U.S.Citizen received disability from social security before marriage

[skillyou 0]

Hello all,

i'm sending as i'm married to a U.S. Citizen wife who lived in the states and her source of income was payment from the social security as SSI (supplementary income ) for disability since childhood and she was used to receive that for about 3 years until we got married and as we lived in (egypt,my national country) we called to cancel that payment as i was handling all costs without problems.further she was used to receive medical care and free meds prescribed by her doctor in the states (and before marriage we lived together for 3 months and always used the payment to buy her the meds as she can't receive them overseas for free!).

anyway,she had to go back to the states as we suffered a bit with doctors here as well as suffering for costs of these meds in here as she needed new examinations and probably change of these meds,etc...,in the embassy couldnt of course get something like visitor's visa to be with her for a while and they informed we have to go through all the path of immigration visa (which i believed it is the K-3 ONLY in the beginning before i even knew about IR1 or CR1).our marriage is about a year old now and she suffered alot after she was back with her family sometimes and with a residence place,etc... and i even can't contact her that much(except for the emails being short and insufficient as contact between me and my love of life while she is sick,lonely and really poor in there!!!),realizing the fact that she can't be back here easily as staying there means visiting her doctors who know her case frequently and receiving the high-cost meds for free as we surely won't be able to afford them here.

anyway,i needed all suggestions as i believe she has sent out the documents for I-130 and i'm not sure if she received any response yet especially she got no premanent residence in there so far which makes it even more difficult.

from searching online i knew that CR1 visa is shorter in time and i will appreciate any suggestion about an attorney who can handle it for reasonable fee either if I-130 approved or in any case..

i realize there is an affidavit of support which is the main issue of all the path after the petition ( I-134 for K3 or I-864 for the CR1)and as i believe she won't meet most of its conditions like poverty limit,etc... but i say that i can arrange a joint sponsor who is my uncle living in the states and is a U.S. Citizen as well as some friends who are U.S.Citizens and will have no problems being joint sponsors.

please,if any of you here have any experience like that i will appreciate any suggestions and advices and i believe some of the people here are having good knowledge with the differences between visas K3 and CR1,processing times and such..

thank you all and sorry for explaining it so long but i just wanted to share every detail.

[Lona.C. 16]

Hello all,

i'm sending as i'm married to a U.S. Citizen wife who lived in the states and her source of income was payment from the social security as SSI (supplementary income ) for disability since childhood and she was used to receive that for about 3 years until we got married and as we lived in (egypt,my national country) we called to cancel that payment as i was handling all costs without problems.further she was used to receive medical care and free meds prescribed by her doctor in the states (and before marriage we lived together for 3 months and always used the payment to buy her the meds as she can't receive them overseas for free!).

anyway,she had to go back to the states as we suffered a bit with doctors here as well as suffering for costs of these meds in here as she needed new examinations and probably change of these meds,etc...,in the embassy couldnt of course get something like visitor's visa to be with her for a while and they informed we have to go through all the path of immigration visa (which i believed it is the K-3 ONLY in the beginning before i even knew about IR1 or CR1).our marriage is about a year old now and she suffered alot after she was back with her family sometimes and with a residence place,etc... and i even can't contact her that much(except for the emails being short and insufficient as contact between me and my love of life while she is sick,lonely and really poor in there!!!),realizing the fact that she can't be back here easily as staying there means visiting her doctors who know her case frequently and receiving the high-cost meds for free as we surely won't be able to afford them here.

anyway,i needed all suggestions as i believe she has sent out the documents for I-130 and i'm not sure if she received any response yet especially she got no premanent residence in there so far which makes it even more difficult.

from searching online i knew that CR1 visa is shorter in time and i will appreciate any suggestion about an attorney who can handle it for reasonable fee either if I-130 approved or in any case..

i realize there is an affidavit of support which is the main issue of all the path after the petition ( I-134 for K3 or I-864 for the CR1)and as i believe she won't meet most of its conditions like poverty limit,etc... but i say that i can arrange a joint sponsor who is my uncle living in the states and is a U.S. Citizen as well as some friends who are U.S.Citizens and will have no problems being joint sponsors.

please,if any of you here have any experience like that i will appreciate any suggestions and advices and i believe some of the people here are having good knowledge with the differences between visas K3 and CR1,processing times and such..

thank you all and sorry for explaining it so long but i just wanted to share every detail.

