AbbyD

Hi Everyone,

I am confused about where I am supposed to add my joint sponsor's spouse's information in CEAC. I understand that "household member" refers only to the petitioner's household member, not the sponsor's. I have read many times that I should upload an I-864A and domicile/status info for my joint sponsor's spouse, not because we need to prove extra income, but because the consulate often requests this info. Where is the best place to upload these docs? 

Thank you!

BUMP

Hi everyone,

My dad is acting as a joint sponsor for me and will be filling out the I-864 using assets. HOwever, he is married to my mom and I understand that she has to fill out the I-864A. He does NOT need any of her income to meet the requirements, but I have read that she should fill one out anyway since they are married and file taxes jointly. Both of their names are on all of the assets. Do they both declare the assets/income on the I-864 and I-864A or does my dad just declare it all on his and my mom leaves her at 0? 

Thank you!

6 minutes ago, bel044 said:

If you file K-3, do you have to pay the $535 fee again?  It's listed under filing fees on their website:  https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

No. It is free with a copy of the NOA-1 for the I-130.

Hey! Have you had the medical? Did you end up doing the vaccinations at a centro de salud first? How was the overall experience? THanks!

It's all totally random. I'm from DC and was sent to Nebraska, my friend from DC was sent to Potomac.

Thanks, all!

Great thank you. But if by the time my husband has his interview I am already living with my parents, does it remain 2?

Hi everyone,

I have a question about the I-864 household size question, specifically Part 5, #7. I am petitioning only for my husband. I will be using my dad as a joint sponsor. He will be filling out I-1864 and my mom will be filling out I-864A because they are married and file jointly, not because we need her to declare any more income. We will be living with my parents until we get settled into the US. For #7 "If you have siblings, parents, or adult children with the same principal residence who are combining their income with yours by submitting Form I-864A, enter the number here:" Would it be 1 (my dad), 2 (my mom and dad) or 0 considering my dad is filing the I-864, and my mom is only filing the I-864A because I have read they sometimes request it, not because we need her income? I am assuming I have to put someone there as my income alone is not enough to sponsor for my husband as I have been living abroad. I understand that I only count my husband once and no one else (no children or dependents) but am confused about this section. 

Many thanks!

Great thanks!!

Hi everyone,

Preparing for NVC stage -- my husband lived in the UK for a year and we have his clean police certificate. However, by the time we get to the NVC stage it will be over a year old. However, he has not entered the UK since. My understanding, based on the website, is that it can be over a year old if you haven't been back to that country:

Important: Police certificates expire after one year, unless the certificate was issued from your country of previous residence and you have not returned there since the police certificate was issued. If at the time of your interview the following three items are all true, you must bring a new police certificate to your visa interview:

• You are more than 16 years old;
• The police certificate submitted to NVC was obtained more than one year ago; and
• You still live in the country that issued the certificate.

It is clear that at the interview his police certificate will be accepted. However, I'm a little worried that NVC will deny his certificate; how will they know he hasn't been back to the UK? The certificate is hard and expensive for us to get so I am wondering if anyone has experience with this. I definitely don't want to spend a long time at NVC considering our I-130 is currently at Nebraska and will already be over a year by the time we get to NVC. Thanks

I doubt anyone reads this, but I found this website to leave feedback/ideas to USCIS. Maybe if many people wrote the same "idea" of how slow Nebraska is someone will read it

http://uscisconnect.ideascale.com/a/ideas/recent

Ok, thank you both for your responses. I (the petitioner) will be moving back to the States to the address I already have listed as my mailing address and the beneficiary will be moving in with his parents until getting approval so I guess I will have to change both of our physical addresses. Thanks

Hi Everyone,

I know you need to let USCIS know when your mailing address changes, but if your PHYSICAL address changes & the mailing address remains the same, do you have to notify them? (For both the petitioner & beneficiary)

Thanks!

lol ok thank you! I know my case isn't ready I just hate not doing anything lol

Does anyone know if a third party can call on your behalf to USCIS? (Not the petitioner or beneficiary). We're both abroad but I would like to ask my parents to call

I don't think the slow process during our I-130 has to do with our partners' countries; I believe that is more of an issue during the interview stage (as some people are held in AP for a long time....). I believe we are just very unlucky to be at NSC.

Has anyone who has called USCIS asked them why the discrepancy exists between centers?

31 minutes ago, R+M Jordan said:

I guess the only positive is that they'll probably get their 10 yr green card at that point instead of the 2 year, but still infuriating 😞

Unfortunately mine already would have haha. We've been married longer than 2 years. Good benefit for others, though

Why do they refuse to transfer cases when Nebraska is clearly backlogged and Potomac clearly isn't

1 to 1.5 years.....?!? So those of us at Nebraska are likely to get our NAO-2 after those at Potomac already have visa in hand. 

When I started it said April (PD Oct 2018), now it says end of September. I think lawfully uses data from all years, and considering before it was common to get answers within 6 months, that would be more on par with earlier years. 

From the 500 around my PD date on case tracker (Oct 2018), 2 have been sent to a new office for jurisdiction about 2 weeks ago. Not sure if that's a trend ...?

5 hours ago, Devon&Sandra said:

Hello everyone,

 

I read on a FB group that one person with PD in January 2019 got their NOA2 notice few days ago - from NEBRASKA. Very nice lady who explained that they didn't expedite but that their lawyer applied for both I130 and I129F - and the I130 got approved within 4 months...

Do you guys think that applying for I129F can actually make them hurry on I130 process? (as we all know they don't really issue K3 visas anymore)...

 

 

Which FB group is this? I can't find this post in I-130 filers group. Thanks!

I also just saw on the FB group that people filing for family members other than children and spouses have already been approved at Potomac; PD January 2019. The injustice is truly astounding