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Thanks for eveyone who replied. It just so hard to send and bring things into Brazil even for good intention.

Well, I guess leaving at home will take the romantic out of proposing to her in Brazil and with her family....that really sucks.

I know for visitor to Brasil you can only bring up to $500 in gifts without having to pay duties. What do I need to do if I want to bring in an engagement ring for my girlfriend it's about 10K, do I need to declare this and have to pay duties on it?

I just downloaded the new I-129F from http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-129F.pdf

It has the expired date of 01/31/2010.

It asked for: Give the number of certificate, date, and place it was issued. I'm looking at my Certificate Naturalization are they referring to the INS Registration Number? There's also a numner in RED which I'm not sure what it is? Maybe it the Number of the Paper Certificate itself.

No your INS ( USCIS ) Registration# was your Alien Registration number. On my naturalization certificate its right a at the top right, under, United States Of America and to the right of the U.S. Seal, above the word Naturalization. Mine is an 8 digit numeric number. Hope that helps.

So the number on the certificate that they want is in RED 8 digits above the word Naturalization. Not the INS Registration No that starts with an A under the word Naturalization.

It asked for: Give the number of certificate, date, and place it was issued. I'm looking at my Certificate Naturalization are they referring to the INS Registration Number? There's also a numner in RED which I'm not sure what it is? Maybe it the Number of the Paper Certificate itself.

I was a Natualized Citizen so the number in question is from my certificate.

#10 ask for numbers of certificate (Naturalization) is this the INS Registration # or the RED number on top of my Certificate?

Any idea on this? I'm assuming they are asking for INS Registration #.

#10 ask for number of certificate (Naturalization) is this the INS Registration # or the RED number on top of my Certificate?

1. If I married her and file Adjustment I-485 before her Visa expires 6/1/07. What happens if it still processing and the Visa Expired?

She will be in legal status because her AOS is pending.

2. What happend if I file Adjustment I-485 after her Visa expired?

She will have a visa overstay, which mean she will be illegal for the time between the J-1 expiring and AOS being filed. During this time she could be deported. However as soon as you file AOS she will be in legal status again and USCIS will forgive the visa overstay when you adjust status, as she is married to a US Citizen.

Question for people on this forum:

1. My girlfriend is currently in the US on a J1 Au Pair Visa. The Visa expires 6/1/07 and is not subject to 2 years requirement.

2. We talked about her situation and she doesn't want to extend her J1 for a second year. She will probably stay with the host family until 5/15/07.

3. I was planning on marrying her.

Here's my question.

1. If I married her and file Adjustment I-485 before her Visa expires 6/1/07. What happens if it still processing and the Visa Expired?

2. What happend if I file Adjustment I-485 after her Visa expired?

Also, since she now working in the US as an au pair she has SSN, do I just use that on the I129F? Can I use her SSN #, even when she goes back to Brazil?

I'm new to this site and this process for I-129F. Here's the background:

1. My girlfriend is here from Brazil on J1 visa for au pair without the 2 yrs requirement of needing to go back to Brazil. Her J1 visa expires 7/15/07.

2. She doesn't want to extend for another year in the US.

3. I'm a US citizen.

4. We are getting serious and talking about marriage. I have known her for 5 months now.

5. She want to go back to Brazil to finish her University (she has about 6 months left or 1 semester).

6. Right now we think it's best to have her go back to Brazil, finish her studies, and bring her over on a I-129F. (bad thing is it's a 12 months wait but during that time she can finish her studies).

7. We also thought about marrying her in the US and file for an adjustment I-485 but not sure if she can leave the country and go back to Brazil to finish her studies?

Question:

1. Based on out situation, is it best for us to do #6 or #7?

2. If we go with #6, when can I start the I-129F petition? Now while she is here on her J1 or once she's back in Brazil?