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    NVC Filers - September 2018

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    I have a question about photographs to upload on the CEAC website:

     

    My husband is trying to get the US passport sized photos for the electronic upload. This is the very last thing we need to upload-- everything else is done!!! However, we're trying to figure out if, for the upload, he can just use the regular size passport photos (Italian size is slightly smaller, I believe) and then for the interview, he would need the size of 5cm x 5cm for US passport. If he needs the 5cmx5cm, he would have to get them professionally done. Also, does the photo we upload to CEAC have to be the same one he brings to the interview? I have some American passport-sized photos of him we took at Costco when he was in the USA, but there are only 2 left because I submitted 2 with the i-130. 

     

    I hope this question was clear enough! Thanks in advance! 

    NVC Tax Transcripts

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

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    4 hours ago, Derik-Lina said:

    Hi all,

    Anyone downloaded Tax transcripts online?

     

    The IRS system keeps rejecting my online inquiry.

    Now, I ordered them to be mailed. They say 10 days;

     

    A major delay for me, but is there another option to get them sooner?

     

    Also, are the transcripts necessary or the Returns, W2', pay stubs and Employer Letter can do???

     

    Thank you,

    Hey there! I just requested them by mail because the online system did the same thing to me. I requested them Saturday and received 2 of them yesterday (Thursday). It definitely doesn't take 10 days (and I'm in California). I am waiting on one more for my joint sponsor and 3 for me and I believe I ordered those on Sunday, so I am hoping to get them by today if I'm lucky.

    I-130 January 2018 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    13 hours ago, Gods-faith said:

    Hi guys my I-130 was approved on August 24 2018(hard copy) and August 27( new website). It’s already been 2 weeks on to 3 weeks and still haven’t got any mails or emails from NVC on wether they received my case from USCIS. I called NVC on September 10th( 2 weeks after case was approved) I was told that they have not received anything as yet and that it may take up to 6 weeks for them to receive the case from uscis. Is that normal? For those of you who cases was received by NVC how long after your approval did they received your case? I will give NVC a call back on Monday sept 17th.

     

    Thanks for your responses in advance

    My case was sent to NVC on 8/6 (from Texas) and NVC received it on 8/15. I received my case number on September 5th after waiting only 20 days. You might want to call NVC and see if you're going to have an electronic case. They told me by the first week that my case would be electronically processed, even though they still didn't have my case number. 

    What is the expected timeline from this point

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    Hello everyone, 

     

    I just received the NVC confirmation with our case # and invoice ID # about an hour ago. I logged on and paid the IV bill and the AOS bill and assume I have to wait for the payments to clear to proceed further. At this point, what is the general expected timeline for Visa in hand? Should we expect another 5/6 months from this point? Also, we only waited 20 days to receive our case # from the NVC-- so it seems like things are moving along at a good pace, but I don't want to get overly-confident. 

     

    (Also, if it makes a difference, our case is electronic through CEAC.)

     

    Thanks in advance!

    Question about using I-864a in my situation

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted · Edited by ad8816

    On 8/31/2018 at 5:28 PM, pushbrk said:

    NO.  This is NOT correct.  A "joint sponsor" must provide an I-864 form.  Now, if you are "combining income" with a "household member" in order to qualify, THAT is when you use the I-864a.  If the person you have in mind from your household qualifies on their own, then they should act as a "joint sponsor", not a household member.  If you use them as a household member, make sure they fit that definition from the instructions.

    Ah ok! So you're saying if the household member doesn't qualify on their own and I do not qualify on my own, but if together, we qualify-- then we would file the I-864a for the household member sponsor.

     My joint sponsor will be my mother (she's also my household member) and she definitely qualifies on her own with her income-- so go with the I-864, is what I am understanding. 

     

    Thank you for commenting!!!! I really hope to make no mistakes. 

    Question about using I-864a in my situation

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

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    For the affidavit of support, it says on the form I-864 on part 5, number 7, "if you have siblings, parents or adult children with the same principle residence who are combining their income with yours by submitting form I-864A..."