YOU SAY your wife is U.S citizen , but yet this part where you say

anyway,i needed all suggestions as i believe she has sent out the documents for I-130 and i'm not sure if she received any response yet especially she got no premanent residence in there so far which makes it even more difficult.

is kinda confuessing if you could be more clear on your wifes status maybe someone with knowlage would be able to help you

because correct me if I.m wrong but if shes not a U.S citizen she cant sponser a relative ??

[pushbrk 13,072]

Hello all,

i'm sending as i'm married to a U.S. Citizen wife who lived in the states and her source of income was payment from the social security as SSI (supplementary income ) for disability since childhood and she was used to receive that for about 3 years until we got married and as we lived in (egypt,my national country) we called to cancel that payment as i was handling all costs without problems.further she was used to receive medical care and free meds prescribed by her doctor in the states (and before marriage we lived together for 3 months and always used the payment to buy her the meds as she can't receive them overseas for free!).

anyway,she had to go back to the states as we suffered a bit with doctors here as well as suffering for costs of these meds in here as she needed new examinations and probably change of these meds,etc...,in the embassy couldnt of course get something like visitor's visa to be with her for a while and they informed we have to go through all the path of immigration visa (which i believed it is the K-3 ONLY in the beginning before i even knew about IR1 or CR1).our marriage is about a year old now and she suffered alot after she was back with her family sometimes and with a residence place,etc... and i even can't contact her that much(except for the emails being short and insufficient as contact between me and my love of life while she is sick,lonely and really poor in there!!!),realizing the fact that she can't be back here easily as staying there means visiting her doctors who know her case frequently and receiving the high-cost meds for free as we surely won't be able to afford them here.

anyway,i needed all suggestions as i believe she has sent out the documents for I-130 and i'm not sure if she received any response yet especially she got no premanent residence in there so far which makes it even more difficult.

from searching online i knew that CR1 visa is shorter in time and i will appreciate any suggestion about an attorney who can handle it for reasonable fee either if I-130 approved or in any case..

i realize there is an affidavit of support which is the main issue of all the path after the petition ( I-134 for K3 or I-864 for the CR1)and as i believe she won't meet most of its conditions like poverty limit,etc... but i say that i can arrange a joint sponsor who is my uncle living in the states and is a U.S. Citizen as well as some friends who are U.S.Citizens and will have no problems being joint sponsors.

please,if any of you here have any experience like that i will appreciate any suggestions and advices and i believe some of the people here are having good knowledge with the differences between visas K3 and CR1,processing times and such..

thank you all and sorry for explaining it so long but i just wanted to share every detail.

By now you know that cancelling her SSI was a bad idea. She'll need to get that started again to take care of her income needs. She'll also need to arrange for "medicaid" if she hasn't already.

You uncle co-sponsoring will be fine. IF she already filed the I-130 then you've started the immigration process. Can she also join this site and provide a profile and timeline. We are here to help, so usually an attorney is not needed.

Why does your username contain the words "kill you"?

Edited January 6, 2008 by pushbrk

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

YOU SAY your wife is U.S citizen , but yet this part where you say

anyway,i needed all suggestions as i believe she has sent out the documents for I-130 and i'm not sure if she received any response yet especially she got no premanent residence in there so far which makes it even more difficult.

is kinda confuessing if you could be more clear on your wifes status maybe someone with knowlage would be able to help you

because correct me if I.m wrong but if shes not a U.S citizen she cant sponser a relative ??

I think what the OP means is that since his wife came back to the states that she isn't a permenant resident of the state yet because she lived in Egypt for 3 months and some states require that you reside in that state for 6 months to a year to be considered a permanent resident. The permanent resident status could affect her social security and medicare/medicade benefits if she reapplied in the state she currently resides. Also it could be that she is floating from residence to residence struggling and doesn't have one place to rest her head and recieve her mail which makes it difficult.

Edited January 7, 2008 by OlivianWaleed

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I agree the CR-1 is the superior visa to the K3 but going through the Egyptian consulate does not mean that one visa will be faster than the other as many of us are stuck in AP for 6-9 months. If you've already filed the K3 and haven't recieved the approval yet there is still time to file for the CR-1 it is just an additional wait time. Try asking your wife to call and check on where her petition is in the process and get a reciept number from them. With the reciept number she can follow the case online.

