how long should she work

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My wife and I have been living in the uK for the past 3 years. We have completed the first part of the application for an immigrant vis through the london embassy. We have been struggling to find a joint sponsor so my wife is considering moving back first and finding work. My question is how long she would need to be in a steady job to be able to be the main sponsor. I heard from one source it was 5 months of a secure position with an earning of 125% of the poverty line.

HAs anyone else had this experience? I hear thats its up to the officers discretion of how long he see as a secure job but this doesnt really help. If anyone else has been in a similar position with their application I would love to hear from them. The other thing is if we could find a joint sponsor and were able to go back together is it possible they could refuse the green card at the port of entry as we habe been living outside the US for 3 years. In which case is it better for my wife to go back first and prove ties to the US?

cheers

Ant

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[Penguin_ie 5,993]

I have read a couple of people on here who got a letter from their new employer the first week on the job, and got approved with that, especially in low fraud countries like yours. If you have any assets at all (savings, car etc), you could list those too (even though you don;t ned to if over the 125% income) to show you won't be pennyless should the job not work out.

Any visa can be refused at the point of entry if fraud is suspected, but this extremely rare with DCF visas, and certainly not for the reason of living abroad for a few years- that is what the visa is for!

[trailmix 77]

My wife and I have been living in the uK for the past 3 years. We have completed the first part of the application for an immigrant vis through the london embassy. We have been struggling to find a joint sponsor so my wife is considering moving back first and finding work. My question is how long she would need to be in a steady job to be able to be the main sponsor. I heard from one source it was 5 months of a secure position with an earning of 125% of the poverty line.

HAs anyone else had this experience? I hear thats its up to the officers discretion of how long he see as a secure job but this doesnt really help. If anyone else has been in a similar position with their application I would love to hear from them. The other thing is if we could find a joint sponsor and were able to go back together is it possible they could refuse the green card at the port of entry as we habe been living outside the US for 3 years. In which case is it better for my wife to go back first and prove ties to the US?

cheers

Ant

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Having them turn you back at the port of entry, when you have a valid visa would be for other reasons - they do not care if you have been living outside the country. What you need to be looking at is proving domicile while not physically living in the U.S. - if you are going to have a problem proving domicile that will happen at the interview - not at the port of entry.

This thread may help make the domicile issue clearer:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=164618

As for financial sponsorship - is there any possibility that you can use some assets, as Penguin mentioned?

[Marina-Del 10]

My wife and I have been living in the uK for the past 3 years. We have completed the first part of the application for an immigrant vis through the london embassy. We have been struggling to find a joint sponsor so my wife is considering moving back first and finding work. My question is how long she would need to be in a steady job to be able to be the main sponsor. I heard from one source it was 5 months of a secure position with an earning of 125% of the poverty line.

HAs anyone else had this experience? I hear thats its up to the officers discretion of how long he see as a secure job but this doesnt really help. If anyone else has been in a similar position with their application I would love to hear from them. The other thing is if we could find a joint sponsor and were able to go back together is it possible they could refuse the green card at the port of entry as we habe been living outside the US for 3 years. In which case is it better for my wife to go back first and prove ties to the US?

cheers

Ant

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Having them turn you back at the port of entry, when you have a valid visa would be for other reasons - they do not care if you have been living outside the country. What you need to be looking at is proving domicile while not physically living in the U.S. - if you are going to have a problem proving domicile that will happen at the interview - not at the port of entry.

This thread may help make the domicile issue clearer:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=164618

As for financial sponsorship - is there any possibility that you can use some assets, as Penguin mentioned?

I am sure that others know more about this than I do, but when me and my ex-fiancee (back in 2006) had our interview for a K-1 visa they did not ask to see our affidants of support. And we were approved. Apparently, London is one of the few consulates that will accept the non-USC to sponser themselves if they make enough money. My fiancee showed letters from his employer in London and his bank accounts (he was making good money in London, not TONS (he wasn't rich) but he was doing okay). We had sponsorship from my parents ready, but they never asked to see the papers. I was working as a waitress in London and I had been a student in the US, so they definitely did not think that I made any money! He worked in IT so I'm not sure if the guy interviewing us just looked at the amount of money he had saved and determined that, being an IT guy, he could find a job once he got to the US.

Again, this was for K-1 and not DCF and it was in 2006. I remember at the time reading online that London was one of the very few consulates that would allow this. I'd suggest looking into it -assuming you have an okay paying job in the UK- just to see what you can find!

Good luck!