Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 Part 5. Sponsor's household size	So would it be helpful if I included among my documents a copy of my university degree or possibly even my resume (this shows a capacity to earn)... or line up some form of employment, at least on paper, that I may or may not actually accept when I return????? No, dont send NON finanical documents with the financial stuff, just send in your 864, tax info and all the joint sponsor stuff...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-04 17:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 Part 5. Sponsor's household size	Thanks!! And to my other question... Will immigration even consider my income since I have been an ESL teacher in Thailand for about 4 years? Obviously since I am moving back to the US I will have to quit my job here and find a new one once I am back in the states. NO, income MUST continue for it to be considered... However it will help to show capacity to earn.. .But your dad will be the main sponsor...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-03 23:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 Part 5. Sponsor's household size	No, it would be 1 for you... 1 for your wife, 1 for your child and 1 for your other daughter (since you are still responsible for her financial support via child support.... Total would be 4... Unless you are financially responsible (legally) You do not have to count your brothers as part of your household, They would however be counted on your fathers 864 if they are under age and supported by him... If they are over 18 and file taxes, then they are financilly responsibile for themselves and would not be counted as dependents of your fathers... You did not indicate how old they are... But regardless, the "household" size refers to financial responsibility... Not necessarily the amount of people living under one roof...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-03 22:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS 230	It normally takes between 14 - 17 days to get a case complete... Interviews are assigned usually the 2nd week of each month for the following month..... How long depends on the consulate... most are scheduled within 2 -3 months of case completion depending again on the consulate... check the regional forums to see what your wating time may be	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-04 20:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	POE Question, thinking ahead	I traveled for years with my husband (no GC) and we always went through the citizens line as long as he was with me... I clarified this a few times with the "seperator" who said as long as he was with me, he could go through the citizens line no problem... (BTW, this was through several POE's)... When he entered by himself, he went to the non-citizens line...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-06 13:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Passport stamp off by 1 day	Should not be an issue at all, dont stress it... 99% chance they will not even notice!!!	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-06 15:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit of Support Help & CR1 vs K3 question tied to support	I totally understand. Yes we plan on getting his citizenship but he wants dual because he wants to be able to live in Canada again some day. His children are there with his ex too so we may agree to move there one day too. THank you for clarifying the co-sponsor. Are the co-sponsor's only responsible if the immigrant uses public assistance of some type? This would not happen as we are both wanting to own our own businesses in the near future and creating some amazing things but I don't want the co-sponsor to feel limited or responsible. If anything happened to him he would just go home to Canada before he would allow any of my family to take care of him. He is just that way. So they aren't financially responsible for any debt or things like that right? Like if he was to get in a car accident and be hospitalized or have some major cancer or something and wasn't able to pay the hospital bill right then they can't go after the co-sponsor right? I am not anticipating any of this but that would be my first thought if someone asked me to co-sponsor. LOL I would be thinking of every possible scenario to see what I would be liable for. So if you can help relieve me of that worry I may have a guy friend who is single and a teacher and makes over $50,000 a year willing. He mentioned he needed to know more though. I just feel that my dad would not want me seeing his tax returns and his assets and all that is private to him. To ask him to bare all of that for me would be too much for me to ask. Thanks again!!! sooooooooooooooooo much!!! You can have your father get his tax transcripts, that way he does not have to show you ANY of his assets or other info... You can order the tax transcripts for free... And definetly go CR1 as they process the same as the K3 in Canada (which is a very long wait anyway because of their personnel issues... 9+ months)	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-06 23:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	HELP WITH 1-130 FORM	We put the consulate that my husband applied at, in ur case I put Naples, Italy. I too did not realize there was a debate on this... I did not get an RFE	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-06 23:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I130 need a help	Definetly CR1... K3s are basically obsolete as they require Adjustment of Status when you get here (meaning no work/travel and lots more $$$$)...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-06 19:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Sworn Affidavits	Most banks notarize for free for customers...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-07 15:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	US Citizen Marrying PER national in Lima	Total process is usually around the 6-9 month mark from filing to bringing them to the US... Take some photos of you guys with your family, keep your boarding passes, prints a few chat logs or phone records per month from talking, Hotel stays, etc... They understand you are a new couple and might not have tons of stuff together yet... Also add her as a beneficerary to your insurance, buy some cheap term life insurance and have her as your beneficaerary... Good luck	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-07 15:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	TRACK YOUR PACKAGE!!	Sometimes you have to put the day before or day after	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-07 15:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Out of USA and received Nvc 1ST Package	Yes, you can go ahead and pay, and while you are there, you can download the 230 and have your spouse fill it out and attach all his paperwork.. you can send that from where you are at... or wait till you are home	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-08 19:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Employment documents needed at Interview	Since the co-sponsor is the one that you are using to qualify, be sure that you have sent employment proof for him (and bring current paystubs for him to the consulate)... Additionally, be sure that you submitted at least your last tax return or a letter stating why you did not have to file taxes... Regardless of what NVC says, it is up to the Consulate if they accept the sponsorship/income. NVC just verifies that you submitted everything to them... The consulate is the final word so bring whatever you think might come up in regards to financial support proof.	