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1 hour ago, NikLR said:

What did she use as her home address during that time?

During that time, she would have considered her home address to be Venezuela. She never returned there, but if she would have gone "home", It would have been there. We never really thought about it. 

14 minutes ago, Ann&James said:

If you are on a tourist visa, this should mean that you are visiting that country so therefore I would use my original home address at that time. If asked at the interview then you can explain.

Before going to Ecuador she was in Colombia for a few months,. Note this is not her home country although she was there as a citizen( it’s her second citizenship. ) 

would you say say her original home address was Colombia or Venezuela? Since she left Venezuela for Colombia  she has not physically gone back 

On 10/31/2018 at 7:35 PM, Ann&James said:

Yes if the form says not to include hotels as addresses then you shouldn't. Sometimes there are conflicting information in the original petition. You can now correct this on the ds-260

I am trying to fill in the addresses. We were at hotels in Ecuador for four months. The form is not letting me put a four month gap. After Ecuador we were in Mexico and this is where we live now. But for the first 5 months in Mexico she was a tourist. Hence we were in hotels. This is very confusing. What should I even put down? I do not have proof of all the hotels we were at in ecuador and mexico. Please help. This is driving me crazy lol. Thank you 

I am nearly done with ds-260. I only have work history left to do. My wife worked for a month in Colombia at a restaurant as a waitress. coincidentally, this is where I met her.  The ds-260 is asking for the name. phone number, supervisors name, and address of where she worked. The problem is that this restaurant is now closed down. Hence, we do not have the phone number or supervisors name since we have no way to get in contact with them. What does everyone recommend we put in this case? Thank you once again. 

Hi everyone, 

I'm finishing up ds-260.   A questions there is  "Is your spouse immigrating to the U.S. with you?" Since I am in Mexico, and if approved, will be going back home to the USA with her. 
I'm the petitioner so this question is for my wife.  So what will I answer then since this is a DCF case. Thank you! 

28 minutes ago, Ann&James said:

Yes if the form says not to include hotels as addresses then you shouldn't. Sometimes there are conflicting information in the original petition. You can now correct this on the ds-260

Do you think this will put our case into administrative processing? we are trying out best to avoid that. We are already filling in a country where she is a resident and not a citizen. i imagine that is already a negative factor.

Just now, Ann&James said:

Fill out the ds-260 with the correct information and if asked you can always explain the mistake in the I-130a.

So it is best to exclude the hotels we stayed at in Ecuador? 

55 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Did she recieve mail there? Did she have another address? If not then include it. 

Thanks for the response. She did not receive mail there. It was a hotel we were living at. Basically an Airbnb. There were also other airbnb's we stayed at. I'm really confused now since on the i-130a we did not list these. AT the time we though it would just take up too much space, but looking back its was a TERRIBLE idea.  We are thinking that she should take proof of these addresses from Airbnb with her to the consulate in case she is questioned.

28 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Play it safe.

I think I may have made a huge mistake on the entire application.

For some background my wife and I met in Colombia. She is from Venezuela but went to Colombia because she has dual nationality and it was a better place to be then Venezuela. She was there for 5 months. We had originally applied for the K1 visa. We used rapid visa for that and for some reason they put that she was there for 6 months. So on the k1 visa application, it says she was there for 6 months in Colombia. And on the CR-1 application I put she was there for 5 months. I did this without checking the dates to make sure they are in accordance on both the k1 app and cr-1 app. We are going to get a police cert from Colombia just in case there ask for it, but will this be a problem? 

Another big one. My wife and I went from Colombia to Ecuador and we were in Ecuador as tourists for 5 months. Rapid visa told us that we had to put down that she was living in Ecuador even though she was there on a tourist visa, so we put that information on the k1 application. Months forward we get married and do the cr-1 instead. I put the same addresses from the k1 app on the cr-1  app so there will not be conflicting info. So she has an address for living in Ecuador for 5 months even though she was there as a tourist.

Now fast forward to today. I'm doing the ds-260. It is asking for me to put the addresses where my wife has lived at previously. The instructions clearly say not to include hotels or places that she lived at temporarily. The I-130a form has her living in Ecuador for 5 months, and now I cannot put that into the DS-260 since that come to find out is classified as a temporary home. Where do I even go from here? Thank you for all of the help. 

