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E eu posso declarar isento se eu tenho um apartamento no Brasil no meu nome??

Sim, o que voce tem de bens no seu nome nao tem impacto no status de isento. A isencao de imposto e relacionada ao quanto voce ganhou no ano em questao, se voce tem um carro, apartamento ou bicicleta isso nao importa.

Eu tenho um apartamento no Rio e vou declarar isento este ano (2007).

Andre

PS - Para os proximos anos, ja que voce esta morando nos US and A, nao se esqueca de declarar (isento) todo ano pois no Brasil eles sao um saco com o imposto de renda.

Here is the link to our review:

Rio de Janeiro DCF interview review

Thank you! WHOOHOO!

We will be in the US 3 weeks from today!

Congratulations !!! Wish you success in your new life here in the States !!!

All the best,

Andre

Hi all,

Just to let all the Brazilians and Resident USCs to know that the Consulate in Rio de Janeiro is again accepting I-130 petitions, even though the website is STILL stating that they aren't... I called them on the 21st of March as soon as I had read the DoS press release and the lady who got the call told me that they were accepting the I-130 again, the next day I was there and started my process !

Take care

Andre

What I found strange about the new instructions is that they basically send everyone overseas to file their petitions in the States, however they have field offices in some places such as Rome and Lima. This gets more confusing by the minute.

It could be that the Field Offices do not have access to the requried database(s), just as the Consular staff do not.

Yeah, that's what it seems... Again, we'll just have to hold on tight for new info.

I proposed on Jan 23 - the wonderful day with DCF was canned.

We are looking to get married in Brazil in June but live in the US. I am a citizen of the US and a permanent resident of Brazil. What is the best way for us to get her up here as painlessly as possible? Should we do a K1 fiance visa process now? Or we could legally marry now and I could do a K3 or IR1. Or is there another way I don't see because of my permanent residency status there?

What do you guys think? I need to act fast cuz of the processing times.

HELP!

thanks in advance

You would file your I-130 petition at the USCIS office that governs your place of residence. You need to determine what that is for Brazil. It may in fact be a USCIS service center in the USA.

Like fwaguy said, in our case the USCIS center is in fact in the US... You can check the new instructions in the USCIS site in the I-130 page, check the special instructions.

My case is similar to yours, I'm an USC and Brazilian resident and my marriage license should be ready this week, now I have to choose between going the K1 (foregoing my marriage here) or K3 route...

What I found strange about the new instructions is that they basically send everyone overseas to file their petitions in the States, however they have field offices in some places such as Rome and Lima. This gets more confusing by the minute.

Were Yodrak's comments direct... yes... were they on topic and to the point .. yes...

Was it rude... I don't think so.. it just wasn't preaching to the choir that people have been more and more expecting on here of late...

It certainly didn't rise to the level of rudeness in comparision to the comments and behavior that has been directed towards him and others of late...

Well, from where I come from there is a big difference between being "direct" and "rude". Yodrak, deliberately put the poster down by stating his particular opinion which was based only in the facts that the poster stated, his last sentence, at least to me, seemed very rude. Although I do agree with Yodrak that her move was risky, and I wouldn't have done it the same way, this new regulation caught the consulates and embassies and us completely off-guard, so whatever the poster did before was her own business and I don't think anyone has the right to judge her.

We'll agree to disagree Ziggy.

If someone is into helping others expecting to receive something then he might get disappointed in the process, I am sure that many here value and appreciate the effort and knowledge that others have spread (I know I do) but that by no means give anyone the right to be rude or egotistical.

Of course people appreciate the efforts poured into this community, and certainly people will miss someone who can help. There are others who won't show appreciation, despite that I think that if anyone likes this community and wants to spread their knowledge he will do so and keep up the good work !

Andre

PS - Yodrak, I read many of your posts and I agree with many things that you say (such as using correct terminology) and I do value your insights and experience. However, your comment was uncalled for.

As it has happened before in the US, the lawmaker/legislator did not think through the whole ramifications, or maybe he DID but deemed that the Law and its benefits were worth the price. We USCs end up having to bite the bullet and deal with another layer of red tape into what is a slow and disrespectful process.

It shouldn't be this difficult to be able to marry a foreigner and be united with her in your home country.

Be realistic now, how could legislators anticipate this fairly minimal ramification that affects a VERY small minority of USCs?

We are not entitled to this method of filing. No one here is being penalized. Everyone here still has the same option that everyone else on VJ has, namely to get in the same US petitioning line as everyone else. No one here is being put through extraordinary difficulty. I understand that it is confusing, and changes plans, but won't it help to maintain some perspective?

Bear in mind that your VJ comrades are waiting in the line that you think is unacceptable.

PS: not disagreeing with you about how it 'should' be.