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-08 19:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	I-864 questions...	If she claims the 18 year old and the 8 year old, then your moms household size is her + 2 sisters + your husband = 4 minimum necessary income for a household of 4 (2009) is $22,050 so she should be OK, not sure what 2010 levels are Since you file your own taxes she does not count you unless she claims you as a dependent. Since 09 is over, you can probably get your 09 income... for 10 you can project it based on your average monthly salary Be sure that you include proof of family relationship for you and your mother (birth certificate) since she is filing the 864a	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-10 14:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Living in foreign country during CR-1 processing?	From a processing standpoint, yes you can do what you need while staying over there... Be sure however to maintain a "domicile" aka. residence here in the USA to avoid problems down the road... You will have to ask someone familiar with India's rules for staying there...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-10 20:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Affidavit of Support	your friend will fill out an 864 as will you.. as far as the 40k being enough, depends on her family size. If it is just her and your spouse, then yes, that is sufficient...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-09 22:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Bonafide marriage?	Perhaps they have clarified the rules recently, when we were trying (between 2005 - 2007) they did not allow us... Some banks I think are still pretty sticky about it and do not know the rules allow for an account to be opened without a SSN??? Glad to hear that it is possible because it was a real pain for us for many years!!!	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-09 12:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Bonafide marriage?	Can you be on a bank account without a ssn? C tried to put me on hers with 2 different banks in Florida with no luck. No SSN, no can do. Is this something bank specific? We had the same issue in Florida... We were married for 6 years and tried at 5 banks (Wachovia, B of America, Bank Atlantic, First Federal and one other I cant remember) they all said no... There are others here who have been successful in getting their SOs on the accounts without a SSN??? Someone said HSBC but we do not have one around us...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-03 20:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Re: income and support forms.	In fact, the 864 instructions under #29 shows a clear example of this, technically, the USC should be able to show 3x whereas using the intending immigrants savings would be 5x. We used assets and had to show 3x the 125% in the bank under my (the USC) name, this was the specific request of the Naples CO.	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-10 19:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Re: income and support forms.	She was speaking of Christeen's post about using assets to make up the difference if you make below the poverty level - not solely using assets. No, seriously, that is how it works on the 864... Only they do accept 3x the 125% poverty level if it is the USC's assets... From the website; Yes. The sponsor’s income is counted first. Next the personal assets and/or the income and assets of household members who have signed an I-864A are counted. If, using all of those sources, the minimum income requirement is met, the affidavit would be "sufficient." To be counted, the cash value of assets must equal five times the difference between the sponsor's income and 125 percent of the poverty line for the household size. For example, if you have a family of six, but your income is only $30,000 you are $3,500 short of the required income level. You would need to show assets of at least $17,500 ($3,500 x 5).	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-10 19:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Re: income and support forms.	If you are married, you are filing the 864 and it is a CR1 visa...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-10 15:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Re: income and support forms.	You can have him transfer enough to your account to use as assets to offset the shortage you have in meeting the income requirements... you need 3x the shortfall.. For example,if you earn $15,000 you fall approx $4,000 below the income requirements, so you can deposit 3 x 4k into an account under you so $12,000 which should suffice to prove you can support him... OR you can look for a co-sponsor	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-10 14:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NVC Interview schedule	Usually takes about 14 - 17 days for your 230 package to be reviewed and case complete (no rfe's of course)... Once you get a case complete, NVC schedules interviews the second week of the month for the following month. Waiting time is consulate specific, but most are scheduled within a month or two from case complete... Check the regional forum to get specifics for your consultate.. But my gut reaction is that you will not make it for a Feburary interview, but I could be wrong... Good luck	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-11 20:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NVC questions after 129F and 130 approvals	Yes, you have to call NVC to give them your e-mail addresses... Check out Ling's shortcuts and James shortcuts for NVC to get familiar with the process I posted this in another post.... might be of use in keeping things straight! For anyone confused about NVC, the formula is this Petitioner = Get NVC # + receive AOS fee bill + pay 70$ online + wait to show paid + print cover sheet + send 854 AOS with all documents and case # written on each page Benificerary = Get NVC# + receive 3032 + send 3032+ 3032 accepted + IV fee bill available to be paid + pay and wait to show paid + print IV cover sheet + mail 230 package with all original/certified documents ======= wait for case complete + wait for interview to be scheduled	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-11 20:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Poverty Guidelines	Your household size is 4 (you, immigrant and 2 children), the 125% poverty level is $22,050, and it is adjusted gross income	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 15:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CR1 vs K3	Here is a chart that compares the visas... If you are following the CR1 path, then the CR1 will be issued (which is a far superior visa to the K3) http://www.visajourn...mp;page=compare	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 15:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Assets of the intending immigrant	I doubt the consulate has any 'agreement' with Canada. However, many of our banks are intertwined, a whole different kettle of fish than Italy I would presume. I for one would be incredibly surprised if there was any question that Canadian funds in a Canadian bank were refused. That is what I figured, but thought I would bring up any possible snags.	