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My mother-in-law (LPR) has petitioned her 19 yr old daughter from Mexico, and the case is now at the NVC. Her priority date was in May 2014, so I think the interview will occur soon. After the interview and entry, what happens? Will the daughter have another interview at the USCIS office before she receives her green card? Or will the green card just arrive in the mail?

Thanks! Does MIL list her household number as 2 or 1?

I am so confused as to how to fill out the Affidavit of Support with our situation. I am a USC living with USC Husband and LPR Mother-in-Law. My Mother-in-Law has petitioned her daughter. And I am the original sponsor of my Mother-in-Law. On our taxes for 2014 we listed my Mother-in-Law as a dependent, along with my 2 children. What is the best way to fill out the I-864 and I-864A for my sister-in-law (who is being petitioned by Mother-in-Law)?

Here is the scenario: unemployed LPR Mother with self-employed USC Son and employed Daughter-in-Law and 2 grandchildren; LPR Mother has petitioned her underage child

Does the LPR Mother submit I-864 with Household Size as 2 (her and child she is petitioning), listing her income as $0, writing a letter stating she is unemployed as the reason for not filing taxes

AND I fill out I-864 (since I earn more than the USC Son) with Household Size as 5 (for self, husband, LPR Mother-in-Law who is listed as a dependent in 2014 1040, and 2 dependent children), USC Son fills out I-864A as Household Member and since he is self-employed, he fills out I-864A as the Household Member?

Also, on the IRS section of the I-864 do I fill out my INDIVIDUAL income? And my husband also fills out his I-864A with his INDIVIDUAL income? We filed jointly for the past 3 yrs.

Thank you!

Yes I make enough to cover my family and won't need my husband's income. So my mother in law and I will both fill out separate I-864s.

Also - I am currently the joint sponsor from when my husband petitioned her to the US. He filled out an I-864 and I filled out the I-864A. We file taxes jointly and include her as a dependent. When I fill out my I-864, do I count her anyway in my household? My household is: me, husband, 2 kids, and mother-in-law? And her I-864 is 2 (her & daughter she is petitioning)?

Also, how would she fill out the I-864 regarding household size (Part 5)? My husband and I file jointly and included her in our taxes for 2014 since she lives with us. For her I-864, should she fill out Part 5 as shown below, specifically questions 7 & 8?:

Persons you are sponsoring in this affidavit:

1. Provide the number you entered in Part 3., Item Number 28: 1

Persons NOT sponsored in this affidavit:

2. Yourself. 1

3. If you are currently married, enter "1" for your spouse. 0

4. If you have dependent children, enter the number here. 0

5. If you have any other dependents, enter the number here. 0

6. If you have sponsored any other persons on Form I-864 or Form I-864 EZ who are now lawful permanent residents, enter the number here. 0

7. OPTIONAL: 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. 2

8. Add together Part 5., Item Numbers 1.-7. and enter the number here. 3

I am a USC. My mother-in-law lives with my husband and me, and she is an LPR. She has petitioned her daughter to live with us, and she (mother-in-law) is unemployed so I will be the joint sponsor (my husband's income alone does not fall in the minimum income guidelines, but mine does). The NVC Welcome Letter has arrived. My question is about the financial documents and understand that she should fill out the I-864 and that I will be filling out the I-864A. Will I also be filling out a form I-864?

My mother in law arrived in the US a few weeks ago on an IR-5 visa. We've paid the $165 fee at ELIS and are waiting for her permanent resident card to arrive. She would like to petition her youngest daughter, who is 18. Does she need to have the permanent resident card in hand to submit the I130, or can she submit it now? Also, what are the chances of her daughter, in Mexico, of aging out?

What do we need to do for my mother-in-law, who entered with an IR-5 Visa, now that she is in the USA? I understand we pay $165 for the green card at ELIS, and later get the SSN and driver's license. Do we need to schedule an appointment with a civil surgeon with the I-693?

How long after the IR-5 visa interview will the visa be available? Will it be available to pick up in Ciudad Juarez or the hometown of the applicant?

I see. Below is the full RFE description.

General Instructions
[x] You will need to complete and submit the new form completely filled out (all pages required), which includes
the changes noted below. Submitting single pages of the form with the correction is not acceptable. In order
to make corrections you will need to download a new form at www.ImmigrantVisas.state.gov.

Part 1 Information on the Household Member
[x] This section is incomplete. Please answer all questions completely. (If N/A, please indicated in the
appropriate space).

[x] (my name here)'s income indicated on line 11 of the I-864A does not correspond to that shown on the

most recent tax return -must match total (gross) income.

I filled "Part 1 Information on the Household Member" out this way originally:

1. name

2. mailing address

3. (left blank)

4. phone

5. birthday

6. place of birth

7. SSN

8. checked box C, and then box Spouse

9. checked box A, with my title and name of employer, left "Name of Employer No. 2" blank - should I write N/A???

