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Hi everyone,

My case was created at the NVC in May/2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic I would like to delay our immigration for a while.

The NVC notice email says: If you do not log into CEAC or communicate with NVC regarding this immigrant visa case for a period of one year, by law the Department of State must terminate your visa application.

Does anyone know for how long I can keep my case active in the NVC stage?  Is it enough to log into CEAC periodically to keep the case alive? Should I pay the fees now or only when we are ready to proceed?

Thanks and good luck to everyone

Case approved today!

USC Petiotining for spouse (IR-1)

PD 01/12/2020

K-3 filed on 02/18/2020 - no updates on this one

Nebraska SC (Transferred to California on 02/23/2020)

Date changes:

02/23/2020 - transfer to California

04/03/2020

05/18/2020

05/19/2020 - Received approval email. Notice says it was approved 05/18/2020 at the California SC

Good luck everyone!

48 minutes ago, darth vader said:

Hi Everyone - we applied online and when we download the case snapshot, it shows the petitioner's signature on page 9 (name that was typed) and date. However, it shows the box that says "I can read and understand English, and I have read....." as unchecked! Do you guys also see that box unchecked? We remember checking it before submitting. Please help! Thanks!

I applied online as well.

Case snapshot shows the "I can read and understand Engligh..." box unchecked and the date and signature boxes are blank. Should I be worried about this? My petition was signed electronically by typing in my full name. 

7 hours ago, Jess_Cah said:

We have the same timeline! How did you find out you were transferred to California? 

I started a chat session with Emma, USCIS virtual assistant then I asked to spoke with a live agent. 

The agent said my case was transferred to California on 02/23/2020.

Here is our story:

- USC petitioning for spouse

- PD 01/12/2020

- transferred from Nebraska to California on 02/23/2020

- date changed on 04/03/2020

Hoping for an approval soon.

Good luck everyone.

45 minutes ago, Rabia tsk said:

I have seen cases (USC filing for spouse) from January 2020 being transferred from nebraska to the California service center and there's no timeline provided for their processing at the uscis website. The only way people are finding out is via contacting uscis directly (about the transfers). I asked my husband to do the same and our PD is 10th January.  If it happened to anyone of you please share your experiences. TIA!

I am USC filing for my wife. PD is 01/12/2020. I chatted with a USCIS agent and found out my case had been transferred from Nebraska to California. 

I also sent an I-129F form. PD is 02/12/2020. This one remains in Nebraska. 

2 hours ago, S&J2013 said:

My husband did the live chat and apparently we’re still in Nebraska, but then a few minutes later he had a reply from his Congress person, and although they can’t speed anything up as we’re still under normal processing time, they said our i130 is now at California and our i129f is still in a queue in Nebraska and it’s taking around 9 months to process those! If that’s the case I’m expecting to hear from that around May.... and who knows where our 130 is and when we will finally get our approval 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

I did the live chat as well. My I-130 (PD 01/12/2020) was transferred from Nebraska to California on February 23.

My I-129F (PD 02/12/2020) is in Nebraska. 

What can we expect from California? Are they usually fast?

34 minutes ago, Vermyndax said:

Wow, the surprises keep coming.

I just got NVC case creation notices in the mail - they created the cases the day after the I-130 petition approvals!

This is great! Let's hope this becomes the new standard 

6 hours ago, JGGA2 said:

I use “case tracker” For the app. I’m able to search near my case number to see whose being approved and whose not. 

5 hours ago, Youssef1 said:

Case tracker should be on android as well, 

Thanks!

I tried to look up the status of cases near my case number that the app couldnt fine any in +-100 range. Are IOE numbers not assigned in sequence?

5 hours ago, Youssef1 said:

Same happen to me,  between two approvals lol

What app do you use? Do you know if there is an Android app who does that? Thanks

5 hours ago, Quarknase said:

Hello house.

i finally gained access to the RFIE document after there was this error 500 since January 9th.

The RFIE is 5 pages long which on first sight is very discouraging.

 

What I found confusing is, that the first request is to sign the petition. Not the 130A, but page 9 of the I-130. I thought our online submission covered that part. 
 

Next request is the divorce decree from my previous marriage because they state the provided copy (Scan) is not legible. I’m tending towards just sending the original and to request a new one from vital records.

 

The last request is for proof of bonafide marital relationship and that list is looooong. Meeting, Courtship, Relationship, Travel, Photos, Wedding, Marriage after divorce explanation, Children born in Marriage, Other Children, Other Evidence.

