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Hello!

Below is a list of what I'm including as evidence of our bona fide marriage. Please let me know if you think this is enough. We have been married since 2007, and lived together in Hungary for the past two years, but I am back in the US now. I am a USC. We never had a joint bank account unfortunately, but we filed taxes jointly.

-emails dating back to 2004

-copies of mailed envelopes with both our names at the same address

-an apartment rental agreement with both our names

-US marriage certificate

-tax transcripts for 2 years, Married Filing Jointly

What do you think? Enough? Should I get an affidavit from a friend or family member attesting to the bona fides of our marriage?

Thank you!

Hello!

Below you can read an explanation letter for the I-130, which I thought might help clear some things up. Is this letter necessary for our situation, and if so, is the format/wording appropriate?

Thank you!

Addendum to I-130 Cover Letter/Explanation of Case

I, Joseph XXXX, being the Petitioner of this I-130, met Dora XXXX, the Beneficiary, in June of 2005. We began a romantic relationship shortly thereafter, and petitioned for the K-1 fiance visa on (date) which was granted on (date). We married on (date), at (address).

Subsequently we applied for the Adjustment of Status and Dora XXXX was granted Legal Permanent Resident status on (date).

We moved together to Budapest, Hungary in April/May of 2009, without removing conditions from Dora XXXX’s Legal Permanent Resident status, thereby effectively abandoning her status. We moved to Hungary so I, Joseph XXXX, could pursue a Masters degree from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. Though we have had every intention of settling in the United States upon completion of my degree, we moved to Hungary without removing conditions and had planned on re-applying with Direct Consular Filing at the United States embassy in Budapest.

I have moved back to the United States since the US embassy in Budapest will no longer accept form I-130 effective August 15, 2011.

Thank you for your attention to this petition.

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph XXXXX

(address)

Hello again!

I will have a joint sponsor for my I-864 Affidavit of Support.

In my own Affidavit, however, I will not have pay-stubs from my normal academic job starting in September of this year, but rather from my summer employment. Is this OK? Or should I just wait and see if after I petition with the I-130, perhaps by the time they need the I-864's I will have worked for three months at my normal job?

Thank you!

Hello!

I will briefly explain my situation, and I would like to know if an addendum to the I-130 cover letter would be needed to explain some things about our relationship.

My wife is from Hungary and she came to the US on a K-1 visa in 2006, we married in 2007, and she received conditional LPR status. We basically abandoned the Green Card without removing conditions(though without filing the I-407, since we thought we would just wait it out and do DCF in Budapest. We moved there so I could study, and I finished my degree in June, but we could not afford the DCF at that time and as of August 15, 2011 the Embassy in Budapest will no longer accept I-130's...bad luck since I am back in the US now to work for the summer).

Now I am finished with school and will start a proper job in September, 2011 and we are planning on IR-1 status since we've been married for 4 years come October. I'm wondering if the above information would be considered a problem in this petition process. Or does it look bad to admit that we had planned on losing the LPR status and trying again?

Also, since we have been married for four years, will I still need to include many pieces of evidence of our relationship? I plan to have two Notarized letters from family members attesting to our relationship, as well as some photos and emails. We do not have a common bank account or any assets yet since we've lived out of the US for 2 years. The best I can come up with right now is our marriage certificate, letters, photos, emails, and an envelope or two with both of our names at the same address.

Thank you all for your help!

Hello!

On form G-325A under "Applicant's last address outside the US of more than 1 year," how can I enter a final date if you still live there? Previously in the form, under "Applicant's residence last five years" they offer "Present Time" naturally, but this option is not allowed below.

Thank you!

Hello!

I am a USC. My wife and I were married in October, 2007 after the acceptance of a K-1 fiance visa. She adjusted her status and was issued a 2-year Green Card. We moved in 2009 to her country, Hungary, so I could study for 2 years. We missed the Removal of Conditions deadline (idiots...) so her Green Card is no longer valid.

What I wonder is, must we now apply entirely from the beginning with I-130 (for which I assume we will be granted CR-1/IR-1 status so she will automatically get Permanent Residency upon entry to the US on this particular visa)? Is there any other option for us, since she's already had a Green Card and we've been married for more than 2 years?

Since I established residency in her country, we could do Direct Consular Filing there, but the Embassy in Budapest will no longer accept form I-130 as of August of this year, and I am home now and cannot travel there so soon.

If we must do this, then I have two questions about form I-130:

First, #22: If we petition I-130 and it's accepted, she will receive Permanent Residency upon entry to the US. Should I enter "Budapest, Hungary" on the right side, or the American filing office on the left side?

Second, part D number 2: We applied for and were granted the K-1 fiance visa, then AOS a few months later. I know the required info, but I'm not sure what to write about the "Result." We abandoned the Green Card, so should I state this? Or should I just state the K-1 was accepted?

