December 2015 I-130 Filers

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

question for you guys,

my wife (USC) has lived in Ireland since 2012 we me. She has not filed US taxes since and has not been working here in ireland. I am the sole source of income of our family as my wife looks after our daughter. I take it when we go to do the AOS this will be a problem? What should we do? Ask her mother in the US to be sign the AOS and submit her tax returns? Really would like some advice on this as we are quite worried about it.

Hi Dub42, first assuming your wife had no sort of benifits or investment income coming or anything coming from the US, then I believe she wouldn't have to file back taxes in the US.

I haven't really looked into it too much, but I think she would have to fill out the I-864 and along with that her mother would have to fill out the I-864A as your wifes co-sponsor, and all the stuff that goes with those forms.

The official information on that is below, hope that helps.

U.S. Sponsor Minimum Age Requirement

There is no minimum age for a U.S. sponsor (petitioner) to file a petition for a spouse. However, you must be at least 18 years of age and have a residence (domicile) in the U.S. before you can sign the Affidavit of Support (Form I-864 or I-864EZ). This form is required for an immigrant visa for a spouse and other relatives of U.S. sponsors.

Is Residence in the U.S. Required for the U.S. Sponsor?

Yes. As a U.S. sponsor/petitioner, you must maintain your principal residence (also called domicile) in the United States, which is where you plan to live for the foreseeable future. Living in the United States is required for a U.S. sponsor to file the Affidavit of Support, with few exceptions. To learn more, review the Affidavit of Support (I-864 or I-864EZ) Instructions

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/immediate-relative.html

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[sanil1986 26]

guys need help

i am confused regarding income requirements

i showed my parents as dependents on the tax form though they don't live with me

so on i864 i will show household size of 4 ( me , wife, parents ) ?

also acc to i864p with household size of 4 i need to show income of $30000

i have an annual salary of $60000 . so i should be fine right ?

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

guys need help

i am confused regarding income requirements

i showed my parents as dependents on the tax form though they don't live with me

so on i864 i will show household size of 4 ( me , wife, parents ) ?

also acc to i864p with household size of 4 i need to show income of $30000

i have an annual salary of $60000 . so i should be fine right ?

Just my take. You are way over the poverty guidelines. Part 5 item 5 of I-864 make your dependents part of your household, but you're still fine! You could even add 4 more dependents if you want!

[sanil1986 26]

Just my take. You are way over the poverty guidelines. Part 5 item 5 of I-864 make your dependents part of your household, but you're still fine! You could even add 4 more dependents if you want!

thank you very much

i read somewhere that you need to show 3 times the poverty guideline amount

so for a household of 4 one needs to show = $30000 x 3 = $ 90000

maybe i read that part wrong

thanks again

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

thank you very much

i read somewhere that you need to show 3 times the poverty guideline amount

so for a household of 4 one needs to show = $30000 x 3 = $ 90000

maybe i read that part wrong

thanks again

The table from I-864p lists what you need, no mind blowing math required!

[Ms.F.Brown 7]

Hello everyone,

When and how do applications get transfered to different locations. Do we have to ask for a transfer or do they just do it themselves?? NSC is so stop that it's crazy lol. I'm still waiting on my NOA2

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Hello everyone,

When and how do applications get transfered to different locations. Do we have to ask for a transfer or do they just do it themselves?? NSC is so stop that it's crazy lol. I'm still waiting on my NOA2

Everyone here, except for one who got NOA2s were special cases. They were not doing the normal IR1/CR1, they were doing DCF, direct consular filing processing. Meaning they essentially skipped normal USCIS processing because they lived abroad with their spouses, for at least 6 months or more, and in that case its much faster to get your NOA2.

The rest of us are still waiting the NOA2. Two months have passed so expect at least 3 more except for CSC which is running faster than the rest of the centers, right now. Unless luck falls upon you!

As far as I know transfers are random, and probably are selected randomly just to decrease the backlog at service centers.