3 minutes ago, geowrian said:

I'd get a joint sponsor...that is very borderline on the minimum requirement to be a qualified sponsor.

Thank you. I will get them to sponsor as well. I see that I can also add projected income from this year even if I did not file my 2018 taxes yet. I will be making more this year. I have all bank deposits from January 18 up until November 18. The appointment is in December, so I will have all months pay but one. I'll submit those too. 

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

They look at line 22 on a 1040.

federal poverty guideline is $20,575. My total income on my form 1040 is line 22 is 21.070. I'm nearly 500 dollars over. Do you think I should be the only sponsor, or still get my parents to sponsor just to play it safe? 

6 hours ago, geowrian said:

I-864 for the joint sponsor.

I-864A for their spouse is highly suggested as well (assuming they are married...you did say "parents").

I think I understand now. One of my parents should use form I-864 and the other should use form I-864a. They are joint fillers since they both have the same income from the business they own. Does this still apply?

4 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Please understand that for the self employed, it is not "income" until it appears on line 22 of a 1040 form that is actually filed with the IRS.  Revenue minus expenses is "income" for business/self employment earnings.  If their line 22 total income is well over the required amount, they can leave the asset sections blank.

 

Since YOU are self employed, your "income" is also from line 22.  That may or may not be the same number as AGI.

I looked at my line 22 and it says 21,070. I then look at my gross income and it says 19,581. I'm sorry but i'm a little confused. Which number is the one that the CO is looking for and which one do I put on the I-864? Taxes are defiantly not my forte.  I really need to get more educated on taxes. Thank you so much for your help. 

6 hours ago, geowrian said:

No. they will use line 22 from the 1040 from the most recent tax year's return to determine their income levels.

No.

I-864 for the joint sponsor.

I-864A for their spouse is highly suggested as well (assuming they are married...you did say "parents").

Bank deposits won't show a self-employed individual's income. The tax return will show income, as noted above.

 

Probably. the CO makes a decision base don the totality of the circumstances so there is no guarantee regardless of income level (I have seen 1 joint sponsor making over $200k that resulted in a denial pending a satisfactory I-864 sponsor).

I am petitioning for my spouses. My parents are going to be a joint sponsor. So to get this correct I use the I-864 form and my parents also use that same form? I also do not need more proof of income other tax return for 2017? Thank you.

I’m currently doing the i-864 form. 

Background

Visa type: CR-1

State: New York

household size: 2 (my wife and I. I am petitioning for her)

Location: I am currently living in Mexico with her. We filled in Mexico under DCF.

Job:My job is online so I will still continue to have a job upon entering the USA.

adjusted gross income : 19,507 (below poverty) I will use my parents a co sponsor. 

My parents and I are both self employed, is there a special form I have to fill out for self employed people sponsoring an alien? 

My wife is currently pregnant, but if visa is approved she will have the baby in USA. Do they count the baby as a household member if still not born?

is there a different form for the co sponsor?

do I need to substitute the affadative with more proof of income? For example, bank deposits and tax for,s from more than 3 years for both my parents and I since we are self employed.

they made 200,000 last year. Their household is three, is this enough to sponsor my wife if I combine my income with theirs? 

Thnak you so so Much! Take care. 

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Is the income from the same source that will continue upon returning to the US?

Luckily I work online, so yes it is. 

14 minutes ago, Jorge V said:

I just realized you mentioned this. Keep in mind that the letter is required for both the medical and interview. We saw several people turned away at the medical for not having a copy of the letter.

 

Fortunately you can get the letter printed at the Juarez embassy's information window (right next to the main entrance). If you don't receive the letter before your interview be sure to get it printed there before your medical.

I am going to pick up the letter before medical for sure. Thanks for the information. 

In regards to the domicile section, I can get a lease from my father saying I will rent out from an apartment that he has. Do you think that would suffice? I am also using him as a co sponsor. As of right now, I make enough for the both of us. We have a baby that is due in January and I do not want to be questioned about not having enough income for all three of us, although the interview is in December. I'm just playing it safe. Do you think me renting out from him and him being a co sponsor would  be a conflict of interest? Thanks. 