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 15:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Assets of the intending immigrant	We had a BIG issue with this at the Italy consulate... But it might not be an issue from Canada... Basically, they did not count my husbands assets in Italy or his employment (which was to continue with the same company when he entered the USA because he had not been there for a year), so we decided to qualify based on our assets in Italy which were WAY sufficient, however, they did not accpet those assets and asked to see the 3x 125% in an account in the USA under the US citizens (my) name. Luckily we had this but spread out in a few accounts, but we consolidated it and showed them the bank statement totalling the 56k and we got the visa... Again, I would think that Canada would have more agreements and be able to count assets in Canada towards qualifying... But I will see if there are other Canadians who can verify this...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 00:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Income questsions.	I say debated since it seems that each consulate does not follow this, for example, we showed 3x and I have seen other VJ memeber who were required to demonstrate 5x... so I think that the application of this might be consulate specific. Also, the Italy embassy would not even consider my husbands assets in Italy even though they exceeded by over 15x the 125%, we had to put the 3x in an account in my name in the United States??? Edited by christeen, 12 January 2010 - 05:10 PM.	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 17:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Income questsions.	You would file an 864 as the main sponsor Your parents would file and 864 as co-sponsors, their dependents would be your spouse + patents + dependents that they claim on their tax return... For a household size of 5 it would be $32,238, for 6 $36,913 and for 7 $41,588 Gross income to qualify for above 125% income level... You need to send in the 2008 returns for you and co-sponsor If you fall short by a small margin to sponsor her, can you qualify in assets? You can make up the difference in assets by having 5 x the shortfall in liquid assets... For example, you need $18,213 and say your gross income is $15,213 so you fall short by $3,000 then you can show your income plus $15,000 in assets to qualify. Technically as the US citizen you should only have to show 3X the shortfall, however this has been debated since the example on the 864 shows 5x	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 16:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Can she live separately ?	If you are filing a CR1 from the USA, then once the visa is granted they do not have to file to adjust status, but they will have to file to remove conditions prior to the 2 year mark. If she is entering as a student and you are adjusting her status from a student to resident, then you will have to show evidence of living as husband and wife. Understandably, there are circumstances where some couple have to live apart for work and school, however I would say that this could be a red flag that there is intent for immigration fraud. However, if you establish a residence together, accounts together, proof of spending significant time together it is possible to overcome these issues. But living in different states will create some issues with the process.	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 15:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	More ???? regarding filling out forms	I found that by following the guides here and asking whateve questions I had, I was able to complete everything MUCH faster than with a lawyer and saved thousands... Also, keep in mind that a lawyer will probably direct you to do a K3 saying they process faster... But hte TURTH is that, although they are free to file initally, they will cost your a significant amount and the lawyer makes much more $$$ by doing this, that is why they recommend it. But it slows down the CR1 and takes the same amount of time... Just follow the guides and dont overstress about each little thing, and ask here if you have a question or not sure how to answer... Good luck	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-10 20:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Filing Taxes	Married filing seperatly and for the SSN just put Unable.. You can do an ammendment later... OR, financially, the best bet is to get her an ITTN and file married filing jointly	christeen	Female	Italy	2009-12-16 23:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Thanks god i got my visa today what a trip	Congrats!!!	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 16:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	questions questions questions	Do the photos for evidence have to be in colour? If i need more evidence i have the paperwork where i got enrolled in DEERS but it has jons old address on it, im not going to use it the time rounf because i thnk it might cause problems with a different address on it, is that ok or shouldnt it be a problem? What kind of plastic bag did you use to put the photos in?? Did you use a folder with a see through front cover? did you put the papers in flimsys or did you just put the paper in it? When the whole package is done, where do we send the money too?\ I think that was all my questions lol..Sure gonna make a my visa journey book for blondes when im done with this haha No, the photos do not have to be in color I used a ziploc sandwich bag for photos I did not use a folder, just a binder clip The money gets sent via check with the package...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-13 16:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Wifes Visa APPROVED. Question on visa issue time?	each consulate is different, I would post this question in a regional forum to see what is normal for your consulate based on others experiences... However, 1 week is not what I would consider excessive??	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-13 16:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Got Visa..Finally it's over..	Congrats	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-12 19:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	co sponsor is it better to????	The spouse (U.S. Citizen is always the primary sponsor) and if they are using the assets of the intending immigrant, then the spouse files WITH the US Citizens on the same 864.	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-14 17:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Questions about SSN with IR-1 visa	It comes AFTER her entry into the USA... they mail it a few weeks after she arrives... But once she arrvies, after about a week u can go to your local Social Security office and request the # and get a card produced...	christeen	Female	Italy	2010-01-14 22:59:00