Anne Kristina

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

What is the tax structure of the business?  Proprietorship, Partnership,  S corporation,  LLC,  C corporation?

LLC

My spouse is a company (restaurant) owner and last year invested a large sum to the company when they made renovations. Then the COVID-19 hit and the place was not fully operating last year... So there were large investments but not that much sales as the place was closed until September.

Now things are back to "normal" and the place is making a good profit. My spouse is taking a distribution of $33,000 (annually) which is above the poverty line. However, the last year's tax refund is negative. 

What are your thoughts about this case? Do we have any hope that they would understand this case?

In case a joint sponsor or the petitioner did not make enough money in the last tax report but is making now this year, the instructions say that we should submit payslips from last 6 months and a letter from an employer. Where can we download these documents and when should we do it?

Our CR1 and CR2 were approved and sent to the NVC. We (the spouse and stepchild) both received different case numbers and have own accounts.

1) Should we continue completing everything separately and thus the petitioner should download two different 213A forms? Also the joint sponsor would fill in two separate forms?

2) When and how can we ask the NVC to "keep our cases together"?

Thanks in advance.

57 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

After you log in to CEAC, on the "Summary Information" page, click the button to "Add Joint Sponsor".  After that, click the newly-generated link where you should upload the financial documents from your joint sponsor.  Note that it could take weeks for the new joint sponsor upload link to appear because of the CEAC system issue.

 

Thank you very much! 

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

Yes.  If you're sure about having a joint sponsor, I highly recommend you add their name to CEAC now.  Other VJ members have reported weeks-long delays in getting their sponsors' names reflected on CEAC because of a system issue.

 

Thanks so much. I just don't understand how I can add a name there.

My spouse owns a restaurant with a partner. Last year, because of COVID-19 and many investments made to the business, the business did not make profit and my spouse did not want to receive any salary.

This year, my spouse is able to take distribution of profits but doesn't have any pay slips.

1) Which AOS form we should use?

2) We have a person who can be a co-sponsor. We did not figure out yet if we can add him at this stage because the online page only shows my spouse's name. Can we add him now in the ceac website? 

Thank you in advance 

I once lived in Turkey when I was an exchange student (15 years ago). The academic year was from September to June (= less than 12 months). I have, however, travelled to that same country several times in my life for tourism purposes (visa free stays). My address then has been in my home country of course. Should I get the police clearance report from Turkey too even though I have not LIVED there for more than 12 months?

My American wife (the petitioner) filed for me and my son (CR1 & CR2) a couple of weeks ago and we want to start preparing already now for the next steps. We know the petitioner needs tax reports from the previous years etc.

So, my wife was legally married to her ex-husband until last year. They were "separated" but the divorce was finalized only last year. They have filed taxes together previously. They also had a shared bank account etc.

We are a little bit confused how these things affect the future steps. My wife has a business and she is earning enough to support me and my son. Any opinions, please?

I was wondering the same. 

When the petitioner files also for a step child (beneficiary, CR2), how does filling the forms and attaching attachments differ from the spouse beneficiary process? We are now so confused as the online form is all the time mentioning the spouse beneficiary... and when filing a separate petition for the step child, most of the questions are non applicable (such as work history for a baby). In addition, should the CR2 application have all the same attachments than the CR1 PLUS extras such as the child's birth certificate? 

I have a question when filing online:

We have lots of photos throughout 6 years, passport stamps, boarding passes, bank statements, email conversations, proof of having the same address for 1.5 years etc. I was thinking to create the timeline of the relationship by using PowerPoint presentation and then converting that document into a pfd file. (adding relevant photos and other evidence there in a timely order). Do you have better suggestions? 

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

you can create a new one   / you will need a new email ID as site will say "that email is already used"

Thank you. It worked!

We are overseas where we got married and my spouse is ready to file online for the CR1. However, she cannot access her USCIS account she created before traveling to Europe because the phone number she used for that account is not working outside of the US (so she is not receiving the verification codes). She tried recovering the account etc but nothing works. USCIS customer service tried helping but could not.

Is it possible to start from the scratch and create a new account and use another phone number for the new account (that works here in Europe)? She has not used the "old" online account earlier for anything else.

We just got married last week in Europe and we are now ready to file for the CR1 visa. We are also planning to visit the US in a couple of weeks. Should we wait and NOT file yet and do the short trip first as the border agents might think we are wanting to move in already etc? (which we are of course not)