My wife says that you guys are going to begin to charge me due to all the questions I’m asking lol.

since I am doing DCF do I fill  in country of domicile as Mexico? I’m registered to vote back in New York and still have a place where I live and a USA bank account. I don’t want to be denied because of lack of domicile. But I also do not want to be penalized for claiming that I live in Mexico when I did the Uscis part of this process. Any light on this? Thank you.

Just now, jcon91 said:

Hello Everyone,

 

I was able to get in to get my wife's code that begins with CDJ. I was also originally scheduled for an interview not until April. The same day, by constantly checking the website, I was able to push her appointment up to December 3rd. This is fantastic! 

 

In the end though, we never received a letter from the CDJ. We have an appointment for bio-metrics and interview, but do not have an appointment for medical. I assume the instructions for medical were in the letter we were supposed to receive. Since we have no yet received this letter, we are unaware of how to schedule a medical.  Does anyone know the procedure of scheduling a medical in CDJ? I know that Jorge mentions one in his guide. Is this still up to date? 

 

Thank you. 

I should also add that  I was only able to get the code for making the appointment  by giving my wife's name to the people that answered the phone on the number that Paul provided above. They will ask for another code that you most likely do not have if you are calling them. Giving the name will help them find your code in the system. 

Hello Everyone,

I was able to get in to get my wife's code that begins with CDJ. I was also originally scheduled for an interview not until April. The same day, by constantly checking the website, I was able to push her appointment up to December 3rd. This is fantastic! 

In the end though, we never received a letter from the CDJ. We have an appointment for bio-metrics and interview, but do not have an appointment for medical. I assume the instructions for medical were in the letter we were supposed to receive. Since we have no yet received this letter, we are unaware of how to schedule a medical.  Does anyone know the procedure of scheduling a medical in CDJ? I know that Jorge mentions one in his guide. Is this still up to date? 

Thank you. 

3 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

The Mexico Number is 52 656 344 3003  then option 1,3,1,1

 

It took us 6 weeks to get from USCIS to the consulate side.

 

But I am confused, according to your timeline you filed for K1 not CR-1.   DCF is only for Spousal Visas.  And if you are in Ecuador the numbers are here: https://ec.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/

 

My profile is incorrect. I have no clue why it won't update lol. Thanks for the info. 

29 minutes ago, jcon91 said:

Thank you for the valuable information. Would you be able to pass me the contact for CDJ? I've been trying to contact them but keep getting the run around. Thank you Paul. 

i'm trying to get my case number in order to complete form ds-260

On 9/25/2018 at 8:01 PM, Paul & Mary said:

We started calling CDJ at week 4 and got the case number by the end of week 6.  With the case number you can complete the DS260 and get an interview date.  We finally got the letter at week 9 after the NOA but were already done and scheduled.

Thank you for the valuable information. Would you be able to pass me the contact for CDJ? I've been trying to contact them but keep getting the run around. Thank you Paul. 

6 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

We started calling CDJ at week 4 and got the case number by the end of week 6.  With the case number you can complete the DS260 and get an interview date.  We finally got the letter at week 9 after the NOA but were already done and scheduled.

Thanks for info Paul. Do you mean week 6 as in 6 weeks after your noa2 approval? 

On 9/19/2018 at 11:14 AM, jcon91 said:

I just got back from my appointment to hand in my documents at the Mexico City uscis office. They acted very professional and kind. 

 

It is is true that they now require all forms to be submitted in person. I overheard about a situation they had where some individuals were committing fraud by telling applicants that it was necessary to have a lawyer when applying for spousal visa. In order to combat, they require all forms to be submitted in person and no longer accept spousal visa applications through mail. They're cracking down on fraud it seems.

 

I'll keep this thread updated as more information comes. 

On 9/19/2018 at 11:14 AM, jcon91 said:

I just got back from my appointment to hand in my documents at the Mexico City uscis office. They acted very professional and kind. 

 

It is is true that they now require all forms to be submitted in person. I overheard about a situation they had where some individuals were committing fraud by telling applicants that it was necessary to have a lawyer when applying for spousal visa. In order to combat, they require all forms to be submitted in person and no longer accept spousal visa applications through mail. They're cracking down on fraud it seems.

 

I'll keep this thread updated as more information comes. 

Noa1 and noa2 approved. I did not receive any confirmation in the mail, but I called in and they told me it was approved. 

Less sos than a week for both.  Now waiting for the letter from Mexico City in regards to the next step.