France Paris - DCF with exceptional circumstances questions

[Emilia2117 0]

Hello, I am due to marry my spouse in France in a month and will be attempting to change my status and live in France for now. But ultimately we both would like to eventually make it back to the United States. I had a few questions about the I-130 direct consulate filling with exceptional circumstances under a short job notice. What are the restrictions on it exactly? What kind of job offer do I need? ( Certain salary requirements?) (Can any job offering work?) Do I have to live and or work in France for a certain amount of months or years before being eligible? Ideally we would like to move to the US as fast as we can. I already have someone in the US who earns more than enough willing to joint sponsor us in the I 864.
 

1. I am a US citizen.

2. We will marry in one month in France.

3. We have about 60k it total assets between us but have a joint sponsor in the US who more than qualifies to joint sponsor.

 

We would file in Paris. Are there any guides or pre requisites to file in Paris?

I am very new to this direct consulate filling with exceptional circumstances and was recommended to go this route as opposed to a lengthy I-130 process and lots of traveling back and forth between France. My plans were to live in France as long as I could during the waiting period for the I-130 but they told me to look into DCF-EC in my circumstances. Thanks for the help, any resources would be very much appreciated! 

[Boiler 45,399]

This has become an unsurprisingly common question 

 

All you can do is apply and see there no specific requirements beyond the obvious.

[Just Paul 4,595]

22 hours ago, Emilia2117 said:

I am due to marry my spouse in France in a month and will be attempting to change my status and live in France for now. But ultimately we both would like to eventually make it back to the United States.

You probably want to come back and ask about 6 months before you want to move to see what the current is.

 

22 hours ago, Emilia2117 said:

Do I have to live and or work in France for a certain amount of months or years before being eligible?

You only need to be married and have legal residence in France to file along with meeting the Exceptional Circumstances requirement. We filed ours about 3 and a half months after getting married and the day after her permanent resident card for Mexico arrived.

 

22 hours ago, Emilia2117 said:

My plans were to live in France as long as I could during the waiting period for the I-130

There is no waiting period for stateside or consular processing.  You might want to familiarize yourself with the guides here on VisaJourney.