10. originally wrote my own income but I will change this to reflect the same amount as the 2012 transcript's TOTAL INCOME

11. checked box, wrote tax years 2012, 2011, 2010 with the Total Income amounts based on tax transcripts, and ALSO checked the OPTIONAL box showing that I was submitting the 3 tax years' transcripts

12. left the assets lines blank since my income is within the poverty guidelines, but should I change it to N/A???

My husband (USC) is petitioning his mother with IR-5. I am the Household Member on the I-864A, and he received an RFE. It says that "income indicated on line 11 of the I-864A does not correspond to that shown on the most recent tax return -must match total (gross) income."

I had submitted 3 years of tax transcripts, and we always filed Married Filing Jointly. The amount I listed on line 11 of the I-864A was my income amount, not the total gross income. Should I just leave the amount the same as I originally submitted and submit my W-2s for the past 3 years? Or something else?

We just got back from a 4 day trip from Mexico, and we filed my husband's I-751 in February. His card expired at the beginning of March. We've already received the NOA1 and done the Biometrics, so we knew we were going to be okay... but we still had a little scare today...

On Saturday, when we left for Mexico, everything was fine. The ticket agents looked at our docs (expired card & NOA1) & said everything was fine. When we came back today, the customs agent seemed a little annoyed that the resident card had already expired, and he asked where we had been when the card expired. We said here, in Denver. We showed him the NOA1, which he knew was valid for travel for 1 year, but he said we shouldn't have been allowed to even leave the country. He seemed annoyed that "they let you travel with this?" (meaning the expired card) when we left, and we said yes. I asked, "Why, were we not supposed to?" and he said no. We had to go to the secondary check (into a waiting room with a counter), and we felt a little nervous even though we had all our papers in order. It took a few minutes before our name was called, and a woman at the counter said everything was fine; that they only had to verify our paperwork.

Even though we had been confident leaving the country, we were a little worried coming back. Maybe we should've tried to get the I-551 stamp before we left! Just wanted to give you all a heads up in case you need to travel. This happened at Denver International Airport.

I wanted to ask that when you all get a chance, please update your Immigration Timeline (http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/) since it'll be helpful for future users to view what the I-751 average timeline looks like without having to look at specific threads. I think it's another way to just help others.

Good luck to all! We are almost done with USCIS! Also, I'd like to remind everyone that if you decide not to go the citizenship route when you are finally eligible, the fee to renew a 10 yr card may increase... USCIS evaluates the fee schedule every 2 yrs, and sometimes increases the fees. Just a heads up! Good luck!

We did this about 3 years ago, and we sent in 20-25 photos each step of the way. We're now at the I-751 (removal of conditions) stage, and are happy to almost be finished with constantly submitting paperwork. Good luck on your visa journey!

Hi there,

I am getting my husband's I-751 ready, and I was wondering what those of you who went through AOS with a K1 fiance visa had done? He entered on a K1, we got married at a courthouse, filed AOS, received conditional residency card, and now are getting the I-751 ready. A few months ago, we had our religious ceremony with friends and family. Do you think it would be silly to submit photos of the religious ceremony? I wanted to show that our friends and family supported our relationship, especially since the wedding was out of the country. We already have bank statements, insurance cards, car loans, credit cards, tax transcripts, and other financially-related items in both our names that I will send copies of.

Thanks for any advice!

Wow Nate, you're really going all out with that BC. All I did was put my certification sentence and translation all on 1 page, no graphics. I thought mine looked pretty good haha, but yours does too.

Hi everyone!

It's been awhile since I posted here, since my husband (the non-USC) was going through adjustment of status. We had our interview for his LPR card today, and everything went great! I was a nervous wreck beforehand, and afterward it all felt unreal since I'd heard horror stories from friends who have had their interviews recently at the same office and interviewed with strict officers.

Just so you can get an idea of what comes next, here's my review:

We arrived, and there were only about 15 people in the waiting room. Our interviewing officer was super nice and pretty funny. She swore us in, verified Part 1 of the I-485, asked the questions about drugs/prostitution/etc, commented that it was good that the vaccines were already done, and then asked me (USC) to give any documents we wanted that we didn't already submit. We gave copies of health insurance, car insurance, 2008 income taxes, bank statements, and 5 months of pay stubs. She asked me if I'd met his family, how and where we met, my husband's father's & mother's first names, my husband's birthday, if we lived in a house or apartment, and if my husband had yet met my parents. Overall an awesome interview! She said she'd, "probably approve this and get it all done today," and then explained the 2 yr conditional card and let us keep his EAD card & AP docs "because you guys already paid for them" (but they were free with our AOS submission). And then she asked if we had any photos, and she looked at all the photos we had (about 30) and made fun/nice comments about them, and then made some copies of them. The whole thing lasted about 30 minutes with the extra talking & copying we did.