Anyone here familiar with this? Is the list the default? We don’t have children and for now only a court wedding (we want the celebration to take place here or in my home country) so I wouldn’t know how to produce this evidence. For the other topics I can surely provide more text messages (maybe 1 screenshot per week?), more tickets from most recent visit, much more photos of us, and with friends and family.

 

How would you guys organize the last part? Chronologically with affidavit split out over multiple pages, each detail supported by hrs evidence such as tickets, photos, passport stamps and visas?

 

My hubby is from MENA region so I surely anticipated scrunity after reading a lot in this forum. But I feel under pressure now to organize everything in the most convincing way
 

 

I filed I-130 online as well. At the end of the process I was asked to sign the form electronically by typing in my full name. Were you asked to sign electronically as well? 

14 minutes ago, D and V said:

Filed same date but we got Nebraska and now we wait 

Filed on 12th and got Nebraska as well. 😫

15 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

No your Brazilian income cannot be used, your income being used to qualify will be “$0” on I864

9 minutes ago, B&C2017 said:

Yes, that sounds accurate I'd say. Although that amount would have to be untouched on your savings account for at least a year. You can't just have people/family members transfer money to your bank for the sake of the I-864 (and with the intent to deposit it back into their bank account after you arrive in the US. Not saying this is what you want to do, I just want to have said it 🙂

 

They won't take your brazilian income into consideration. Only US income can be counted.

 

 

 

 

Thanks, guys!

So, even if I am still employed in Brazil, should  I just leave the employment section of form I-864 blank? 

I would still have to send in a copy of my last tax return and list the Total Income for the last three tax years, correct?

3 hours ago, B&C2017 said:

ADDITIONAL INFO: 

 

@Simpsorama8853 If you have kids or dependents, this number will be higher.

 

See row "125% of HHS" below and multiply the amount for your houshold size (explanation below) times 3

 

Also: Only assets that can be converted into cash within one year and without considerable hardship or financial loss to the owner may be included. 

 

Sponsor's Household Size	100% of HHS Poverty Guidelines*	125% of HHS Poverty Guidelines*
	For sponsors on active duty in the U.S. armed forces who are petitioning for their spouse or child	For all other sponsors
2	$16,910	$21,137
3	$21,330	$26,662
4	$25,750	$32,187
5	$30,170	$37,712
6	$34,590	$43,237
7	$39,010	$48,762
8	$43,430	$54,287
	Add $4,420 for each additional person	Add $5,525 for each additional person

 

@B&C2017 thanks for pointing me to this thread. My case is very similar to @Simpsorama8853´s.

We have a household size of 3, so we should be ok if we can prove that we have a savings account balance of 3 x $26,662 = $ 79,986, (80k), right? 

My current income in Brazil is enough to meet the requirements and I have been filing US taxes regularly. Should I list my Brazil-based income, which will cease when we move to the US,  in form I-864? The form says I am not required to list assets if my income is enough, but I am thinking I should still list assets and send evidence of those assets since I am unsure they will take my Brazil-based income into consideration. 

Thanks

15 minutes ago, B&C2017 said:

The exact same topic is currently being discussed here (see below) 🙂 In case you’d like to join...

 

Oh and you need 3x 125% the poverty level (also see thread below)
 

 

Thanks! 

I will join the other topic. 

3 x 125% the poverty level - I know. I meant to say that. thanks.

Hello everyone,

I have a few questions regarding the Affidavit of Support and hope to get some help from the community. 

First, let me describe our situation. I am a US Citizen who has been living in Brazil for the last 10 years. I got married in 2013 and we had a daughter in 2018. Our daughter is already a US citizen as we applied and obtained her CRBA.

I filed an online I-130 petition for my wife on 01/12/2020 and got assigned to Nebraska, so I am already expecting it to take about 1 year to be approved. I understand that after this approval our case goes to the NVC and we will have to send in form I-864 along with the financial support info.

Ideally, we would like to move to the US together (the three of us) after my wife gets her visa.  

Questions:

I have a job abroad and make above the required thresholds for our household size. I have been filing US taxes regularly. Is my current Brazil-based income enough to meet the requirements?

If not, can we qualify based solely on assets? By assets I mean balances of at least 3X the poverty line on checking and savings accounts in Brazil-based banks. 

As far as proving intent to restablish domicile in the US, which are the best pieces of evidence I can gather? Has anyone had trouble with this?

Do you believe we would have better chance of approval if I move to the US ahead of my family to restablish domicile and obtain US-based income? I want to avoid this, but would consider if it significantly improves the odds.

Thanks!

Good luck!