     

    My question: I am the primary sponsor, so I am filling out my I-864, but my income is not enough. A household family member is the joint sponsor, so should they fill out the I-864A? It seems straight-forward but, I am asking because I have gotten some contradictory advice about which form to use. Also, will the NVC specify which form to use based on the situation, or is this something we will have to figure out ourselves? Because to me, I would submit the I-864A for the joint sponsor, since they are living in the same household as I am, based on the directions I am seeing on this I-864. 

     

    Thanks in advance. 

    1-864 question about income tax info

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

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    21 hours ago, pushbrk said:

    Hand write in the space for 2015 and near it, "Not required to file.  Income below threshold."

    Got it! Thank you!! 

    18 hours ago, Amadia said:

    As a student, all dependent on what studies you are undertaking, can get tax form 1098e or 1098t....whichever is most applicable to you. This form is what you submit together with your other docs.

     

    You can also find out if you have to submit a tax return for that particular year by going here: https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/do-i-need-to-file-a-tax-return

     

    When the results from the IRS website is generated, you can print that out and include it in your packet.

    Thanks! 

    1-864 question about income tax info

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

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    On the I-864 "Federal Income Tax Return Information" portion, I have only 2 years of federal tax return info, because I was a student in the beginning of 2015 without employment. I worked for a while for the last few months of 2015, however the income was not enough to file a tax return. 

     

    Should I just fill in the information for most recent and 2nd most recent tax returns and then put "N/A" in the 3rd most recent section?

     

    Thanks in advance. 

     

     

    Just trying to get some facts straight about AOS

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, JoannaV said:

    Back in 2009, we planned for me to visit using ESTA and for us to marry in the US in July. Then we went to the UK for a week, I applied for a new passport in my married name, DH returned to the US whilst I waited in the UK. Once my new passport arrived I flew to the US for a three month visit (well, just under 90 days). DH had made zero progress on immigration stuff, so I got the I-130 together and we sent it off near the end of August. At some point after that I found out about AOS. And I read through the forms and so on. I thought about it a little. But it did talk about proving you didn't enter with intent, which I certainly didn't but how would I prove that? (And I think, at that time, there were some VWP AOS applicants whose applications were held up for a long time because there was actually some thought of being less lenient about it.) Plus I had entered with the intention of returning to the UK after three months: I hadn't said final goodbyes to people, nor had I packed my belongings to ship over, nor did AOS seem easier - I had to access some documents in the UK which seemed easier to do, err, in the UK.

     

    It's one of those things where various different aspects of the immigration system collide to make something a bit messy and contradictory. You'd like to be able to unravel it all and remake it as a cohesive whole. But that would be complicated and there are more pressing/important aspects of immigration to reform. So just shrug. It all works out. (And, overall, it is probably beneficial to be informed about immigration and to follow proper procedures.)

    Thank you for this detailed response! I really appreciate you sharing your personal experience. I agree completely about following proper procedures. We even saw a lawyer before we submitted our petition and he was strongly implying that we absolutely should not consider AOS. I'm just very curious about all the different ways to go about this immigration process, so thank you again for your response. :) 

    Just trying to get some facts straight about AOS

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hello all, 

     

    My husband and I got married in 12/2017 and we submitted our I-130 in 1/2018. He came to the USA for 5 weeks during Christmas time on the ESTA visa waiver and we got married. We had no idea that it was even a possibility to adjust status while he was here and for him to just stay in America. However, we had planned to get married on this trip a few months before he came, because we wanted to pursue the spouse visa over the K1 Visa. 

     

    My question: if my husband would have come here and with the intent to marry me and RETURN TO ITALY, but then upon arriving, he found out that he could just stay and adjust his status, would this still be considered Visa fraud? Would he have had to overstay the 90 days before we even began the AOS process? 

     

    This is all hypothetical, anyway. My husband is in Italy and I'm in the US-- I was just so curious because I see a lot of posts on here about people who come and just don't leave! 

     

    Thanks in advance!

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