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On 5/25/2019 at 10:30 AM, catmonkey said:

Okay so i bet some of you have this same question and some of you are in the same situation.

 

My spouse has her interview in June next month (yayyy). Our uncle was our Financial Sponsor and he filled out the i864 way back in February, so it does not include his 2018 tax numbers on it (since he did not have his 2018 taxes filed at the time he filled out that form). 

 

He filed his 2018 Taxes last month. So, do I need to update the i864 and put these new 2018 numbers on it?

It might be different for different embassies but here is what happened to me (New Zealand) - I called my embassy and asked if I needed to provide the 2018 transcript and they said to upload the 2018 transcript to CEAC. Then about a week before the interview they suddenly emailed and said I also needed to submit a new I-864 as well with the 2018 data on it. It was very inconvenient because I was already in Auckland for the medical and interview (not my home city) so I had to try to find places with internet and to print and scan everything! Then when I tried to upload it the CEAC portal kept crashing. I asked the lady at the embassy if I could just email it to her and she said no, it has to be uploaded to CEAC by me so just keep trying. Not much fun when you are in a strange city without easy access to a computer/internet etc! I finally got it done but would recommend uploading both the transcript and updated I-864 well in advance so you’re not super stressed at the last minute like I was!!  As I said, this might be different for different embassies though, of course!

14 hours ago, pd20 said:

hi to those who are preparing for interview, did any of you receive a certain checklist on what documents to bring for the interview and also what is needed to be scanned and uploaded on the ceac portal? I'm just wondering coz I have and in the said email they put a check on the form i64ez that i need to scan and upload it before interview but the thing is its already been uploaded before i even received the email. did any of you experience this? thanks guys. 

I think it depends on the embassy. My embassy sent me an email saying I didn’t need to bring the I-864 at all but requested some extra documents that the NVC had not asked for like proof of my ability to earn an income in the US. You should also go to this page and choose your embassy and it should have instructions:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/list-of-posts.html

My embassy is very good about answering questions by phone call or email too so hopefully other embassies will be - you should try that if you’re receiving confusing information.

All the best!

19 hours ago, kalikala said:

Thank you for your suggestion. 

 

I called NVC and they said I’m in line for an interview since CC March 6th. 

He said when the embassy sends the available dates then NVC fills them in order of CC date. He didn’t mention anything about priority date and I assume this info is for CR-1 category. 

 

So I said I’ve seen that others from NZ embassy have interviews and their CC date is after mine. He said he can’t verify that unless he has those case details and couldn’t give me a reason why but said perhaps I was skipped and I will be in the next round of scheduling. 

And he said people say can anything on the internet and that people tell them this all the time that others get dates earlier than others. Which I understand they probably do hear this over and over again but it doesn’t help. 

Obviously we just want to know why and we want to know when we will be scheduled. 

 

So nothing much I can do but wait. 

Praying you hear good news soon, that’s so frustrating!

2 hours ago, kalikala said:

My CC is March 6 and still waiting. 

I know of 2 people from same embassy that has CC after me and have May interviews already. 

 

I contacted NVC 4 weeks after my CC date and they said to wait for an email. 

It’s now been 6 weeks.

Is it worth trying to call the embassy? 

 

Congrats to everyone that have dates!

That’s so strange, a similar thing happened to us when we submitted our documents, everyone else was getting CC after about 1 week but ours took 3 weeks. It wouldn’t hurt to call the embassy, we call them all the time, but I don’t know if they can help much until NVC has scheduled the interview. You could also  call NVC again and tell them you know other people that have received them and ask why yours is delayed in spite of the earlier PD and CC date. We did that with asking why our CC was not happening and a few days later it came through.

3 hours ago, kalikala said:

Still waiting...

 

Priority date is Feb 26, 2018. 

CC March 6, 2019. 

Embassy is Auckland, New Zealand. 

 

Luckily we have been living together in NZ with our son but my husbands NZ visa expires on May 11 so I really thought we would be able to leave together before then. I don’t like thinking about being apart. But I know others haven’t even seen each other’s spouses for a while so Im grateful to say the least. 

 

Wishing the best for you all! I’m sure we will get good news soon. 

Hopefully you hear something soon, got my date for Auckland interview today  My husband has been living in NZ with me too, so our cases are pretty similar! Wishing you all the best!

Got my interview date today!

PD March 26, 2018

CC March 22, 2019

Interview date 9 May

Embassy: Auckland New Zealand

Good luck to everyone still waiting!

Just got documentarily qualified notification, that means case closed right? Submitted documents 1 Mar

On 3/21/2019 at 8:28 AM, nicedamsel said:

Congratulations dear. I don't know what we did to them. I resubmitted on 11th of March still waiting 

Still waiting too - submitted 1 March. Hope you hear something soon!

11 minutes ago, nicedamsel said:

Wow! You submitted on 13th? I  resubmitted on 11th of March still waiting 

We submitted on the 1st and still nothing :’( Called NVC and they wouldn’t say why they’ve skipped us but said we will hear something by Friday.

