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Thanks Gary! Since I'm DCFing, he already has all the copies and I'll be going to the interview with him as we live in Ukraine. Praying for approval on Tuesday!

The lease is pretty major proof if your name is on it. Do you have any bills or other mail addressed to you at the address?

Well, the 'Rental Agreement' is with my parents, where we are 'living' (it has been our home base as my husband travels two weeks here, two weeks there with his job and I get to go with him!) Since August 1, 2008 (Feb.1 will be exactly 6 months) Before that we have a House Sitting Contract where we lived, but the stupid head, I mean friend we were house sitting for, used random spellings of our names (which I included on the I-130 and biographic info). I hope this is enough! I also have a stamp in my passport for the Ukrainian government saying I am registered for a year in my parents apartment. (Another potential problem is the official address is Apt.3 but I am registered in Apt.10... it is a double apartment with two seperate entrances) AND a 'Certificate of emergency medical aid to foreign citizens' but these are only good from 11/06/2007 till 11/05/2008 BUT none-the-less proving I'm here? So many ifs...

I don't have any bills but we did get a Christmas and Anniversary card from my grandmother addressed to us at that address!

Now to start on the I-864! Which in Ukraine I'm allowed to turn in when I'm filing the I-130!

Governments and their documents, shesh!

I was wondering what people have used as 'proof' of being resident in their DCF country.

I am just a housewife and have been married to my DAH for almost 1 1/2 years. I am going on the 27th to file my I-130 and am worried that my visa, stamps in and out of the country, lease and house sitting contract will not be enough! Has anyone had any trouble if they were not working BUT also not a student or tourist?

Thank you for your help!

Hi,

I am a US citizen about to file my I-130 for my Ukrainian husband in Kyiv, Ukraine.

It says on the Embassy web-site that it is optional to file the I-864 at the same time as the I-130...

http://kiev.usembassy.gov/visa_iv_petition_eng.html

I already have all of my joint sponsors complete I-864 with supporting documents and as I have not had an income since 2003, my I-864 isn't difficult to complete

My question is, has anyone filed both at the same time? I figure it will save me a step (and if I need more info then I've already collected proving domicile) and not have to sweat through the petition approval and waiting for my hubby's interview at the consulate to find out somethings wrong!

Also, will he also need a copy of my and the joint sponsors I-864 if they have already been given?

Thanks for your help! January 27th is coming up FAST