CitizenWheelz

I would like to thank again all of you who responded to my thread here, all responses were carefully taken into consideration and helped me prepare for this immigration journey. My wife had her consulate interview abroad several weeks ago and no questions were asked about what was worrying me the most here, the public charge. She is finally here in the United States with my US Citizen Child. The officer at the interview was straight forward and was focusing more on the bona fide marriage and making sure all the paperwork was filled correctly. My advice to those in a similar situation is to make sure to fill out the right paper work, have enough proof for your bona fide marriage and don't be afraid to file a petition for your spouse or other family member even if you believe you won't income qualify, that is what the co sponsor is for. Also, upon entry the United States, my wife was stamp under CR1 category even though I instead the CBP officer to stamp IR1 instead since my wife arrived weeks later after our 2 year anniversary (marriage) but the officer refused and I did not want to push it. My wife immigrant visa was printed as CR1 because her immigrant visa interview was scheduled couple days before our 2 year marriage. I was doing my research and I see that I can easily correct this by filling i90 after we get the Green Card with the wrong classified category, but I would like to fix this ahead of time before paying for the Green Card to be mail with the wrong category. What do you guys recommend? Should I wait for the GC to arrive and see if is CR1 or IR1? I believe is going to be CR1 even though others recommend to wait and see what USCIS mails. Can I fix this at my local Deferred inspection site? I tried making an info pass appointment but the site won't let me, I tried calling USCIS but the wait time is too long. Any advice? I don't want to deal with a a removal condition status just because a CBP officer is not well prepared for their task, she even said that a CR1 is a better green card then IR1. 😏

Hi, I am originally from Peru living here in the United States as a US Citizen. Last year, I submited the i-130 form for my wife who is currently in Peru and the petition just got approved last month and now I am in the process of filling out the i-864 affidavit forms. My personal situation: I am a physical disabled individual, never worked before and my only source of income is SSI $950 a month (Suplemental Security Income), no other income and not personal assets. I am not required to file taxes and I asked my niece who is also a US Citizen to be my wife's sponsor. Last year, 2022 was my niece's (sponsor) first time filling taxes and she made around 50K. Question 1: Can my niece be good enough to be my wife's sponsor with one year only of income tax? She is still employed and currently working. Question 2: Form i-864 for myself (the petitioner) Part 5: Question 7 My current individual annual income. Is this referring to work income only? or should I add my SSI monthly payments? Question 3: Form i-864 for myself (the petitioner) Part 6: Question 20 My current annual household income is: Should I add my monthly SSI payments? Does SSI payments counts as annual household income? Question 4: Form i-864 for my niece (the sponsor) Part 6: 23.A Have you filed a federal income tax return for each of the three most recent tax years? I answered to this question NO because my niece only has one year of income tax. Did I answered this correctly? Question 5: Form i-864 for myself (the petitioner). I am not required to file taxes and my SSI payments are below the poverty line. 1: Should I include my social security statement where it shows all the years that I never report income? 2: or should I attach my social security benefit verification letter where it shows my current SSI payments? Filling out this form is very important for me since I don't have the money to hire a lawyer and I have a special need to have my wife here with me.