Question about financial income of US petitioner

[cedrichadjian 7]

Just now, Saraslh said:

Oh cool yalla i will add u we stay in touch.. adamet l I-129f aw not yet? Mine was sent last Thursday 

No ba3d, kenna natrin mshen income requirements, bass apparently we don't have to  

[NikLR 13,227]

English only outside the regional forums please. 

 

He makes above the poverty guidelines so he is more than fine filing the I-129F.  He is meeting the I-134 for interview and I-864 requirements for AOS. (Btw income requirements are based on before taxes not after)

Edited May 19, 2018 by NikLR

[cedrichadjian 7]

Just now, NikLR said:

English only.

 

He makes above the poverty guidelines so he is more than fine filing the I-129F.  He meeting the I-134 for interview and I-864 requirements for AOS. (Btw income requirements are based on before taxes not after)

Sorry and thank you, we are looking forward to applying as soon as possible. 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

although same sex marriage is now allowed in Tennessee (since 2015) ,  if not allowed in Lebonon you can be denied if it is not the norm there

(we have seen it reported here ) 

the high fraud countries are shown on this site

https://mypathtocitizenship.com/which-countries-are-on-the-uscis-high-fraud-list/

 

so, you can check out by the photo

the embassy will be more interested in how much time (quality face time)  you have seen each other, whether or not there is a big age difference,  a religious background difference 

you ae safe with the 100% poverty level income for K1 but wiill need 125% for AOS after marriage

 

[NikLR 13,227]

Doesnt matter if marriage equality is a thing in Lebanon, the OP is getting married in the USA. 

[cedrichadjian 7]

34 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

although same sex marriage is now allowed in Tennessee (since 2015) ,  if not allowed in Lebonon you can be denied if it is not the norm there

(we have seen it reported here ) 

the high fraud countries are shown on this site

https://mypathtocitizenship.com/which-countries-are-on-the-uscis-high-fraud-list/

 

so, you can check out by the photo

the embassy will be more interested in how much time (quality face time)  you have seen each other, whether or not there is a big age difference,  a religious background difference 

you ae safe with the 100% poverty level income for K1 but wiill need 125% for AOS after marriage

 

Can you show me any evidence for your first claim? (That I can be denied if it's not the norm here) I've seen and read articles and videos that say that being same-sex has the same K-1 visa process as that of opposite-sex.

I believe my country is considered high-fraud but it's not as high as, say, philipines, nigeria, etc and I don't think there are that many cases of people being interviewed for K-1. Lebanon's population is around 4.5M.

We have seen each other for 7 days, he came to visit me from the US, we took around 15 pictures together, with my mom, friends, gathered evidence like hotel receipts, his flight ticket, valentine's day gift from my side (it failed from his side as the address I provided was incorrect),  lots of chats on how we were planning on building our future together, maybe adopt, what we will do once we get married, etc, some evidence for facetiming (well I have no idea how but we've both lost our facetime history, gotta love iPhones), my facebook post, his facebook posts, etc etc. If there is any other evidence that we could gather, please do share, I'd appreciate it. 

 

[JFH 12,190]

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[databit 328]

15 hours ago, cedrichadjian said:

We're planning on moving out, there's no way I'm not gonna work once I get to the US, get married, obtain my residency permit and move out. 

Be prepared to not be able to work for maybe 6 months. Processing is slow..

[cedrichadjian 7]

34 minutes ago, databit said:

Be prepared to not be able to work for maybe 6 months. Processing is slow..

I'm a web developer, would it be ok if I work online on upwork/freelancer as a freelancer or on online contract??

[geowrian 22,337]

1 hour ago, adil-rafa said:

although same sex marriage is now allowed in Tennessee (since 2015) ,  if not allowed in Lebonon you can be denied if it is not the norm there

(we have seen it reported here )

They cannot refuse a visa because same sex marriage is not permitted in the country where they interview. This would be a major violation of policy on the CO's part.

