You can keep your case active for as long as you need, just make sure to email NVC at least once a year to notify them of your intent. Pay the fees only when you are ready to proceed.
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
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.
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