US Citizen living abroad and is looking to petition soon to be husband

[natanicole 0]

Hello everyone, 

I am currently thinking of petitioning my soon to be husband. A little backstory first, I was born in the states and lived there for 13 years before my parents decided to move back to Guatemala. We've been living in Guatemala for 12 years now, and honestly I want to move back to the states, I have gone every year to visit my family in the US. Ok now to the actual info that matters, I have been dating my boyfriend for 9 years and we're both ready to get married in June (we have not lived together, I've been living with my parents) and want to move to the US. So I started researching the whole process of petitioning and all the fee's, I came across Direct Consular Filing under Exceptional Circumstances and would like to start the process. I have been applying to jobs to get the relocation letter and am waiting to get hired from one hopefully. I would deeply appreciate it if someone can give my a little guidance on how to this because I feel so lost. My questions are:

1. How do I start this process, do I have to go directly to the embassy of Guatemala or can I do it online?

2. What's the time frame of relocation notice? can it be implying me to leave to work in 2,3,4 months?

3. I will be having a joint sponsor since I have not lived in the states for 12 years, Can my joint sponsor be my brother? he has a stable job and is earning more than the total year earnings.

4. My brother can hire me and give me the relocation notice, Would this be a problem?

5. If the embassy approves, how long would it be expected for my boyfriend to get his visa/green card/SSN?

6.  What kind of documents would they want me to show to see if our relationship is real?

7. Do you think DCF-EC is the way to go?

Would be very thankful if someone can help me answer these questions  also can I start the process as soon as next month or July since we are getting married in June?

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by natanicole

[payxibka 10,045]

1 hour ago, natanicole said:

Hello everyone, 

I am currently thinking of petitioning my soon to be husband. A little backstory first, I was born in the states and lived there for 13 years before my parents decided to move back to Guatemala. We've been living in Guatemala for 12 years now, and honestly I want to move back to the states, I have gone every year to visit my family in the US. Ok now to the actual info that matters, I have been dating my boyfriend for 9 years and we're both ready to get married in June (we have not lived together, I've been living with my parents) and want to move to the US. So I started researching the whole process of petitioning and all the fee's, I came across Direct Consular Filing under Exceptional Circumstances and would like to start the process. I have been applying to jobs to get the relocation letter and am waiting to get hired from one hopefully. I would deeply appreciate it if someone can give my a little guidance on how to this because I feel so lost. My questions are:

1. How do I start this process, do I have to go directly to the embassy of Guatemala or can I do it online?

2. What's the time frame of relocation notice? can it be implying me to leave to work in 2,3,4 months?

3. I will be having a joint sponsor since I have not lived in the states for 12 years, Can my joint sponsor be my brother? he has a stable job and is earning more than the total year earnings.

4. My brother can hire me and give me the relocation notice, Would this be a problem?

5. If the embassy approves, how long would it be expected for my boyfriend to get his visa/green card/SSN?

6.  What kind of documents would they want me to show to see if our relationship is real?

7. Do you think DCF-EC is the way to go?

Would be very thankful if someone can help me answer these questions  also can I start the process as soon as next month or July since we are getting married in June?

 

1.  Each consulate will do it differently.   You need to email them and ask how they want it done.  Some consulates will simply not do it for any reason.   

2.  The quicker the better 

3.  Should be fine

4. Maybe,  maybe not

5.  TBD

6.  Besides the obvious marriage certificate,  you will need to decide how to craft your narrative.   

7.  If you can get them to do it

[Jawaree 717]

You can start the rocess right after marriage , but coming over & start working with your brother,saving for your place seem better since you both dont live together yet

[natanicole 0]

Just now, Jawaree said:

You can start the rocess right after marriage , but coming over & start working with your brother,saving for your place seem better since you both dont live together yet

thank you for your response, I also forgot to add that since i have been living in Guatemala since i was 13 years old ( now 24) i have only done 2020's taxes. will this affect me in anyway regarding the affidavit of support?

[natanicole 0]

4 minutes ago, payxibka said:

1.  Each consulate will do it differently.   You need to email them and ask how they want it done.  Some consulates will simply not do it for any reason.   

