years to get citizenship. That would be $28,125. And if I have at least that in savings I should meet the AOS requirement. Right?

14 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Your joint sponsor must have enough income for their own household size plus your spouse.

 

Where your children would count is if you were combining income with a household member.  If you do that, then ALL the household is counted as the household.

 

Please read the instructions to understand what a qualified household member is.  In general, it's parent or sibling.  The joint sponsor you mentioned does not qualify based on the income you indicated.  Even if they WERE a qualifying household member, your combined income would not be enough for household of 5.

 

FIND another joint sponsor who IS qualified.

"Your joint sponsor must have enough income for their own household size plus your spouse."

This is what I wanted to be sure of! That makes sense. Thanks for your help guys.

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

A household size of 2 is under $21,000.  That's a single person plus the intending immigrant.  If he is not already a "qualifying" member of the same household as the petitioner, you cannot combine income from him.  There are not "multiple joint sponsors".  How would you both "ignore your income" AND "combine income"?  Please clarify.

 

If "WE" intend to live with this potential "household member" then all of "WE" count in the household, including YOUR children.

 

Start by studying the I-864 instructions and interpret them "literally", not "conveniently".

 

Sounds like you need a qualified joint sponsor, who is not part of YOUR household, and has enough income to cover their own household plus your spouse.  Yes, REALLY.

(I mean they ignore my income if it is not enough and only look at the joint sponsor's income.)

By "plus your spouse" does that mean they need to have enough income to cover their household and the beneficiary only. Not enough income to cover also me and the children. So if they are single they would only need to make $25,025 (125% household of 2) to cover themselves and the beneficiary, not $36,775 (125% household of 5) to cover themselves, the beneficiary and me and the children?

To be clear, they are a household of 1 but since they are joint sponsoring the beneficiary, they need to provide an income for a household of 2. Right? With my self and the kids not being included in that calculation.

5 hours ago, Jo Së said:

You don't combine what you make and what the joint sponsor makes.  If you don't make the poverty guidelines requirement than you need a  joint sponsor that meets the requirements regardless of what you make.

 

edit:  for a single joint sponsor 125% would be at least $20,575

5 hours ago, aleful said:

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hi

 

exactly, the joint sponsor can't combine income with yours, he or she has to earn income enough over the 125% to cover him or herself, plus family If they have one plus the beneficiary. the same as you do

 

for the single person not enough to cover 2 people, himself and the beneficiary

To cover himself and ONLY plus the benificiary? Not the kids, [or me]? (who are already American) So if I have a joint sponsor with a household size of 1 they need to earn 125% of the FPG for a household size of 2?  Which is $25,025. Two because of the beneficiary.
 

4 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Find a joint sponsor who IS qualified.  The only way you can combine income is with a qualifying household member.

If we intend to live with the joint sponsor, then can we combine income? And they ignore my income? Then what's the point of multiple joint sponsors? If they only consider the income of the highest earning joint sponsor.

 

I'm trying to figure out how much my joint sponsor has to show for us to get over the 125% threshhold. We're a family of four and I can only show at the moment that I make $21,000, well below the $31,375 required to reach 125% of the FPG. How much does my joint sponsor have to earn to get us over the line? How is it calculated? We have a joint sponsor, single, family of one who netted $16,000 after all their business deductions. $16,000 is what appears on his tax returns. Is that enough? Would or could they put 21,000 & 16,000 together and add the joint sponsor making us a "family of 5" earning $37,000 just over the 125% FPG?

I'm putting together the AOS and IV package and noticed two document cover sheets. Which on is the real document cover sheet? Or both, or one is for the IV and the other for the AOS or should they both be on top, but which one should be on top of the other one?

Can our cosponsor sign the i-864 then scan and send us the form for us to print and send in with our full package, or does NVC require the original i-864?

Is it the same number we received when we sent in our I-130 form and the USCIS gave us a number to check the status of the application?

Like for a birth certificate. We can translate it perfectly and write a statement signed by one of us that the translation is accurate and that the translator is competent to translate. Is that enough, or does the NVC want us to track down professional notary translators? It's just Spanish, not some crypto language.

"All documents not in English, or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made, must be accompanied by certified translations. The translation must include a statement signed by the translator that states that the: Translation is accurate, and, Translator is competent to translate." 

How many times did that happen? It's twice already for me, seemingly "paid" then changed back to "pay now" and rejected. And how did it finally go through, did you talk to your bank or it just went through and stuck the last time?

You had the exact same problem? You would pay, it would be "in process" for a few days, then would change to "paid" for day or two, then change back to "pay now" because the system realized the payment was actually rejected?

I had no problems paying the AOS fee with a bank transfer from the CEAC website. But already twice I've failed to pay the IV fee. The payment is accepted after a few days then a day or so  later is suddenly rejected and I have to try to pay it again. The money of course is still in the bank. Has this happened to anyone else?  I mean specifically the part of having the IV fee appear as "paid" then later go back to being "pay now" because the previous payment was rejected?

I did google it. Couldn't get a specific answer as far as the NVC is concerned.

I'm filling out the DS-260. Should I leave the State/Province of Birth field blank i.e. "does not apply" or should I put in the name of the department, Valle del Cauca?

Hi guys. Can we pay the IV application processing fee before payment of the AOS fee is finalized? Right now the AOS fee is "in process" and I tried paying the IV application fee through the ceac website but after clicking on "pay selected fees" nothing happens.

Fifty days exactly, from the day USCIS sent out the case. I filled out my ds-261 through the CEAC and am paying through it as well. Would that mean pivot?

31 minutes ago, ABK said:

Congrats! Pivot case?

I don't know. How do we find out? Is it by country?

I see I'm a little late to the party. We got our case number on the 27th. Now waiting on ds-261 confirmation. How long did it take you guys?

On March 8th our case was sent to the Department of State. Which NVC group would that put us in, March or April, because we haven't been given a case number yet and I don't even know if they've received our case? And apparently we have to contact them to get the number, right?

On 28.2.2018 at 1:38 PM, ms_bobdog said:

@Reuven We will move on to the NVC thread for our respective months after this  We should be March 2018 filers so there should be something coming up soon.

I see there already is NVC March Filers 2018 thread. Is this it? visajourney.com/forums/topic/664123-nvc-filers-march-2018/