DCF Frankfurt - Jan 2021

[Guillaryi 18]

23 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Do you have a source for that? What limits it to 10 years?

You‘re right, that’s too vague, the full explanation is more something like „until the obligations of the I-864 expire“, e.g. after the immigrant has worked for 10 years (with contributions to Social Security).

Edited June 7, 2021 by Guillaryi

[cyndallita 8]

On 5/11/2021 at 4:05 PM, archivebox said:

Just an update that our I-130 was approved on 5 May, two weeks after it arrived at the Consulate. We sent Packet 3 yesterday. 

@archivebox Hi! Would you be so kind please and tell me what did you attach with your I-130 as supporting documents?

 

Also, what does the packet 3 contain? I am so sorry. I am at a loss right now. Thank you for your help!

[cyndallita 8]

21 hours ago, Guillaryi said:

We went Assets-only and submitted account statements with more than enough assets to beat 5x the poverty level on a 2 person household, which is about 110k USD.

 

No US income or US assets were included.

So this is your german bank account, correct?

[Just Paul 4,595]

6 minutes ago, cyndallita said:

So this is your german bank account, correct?

Please fill in a timeline and it might be best to start your own thread with your own sequence of questions.   Most of what you are asking about isn't even relevant if you haven't even submitted an initial request to the consulate.

 

The petitioner and beneficiary both live in Germany right now?

Edited June 7, 2021 by Paul & Mary

[Oz_de 0]

Hi Everyone!

 

Thank you so much for opening up this thread - it's fantastic!

 

I have a question and I hope that some of you who have already gone through this process can help me. My I-130 has already been approved by the consulate, I am currently gathering all of the required documents (listed on their checklist) so that my application can be further processed.

 

According to this checklist, I'm supposed to send these documents by regular mail. However, since I am sending several original documents, I am quite hesitant about it and wanted to send them by registered mail (Einschreiben) instead.

 

How did you guys go about doing this? Do you think I will have any issues if I send them by registered mail?

 

Many thanks!

 

[archivebox 2]

On 6/21/2021 at 3:10 AM, Oz_de said:

Hi Everyone!

 

Thank you so much for opening up this thread - it's fantastic!

 

I have a question and I hope that some of you who have already gone through this process can help me. My I-130 has already been approved by the consulate, I am currently gathering all of the required documents (listed on their checklist) so that my application can be further processed.

 

According to this checklist, I'm supposed to send these documents by regular mail. However, since I am sending several original documents, I am quite hesitant about it and wanted to send them by registered mail (Einschreiben) instead.

 

How did you guys go about doing this? Do you think I will have any issues if I send them by registered mail?

 

Many thanks!

 

 

I sent my documents off by priority mail (so not signature required). We had no problems with that - we have an interview in July. I believe they explicitly ask you to send the packet by regular mail though. 

[Oz_de 0]

8 hours ago, archivebox said:

 

I sent my documents off by priority mail (so not signature required). We had no problems with that - we have an interview in July. I believe they explicitly ask you to send the packet by regular mail though. 

Hi archivebox,

 

Thanks! So you ended up using DHL Expressversand?

 

Can I ask you how long it took them to review your paperwork and let you know that you can go ahead and schedule your interview?

 

Thanks a lot!

[archivebox 2]

On 6/26/2021 at 2:39 AM, Oz_de said:

Hi archivebox,

 

Thanks! So you ended up using DHL Expressversand?

 

Can I ask you how long it took them to review your paperwork and let you know that you can go ahead and schedule your interview?

 

Thanks a lot!

As I recall, I just went to the local Spati that had DHL and asked to send it registered without signature (Einwurf Einschreiben), so I could track online when the documents arrived to the Consulate and they collected them. 

 

It took about 2.5 weeks after receipt for us to receive the notification that we could request to schedule an interview. It took another week after we requested to schedule to actually be able to select a date and schedule the interview (you do it online).

[Waiver_21 6]

Sorry for the late response. My wife is a US citizen and was allowed to work remotely from Germany during the pandemic. However, her employer wanted her to return to the US in the spring so we applied for DCF and it worked out.

[Waiver_21 6]

On 6/6/2021 at 3:27 PM, cyndallita said:

Hi, may I know what was the reason of your DCF or the exceptional circumstance? Thanks!

Sorry for the late response. My wife is a US citizen and was allowed to work remotely from Germany during the pandemic. However, her employer wanted her to return to the US in the spring so we applied for DCF and it worked out.

[Suze1 366]

"My wife is a US citizen and was allowed to work remotely from Germany..."

Do/Did you need permission from the German government to have her work remotely in Germany?

Edited July 2, 2021 by Suze1

[archivebox 2]

I feel like such a dolt for asking this question, but I can't for the life of me find how much we need to pay at the interview in Frankfurt. Can someone tell me what the remaining fee is to pay then? 

[R&OC 371]

Sorry to bother everyone with my own question but I am hoping you could help:

 

We got the approval notice for my children and no list of documents we would need to add. My husband is the petitioner as we went the DCF route for them.

 

I am guessing we need to include in our IV package (actually two packages):

1. Birth certificate petitioner and beneficiary

2. Divorce decree Husband with ex-wife

3. Divorce decree Mom with biological Dad

4. Marriage certificate Husband (their stepdad) and me

5. Bio page of each passport

6. Military Orders perhaps stating we are stationed in Germany?

 

Did I miss anything? The DS 260 will still be filed electronically, correct? And we are still uploading the documents electronically but also send the same package by mail?

 

And secondly, did you all really send the original documents? That scares me A LOT. Would we need two packages with originals for each package?

Edited July 9, 2021 by R&OC

[xzsca10 33]

Hi everyone, 

 

I am a US Citizen living in Frankfurt, Germany since December to be with my wife and daughter. I filed an i-130 with my attorney in March and it went to the Texas Processing Center. Unfortunately, I received a call few days ago from my attorney's wife, that my attorney has died. 

 

I have sacrificed so much to be here with them, i even left my company and currently not have no income. It's extremely difficult and stressful, i don’t know how many more months i'll have to wait until an interview, yet alone a year. 

 

Is there a way for me to re-submit my i130 with Frankfurt as DCF? I had no idea i could do this... I have tried to look for resources. any help would be immensely life saving.. thank you 

Edited July 23, 2021 by Ceofromthevalley
grammar and more info

[Waiver_21 6]

On 7/2/2021 at 12:51 PM, Suze1 said:

"My wife is a US citizen and was allowed to work remotely from Germany..."

Do/Did you need permission from the German government to have her work remotely in Germany?

No, my wife didn't need any permission from the German government.