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Hello everyone. Thank you for taking the time to enter this topic and learn a bit about me. My fiance introduced me to this website and it's been our best friend. Today is my turn to integrate myself more into this site and I hope to connect with some of you to help each other out with our processes and journeys we are all embarking on (or for many of you, have already embarked on and are completed...lucky duckies)

Long story short. I am from the United States of America and my better half is from Brasil. We are aiming to move her here permanently next summer (Summer of 2017). We are fairly aware (her more than me) about the process we have to go through, though I am a bit more intimidated by the bureaucratic stuff occasionally. We are going for the K-1 Visa for her. I am aware of other forms required such as: G-325A (Biographic info which I believe we both do), G-1145 (optional e-notif), and then the following three forms which are a doozy for me to get down.

I am currently unemployed, though a job will happen soon. I am assuming I will not make the required amount needed to act as a sponsor for her, so we've known for some time we'd likely need a cosponsor/joint sponsor. Enter forms I-134, I-864, and I-864A. I am planning on using my father (whom I live with) as our joint sponsor as I live with him. I am under the idea that him and I both fill out all 3 of the latter forms or some of them.

We are entering our one year anniversary soon and have visited each other once. Everyday we spend time on skype and it's been that way for quite some time other than our trips to be with each other in person. We want to kill this distance permanently. Being away from each other is downright rotten and I am the one who needs to take the lead with this area of our process since I am the petitioner (correct?). Now enters my anxiety. I have already bookmarked a section within this site that is a K1 Guide that breaks down step by step what is needed in the I-129F packet. A good chunk is self explanatory, though some things tend to go over my head.

So here I am writing a super short introduction to get acclimated to this site. She has been a tremendous help with this entire thing and has carried me a bit more than needed due to my anxiety. It's time for me to step up and start picking away at this process so I can get this packet sent in and on to the next stage of this boss battle (as we call this distance). I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions, but I am just hoping to hear some responses to this so that I can perhaps get to know some of you who are going through the similar process and perhaps we can bounce off one another with our experiences to help each other out.

So far today I've added the forms (PDFs) that I need for the I-129F and some other tips and tricks I've caught along the way in what to do and what not to do. (Using binders, not using binders, what to wear to the interview, you name it). I have heard some stories that can scare me a bit (stupid anxiety) with the joint sponsor and how they can negatively affect the process (I've read as well that they don't).

Anywho, that's my ramble. I'm grateful grateful GRATEFUL this website exists and can't begin to thank everyone enough for participating to keep it alive as well as to those who run this page. Hope to touch base with some of you soon and please feel free to ask me any questions.

Namaste.

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