Questions...

[A & C 22]

Hello VJer's

After what seems like forever and a day things are FINALLY starting to happen... I (the beneficiary) and my soon-to-be-husband (the petitioner) are legally getting married (in Canada) in 13 days and then we are flying down to the Dominican Republic to have a small symbolic ceremony on the beach on November 5th and a little honeymoon before he returns home to work. During his 2 weeks here we will be gathering all of the information needed to send away to get our Visa rolling. So why am I posting you may be wondering, well besides telling you my life story in a few sentences I also have a few questions. And please forgive me in advance because I am almost 100% positive that the questions I ask are questions that have been asked a thousand times before. But unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to read everything that is on this site. So the answer is YES, before anyone posts me links to answers to my questions, I have probably read 100 times... I am just the kind of person that likes to hear/read it directly from an actual person rather then from a post or document someone wrote who knows when. Because even though I have read most of the documents and information regarding the IR-1/CR-1, I am still confused. So I just want to make sure we have this right the first time... In the first initial package that we put together and send in... is this all that is needed...?

Payment

Cover Letter

I-130 Form

Copy of Birth Certificate (petitioner)

Copy of Marriage Certificate

G-325A Form x2 (one for each of us)

Passport sized photos x2 (one of each of us)

Evidence of Bonafide Marriage (here also is where some of my questions arise)

We plan on sending in photos. I was thinking 3-5 photos of each time we have visited each other, plus engagement photos, as well as wedding photos. Also we just purchased a house in Kentucky (the state we will live in)...Let me clarify that, he just bought a house (closing/possession happens on Oct 26), and we are planning on having my name put on the house deed as well, to show that we own this property together, the only thing is my maiden name will be on the deed and not my married name as closing is 2 days before we legally marry. Is this okay? Will this count towards proof of a bonafide marriage? If we also have family members/friends write us letters for proof can it only be the petitioners family/friends or can it be mine (the beneficiaries) as well?

Next question and I believe the last question... At what point do we send in the affidavit of support? Is this after all of our documents are forwarded to the NVC and once they send out the package to us that we have to complete. Sorry I lied a couple more questions regarding the affidavit of support. I have read and I know its true that he needs to provide 3 years of taxes and show that he earns 125% above the poverty line. Here is the situation regarding this... He was in University from September of 2008 until May of 2012 when he graduate with his bachelors degree. Part of the schooling he took required him to do a co-op. He managed to get on with an awesome company in Kentucky for his co-op where he worked part-time while going to school and made 20 dollars an hour. His co-op finished in July when he got hired on as a permanent full-time employee and his starting salary is 50K a year. Because he won't have 3 years of filed taxes due to the fact that he was in school and this is his one and only job, do we still need to find a joint-sponsor? I ask this because his starting salary is so high, although to the 'scary people upstairs' it may not matter... We won't have any issue finding a joint sponsor, it just seems so silly when the sponsor would probably be his parents and he makes more than they do. My goal once said visa is approved (I pray) is to find a job as a Nurse (which is what I am in Canada), but to become a nurse I have a few hoops to jump through, like scary exams... So I wanted to get this visa ship sailing before I jumped onto that ship.

Thanks for any help anyone is able to give me regarding these questions. And sorry for posting what seems to me like a small book!

C

[Ryan H 3,812]

Affidavit of support forms and documentation is submitted to the NVC.

[at long last 58]

Photocopy the stamps from your passports to show your travel to see each as well, don't forget to copy all pages of the passport.

good luck on your journey..

Terri