It's a personal choice if you'd both like to go with an immigration lawyer but with resources like this site it's all doable on your own without incurring extra fees. We're here if you need help and please feel free to come ask questions in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) forum where many of us are going through the same processes and dealing with the same people as you and your spouse are.

Olivia

Hello all,

i'm sending as i'm married to a U.S. Citizen wife who lived in the states and her source of income was payment from the social security as SSI (supplementary income ) for disability since childhood and she was used to receive that for about 3 years until we got married and as we lived in (egypt,my national country) we called to cancel that payment as i was handling all costs without problems.further she was used to receive medical care and free meds prescribed by her doctor in the states (and before marriage we lived together for 3 months and always used the payment to buy her the meds as she can't receive them overseas for free!).

anyway,she had to go back to the states as we suffered a bit with doctors here as well as suffering for costs of these meds in here as she needed new examinations and probably change of these meds,etc...,in the embassy couldnt of course get something like visitor's visa to be with her for a while and they informed we have to go through all the path of immigration visa (which i believed it is the K-3 ONLY in the beginning before i even knew about IR1 or CR1).our marriage is about a year old now and she suffered alot after she was back with her family sometimes and with a residence place,etc... and i even can't contact her that much(except for the emails being short and insufficient as contact between me and my love of life while she is sick,lonely and really poor in there!!!),realizing the fact that she can't be back here easily as staying there means visiting her doctors who know her case frequently and receiving the high-cost meds for free as we surely won't be able to afford them here.

anyway,i needed all suggestions as i believe she has sent out the documents for I-130 and i'm not sure if she received any response yet especially she got no premanent residence in there so far which makes it even more difficult.

from searching online i knew that CR1 visa is shorter in time and i will appreciate any suggestion about an attorney who can handle it for reasonable fee either if I-130 approved or in any case..

i realize there is an affidavit of support which is the main issue of all the path after the petition ( I-134 for K3 or I-864 for the CR1)and as i believe she won't meet most of its conditions like poverty limit,etc... but i say that i can arrange a joint sponsor who is my uncle living in the states and is a U.S. Citizen as well as some friends who are U.S.Citizens and will have no problems being joint sponsors.

please,if any of you here have any experience like that i will appreciate any suggestions and advices and i believe some of the people here are having good knowledge with the differences between visas K3 and CR1,processing times and such..

thank you all and sorry for explaining it so long but i just wanted to share every detail.

[pushbrk 13,072]

I agree the CR-1 is the superior visa to the K3 but going through the Egyptian consulate does not mean that one visa will be faster than the other as many of us are stuck in AP for 6-9 months. If you've already filed the K3 and haven't recieved the approval yet there is still time to file for the CR-1 it is just an additional wait time. Try asking your wife to call and check on where her petition is in the process and get a reciept number from them. With the reciept number she can follow the case online.

It's a personal choice if you'd both like to go with an immigration lawyer but with resources like this site it's all doable on your own without incurring extra fees. We're here if you need help and please feel free to come ask questions in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) forum where many of us are going through the same processes and dealing with the same people as you and your spouse are.

Olivia

There is not still time to file for a CR1 visa. That is done with the first petition filed, the I-130. K3 is a decision that can wait because that petition comes second or simultaneously. If both an I-130 and I-129F have been filed, then they are on the K3 path.

[desert_fox 32]

YOU SAY your wife is U.S citizen , but yet this part where you say

anyway,i needed all suggestions as i believe she has sent out the documents for I-130 and i'm not sure if she received any response yet especially she got no premanent residence in there so far which makes it even more difficult.

is kinda confuessing if you could be more clear on your wifes status maybe someone with knowlage would be able to help you

because correct me if I.m wrong but if shes not a U.S citizen she cant sponser a relative ??

I think what the OP means is that since his wife came back to the states that she isn't a permenant resident of the state yet because she lived in Egypt for 3 months and some states require that you reside in that state for 6 months to a year to be considered a permanent resident. The permanent resident status could affect her social security and medicare/medicade benefits if she reapplied in the state she currently resides. Also it could be that she is floating from residence to residence struggling and doesn't have one place to rest her head and recieve her mail which makes it difficult.

You can live wherever you want, including overseas and collect SS benefits. Each Consulate even has a SS officer assigned. State residency has nothing to do with collecting SS, as it is a federal program.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

See this thread: Switching from K3 to CR-1