New Member about to begin CR-1 visa Journey

[Jordan27 0]

Hello everyone,

I just want to let you all know that I am so glad that I found this website. It has helped me out so much with finding out information for this process that I did not know about. I currently live with my wife in Germany and we hope to send her I-130 beginning next month. But I keep finding out more and more information pushing me further and further away from sending these documents because of the fear that it will get denied.. But I am sure everything will fall together eventually and I will stop finding new problems and will have the confidence I need to mail this. I am happy to be apart of this forum and look forward to speaking with you all.

Best Regards,

Jordan

[teeak 224]

Welcome to the forum!

Even if there is a deficiency in your petition, USCIS will almost always send a "Request for Evidence" before denying the petition outright. They even send a "Notice of Intent to Deny", giving you another opportunity to provide evidence before issuing a denial. So, you don't have anything to worry about! Best of luck!

[Michael and Ganna 104]

At first the process seems intimidating, in reality it really isn't . I have noticed that things aren't really in stone. What one couple goes through, doesn't mean the next will have the same issues if any. Maybe it is just who is reviewing your petition.

If you don't have a criminal history and some disease that could wipe out the human population then file. The hardest part is reading the directions to fill out the forms correctly. The affidavit of support seems to give most troubles. And then you need plenty patience as nothing moves as fast as we want it to.

Also sometimes filing from abroad gives you auto expedite ......Do you know if you can file DCF in Germany?

Good luck to you

[Jordan27 0]

Thank you so much for that information.. That makes me feel much better and just lowered my stress level a lot.

I will be filing my wife's 1-130 directly to the embassy in Frankfurt, Germany just a short 2hr train ride away from us. I herd that this way is a lot faster because of the auto expedite that you automatically get. But my question is how much faster can it be? I am the sponsor for my wife and will be having to do a joint sponsorship with my mother back in the states because I am currently unemployed out here waiting on my marriage visa to get approved here in Germany. So I am sure that is where most of my problems will arise. But I am having my mother get all that information ready for when it comes time that they need it I can just send it right away with no delay.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Welcome to the forum.

[TBoneTX 45,267]

Welcome to VJ, and good luck.

[awaywego 28]

Welcome!

You can DCF with Frankfurt if you have had German residency for the six months before filing. From what I've seen around here, the process tends to take three or four months, though it can be less or more depending on the case. See the links in my signature for information directly from their website.

For the Affidavit of Support, your mother can serve as joint sponsor so long as she meets the criteria (income at 125% of poverty line for the household size). You'll also look at showing either that you have maintained US domicile or that you intend to reestablish it no later than the date your spouse enters the US. The I-864 instructions have more information on both of these, and there are many threads on VJ that go into more detail.

[KASH2011 382]

Welcome to VJ! Good luck to you!