Information to provide from previous marriage

[Simplytex 387]

Hi all, so I had hopefully a quick question about info from a previous marriage. I (many moons ago) married a young lady on an F1 student visa, and with good intentions, was her sponsor for I-485 adjustment of status. This was approved in 2016, and since then I haven't had any further dealings with USCIS (and ended up getting a divorce...)

 

Long story short, I ended up meeting a foreigner (Russian), and we've discussed the possibility of her moving her/furthering our lives together. My primary questions are, when I fill form I-129f:

1) box 1 "A-number" - I am a naturalized US citizen (from ~2003 or '04, I was a kid), do I still need to put that number on my form? I think it's on my naturalization certificate.

2) USCIS online account number - I previously had registered my email/online due to my first marriage. I went back to the USCIS online page but couldn't see any account number, etc, should I just leave it blank? Especially since this is a new case?

[powerpuff 6,697]

40 minutes ago, Simplytex said:

1) box 1 "A-number" - I am a naturalized US citizen (from ~2003 or '04, I was a kid), do I still need to put that number on my form? I think it's on my naturalization certificate.

If you have it, you should put it. It should be on your naturalization certificate. My now husband (USC) put his and when we received notices they put that A number next to his name. I also read that some people who didn’t put theirs received the notices with their A number so USCIS must have that info. 
 

41 minutes ago, Simplytex said:

 

2) USCIS online account number - I previously had registered my email/online due to my first marriage. I went back to the USCIS online page but couldn't see any account number, etc, should I just leave it blank? Especially since this is a new case?

This has to do with electronic filing available for some petitions. They give you an account number for that specifically. So no need to worry about it, put N/A in the field. 

[Boiler 45,499]

Sounds like you are still the sponsor for No 1.

 

K1 may not be the best option.

[Simplytex 387]

26 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Sounds like you are still the sponsor for No 1.

 

K1 may not be the best option.

Negative, the I-485 AoS was completed several years ago, the GC was issued without conditions, all of that is well in the past. I have divorce documentation and could easily get my lawyer's statement to that effect. 

[Boiler 45,499]

Just now, Simplytex said:

Negative, the I-485 AoS was completed several years ago, the GC was issued without conditions, all of that is well in the past. I have divorce documentation and could easily get my lawyer's statement to that effect. 

Negative to what?

[powerpuff 6,697]

4 minutes ago, Simplytex said:

Negative, the I-485 AoS was completed several years ago, the GC was issued without conditions, all of that is well in the past. I have divorce documentation and could easily get my lawyer's statement to that effect. 

You’re still on the hook for I-864, affidavit of support, that was filed alongside I-485. Divorce doesn’t absolve you of that responsibility. 

[nastra30 2,285]

Op, you still have to count your previous wife as part of I-864 household. Unless, she is no longer a LPR.

[Simplytex 387]

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

Negative to what?

 

2 hours ago, powerpuff said:

You’re still on the hook for I-864, affidavit of support, that was filed alongside I-485. Divorce doesn’t absolve you of that responsibility. 

Got it, I thought you meant I wouldn't qualify from a legal standing as far as ability to marry. Yes, I understand the legal ramifications of the previous I-864 and what that means, thanks for noting it though as it is a pretty strange legal principle after a certain point.

 

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

53 minutes ago, Simplytex said:

 

Got it, I thought you meant I wouldn't qualify from a legal standing as far as ability to marry. Yes, I understand the legal ramifications of the previous I-864 and what that means, thanks for noting it though as it is a pretty strange legal principle after a certain point.

 

you are legal to marry but the I 864 is only dissolved under the following :

1.  Immigrant returned to home country abondoning the green card

2.  death 

3.  green card holder became a citizen

4.  green card holder has worked 40 quarters (10 years) 

5.  and uncommon the immigrant is deported but able to come back under a new I 864

[SalishSea 17,829]

4 hours ago, Simplytex said:

Negative, the I-485 AoS was completed several years ago, the GC was issued without conditions, all of that is well in the past. I have divorce documentation and could easily get my lawyer's statement to that effect. 

You need to read the fine print.   Divorce is not one of the qualifying events to end the terms of the I-864.

[Simplytex 387]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

you are legal to marry but the I 864 is only dissolved under the following :

1.  Immigrant returned to home country abondoning the green card

2.  death 

3.  green card holder became a citizen

4.  green card holder has worked 40 quarters (10 years) 

5.  and uncommon the immigrant is deported but able to come back under a new I 864

Thanks, I understand this but it's getting a little off topic for what I'm asking about in my original post. I.e., do I need to include my past A-number (sounds like yes, and that's easy enough for me to get), and second, the "USCIS online account number" which I don't know if I have/need.

[Simplytex 387]

24 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

You need to read the fine print.   Divorce is not one of the qualifying events to end the terms of the I-864.

Not trying to be rude, but again I understand the implications of being a sponsor, but that's not what my original post was asking about nor what I was replying to the previous post...

 

Perhaps I wasn't clear, when the other part said "K1 might not be my best option" I was replying that negative, K1 would be my singular/primary option and there is no statute that I'm aware of which would be an issue regarding an I-129F.

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

58 minutes ago, Simplytex said:

Thanks, I understand this but it's getting a little off topic for what I'm asking about in my original post. I.e., do I need to include my past A-number (sounds like yes, and that's easy enough for me to get), and second, the "USCIS online account number" which I don't know if I have/need.

and i just wrote to your posts 

anyway,  can't help u

[Rocio0010 5,579]

1) You’re still on the hook for the previous I-864 until the beneficiary has worked 40 quarters, dies, abandons the US or becomes a USC.

2) consider CR1 instead of K1. K1s are taking forever and once they AOS, they have to wait between 6-8 months for EAD. CR1s become residents once they land into the US -meaning they can work and travel outside immediately.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,447]

Op, your 2 questions were answered by others. My comments are about the K1 for Russia.

 

I haven't checked recently, but the Moscow embassy has been closed for a while.  Poland has started accepting transfers from Russia for CR1 a few months back, but there is a huge backlog.  

 

If you have physically met in the last 2 years, you can file for the K1.  Perhaps in the next year Russia may open and start resuming visa applications.

 

But it may be better to spend some more time together in a 3rd country, marry and file CR1.

Edited September 11, 2021 by SteveInBostonI130
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