Third, I would like to fill in the I-130 with pdf on a computer, but I cannot fit all the full addresses of former employers. Are partial addresses OK, or should I fill this form in handwritten?

Fourth, must we concurrently file I-485, or is this included in the filing of I-130?

Thank you!

Joseph

Hello!

I lived in my wife's country, Hungary, from 2009 til June 2011, and have since come back to the US to work for summer. I was thinking of doing the IR/CR 1 from here, but I know it quicker to file there with DCF (I didn't already do this while I was there because we could not afford it). If I can still prove that I have been in the country for more than 6 months, should I still be able to travel back there and do DCF, then come back here after filing I-130 without waiting for my wife's Embassy interview, since I will have a job to get back to? Or must I stay there for the several weeks it takes for this to go through?

Thank you! (by the way I am a US citizen)

Hello!

I will apply for the IR1/CR1 visa for my wife of 4 years who lives in Hungary. I am a USC.

I lived in Hungary from 2009-2011, and for one of those years I did not have an income, so there will be a one-year break in my tax information for the Affidavit of Support (I did not file taxes for 2010 because I had no income). Will this effect the Affidavit of Support because there will be a missing year, or can I simply give tax return information from the three previous years in which I actually filed taxes?

Second, once I apply for the visa, can my wife come visit me with the Visa Waiver Program, or will this adversely affect the visa?

Third, is a photocopy of the marriage certificate sufficient, or should I send them the original?

Lastly, this visa includes issuance of Permanent Residency for my wife upon entry to the US, but I'm wondering if we will still have to pay the filing fee for an adjustment of status? To me right now it looks like the only fees are for the I-130 and the Affidavit of Support? Will there be an interview at the Embassy in Budapest for my wife to pay?

Thank you all on this site for your wonderful help!

Hi!

Can I get start the process on DCF now, even though my wife and I don't plan on returning to the US until 2011? And since I don't know if my wife's green card has been or ever will be revoked (I'm assuming it will be), can we still apply for this?

Thanks!

Hello!

Please don't think I'm nuts here...

So Dora and I married in October 2007 after getting the K-1 Fiance visa. Took care of all the work thereafter, and she received a green card in February 2008 or so. Obviously we had planned on staying in the States for good, but things changed a bit...

I was offered admission to a fine school in Budapest, Hungary (my wife is Hungarian), and I simply could not pass up this opportunity for graduate school. It's a two-year degree starting in September 2009, ending in June 2011. We have been here in Budapest since May 2009.

Unfortunately we jumped the gun on leaving the States since my wife's residency still has conditions (due to be removed 90 days before January 2010 if we were still in the US). Also, we overlooked the fact that we needed to do the I-131 Re-entry permission form before we left. Oops! Well, that's life I guess.

So now we're in Budapest, intending to stay for two years as I study, and fully intending to return to the States for good once it's all over here.

I am planning on my wife losing her green card because we have not/will not remove conditions in time (can't afford it, can't afford to go back home for the time it would take) and she does not have permission to re-enter per form I-131.

What I'm wondering is, and I know this is going to be rough, if/when she loses residency, can we, while we're here, do the Direct Consulate Filing and get her another visa just before I'm done with school and we want to go back home, and subsequently re-apply for a green card. Will they grant someone residency who had it before and essentially abandoned it?!

Thank you for your help!!!

I'm not positive, but I think you CAN kill that priest. He's a Christian, so he'll forgive you.

Here's a good one for ya...

My fiance's interview at the Hungarian embassy is July 24.

I am a USC, though I am scheduled to start grad school in Canada in September, 2007. We have been reading a lot and trying to figure out whether or not she will be able to come with me and work there while I study. We haven't found for sure, though most signs are pointing toward a resounding NO! So...

I have decided to ask my university to defer my enrollment until we sort all this out in the States (anyway, it is a huge relief to know that we can spend the first year or so of our marriage together in the US, working and getting settled before going back to school).

The university and all their beaurocratic greatness will most likely ask me to prove that I have extenuating circumstances warranting this deferment.

So I'm asking if anyone here knows how where on the Net I can find some official-ish documents saying that it is difficult, if not impossible, for my wife to accompany me to Calgary in September.

(I know that she could get Advance Parole while her AOS is pending, which would allow her to travel to Canada, but I don't think that would allow her to work there, which would be imperative. I also realize that I would be needed here in the States for at least one interview, at which we are both required...)

Thank you!

I'm a recent graduate, about to pursue graduate work starting in September, 2007. I have little money, though I plan to use a co-sponsor that DOES have money. Can anyone pleeeeease tell what they think my chances are to be approved?

I'm brand new to this, and madly in love!!! Please help!