I agree with Mo. In my own selfish ways I wished things worked out for me because DCF was the quickest route and I was only 4-5 days away from the visa. The advantage has been taken away, but not the fact that you can STILL petition for your spouse or relative. It's not totally over for us.

Meauxna, first let me tell you that I respect very much what you do here in the VJ forums as well as the others who devote their time to help strangers in the difficult processes involving immigration/visas. I read many of your posts and they helped, including your DCF guide. However, I do not agree with you when you say that we were not entitled to file the I-130 through a consulate in the first place, that they did it as a "favor". If the service is available and permitted by the Dept. of State and USCIS, it is a sanctioned process and an option to the USC that meet its requirements.

I agree with you when you say that the present situation is confusing and that it changes plans, and it certainly helps to not only maintain perspective but also to be pragmatic about the whole situation, which is what I am doing. Now I will decide between the other routes available and there is nothing that I can do now about it, wether I like them or not. However I never said that these other venues are unacceptable, what I did say is that they are a disrespectful process that in my humble opinion shouldn't take so long in keeping families apart. The processes are way better than some years ago, but are far and away from being good. This whole situation is a setback in the plans of all the people in the middle of this and they are right to be upset. Of course a USC still has other options, but to those who met the requirements filing the I-130 through a consulate was the process that kept a family apart for the least amount of time. Now I'll join the ranks of my many fellow USCs who are going through K1/K3/CR1/IR1... No problem in that ! But there was no basis for your comparison between who was doing DCF and who wasn't. Anyone who could do a better, faster option would do so.

David A., this is not about being selfish, the people who opted for the DCF and hadn't filed their petitions yet, now are unable to do so, and the ones who did file their I-130's are now waiting for an answer and having to deal with the frustration and anxiety of being in the middle of the process such as you are. There is nothing selfish in this, people had an option available that isn't more and this is affecting them. There is no selfishness in this.

Also, Legislators should take into the consideration the ramifications and impact that their laws will have. Period. Independently of the number of USCs abroad, they were impacted by this law, USCs abroad should've been taken into consideration. Again, maybe the lawmaker did think about all ramifications but decided that the law was worth it, we'll never know. I got the short end of the stick in regard to laws that were rushed before and let me tell you that it sucks big time.

Like John said, good Law, bad implementation.

Meauxna, keep up your good work helping people out.

PS - Unbelievably rude comment, Yodrak, shame on you.

jpaula, AILA shows the Rice cable dated 1/25/07 on their site: http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=8444

State does not yet have it on their cable/telegram page.

personal speculation:

Anyone who watched the IMBRA implementation should know to not expect to fight this. We have no "rights" to force them into accepting even already-approved petitions.

As it has happened before in the US, the lawmaker/legislator did not think through the whole ramifications, or maybe he DID but deemed that the Law and its benefits were worth the price. We USCs end up having to bite the bullet and deal with another layer of red tape into what is a slow and disrespectful process.

It shouldn't be this difficult to be able to marry a foreigner and be united with her in your home country.

Well,

I am part of the group that hadn't filed the I-130 yet, but I was counting on the DCF to expedite my process...

Now I am in doubt of which could be the best path to take, can someone shed some light on this issue ?

I am not married yet, my marriage license will be ready in a couple of days, here in Brazil, but now I don't know if I should try going for the K1 or K3 route. My main goal is to be away from my respective other for the least amount of time possible. From what I gathered from this forum and from the Gov. sites the K3 seemed promising because you already begin the immigration process, however the K1 route seems to be faster at first sight.

The Embassy/Consulate in Brazil hasn't even updated their website yet. They are as clueless as some of us at this time.

Please post your opinions.

Thank you.

Andre

Hi all,

First let me explain my situation: I am an USC with dual nationality (Brazil/USA), my parents are brazilian and live here and my only relatives in the USA are an uncle and an aunt. I have lived abroad most of my life and for the past 12 years I have been living in Brazil, I have never lived in the USA. I have a brazilian girlfriend and we will get married, however I was searching what was the best option to do so and it seems that DCF is the way to go rather than the K1, K3 route.

Now, after checking out all the forms and the process for an IV it seems that I might have some problems with the I-864. The reason is that I have been accepted for an MBA in the USA and I should be going in March 07, but since I will be studying for the next two years I won't be able to have an US based income, although I will have a domicile. My doubt is if I can use my assets in Brazil (e.g. an apartment) or the federal/university financial aid as a proof of support in the I-864. From what I read at the Travel State site it seems that I can use my foreign assets but still have to have an US income. Also, could my uncle/aunt be my co sponsors ?

After such hard work to be accepted at my school of choice in the USA I don't want to be separated from my soon-to-be wife, anyone have any insights regarding the I-864 ?

Also, does anyone else besides koolaid23 have had experience in DCF through the Rio de Janeiro Consulate ?

Thanks

Andre