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MarkGenefer   9

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So my soon to be wife and I have decided to go it alone. By that we mean we will be filling out all the paperwork ourselves. I should say myself. Since I am here in the Philippines for the purpos of getting married to Genefer I will leave most of the documents for her to have for the embassy interview. I will take the originals home and make copies for her. Same for the pictures. I will develop them and leave the best ones behind for the embassy interview. So my first question for anyone who can help is this. My soon to be wife has 1 child however at this time we will only be petioning for Genefer. Her daughter will stay behind for 6 months or so with family. I am divorced so when I look at the I864p chart income guidelines am I correct that my ex wife is 1 dependant Genefer is 2 and me 3? The child will be petioned for at a later date so she does not have to be accounted for at this time am I correct? I hope I can lean on some members of VJ during this frustrating and confusing time.

Thanks to anyone for your help.

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Filed DCF March 31 2014

I-130 Approved April 7

MNL Case number April 10

Filled out DS-260

Medical Passed

Made appointment at USEM for interview

INTERVIEW PASSED!! 8/25/14

CEAC WEBSITE SAYS VISA ISSUED

VISA IN POSSESSION 8/29/14

CFO DONE 9/10/14

POE Dallas 9/17/14

Finally Home!

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MarkGenefer   9

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Invesconile, I have a feeling your response was interesting. However all I can see is boxes and numbers.

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Filed DCF March 31 2014

I-130 Approved April 7

MNL Case number April 10

Filled out DS-260

Medical Passed

Made appointment at USEM for interview

INTERVIEW PASSED!! 8/25/14

CEAC WEBSITE SAYS VISA ISSUED

VISA IN POSSESSION 8/29/14

CFO DONE 9/10/14

POE Dallas 9/17/14

Finally Home!

Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,834

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OP, your household count would be as follows:

  • You
  • The sponsored immigrant (specific to your case, your wife)
  • any minor children that you already have

Since your step-daughter is not immigrating at this time, she is not included in your household count. Your ex would not be included in your household count either.

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

MarkGenefer Explorer

MarkGenefer   9

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Philippines
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OP, your household count would be as follows:

  • You
  • The sponsored immigrant (specific to your case, your wife)
  • any minor children that you already have

Since your step-daughter is not immigrating at this time, she is not included in your household count. Your ex would not be included in your household count either.

Thanks for the answer it sounds good to me. Have a question for you. What does OP mean? Also your saying my ex is not included in the count? Even though she gets alimony from me? I thought that would make her a dependent.

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Filed DCF March 31 2014

I-130 Approved April 7

MNL Case number April 10

Filled out DS-260

Medical Passed

Made appointment at USEM for interview

INTERVIEW PASSED!! 8/25/14

CEAC WEBSITE SAYS VISA ISSUED

VISA IN POSSESSION 8/29/14

CFO DONE 9/10/14

POE Dallas 9/17/14

Finally Home!

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Ivy.   113

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OP means "original poster", the person that started the thread.

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Darnell Grand Master

Darnell   8,479

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Stephanie - I like the way you broke down all the steps for chasing a CR-1 visa.

IMO (and others) it's the same steps that Loto covered in the wiki in his 2 wiki page entries - you might want to suggest to George and Marilu that they find those 2 wiki pages and study study study ! One is a condensed version, and the other is detailed.

Maybe George is a reader? Stephanie, I really pray you can show George the links and George uses a PC and not and handphone.

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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MarkGenefer Explorer

MarkGenefer   9

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Philippines
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As for using affidavits to prove my marriage is not a sham marriage. Can I make my own affidavits and have them notorized? Other than my marriage license and the proof of our relationship ie: pictures boarding passes IM's receipts skype chats the fact that I have been to see Genefer now 5 times. I have some phone records. What am missing or perhaps I'm just being paranoid about the stages yet to come.

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Filed DCF March 31 2014

I-130 Approved April 7

MNL Case number April 10

Filled out DS-260

Medical Passed

Made appointment at USEM for interview

INTERVIEW PASSED!! 8/25/14

CEAC WEBSITE SAYS VISA ISSUED

VISA IN POSSESSION 8/29/14

CFO DONE 9/10/14

POE Dallas 9/17/14

Finally Home!

 
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