2.  The quicker the better 

3.  Should be fine

4. Maybe,  maybe not

5.  TBD

6.  Besides the obvious marriage certificate,  you will need to decide how to craft your narrative.   

7.  If you can get them to do it

what is TBD? sorry i am new to this

[payxibka 10,045]

2 minutes ago, natanicole said:

what is TBD? sorry i am new to this

To be determined 

[natanicole 0]

5 minutes ago, payxibka said:

5 minutes ago, payxibka said:

To be determined 

thank you for your response, I also forgot to add that since i have been living in Guatemala since i was 13 years old ( now 24) i have only done 2020's taxes. will this affect me in anyway regarding the affidavit of support?

 

[payxibka 10,045]

Just now, natanicole said:

 

Only if you were required to file and didn't.   If you didn't meet the minimum,  then you simply attach an explanation as to why you weren't required.   

[natanicole 0]

2 hours ago, payxibka said:

Only if you were required to file and didn't.   If you didn't meet the minimum,  then you simply attach an explanation as to why you weren't required.   

How would I know if I was required to file? Sorry for so many questions I feel lost I don’t really know anything about taxes 

[payxibka 10,045]

4 minutes ago, natanicole said:

How would I know if I was required to file? Sorry for so many questions I feel lost I don’t really know anything about taxes 

It's based on your amount of worldwide income.  You said you filed in 2020,  why?  What changed?

[Just Paul 4,595]

2 hours ago, natanicole said:

How would I know if I was required to file? Sorry for so many questions I feel lost I don’t really know anything about taxes 

On your US Passport is a reminder to file US Taxes.  If you didn't meet the minimum that isn't an issue for the petition.  But you do need to meet the sponsorship requirements by the time of the interview or have a sponsor.

 

You need to have the reason for extenuating circumstances such as a US job that is starting soon or an Univeristy program.   Just wanting to move back to the US isn't extenuating circumstances.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

7 hours ago, natanicole said:

Hello everyone, 

I am currently thinking of petitioning my soon to be husband. A little backstory first, I was born in the states and lived there for 13 years before my parents decided to move back to Guatemala. We've been living in Guatemala for 12 years now, and honestly I want to move back to the states, I have gone every year to visit my family in the US. Ok now to the actual info that matters, I have been dating my boyfriend for 9 years and we're both ready to get married in June (we have not lived together, I've been living with my parents) and want to move to the US. So I started researching the whole process of petitioning and all the fee's, I came across Direct Consular Filing under Exceptional Circumstances and would like to start the process. I have been applying to jobs to get the relocation letter and am waiting to get hired from one hopefully. I would deeply appreciate it if someone can give my a little guidance on how to this because I feel so lost. My questions are:

1. How do I start this process, do I have to go directly to the embassy of Guatemala or can I do it online?

2. What's the time frame of relocation notice? can it be implying me to leave to work in 2,3,4 months?

3. I will be having a joint sponsor since I have not lived in the states for 12 years, Can my joint sponsor be my brother? he has a stable job and is earning more than the total year earnings.

4. My brother can hire me and give me the relocation notice, Would this be a problem?

5. If the embassy approves, how long would it be expected for my boyfriend to get his visa/green card/SSN?

6.  What kind of documents would they want me to show to see if our relationship is real?

7. Do you think DCF-EC is the way to go?

Would be very thankful if someone can help me answer these questions  also can I start the process as soon as next month or July since we are getting married in June?

 

DCF with exceptional circumstance?  My call:  Not a prayer

In your case?  I’d advise you to get to the US and establish some ties.

Then get married and petition.

[natanicole 0]

4 hours ago, payxibka said:

It's based on your amount of worldwide income.  You said you filed in 2020,  why?  What changed?

I worked for two weeks and then the pandemic hit and left me unemployed 

[Boiler 45,524]

Sounds like you need to address Domicile

[natanicole 0]

1 hour ago, Paul & Mary said:

On your US Passport is a reminder to file US Taxes.  If you didn't meet the minimum that isn't an issue for the petition.  But you do need to meet the sponsorship requirements by the time of the interview or have a sponsor.

 

You need to have the reason for extenuating circumstances such as a US job that is starting soon or an Univeristy program.   Just wanting to move back to the US isn't extenuating circumstances.

Yes that’s why I want to go the DCF-EC route, I’ve been applying to get a job so I can relocate with my soon to be husband and show proof of job notice to the embassy. 
Also I would have a joint sponsor which would be my brother, do you think this would be a problem?