DCF in Peru

[mrsbuendia 0]

When filing for DCF what kind of evidence should I bring to prove I have been in Peru for 6 months? (I am the US citizen)Thanks!

[yachachiq12 43]

You need to get a Movimiento Migratorio from DIGEMIN in Lima that shows your presence. Also show copies of your entire passport (to have the stamps) and the type of residency or visa you're on.

A member here just received his wife's visa this week from Lima via DCF process while on a tourist visa, so it is possible. If you have a carnet de extranjeria, that will do, or other visa type. Just provide the documentation.

Edited February 2, 2012 by yachachiq12

[mfa 1]

Sorry...I found this topic late...maybe nobody is looking at it anymore.

So, the US consulate in Peru does offer DCFs?

Good.

I am a US citizen living in Lima legally.

My wife is Peruvian.

My passport shows I arrived November 12, 2011.

I also received my Carnet Ext. on February 24th, 2012.

Which date does my 6 months start from?

Also, we will not be moving anywhere until this coming December/January.

Once received, will the visa only be valid for 6 months?

I am confused on how to time all of this.

[yachachiq12 43]

Sorry...I found this topic late...maybe nobody is looking at it anymore.

So, the US consulate in Peru does offer DCFs?

Good.

I am a US citizen living in Lima legally.

My wife is Peruvian.

My passport shows I arrived November 12, 2011.

I also received my Carnet Ext. on February 24th, 2012.

Which date does my 6 months start from?

Also, we will not be moving anywhere until this coming December/January.

Once received, will the visa only be valid for 6 months?

I am confused on how to time all of this.

Hi mfa, your clock starts when you arrive in your case (you've been residing here continuously even though you just received the CE). You should be eligible starting June 12, 2012. If you look at our timeline, you'll see that we filed the I-130 via DCF about 10 months before we left Peru. We did this knowing the process could only take 2 months or so, but we wanted to be sure we could depart from Peru together by a certain date. When we got our I-130 approval in March and received an appointment for the next month, we emailed the IV unit and asked them to hold our application until we were ready to depart Peru. We emailed them again in early November and asked and received a December appointment and then left in December.

So, you could file in June and then probably just let the process proceed normally. The visa is valid for six months as you say, so in your case you might not even need to halt the process in the middle.

[mfa 1]

Excellent. Thanks!

What is all of the talk I hear regarding establishing domicile...or "re"establishing it?

I have a job here. I am a teacher. When we get back to Chicago we'll live at my sister's or mother's place until I get a teaching job there.

There's no problem with this, right?

How can either of us have a job/apartment/house until we get back to the US?

[yachachiq12 43]

You can show intent to re-establish domicile. Do a search on the forums for it. You'll see what others have done. I think there's a topic pinned at the top of the Canada forum in the Regional forums about it.

For example, I showed my US driver license, bank accounts, voter reg, as well as emails concerning apartment hunting and starting up a new job. I also showed my school enrollment in the US and a letter from my mom that said she would be "renting" us a room in her house until we signed our own lease. Think along these same lines.

And read the I-864 instructions and search for other threads for ideas.