alexb

I'm sorry I don't have answer to your question, but I read that Mexico does not provide the Police Reports, so they aren't necessary for the DS 230. May I ask how you obtained them and whether you know them to be necessary?

Yeah, its like what Estrella said. We are supposed to get that letter called antecedentes no penales from any municipality where the spouse has lived for more than six months since the age of.... was it 16 years of age?

The office where we got it from here in Veracruz was easy. It was free, there were no lines to wait in, and we had the letter the next day.

In Oaxaca, my wifes home state, a relative did us the favor of getting us the letter sent to us.

As far as it being a necessary document... that's not for me to say, but I found out here on these posts that the police reports are to be sent in with the DS 230 packet. I sent the originals with translations and kept the copies for myself. Whatever the document may be, if they are specifically requesting it, you should probably do whatever you can to obtain.

Hope this helps... -Alex

My wife has been assigned an interview date for October 22 at the juarez consulate... we are traveling together next week but I was wondering if anyone knows if our two babies are going to have to be present in the interview, and if they need their own little passports to get their visas.

Also, we have already filed with NVC and they have already received the police reports, AOS, birth certificate, etc. so is it necessary to bring more originals?

Can anyone help us out??? thanks -alex

About the documents that your wife needs, they tell you at the appointment letter which ones they already have and which ones you need to bring, I would bring the original anyway, just in case, you never know if they miss placed them and ask you for them right there.

About your babies, I'm not sure about it, If they are yours they wouldn't need visa, because you are american, but you need to register them with the consulate or something like that, I'm not really sure, check on the embassy webpage because I don't really know.

Best of Lucks at the intweview

Okay, thank you. I have heard stories about people getting to the border with their spousal visa, but that the children cannot enter the US. Yes, they are our children, and we have always put their names on the applications saying that they would be "migrating" with us.

I'll have a look at the consulate website, but in the meantime, has anyone else out their gone through the IR/CR process with kids?

What if your personal income is insufficient? How should the I 134 be filled in, if the form I 864A was already sent to the NVC? -Alex

You do not submit an I-134 with a CR1/IR1 visa application. The I-134 is not legally binding, and is only used for screening non-immigrant visa applicants (like K visa applicants). The I-864 IS legally binding, and is submitted with immigrant visa applications, and also submitted by non-immigrant visa recipients when they apply for AOS. Each consulate can decide what evidence they require with the I-134, while the evidence required for the I-864 is spelled out very clearly in the form's instructions.

In the case of an immigrant visa application, if the sponsor's income is not sufficient according to the I-864 rules (generally, 125% of the poverty level for the household size) then a co-sponsor is usually required.

So I 134 is for K visas... thanks for clearing that up! Sometimes all this info can be a little confusing the first time through.

-Alex

What if your personal income is insufficient? How should the I 134 be filled in, if the form I 864A was already sent to the NVC? -Alex

This question may be off topic, but I'm hoping that someone here reading this thread might be able to help... do minor children need to have any other forms filled out to recieve derivitive benefits? Or do they just show up to the interview with the intending immigrant? I'm assuming that it is enough to have their names written on the parent's forms, but as time goes by, doubt sets in.... I hope someone shed a little light... -Alex

My wife has been assigned an interview date for October 22 at the juarez consulate... we are traveling together next week but I was wondering if anyone knows if our two babies are going to have to be present in the interview, and if they need their own little passports to get their visas.

Also, we have already filed with NVC and they have already received the police reports, AOS, birth certificate, etc. so is it necessary to bring more originals?

Can anyone help us out??? thanks -alex

Alex, just get started on the CRBA as SOON as possible. The US consulates in Mexico are notorious for giving people a hassle while trying to file for this. Make sure to bring in originals and several copies of everything requested. Have the hospital bills and all birth records on hand, along with proof of your relationship with your wife, proof of your physical presence in the US, and all the other stuff they request. Some consulates seem to make it easier than others, but I know some people who have had to go in several times because each time their documentation was considered insufficient. One person actually was sent to re-organize their paperwork in a specific order before returning to present it to the officials. Hopefully you end up with one of the easier ones.

Also, you can apply for your daughter's passport at the same time as the CRBA, but they are not the same thing. Extra fees, paperwork, the usual.

Good luck!

Okay, I'm not sure what CRBA stands for, but i think i understand, its what i need to do at the US embassey in mexico to get my daughter her citizenship, is that correct? From what they told me over here at Catholic Charities, that process is not so difficult, that i go in and they give me her citizenship the same day, like its automatic. Well, if its not that easy then it won't be the first time catholic charities has disappointed me.

Yeah i also spend my time going back and forth, mainly to be with my daughter, and i can't understand how this process would have me living here in the US full time and not being with my loved ones, especially a two year old doesn't understand all this government paperwork.

I can foresee some of the problems that i will have because of living part time in the US, mainly not having a job here and not paying taxes for the past three years. I do have bank accounts, vehicle registrations, and other correspondence to prove my domicile in the US, but i'm more worried about those all american 1040s and W2s.

Best of luck to you too!

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-I-864.pdf

Thank you, shpat for sending me that link. I looked at the form, but that's not exactly what I needed to know.

What is confusing to me, like I said, is whether my daughter is going to be included in this whole process, because she was born in mexico, but since i am a citizen then she automatically gets citizenship, but is it through this channel ie the visa process? or is it straight through the embassey, i just walk in and present her to the embassy officials with birth certificate, etc.?

But anyways thanks for taking the time to reply i guess i'll have to keep posting and keep reading other topics to find out.

-alex

You have to do a CRBA.

Pick the consulate near you. They'll give the child a passport.

http://guadalajara.usconsulate.gov/service...rth-abroad.html

So that's the way i have to go then.

Thank you, haole. Hey my friends out there on the islands say haoles are . must be true...

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-I-864.pdf

Thank you, shpat for sending me that link. I looked at the form, but that's not exactly what I needed to know.

What is confusing to me, like I said, is whether my daughter is going to be included in this whole process, because she was born in mexico, but since i am a citizen then she automatically gets citizenship, but is it through this channel ie the visa process? or is it straight through the embassey, i just walk in and present her to the embassy officials with birth certificate, etc.?

But anyways thanks for taking the time to reply i guess i'll have to keep posting and keep reading other topics to find out.

-alex

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Hi I'm filling out the I864 form and having trouble with part 3:

Item 8 says:

"I am sponsoring the principal immigrant named in Part 2 above."

I check "yes" because that's my wife.

Item 9 says:

"I am sponsoring the following family members immigrating at the same time or within six months of the principalimmigrant named in Part 2 above. Do not include any relative listed on a separate visa petition."

this is where I'm not sure if I should include our daughter who turned 2 this May. So is she considered a relative or in this case is she going to be considered a "family member" who is "immigrating at the same time"? Can anyone help me?

thanks,

-alexb

Hi I'm filling out the I864 form and having trouble with part 3:

Item 8 says:

I am sponsoring the principal immigrant named in Part 2 above.

I check "yes" because that's my wife.

Item 9 says:

I am sponsoring the following family members immigrating at the same time or within six months of the principalimmigrant named in Part 2 above. Do not include any relative listed on a separate visa petition.

Ahh, this is where I'm not sure if I should include our daughter. Can anyone help me?