Japan2USA2020

K1 made the most sense to us at the time of filing, if we could do it again we might have chosen differently, but it's what we've got to work with for now. 

Any idea how much savings / assets is considered enough to be the sole sponsor, if I wouldn't have a monthly income?

Thanks!

Hello Everyone, 

We are currently have had our 129F approved and are now preparing for the interview, but we only now realized we made a mistake about the City my fiancée was born in. So on her birth certificate she will be bringing to the interview it has a slightly different birth City than our 129F. 

Should we be concerned? Should we try to correct it before the interview, or wait to explain it in the interview?

Also for the DS-160, should we then match her birth certificate (correct city) or match what we originally put on the 129F?

Thank you for any advice!

Hello everyone! I seem to be in a bit of a unique situation about the I-134 we are preparing for the interview.

I am currently working in Japan, which is my Fiancée's country, so I haven't had any income go to my US bank account in close to a year. I am not sure how I should reflect this on the I-134.

• Should I use my Japan bank information, or still use my US bank account information and try to have her explain the situation in the interview? 
• Also my current job is contract based, and renews every 3 months, so I wonder if that may be a point against me as well? 
• If I can prove I have a certain amount of cash/investments in the US would that be enough to 'pass' the I-134 check on it's own? - do we know a rough number?

Should I get a joint sponsor in this case? If so then my obvious choice would be my parents, but they are retired - is a steady monthly income required to 'pass'? 

Thank you in advance to anyone that may have advice!

Ah to be clear I am the US citizen, my partner is the Beneficiary. 

Anyone have an idea about the address histories, or other items?

Thanks for your response. While I was on LOA I did't receive any regular monthly salary payments, but as I happened to work there about 4 months into the year's calendar before going on LOA, still got some things like a small year end bonus and small employee stock purchase benefit while on LOA, so there was that aspect of it reflected on my taxes. 

Hi everyone, I have a couple questions that I can’t seem to find the right answers for and I’m basically intensely nervous at the thought of messing anything up. So if you may know any of the answers I would really appreciate it.

• I’m likely about to lose my Job due to the Covid-19 situation, so I’m wondering if I should submit the K1 “i-129f” application now while I still have it and list my current employer, or if I should wait until I have a new job?
  • Is this resolved by having “joint sponsor” and bringing an “i-134” Affidavit of Support to the interview correct? - Can a retired parent joint sponsor?
  • Similar question for current physical address, if I expect to move in a month is it ok to submit now with my current address even though I’ll be living somewhere else as it processes? (mailing address will remain the same)

• During work at my current employer I had an official ‘Leave of Absence’ where I worked for a different company for 1 year but still technically stayed an employee of my current employer – Should I count this as 3 separate items of Employment History, or 2 with overlapping employment dates?

• For Address History how exact do you need to be? Previously my partner was living outside their country learning English, and at that time they were doing some couch surfing essentially for 2-3 weeks at a time in between apartments, and has no easy way of finding those addresses at this point - is this going to be an issue to have gaps? I have seen other posts say only include mailing addresses, but this would completely exclude time of about a year spent out of their country, which seems like a potential issue.

• Several fields on the electronic PDF of the application don’t seems to be long enough, such as addresses and phone numbers, should I write these in manually then after printing out instead?

• Finally, the instructions say “If a question does not apply to you (for example, if you have never been married and the question asks “Provide the name of your current spouse”), type or print “N/A,” unless otherwise directed.” But in the electronic PDF many of the fields are locked or don’t allow “/” – should these “N/A”s all be manually written in after printing out?

Thanks in advance for anyone who may be able to answer a question or two. It would really help me put my mind at ease.

Good luck to everyone still working on immigration. Stay safe!