Maybe a CO could have a bias and scrutinize the relationship more, but a good case should be fine whether it's homosexual or heterosexual in nature.

Same sex marriage has been allowed in every state since 2015.

 

41 minutes ago, cedrichadjian said:

I believe my country is considered high-fraud but it's not as high as, say, philipines, nigeria, etc and I don't think there are that many cases of people being interviewed for K-1.

That list doesn't convey much, actually. When talking about high fraud, there's a number of factors involved. For instance, Philippines is considered high fraud for many non-immigrant visas, but not so for fiance or spouse visas...they're honestly one of the most lenient IMO. I believe ~19% of all K-1s came from Manila last year. Nigeria, Ghana, Pakistan, Egypt, and Morocco are basically in a class of their own. At least that's my take from the years here.

 

Anyway, don't worry about what you can't control...focus on providing thee best case you can. Thee list you provided is good, although I would highly encourage more time actually face-to-face, especially before the interview.

[cedrichadjian 7]

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Anyway, don't worry about what you can't control...focus on providing thee best case you can. Thee list you provided is good, although I would highly encourage more time actually face-to-face, especially before the interview.

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I don't think we can, his last trip cost him around $1,700 (ticket hotel food sight-seeing etc). The requirement is to meet at least once, but I guess you're saying it's a plus to meet more than once. 

[geowrian 22,337]

2 minutes ago, cedrichadjian said:

I don't think we can, his last trip cost him around $1,700 (ticket hotel food sight-seeing etc). The requirement is to meet at least once, but I guess you're saying it's a plus to meet more than once. 

Correct. It would be helpful but is not strictly required. The best relationship evidence is time spent together.

[Michael2017 368]

9 minutes ago, cedrichadjian said:

I don't think we can, his last trip cost him around $1,700 (ticket hotel food sight-seeing etc). The requirement is to meet at least once, but I guess you're saying it's a plus to meet more than once. 

Well, to be honest, deciding to get married after a couple of days spend together sounds ridiculous and fraudulent to a neutral person.

Why on earth would anyone want to get married after 1 week face time if it was not for visa purposes. I would not be confident that a case with 7 days face time gets approved.  Of course, it could be. I have spend 5 full years with my wife together before we decided to get married in the 6th year, and still some may consider this a rush. We are now together since 8 years. I think the norm would be to live together for a year or two before deciding to get married. 7 days sounds like a real joke to me. Sorry but for an outsider this is just ridiculous low amount of face time to decide to get married.

[cedrichadjian 7]

Just now, Michael2017 said:

Well, to be honest, deciding to get married after a couple of days spend together sounds ridiculous and fraudulent to a neutral person.

Why on earth would anyone want to get married after 1 week face time if it was not for visa purposes. I would not be confident that a case with 7 days face time gets approved.  Of course, it could be. I have spend 5 full years with my wife together before we decided to get married in the 6th year, and still some may consider this a rush. We are now together since 8 years. I think the norm would be to live together for a year or two before deciding to get married. 7 days sounds like a real joke to me. Sorry but for an outsider this is just ridiculous low amount of face time to decide to get married.

We met on December 10, 2017 and got into a relationship on January 1, 2018, I didn't say we face timed for 1 week, I said we met face-to-face for 1 week.

We can't be together other than us getting married and me moving to the states to live with him, we also can't live together here in Lebanon as there is no same-sex marriage and the society isn't very tolerable towards LGBT people.

[Michael2017 368]

1 minute ago, cedrichadjian said:

We met on December 10, 2017 and got into a relationship on January 1, 2018, I didn't say we face timed for 1 week, I said we met face-to-face for 1 week.

We can't be together other than us getting married and me moving to the states to live with him, we also can't live together here in Lebanon as there is no same-sex marriage and the society isn't very tolerable towards LGBT people.

Ok, but don`t be confident that your case gets approved. This is on the VERY low side and you have a weak case. You must be clear about that.