Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Tax Release for I-864	Looks like I will be including that form as well. Thanks everyone for the correction and setting me straight...lol	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-08-22 10:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Tax Release for I-864	It appears it is no longer needed. Thanks for the response though.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-08-22 07:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Tax Release for I-864	I was wondering if you still need to send in the tax release with your I-864 to the NVC. Thank you in advance.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-08-21 10:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Vaccinations for Medical	Thanks everyone for the replies	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-09-02 12:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Vaccinations for Medical	My husband is 41 yrs of age and will be going for his medical in a month or two ( I hope ) I would like to make sure my information is correct before he goes. He has had a dose of the MMR as a child but has no record of it since it was lost at his GP's office. The GP did state that he would write a letter stating that the vaccination was given to him as a child, would the letter safice or would he need to get the vaccine? Also besides the MMR is the Td/Tdap the only other vaccine he needs for his age group? Please correct me if I am wrong. Medical will be done at Knights Bridge in London. Thank you!!	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-09-02 10:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally.. a case number!	Congrats! Thank you !	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-09-08 13:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally.. a case number!	NVC received my case on 8/8/11 and finally today I received my case #!!	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-09-07 19:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally.. a case number!	After three weeks of checking for a case number.. I finally got one! What a nice gift for our 3rd year wedding anniversary! Congrats I see that NVC received your case on the same day as mine (8/8/11) I hope to get my case # today as well.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-09-06 09:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	entering the US before C-1 is approved	Hi, Thank you so much for your reply, you have made me feel so much better. Thanks! You are more than welcome.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2012-01-04 14:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	entering the US before C-1 is approved	Hello, I'm still learning to navigate this website - this is my first post so apologies if this question has been asked tons of times already. My husband I I have been married five years, he is American and I am Irish. We each live in our home countries at the moment and I want to move to the States. Is it true that if I apply for the C-1 visa that I will not be able to enter the States until after it is approved. Because I can't imagine not being able to see him for seven months or so I really really really appreciate any advice or help! Thank you, My husband is a UK citizen and I am a US citizen, we are currently in the last stages of our CR-1 and he has visted me many times in the states while our application was waiting for approval. Just bring with you any ties that you can that you will not be staying in the US and that you have filed for the CR-1. Good luck to you on your journey.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2012-01-03 14:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC BACKED UP	I am a March filer as well and I am currently in NVC processing.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-09-15 15:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	2011 Tax Concerns	You can file as head of household. You are "considered unmarried" for the purpose of filing your income tax return as head of household. You lived apart from your spouse for at least the last six months of 2011 (visits don't count - we're talking official residence). Your marital status for the tax year is determined by your status on Dec. 31, 2011. http://taxes.about.c...ofhousehold.htm You can claim the Head of Household (HOH) filing status on your tax return if you are unmarried, have cared for a dependent for over half the year, and paid more than half the cost of maintaining a home. Taxpayers claiming the Head of Household filing status benefit from a higher standard deduction and lower tax rates compared to the single filing status. The definition of HOH filing status is quite specific, so read over the criteria carefully. You are unmarried or "considered unmarried" on the last day of the year. You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year. A "qualifying person" lived with you in the home for more than half the year (except for temporary absences, such as school). However, if the "qualifying person" is your dependent parent, he or she does not have to live with you. From the Head of Household section of IRS Publication 501. "Considered Unmarried" You are "considered unmarried" for tax purposes if on the last of the year you are: unmarried, legally separated from your spouse under a divorce or separate maintenance decree, or married but lived apart from your spouse for at least the last six months of the year.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2012-01-23 15:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Divorce Decree	I just wanted to update any one who went/or is going through the same RFE request as I did for the UK divorce decree. I sent in a b/w copy of the divorce decree along with a letter stating the following: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please find enclosed certified divorce decree absolute, as collected from the ( PLACE OF DIVORCE, UK) where the divorce proceedings took place. Having checked with the clerk, I was advised that in England divorce decree’s DO NOT carry a signature, and pointed out the stamp of Her Majesty Court Services to prove that it is certified and legal. It is a one page document. It has a stamp at the top right hand side with a crown symbol in the middle with the county court name. The clerk also pointed out the paragraph which includes the statement “it is hereby certified that the said decree was on the (INSERT DATE ON THE DECREE), made final and absolute and that the said marriage was thereby dissolved”. Please also see at the very bottom of the page, on the right hand side of the page the document is called a D37 DECREE OF ABSOLUTE (DIVORCE) USCIS received my response on the 20th of July and on the 29th I received my NOA2. I will admit I was worried about not sending a color copy but looks like I did just fine with the b/w. Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way so far.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-08-02 14:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Divorce Decree	Does he know anybody with a color scanner? Scan to file > email > you print on color printer. Wonderful idea and I am sure he does but my other problems is the fact that not only is he is the UK but working off shore on a rig until the end of July.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-07-18 16:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Divorce Decree	I think color makes the red stamp from the court stand out and highly suggest that. I guess I don't understand why it would take two weeks to go down to Office Max or Kinkos or your friend's who has a scanner/color printer. ???? They only reason it would take a couple weeks is because my husband has the original and he is in the UK right now. I only have a b/w copy. If I had the original you bet I would have went to Fed Ex and had them make me a color copy. Sadly that is not the case.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-07-18 08:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Divorce Decree	Does it have to be a color copy? I have a b/w copy with me that I can highlight and send in, it also has the stamp on it. Or should I wait a couple weeks until I can get the color one? I don't want to rush but I would really like to get to the next step.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-07-17 21:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Divorce Decree	Before applying, I had read that people were getting RFEs because they were not recognizing it as official. Here's what I sent and it was accepted with no RFE A color copy so the red seal shows up. Yellow highlighter over the sentence from "it is hereby certified that said decree...." and continuing to "...marriage was thereby dissolved." Highlight DATED:xxxxxxxx Yellow highlighter on the teeny, tiny print in the footer that says "Decree of Absolute (divorce)" I would repond with a letter saying something like, I believe the request for evidence to be in error because divorce decrees in the United Kingdom are not signed by a judge, but rather stamped with the seal of the court. I am again submitting a copy of my [husband's/wife's] United Kingdom Decree Absolute which is stamped in red by the (name the court however it's written on the red seal). Then send a copy with the highlighting like I did to point it all out to them. Thank you so so much for the advice. I will do exactly that and hopefully I will get my NOA2 soon after. My goodness I would be lost with out this site and everyone who has helped me along the way. I appreciate you taking the time to help me.	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-07-17 11:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Divorce Decree	The UK divorce Decree Absolute is not normally signed by a judge. Did you have a copy of that letter from the court with a small red ink circle stamp? Sometimes USCIS doesn't realize that's what a UK divorce looks like. That is exactly what I sent to them but it was a copy. Should I send in the original with a letter? How would I get proof that they are normally not signed? Thank you so much for the response!!	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-07-17 08:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	RFE Divorce Decree	Does anyone know how long or how hard it is to get a copy of a divorce decree from the UK signed by the judge? Thank you!!	Donnison2011	Female	England	2011-07-16 14:21:00