John&Julie

They just lost ours and it sounds like we will be going through this process soon enough...

We are F#$@$ heartbroken. The USPS messed up twice and they are a complete disaster and sorry excuse for an organization. We live in an apartment building and THEY LET A COMPLETE STRANGER SIGN FOR MY WIFE'S GREEN CARD! How F'd up is that?! 

We cannot believe it.

What a complete disgrace the USPS is. 

First, USCIS took past the 120 days to deliver my wife's card, probably around 150. Since the USCIS website is almost completely useless we waited with little to no replies to my emails. Writing the Ombudsman helps.

Second, USCIS  or USPS didn't record our address correctly as they missed our apartment number, so when her card was sent, it was ultimately SENT BACK as undeliverable.

Made another request to have it resent with USCIS and the Ombudsman.

Sent it only to deliver it the WRONG ADDRESS and have it signed by a COMPLETE STRANGER! Are they serious?! We are without words.

My question is, if anyone is out there, what do we do now? Do we have to get her biometrics again? Do I have to pay the fee again? Can the USPS pay it!? This is a disgrace. Greencards should be sent by UPS or FEDEX, a private business with actual accountability. USPS is a disgrace.

Hello VisaJourney community,

I don't understand what to do with the I 864 process. I did the I-864 for myself and my mother who is the co-sponsor and also for my father who is her household member. I wanted to upload my scans on to the CEAC website, but I can only do one file (or, in essence, my first page). There seems to be no other way to add separate pages to the upload...

This would still be a problem if I did it with my computer as well because I would have to hand sign the last page, then scan it, then upload it to the website.

Is it possible to just mail all of my evidence? Does someone have any advice on how they submitted their I-864's and I 864a?

Thank you in advance,

J&J

kalikala

Please disregard my first question, it was answered in a previous thread. Thank you

Hello VS community,

Thank you all for your help so far. This is a great site with a great amount of information.

I am having trouble with the evidence I 864 form because my mother will be the primary financial sponsor for my wife as I have not lived/worked in the us for the last 2.5 years. I have a few questions...

1) I was traveling abroad for 2 years and gained temporary employment off and on. My income from the other countries was minimal, and most of the money was spent for travel purposes, so I didn't file taxes for 2016 and 2017. Is it a better idea to attach a letter saying I didn't qualify to report my taxes or just to file back taxes? Has anyone had a similar situation to this that can explain to me how they filed? It will be very hard to recover the tax information from the other countries as I am not living there anymore, not even completely sure I can.

2) Since my mother is the main financial sponsor, and lives with my father (he needs and I 864 I understand), but how many pages of my mothers 2017 Tax Return need to be copied? Is it just the first page? If her Tax return is well over the threshold how much more information does she need besides her tax return does she need to include? The USCIS website is not really specific as to what is needed....

But what about part 5?

I don't understand this part either...

Any help would be greatly appreciated:)

J

Recently I tried to download the I864 form again to correct some mistakes I made. The downloadable form from USCIS already has a "1" for "yourself" and "1" for "Household" size. What is up with this? 

I prefer to fill the form by hand because my ss number never formats correctly in the computer fill method. All I need is a completely empty I 864 form so I can fill out properly for my mother who will co-sponsor in which her "Household Size" will be 2.

Anybody have a link to an empty I 864 form?

Thank you

Ok,

Thank you.

J&J

Hello everyone:)

I am the petitioner and I met my wife in New Zealand (she is from France). Our I 130 was approved recently and I am now working on the I 864 form. I left USA in early 2016 to work and travel Australia for one year, then I did the same in 2017 to New Zealand where I met my wife. 

I have not worked in the USA since 2015 and have no tax records for 2016 and 2017, should I submit proof of my travels with the form to say I wasn't earning taxable income in the USA or just attach my 2015 text return as that is my latest?

My mother is co sponsor of my wife and she will submit her tax returns on a separate I 864 form. 

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

J&J

great information. thank you.

Hello all,

I submitted our I-130 visa back in June, the Potomac Centre has it, and while I look at their processing times I understand it might take longer than I desire. My question is what can I be working on as they look through our file? Is there anything I can fill out and send their way to speed up the process after they potentially approve our I-130? Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

John

JFH - France requires registration two or three months before the actual date. It was an oversight on our part. France recognizes me as married but not my wife, even though she is French citizen. For me it makes no sense.

Thank you for the replies. We will review our options and hope for the best.

I am with my wife in France and we are planning to visit my family in the USA while her I 130 is under review. 

She made a mistake and didn't register our marriage with France when we got married in New Zealand and now we have to send our original marriage certificate back to the French embassy in New Zealand so they can validate it. Do we need to present US customs with our marriage certificate? Would be be important for them to know we married abroad? Would a copy of the original be ok?

Also, my worry is that she doesn't have much proof of her intentions not to stay in the US and will get turned away. She is not currently employed in France, doesn't have any utility bills in her name, plans to travel Central America so she doesn't have a return ticket to France. What can we do to assure US customs that she doesn't plan on overstay her visa?

I have not sent my form yet, but I don't know what name to put. I don't know it the CO will see two similar but different names in my form and give us an RFE?

On my father's SS# it is listed as Stephen, but on my birth certificate (which is obviously submitted for the petition) his name is listed as Steven...not sure what I should do here..

Any ideas?

Also,

What do you think about my father's name being Steven on my birth certificate, but under his SS# it is Stephen. Do you think I should write Steven or Stephen for petitoners parental information?

Thank you,

That's makes sense. Not sure why we didnt think of this...

My wife, the beneficiary, does not have a middle name. The oversight was with her mother's middle name. On her I-30A we have her mother's middle name but not on our marriage certificate. Not sure of the case officer would see this discrepancy and give us an RFE.

Hello all,

My wife and I recently got married in New Zealand and I am close to send our I 130 to the USA. On the I 130 my wife (the beneficiary) included her mother's middle name, but do to an oversight either by us or NZ government her mother's middle name is not on our marriage certificate. Will this cause any discrepancy for USCIS? It is almost too late to redo the information because we are both leaving New Zealand in two weeks...

Thank you for your help,

J & J

Thank you,

In permanent address I meant the "physical address" the I 130 requires. 

I registered my foreign address as my primary address within the country. To open bank accounts and relieve any important tax information required while working in the country. Basically these address were hostels who were accustomed to backpackers living there for a short period to get settled then moving away once a better opportunity arises. My question is, since I attached some foreign address to my foreign bank accounts does this draw any red flag with USCIS?  I was thinking, maybe a bit too much that they run my name through some international data base and it shows I have foreign bank accounts with foreign addresses.

Thank you.

I am worried that in writing my work history there is some missed connections between my work history which includes: New Zealand, Australia, and New York City but my permanent address is in Illinois.  

I have my previous addresses as only in New York and I'm debating on putting down a shared address between my spouse and I in New Zealand because I will use this address also as evidence of our relationship (we worked together for two months)

Julie & John

I have read questions and responses on different forums and there seems to be no solid answer for adresses lived in last five years. 

I have been traveling for last 3 years and some forums say that there is no reason to write all the addresses that said person has resided because none of them have been actual residences. Only places they have stayed temporarily. 

But if I don't write all of the places I have "resided" I have a gap from 2015-2018. Although I did put my parents address as my permanent and present address for question 10.a.

I'm a bit stumped...

J&J

Thank you

I had different addresses at this point as well. Living in New York, my roommate and I had to switch apartments every other year. Is it best to write "Self Employed" for each year I had a different address?

Thank you