AOS Request at Consulate Embassy

[tsx2010 0]

Hello,

My wife just had her interview today at the Embassy and everything went pretty well... except for that they requested a certified document stating the relationship between the petitioner (myself) and the sponsor.... Has anyone had this issue? How do I get a certified document like that? Would a normal letter written and signed by the sponsor be enough to satisfy this requirement?

[HeatDeath 430]

I've never done a spousal visa, but it sounds to me like they want a marriage certificate. That would certainly be "a certified document stating [your] relationship...". I'm pretty sure you had to include one with the original filings you've already done, but maybe it got lost? If it's in a non-English language, they will probably want a certified translation.

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

As the husband, you are the sponsor, so I am assuming you mean a co-sponsor or joint sponsor, ie someone who is helping with the financial requirements? I have not heard of this request before, but unless you are closely related (say, the co-sponsor is your mother and you can provide a birth cert), a letter from the co-sponsor, notarised by a lawyer or similar, should be fine.

[tsx2010 0]

I am sorry, I didnt specify. I meant to say the co-sponsor. So basically, they requested a notarized statement that explains the relationship between my co-sponsor and my wife. So notarized means authenticated by a lawyer? And also, the document states: the statement should specify a projected monthly budget for the applicant, is there some sort of guideline that shows how much should be set aside on behalf of the co-sponsor? Anyone had this issue before?

thanks in advance!

[HeatDeath 430]

When I applied at the consulate for my K-1, I had a cosponsor - my USC wife's USC mother. They would already have had proof of relationship there because they had my wife's birth certificate from the I-128F petition. The I-134, as I recall, has a place where it asks what specific support the sponsor will be supplying. My wife, the primary sponsor, wrote "I intend to marry him and hold property in common in as husband and wife." My cosponsor, no mother-in-law, wrote "Room and board for approximately one year". These sound like the kinds of info they're asking for.

I notice from checking my I-864s that they don't include this kind of detailed info. Does the CR-1 process not normally include I-134s at the consulate level? Because it almost sounds like that's what they want. It has fields both for "Relationship to sponsor" and "Nature and Duration of specific contributions".

[tsx2010 0]

When I applied at the consulate for my K-1, I had a cosponsor - my USC wife's USC mother. They would already have had proof of relationship there because they had my wife's birth certificate from the I-128F petition. The I-134, as I recall, has a place where it asks what specific support the sponsor will be supplying. My wife, the primary sponsor, wrote "I intend to marry him and hold property in common in as husband and wife." My cosponsor, no mother-in-law, wrote "Room and board for approximately one year". These sound like the kinds of info they're asking for.

I notice from checking my I-864s that they don't include this kind of detailed info. Does the CR-1 process not normally include I-134s at the consulate level? Because it almost sounds like that's what they want. It has fields both for "Relationship to sponsor" and "Nature and Duration of specific contributions".

Yeah, CR1 did not ask for anything like that, especially not on the I-864.

[Anh map 2,098]

OP, what consulate/embassy are you dealing with? That may help in getting specific feedback for you.

[tsx2010 0]

Baghdad

[Darnell 8,479]

Wow - this happened in Armenia? my god - that Armenia ConOff is really hard, these days.

Sometimes - co-sponsers are the petitioner's parents - and if that's the case - show a certified birth certificate with your name and the parents' name on it.

if the co-sponser is a brother or sister - then show 1) your birth certificate and 2) his/her birth certificate.

With any other type of co-sponser - you will need a letter of attestation, notarized, stating the relationship between YOU and the co-sponser (friend, cousin, etc ) .

re: the projected budget - wow - Armenia is really f'ing hard these days. Go ahead and prepare it, figure at least 1000/month on yer foreign spouse.

[tsx2010 0]

Wow - this happened in Armenia? my god - that Armenia ConOff is really hard, these days.

Sometimes - co-sponsers are the petitioner's parents - and if that's the case - show a certified birth certificate with your name and the parents' name on it.

if the co-sponser is a brother or sister - then show 1) your birth certificate and 2) his/her birth certificate.

With any other type of co-sponser - you will need a letter of attestation, notarized, stating the relationship between YOU and the co-sponser (friend, cousin, etc ) .

re: the projected budget - wow - Armenia is really f'ing hard these days. Go ahead and prepare it, figure at least 1000/month on yer foreign spouse.

Baghdad, Iraq lol not Armenia

[Darnell 8,479]

Hey - fix yer profile, fix yer timeline.

There's not that many ppl actually getting interviewed in Baghdad, so any data you can get in, helps those coming up behind you.

[tsx2010 0]

Hey - fix yer profile, fix yer timeline.

There's not that many ppl actually getting interviewed in Baghdad, so any data you can get in, helps those coming up behind you.

Definitely, I will update it.

About this sponsor document, if my sponsor would claim room and board and 500bucks a month... would that be enough? any ideas?