curiousn

Yay! Well if you are still around, I'll drop a note here saying how it went. Originally, I think it might end up as a no because of the inadequate sponsorship issue but then hopefully they'll review the joint sponsor real quick and say yes!

Thanks for all the support!

It's 9/4. I still need to get the joint sponsor to mail me all the things and I'm waiting on my UK police report (hoping it will get here on time) but other than that, I think I have things. I figure, if not, I'll just have to mail it afterwards.

Thank you! It's so nice to have people pulling for us.

I just read your post in the UK forum about USCs not being allowed. I'm actually sort of happy to hear that as for financial reasons we've decided that I shall fly to Hungary alone and I was wondering if that would come across badly. But hey, if he's a persona non grata anyway, then all's well.

Now if this month would just tick on by...

Thanks to both of you guys for the answer.

Oh wow, and I thought I was in trouble!

Now the problem is, even though I live in London, I'm not going to the London embassy but rather, the Hungarian embassy as that is where I am from. I don't know, is there a rule that says you can only apply for a visa where you are from, regardless of where you live? I even asked to be interviewed here but anyway. I have no idea how the Hungarian consulate is for this kind of stuff.

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll put the addresses as UK then. I just read somewhere on this forum (don't ask me where as I have read so many threads here in the last few days) that someone put all their addresses on their paperwork to the NVC and the IRS as US even though they lived wherever. But I don't see how my hubby could truthfully state that his place of residence is in Arizona when clearly, he's right here in London.

But the thing is, we do honestly intend to go live in the States and at this point in time I'm in the process of acquiring so much supporting paperwork they'll flounder and I've got nothing to hide during the interview so surely, surely it will be OK. But still, it'll be a long month.

Congrats on your approval, essjay and keep fingers crossed for me. Thanks!

Hi there,

I am filling out a second I-864 for my USC husband. When I filled out the first one, which got sent to NVC, I really had no clue about the whole domicile and income issue. Now, awaiting my interview, I finally understand the whole big picture. I think.

In our first I-864 we put his current foreign income as the basis for his sponsorship which I now know is not acceptable as it will cease once we move. I expect we will get temporarily rejected because of this. I'd like to go prepared, however, and already have the new set with a joint sponsor in my hand so I can give it to them right there at the interview. That's what I'm working on now.

As is the situation with many others here, my husband has been living with me in the UK for three years now. We are just waiting on my IR-1 and will then move back to the States. We've still got an address there to which some things get mailed, we've also got bank accounts still held in the US and I think he can get a future job letter as well, so I hope the domicile issue will be all right.

Now the question is, on the first I-864, not knowing better, I filled out both the place of residence and the mailing address as our address here (and, incidentally, also named the UK as domicile, as I truly had no understanding of what they meant by domicile). Should I now change one of those addresses (the mailing address) to our US address? Also, I plan on changing the domicile to US and provide documentation for what we're basing that on.

Do you guys think that'll fly? And what about the addresses? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

An edit:

Upon further reading here (did a search for foreign income), it appears that the petitioner should put down his or her foreign income in USD and the joint sponsor should file a separate form that fulfils the requirement on its own. Your wife would still be the main sponsor, she would just not be the provider of the money for this purpose. At least that's my understanding.

Now I just wonder if I need to send this to the NVC or wait until my interview and present it to them then. Questions, always more questions.

As for whether your wife would still have to file taxes... see this post and the whole thread. I think it's useful.

Hope that's helpful.

I am sort of in the same situation, I think. My husband makes enough money for the requirement but he makes it all here in the UK which, I understand, does not count as it will not continue after the move to the States. So I suppose now we'll have to do what you're doing and have his parents act as joint sponsor. I don't actually know the answer to your question but I presume he (and your wife) can fill out a new I-864 with the zero income and have the parent fill out another one. At least that's what I gathered, though I must admit this is all fairly confusing.

Anyway, just thought I'd add my two cents. Hopefully, we'll find out some answers.

Um, timeline, hm. I must admit I'm not nearly as on top of all this as some of you here seem to be. Our I-130 was mailed in nearly three years ago and the agony of continuous paperwork has been going on since, with serious gaps on our part. After marrying in the States (where I was on a student visa at the time), we left to live in the UK (where we are now). We have, however, kept up an address and several joint accounts in the US with the full intention of moving back at some point in the near future.

As for place - at one point during the process, I requested that my paperwork be handled at the embassy in London, and yet, just now, I was notified that my interview will take place in Hungary, where I am from. I do wonder where my money went, really.

Anyway, I was reading around the site here and elsewhere and have found that paperwork only gets forwarded to the embassy when it is complete - so I am hoping that that means that the domicile question is settled. Or should I expect the interview to be rough?

Below is as close of a timeline as I could look up. Thanks.

Hi there,

We're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel here, I think, with my interview coming up later this month. Being a worrier, however, I'm still wondering something.

After we filled out the I-864, they sent back a piece of paper saying we didn't prove that my husband's domicile is the US (we're temporarily living abroad). So we wrote a letter, sent bank account statements, etc. Very soon after, they sent another identical piece of paper, once again stating that we didnt prove the domicile thing.

But then things came up and before I had a chance to get back and try to prove this thing again, my intervew appointment letter arrived. So now I wonder - does this mean that the second letter was just a reminder before our letter arrived and then they got our evidence and all is well - or not? Would they invite me for an interview if not all paperwork were in order?

I suppose I'll find out the answer in a month but if someone could save me from four weeks of worrying, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

Hi All,

I am about a month away from my interview for the IR 1. I have not yet changed my name to my husband's, as pretty much since our wedding, we have been either traveling or filing paperwork and I hated the idea of messing with the already lengthy visa process.

Now I know that I can wait until I have my green card and then file some more paperwork and send some more money to finally change my name but is that the best way to go? Should I change it in this one month and let them know at the interview?

Does anyone have any experience with this? I'd really appreciate any advice you might have.

Thanks.