Hi all,

I haven't really posted much here but wanted to give my review of my husband's AOS successful interview, which we had today:

We arrived, and there were only about 15 people in the waiting room. Our interviewing officer was super nice and pretty funny. She swore us in, verified Part 1 of the I-485, asked the questions about drugs/prostitution/etc, commented that it was good that the vaccines were already done, and then asked me (USC) to give any documents we wanted that we didn't already submit. We gave copies of health insurance, car insurance, 2008 income taxes, bank statements, and 5 months of pay stubs. She asked me if I'd met his family, how and where we met, my husband's father's & mother's first names, my husband's birthday, if we lived in a house or apartment, and if my husband had yet met my parents. Overall an awesome interview! She said she'd, "probably approve this and get it all done today," and then explained the 2 yr conditional card and let us keep his EAD card & AP docs "because you guys already paid for them" (but they were free with our AOS submission). And then she asked if we had any photos, and she looked at all the photos we had (about 30) and made fun/nice comments about them, and then made some copies of them. The whole thing lasted about 30 minutes with the extra talking & copying we did.

It was funny that I didn't realize until now, while talking with my husband, that the only real questions she asked him (the non-USC!) were the terrorist/prostitution/drugs questions, and the rest she asked me. Also, when she was asking the questions, she read off the form, would look up to finish the questions, and while our friend was translating the questions back to my husband (we brought her to translate since he isn't yet fluent in English), she would look back down at the form, look up when he would respond no, and then look back down at the form for the next question. She didn't seem to "study" us or our body language, or scrutinize us, or ask strange questions. She was just really nice, which we were grateful for, since the other officers we saw to interview other couples seemed a little strict.

Hi,

My husband is going to have his AOS interview in a few weeks. On the appointment letter, there is a list of items to bring. I have a question on:

a completed I-864 (unless already submitted)

certified English translation for each foreign language document

When we submitted the I864, we already had supporting documents, so it's alright that we just have copies & originals of those, right? Or should we get another copy of employment letters (with a more recent date) with pay stubs?

And I had done the typical "I, so & so, certify that this document is complete and accurate" etc with my husband's birth certificate, and we didn't get an RFE, so we do not need to have another certified (by a professional translating service), right?

A related question, and I hope someone will find this and answer it so I won't have to make another thread...

The I-485 package list says copy of I-94, front and back. Do I also need two copies, one for I-485, and the other for I-765 (EAD)? Thanks.

We ended up submitting only 2 photos with the AOS, EAD, and AP forms (not 2 for each, but 2 total), and 1 copy of the I-94. No RFE.

learn english....

He is.

My husband's AOS interview will be in March, and on the appointment letter it says that if he doesn't speak fluently, he needs to bring a translator. Since his interview is based on marriage, I am coming with him (he had a K1 visa). Am I allowed to translate, or does it have to be a third party? He can speak conversational English, but since it's a USCIS interview, it won't really be "conversational," and he isn't fluent yet.

My wife spends about 50 to 75 bucks a month calling her mom. We have a plan with At&t that has international calling. It is about 9 cents per minute. The plan adds 5 bucks per month to our phone plan. If they ever get VOIP phones in Mexico I will probably buy one for her parents and pay for the internet service. It will be cheaper than her monthly phone bills.

Talbert-- Skype has a plan where you can call landlines unlimited for $5.95/month to Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. Outside of those three cities it is 2 cents / minute. And Skype always has free Skype to Skype. I am assuming you have the internet so all you need to do is get a microphone. Then if your wife's parents have the internet too, all they would need is a microphone. Then you each go to http://www.skype.com and register a name (for free) and you can talk unlimited (for free), as often as you want.

Here is the $5.95/month 2 cents/minute plan to landlines, 20 cents/minute to cell phones: http://skype.com/allfeatures/subscriptions/mexico/

Thanks I will try that. Congratulations!

I've been using Skype for a year or so, and it's great. Having the service to Mexico is nice, because it's about the same as using a 2 cents/minute calling card.

I got a call around 7:15pm and it was Diana. She sounded quiet so I was like "You got denied?" She was like "ya, I was missing one form and I have to come back in 2 weeks."

Then she told me she was just joking, she got approved!!

She was out of the embassy by 5pm and she was waiting outside for 4 or 5 hours. I will post a more detailed review luego. :dance:

I got a call around 7:15pm and it was Diana. She sounded quiet so I was like "You got denied?" She was like "ya, I was missing one form and I have to come back in 2 weeks."

Then she told me she was just joking, she got approved!!

She was out of the embassy by 5pm and she was waiting outside for 4 or 5 hours. I will post a more detailed review luego. :dance:

FINALLY!!!! Congrats to you two.

My husband got his AP today. His EAD should be in the mail this week or next week. Woohoo!

Happy new year to everyone!

Kristina, yay for you two! now you can spend Christmas and New Yr's and all the other future holidays together!

Same for you Caity!