We submitted our documents on the 1st March. Should we be worried that we haven’t heard back yet? It seems like they’re processing people who submitted  after us now

39 minutes ago, melindaabdullah said:

Yes. And it's not saving. Frustrating.. 

Yes that happened to me on the address page too. It would time out before I could add all the previous addresses but wouldn’t let me save the page until I had added them all. But when I logged back in I found my internet browser had saved what I put in before as auto fill suggestions so by using the down arrow to select those I could do it quickly before it logged me out! Hopefully that might work for you

57 minutes ago, SM&RM said:

I wish. I called they can’t do anything. I had to send an email they said. 

Hope you can log in soon! The same thing happened to us and we called and were told it could take 6 weeks to fix but then it worked after a couple of days so don’t lose hope!

2 hours ago, Ryan H said:

 

That is and always has been bad advice.  Just refer to that statement for your questions on whether or not something can be left blank if it does not apply to you or is not relevant.

Thank you! So just to clarify, you’re saying we should leave all those boxes that don’t apply completely blank?

2 hours ago, Ryan H said:

 

It's $0 since that source of income will not continue.

Awesome thanks, and should we put that the petitioner is unemployed or should we put down his current job (that will cease when we move) where it asks for current employment but with $0 as the income?

2 hours ago, Ryan H said:

 

 

Having the wife submit and I-864A even though she does not earn anything will save you time and headaches.

Thanks, much appreciated

I have a few questions about the I-864 that I was wondering if anyone could help with!

1. I have heard that you should fill in all the boxes and not leave anything blank. What about for Alien Registration Number and USCIS Online Account Number - if I don’t have one, should I put anything in that box (if so, what?) or is it ok to leave that one blank?

2. In Part 3 if there are no other family members being sponsored, do I have to put N/A in ALL the other boxes (about additional family members - questions 4a-28), or can those be left blank?

3. The sponsor’s physical address is the same as mailing address but I heard that you can get RFE for leaving that blank, so do I need to put N/A in all those boxes too? Or should I just put the same address again?

4. In part 5 (household size) if we have no children, should we leave that box blank, put “0” “zero”, or “N/A” or “none”?

5. The petitioner is currently living in New Zealand with the beneficiary. His employment will cease when we get to the USA. (We have a joint sponsor) So in Part 6 - employment and income, should we put that he is employed or unemployed since he is currently employed but his income will cease when we move. Should we put “$0” for income or put his current income?

6. For part 6, Questions 8-19, we are not using income from any other person in our household. Do we put N/A in all those boxes or leave blank?

7. The petitioner’s recent tax transcripts from the IRS all say $0 for income (as he has not earned any income in the USA). In the box for Total Income, should we put “$0”, “zero” or “none”?

8. Our joint sponsor files tax jointly with his wife but the wife doesn’t actually work so earns nothing. Does the wife have to fill out I 864a or can we just submit W2s for the sponsor showing that he is the one who earns all the money?

9. Do we need to put N/A in all the boxes for part 7 - “Use of assets to supplement income” if we’re not using any assets, or can we just leave blank?

10. We have no interpreter or preparer. Do we need to put N/A in all the boxes for Interpreter, Preparer and Additional information, or can we leave these blank?

We would be so grateful to anyone who can offer answers for any of these questions!!!

I am really confused about the I 864. Is anyone here applying from overseas? My husband (the petitioner) and I are both living overseas and will move to the USA when we get the Green Card. My husband is currently working but his employment will finish when we move. We have a joint sponsor so that’s not a problem but what do we put in the box about my husband’s employment on the I 864? Should we put details about his current job or say he’s unemployed since his job will end when we get the Green Card?

has anyone else been in this position?

11 minutes ago, kalikala said:

 

I put N/A for everything that I didn't need to answer - for every single question.

For questions that asked for a number I put 0.

 

Thank you!

Just wondering what people are putting on the I-864 for questions that are N/A or the answer is none. I heard that you have to fill out every box - is that true? For instance on the second page it has space for information about up to 5 family members being sponsored, but if only 1 family member is being sponsored do we need to put N/A in all the other boxes?

Same with household size - for instance if you have no dependant children, do you put “0”, “none” or just leave the box blank?

My payment just changed to paid  Hopefully everyone else who is waiting will get through soon! Also I just realised we actually paid on the 7th in US time - we’re in New Zealand so a different time zone. 

10 minutes ago, nicedamsel said:

I submitted on 2/9 just believing God for a fast review 

Hope you get good news soon!

Got our case number 6 Feb but couldn’t pay the fees for 2 days because it wouldn’t let us log in and we had to call up and get their IT department to fix it! So yes, we paid on the 8th as well. I feel your pain, it’s like a roller coaster- exciting after months of waiting and then down to the depths of despair again after yet another delay 😂

I used Chrome and a desktop and my payment is still processing after 8 days. Hope we all get some success soon!

Hi everyone, 

For those waiting for case numbers, we just received our case number today - NVC received December 17 and we received case number via email on 6 Feb

Only problem is we can’t log in to the website, we just get an error: The selected Case Number and Invoice Identification Number combination you entered does not match our records.

Is anyone else having this issue or just us?