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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a great Sunday.

I'm reading over the Packet 3 that I downloaded from the URL I got. I have a few questions that I've done some searching on here to answer but haven't come up with the strongest answers as of yet.

1. Evidence of petitioner’s domicile in the United States. In our case, my fiancee currently rents out a house that her father owns. It's very informal, there is no lease, there are no receipts. However, he is intending on being a co-sponsor.

Would proof of ownership of the house in his name be valid here?

If not, how would we go about proving evidence of domicile? I have seen on this thread that bringing bills and letters that have the name and address on them are not always acceptable.

2. Two photographs (in color). This is pretty vague ... do they mean two photographs of me (the beneficiary)? What format of photographs - do they want the passport style? Or do they want one picture of me, one picture of the petitioner?

I had a whole bunch of questions about the police check but thankfully some skilled searching around on here got all of that answered. :)

Thanks folks! I love you all! :D

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Hi.

Proof of domicile means proving that the petitioner lives in the US generally. Recent tax returns can do this as well as the proof of ownership. Remember, owning a house doesn't mean you live there, so they want something reasonably recent (preferably government type) that shows he is living in that home. I only used the tax returns (same ones I used for the support) - they did not actually "ask" for this separately in my case, so the returns must have been sufficient.

The photographs are of you...these are 2" x 2" pictures, like passport photos - one gets attached to the medical when you have it, and the other is used for your visa itself. You can get these anywhere passport photos are taken - the visa ones are just a shade bigger.

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1) If your fiancee has a job contract here, that's one evidence. Driver's license too.

See link: http://www.***removed***/affidavit-of-support/country-of-domicile.html

2) Yes you need passport photos, for you and for your fiancee.

Provide details (what forms, what question number) and it will be easier to answer your questions. Not an expert but I have searched a lot to complete my AOS application. I have applied for EAD twice before and had been successful. So keeping my fingers crossed. :)

Good luck!

08/20/2014 Application (I-130/I-485 concurrent filing) received at Chicago lockbox

09/04/2014 NOA (text and email) at 12:40 AM

09/05/2014 USCIS case status activated

I-485 is forwarded to Nebraska Service Center (dated 09/02/2014 for the fingerprint fee): Acceptance Status

I-130, I-131 and I-765 are all dated 08/20/2014 (all are at Initial Review)

09/08/2014 NOA hard copies received

09/12/2014 Biometrics appointment letters, scheduled on 09/24/204

09/24/2014 Biometrics done :)

11/08/2014 EAD in production (called USCIS 11/05/2014 and they put in a service request for me)

11/14/2014 Ready to be scheduled for interview! Hooray! :)

11/18/2014 Got my EAD/AP in the mail. ;)

12/06/2017 Received notice for interview (Jan 8) :D

01/08/2015 Interview, verbal approval

01/12/2015 New Card in Production!

01/17/2015 GC received!!! but not done yet, my name is "incorrect," I have not changed my last name yet and they change it in the card. The EAD and AP are correct though.


Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Posted

Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a great Sunday.

I'm reading over the Packet 3 that I downloaded from the URL I got. I have a few questions that I've done some searching on here to answer but haven't come up with the strongest answers as of yet.

1. Evidence of petitioner’s domicile in the United States. In our case, my fiancee currently rents out a house that her father owns. It's very informal, there is no lease, there are no receipts. However, he is intending on being a co-sponsor.

Would proof of ownership of the house in his name be valid here?

If not, how would we go about proving evidence of domicile? I have seen on this thread that bringing bills and letters that have the name and address on them are not always acceptable.

2. Two photographs (in color). This is pretty vague ... do they mean two photographs of me (the beneficiary)? What format of photographs - do they want the passport style? Or do they want one picture of me, one picture of the petitioner?

I had a whole bunch of questions about the police check but thankfully some skilled searching around on here got all of that answered. :)

Thanks folks! I love you all! :D

You should get a formal letter from your fiancee's father that he owns the house, and that his daughter is the established tenant. Also, I would assume that your fiancee has been paying some sort of rent or something? Why can't your fiancee's father make receipts to prove this? Receipts can just be hand written. But otherwise, as others have said, you should be able to get bills that prove domicile. They especially like to see utility bills (gas, water, electricity).. but you should also bring things like cable bill/cell phone/whatever else comes to the house.

The passport question has been answered! :)

Good luck!

IR1/CR1 Visa - We are using a lawyer!

Embassy: Montreal, Canada

USCIS

22 Jan 2013 -- packageSent
31 Jan 2013 -- NOA1 from NBC

6 Mar 2013 -- I130 transferred to Orlando local field office (which started the whole nightmare)

Mar 2013 to October 2013 no one would tell us where our case was or what was happening. I suspected the whole time it was just sitting in a corner somewhere in the Orlando field office. I was pretty much right.

October 2013 - get congressman involved. Congressman asks USCIS repeatedly about our case but they won't even tell them anything.

31 Jan 2014- finally get NOA2!!!! (we think the nightmare is over!)

NVC

Our case was not sent from the Orlando field office as it should have been. The nightmare continues. We kept calling NVC and asking if they received our case, and they always said "NO" and that we had to wait 90 business days for it to be received. We called USCIS during this time and they kept telling us it had been sent. After the 90 days of agonizing frustration, NVC then started telling us we had to wait 120 business days. I got our congressman involved again, and they told the congressman it was sitting at the Orlando office this whole time (just as I thought it was!).

22 Apr 2014 -- NVC received
16 May 2014 -- NVC case number assigned
24 May 2014 -- AoS and IV bills paid

28 May 2014 -- Sent AoS and IV Packages

6 June 2014 -- documents scanned

18 July 2014 -- false checklist from NVC

21 July 2014 -- Case complete

28 July 2014 -- receive case complete email from NV

30 July 2014 -- interview booked! September 11 here I come!

Embassy
04 Sept 2014 -- Medical
11 Sept 2014 -- Interview - APPROVED!!!!
15 Sept 2014 -- Package arrived at Loomis location!!!

**03 Oct 2014 -- POE!! **

I NOW LIVE IN OCALA, FL!!!!

Posted

I just emailed my Packet 3 stuff to the Montreal Consulate like 5 minutes ago.

2 things I need clarified:

Now what? I'm just waiting for Packet 4? Do you think they'll email it to me?

When and where do I pay the fee? So far I don't see a place on CSC to do this, but maybe I'm not going far enough into the "schedule interview" section...?

 
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