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

[Nitas_man 3,100]

9 minutes ago, natanicole said:

I have a drivers license because I lived in the states for 9 months last year and I had a job. I used my grandmothers address because I was living at her place at the time. Unfortunately due to the pandemic I became unemployed.

Yes I used my grandmothers address 

Your support affidavit?

 

Did a DCF.  Had to lay 6 figures in liquid assets on the counter to get us home.

 

DCF works like this:  You file get approved on the spot.  You get a list of documents to get ready for interview.  One of them is that affidavit.

 

You get a medical, police certificate, and you get expedited interview.  Home in 8 weeks.

 

That affidavit’s the sticking point.  Job

offer won’t do it.  You either got to have cash, a joint sponsor, or be working for a US employer who is moving you.

 

You sure about this?

[natanicole 0]

1 minute ago, Nitas_man said:

Your support affidavit?

 

Did a DCF.  Had to lay 6 figures in liquid assets on the counter to get us home.

 

DCF works like this:  You file get approved on the spot.  You get a list of documents to get ready for interview.  One of them is that affidavit.

 

You get a medical, police certificate, and you get expedited interview.  Home in 8 weeks.

 

That affidavit’s the sticking point.  Job

offer won’t do it.  You either got to have cash, a joint sponsor, or be working for a US employer who is moving you.

 

You sure about this?

I did mention that my brother was going to be my joint sponsor since he does meet the requirements. But im seeing that most of the people in this discussion doesnt think its a good idea that i do DCF.

[Just Paul 4,595]

7 minutes ago, natanicole said:

I did mention that my brother was going to be my joint sponsor since he does meet the requirements

You will have a problem if your brother is both the sponsor and employer. 

 

You shouldn't have a problem is your brother is the sponsor and you 1) are hired by an employer in Guatemala that can transfer your job or 2) are hired by US company for a job that will pay an amount greatly exceeding the poverty guidelines (you need a very good paying job offer). Consular officers are really good at seeing thru marginal cases.

 

 

[natanicole 0]

6 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

You will have a problem if your brother is both the sponsor and employer. 

 

You shouldn't have a problem is your brother is the sponsor and you 1) are hired by an employer in Guatemala that can transfer your job or 2) are hired by US company for a job that will pay an amount greatly exceeding the poverty guidelines (you need a very good paying job offer). Consular officers are really good at seeing thru marginal cases.

 

 

oh ok, I didnt know that i had to prove a very good pay job offer, since on the website it doesnt state any of that

[Boiler 45,486]

Nor did I, where does it mention very good paying job?

[natanicole 0]

9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Nor did I, where does it mention very good paying job?

Ive read cases on here about the exceptional circumstance and some of them were on the same boat as me, living outside of the US for a long time and had no trouble bringing their spouses to the states without have strong ties such as a property and other things. I honestly feel a bit confused. Ive never read anywhere that i had to prove a good paying job offer. Isnt a job offer enough since i will be trying to make a living with my spouse? I have proof of domicile, and will have a joint sponsor. So i dont see where theres a problem with my case.

[Just Paul 4,595]

Just now, natanicole said:

So i dont see where theres a problem with my case.

Your sponsor is a family member and the same family member that is going to hire you?   And he couldn't hire you before to stay in the US?  You have had plenty of chances to marry ( a create a timeline with your spouse) and now it sounds like your are marrying so that someone can get to the US right after you marry.   

 

4 minutes ago, natanicole said:

Ive read cases on here about the exceptional circumstance and some of them were on the same boat as me, living outside of the US for a long time and had no trouble bringing their spouses

Really - in the DCF section recently?  Most cases are so the married spouse can go to the US with the USC citizen.  Many are job relocations or military.   If not they can self sponsor based on assets.  None are single an or where the USC doesn't  have a job offer.  I'd say your the only unmarried on posting here in years.   Until you are married this is all theoretical.

[natanicole 0]

6 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Your sponsor is a family member and the same family member that is going to hire you?   And he couldn't hire you before to stay in the US?  You have had plenty of chances to marry ( a create a timeline with your spouse) and now it sounds like your are marrying so that someone can get to the US right after you marry.   

 

Really - in the DCF section recently?  Most cases are so the married spouse can go to the US with the USC citizen.  Many are job relocations or military.   If not they can self sponsor based on assets.  None are single an or where the USC doesn't  have a job offer.  I'd say your the only unmarried on posting here in years.   Until you are married this is all theoretical.

Paul, thats why i was asking for advice to see if dcf was the way to go and what where my options, yes i am not marryng yet but will be next month and was trying to gather as much information that i could so i can build a case beforehand. and about the family member hiring me, in the original post i put " i have been applying to jobs" and in a seperate question i put "Can my brother hire me and give me the job offer notice" I wanted to know if that would be a problem since he's going to be my joint sponsor. I wasn't going to relay on him to get me hired.

 

[SalishSea 17,827]

3 hours ago, natanicole said:

But im seeing that most of the people in this discussion doesnt think its a good idea that i do DCF.

It's not that its 'not a good idea.'  It's that DCF was in practice eliminated when USCIS closed all of the international field offices a couple of years ago.  So now, the bar for qualifying is raised, and your particular situation does not fit with what we have seen lately.  You can always request it, but best to have a plan B in the likely event it is denied.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

17 hours ago, Boiler said:

• Short notice of position relocation – A U.S. citizen petitioner, living and working abroad, has received a job offer in or reassignment to the United States with little notice for the required start date.

Seems to do it.

Living and working abroad.  Not just living abroad.

[Boiler 45,486]

I have seen people in similar situations get DCF, now details may matter, no idea how her Consulate look at things, couple of months vs couple of years must be worth a go?

 

First of course they need to be married.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

I researched this back when T and I got married on the K1.  She had to return to Ukraine and we had to start over with CR1.  I got a D14 visa from the Ukraine consulate in NYC for me to be a temporary resident in Ukraine.  I thought just living there would be key, but found out it was more complicated.

 

This was back when USCIS overseas office was still open in Athens.  US Embassy in Kyiv would contact the Athens office for permission to handle the case as DCF.

 

We ended up abandoning the DCF idea and applied normally. 

[natanicole 0]

1 minute ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

I researched this back when T and I got married on the K1.  She had to return to Ukraine and we had to start over with CR1.  I got a D14 visa from the Ukraine consulate in NYC for me to be a temporary resident in Ukraine.  I thought just living there would be key, but found out it was more complicated.

 

This was back when USCIS overseas office was still open in Athens.  US Embassy in Kyiv would contact the Athens office for permission to handle the case as DCF.

 

We ended up abandoning the DCF idea and applied normally. 

how long was the normal process?

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

6 minutes ago, natanicole said:

how long was the normal process?

Our case was unusually fast.  The I-130 was approved in 3 months, NVC was about 6 weeks, and interview as 6 weeks later.  6 months total.  

 

Others in our I-130 tracking group were taking 6-12 months to get to the NVC stage, and then a few more months after to get to the interview.

 

[natanicole 0]

7 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Our case was unusually fast.  The I-130 was approved in 3 months, NVC was about 6 weeks, and interview as 6 weeks later.  6 months total.  

 

Others in our I-130 tracking group were taking 6-12 months to get to the NVC stage, and then a few more months after to get to the interview.

 

Hopefully I get as luck as you.