All we can do is wait, we're almost half the way there.

[Ms.F.Brown 7]

Everyone here, except for one who got NOA2s were special cases. They were not doing the normal IR1/CR1, they were doing DCF, direct consular filing processing. Meaning they essentially skipped normal USCIS processing because they lived abroad with their spouses, for at least 6 months or more, and in that case its much faster to get your NOA2.

The rest of us are still waiting the NOA2. Two months have passed so expect at least 3 more except for CSC which is running faster than the rest of the centers, right now. Unless luck falls upon you!

As far as I know transfers are random, and probably are selected randomly just to decrease the backlog at service centers.

All we can do is wait, we're almost half the way there.

Ok Looky, Thank you so much for the information. It really does help my nerves and mind a lot. But we are a third of the way there to the end.

[daylightvn 0]

Looky: I read one of your posts mentioning CSC is processing November cases, where do you get that info.

I am filling at Nebraska but just want to understand how to get the info. I am following the thread about Nebraska filling and understand September filers are getting approved but still quite a lot of Nebraska September filers are till hang on there.

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Looky: I read one of your posts mentioning CSC is processing November cases, where do you get that info.

I am filling at Nebraska but just want to understand how to get the info. I am following the thread about Nebraska filling and understand September filers are getting approved but still quite a lot of Nebraska September filers are till hang on there.

Hi Daylightvn, if you go to the top of the page, you'll see a 'Processing Times' tab. Click that and you'll see a column on the right that's titled 'Current Processing Times' scroll down to the section for I-130, IR1/CR!. There you will see dates for each of the service centers. Those dates are the NOA1 dates currently being processed.

Yes that information only means the initial petitions with that NOA1 date are being processed. There are laggard petitions, you know there are several workers working on those petitions so the petitions don't actually come out 'First come first served', at least not perfectly. Also some petitions will likely have issues to be resolved and also the Name Checks certainly vary in the amount of time to get done. So yes some petitions take a bit longer time to complete than others.

Hope that helps.

Edited February 19, 2016 by LookyWhatIFound

[daylightvn 0]

Thanks looky, it is helpful. Basically VJ is a big source of info that if we know how to use this, it will be helpful. Your knowledge over VJ is great and your optimistic encourages us definitely. Hope you will be approved soon.

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Thanks looky, it is helpful. Basically VJ is a big source of info that if we know how to use this, it will be helpful. Your knowledge over VJ is great and your optimistic encourages us definitely. Hope you will be approved soon.

Thanks Daylightvn, hope you will be approved soon also. Well I have dealt with VJ before so I've had the opportunity to learn a bit about this process. Well I've already settled on the idea that its going to take several months so I'm not going to let the wait get to me. Besides I know the effort will be worth a lifetime of what I have been fighting for!

[dub42 17]

my AOS fees status is now "PAID" so i guess I can submit my AOS documents now?

[Ms.F.Brown 7]

I have a question that really could be a problem. On our paper my husband gave me his passport number as his A#. He don't have Alien Registration number. So what should we do in this case. We don't want them to kick it out because of wrong information. "PLEASE help!!!!!!"

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

I have a question that really could be a problem. On our paper my husband gave me his passport number as his A#. He don't have Alien Registration number. So what should we do in this case. We don't want them to kick it out because of wrong information. "PLEASE help!!!!!!"

Not sure what you mean. Do you mean he put his passport number on the G325A where the A# is supposed to go?

They don't kick cases out, they would send you a RFE, request for evidence. If it was a big problem the lockbox would have rejected your case from the beginning.

If you really wanted you could make a supplement with a cover letter explaining the error and attach the corrected form. In that case you would have to write down your case number so that they can match where your case is with the supplement and send it to your service center. You would have to send it to the same lockbox address that you sent the petition to. But they won't give you any feedback.

The other option is just wait and see if they send you an RFE.

Is his passport number 8 or 9 digits, cause if its not it doesn't match an A#.