Aditional proof of US domicile - RFE at interview

[RedAndChile 7]

Hello everyone. Today we received an email saying our documentation was ready to be retrieved at the courier company. So we checked the CEAC visa status check website and the case is shown as "Issued".

 

Thanks everyone!  

[Hadeer 1]

On 12/27/2022 at 4:01 AM, RedAndChile said:

Hello everybody!, I'm posting this because we're in search of words of wisdom.

 

I had my interview at the Chilean embassy for the CR-1 visa, and got RFE by the CO asking for more proof of domicile, since my wife (the USC) has been living here for 4 years already. I brought to the interview just a bank statement and quotation for shipping our goods to the US. Now I realize how little we brought, considering the time she's been abroad. 

 

We had no issue in the whole process until now, NVC DQ'd us without any other observation. Anyway, now we are gathering these items to send by mail here so we can finally end this painful feeling of being rejected:

 

- Letter from the petitioner, listing all items and speaking about the missing documentation.

- Job offers and job applications from the petitioner.

- Signed agreement for lease at her parents house (they are our joint sponsor+HH member)

- Letter from the sponsors indicating full support and formalizing the lease.

- Voting registration status of the petitioner, the document has her address which we think it could help.

- Copy of the money transfer from her bank in Chile to her US bank account.

- Updated bank statement.

- Official resignation letter to her Chilean job.

- SSN card, which we didn't bring to the embassy.

- Amended tax return for 2020 (there was a mistake which the CO pointed out and got really mad about).

 

We're gathering the job offers, job applications and the receipt of the money transfer. We already have the rest of the documentation.

 

Our questions are:

- Do you think this is enough?.

- Does this mean the petitioner might have to travel before me to establish more evidence, if the prior list is not enough? is that travel allowed?

- The interview was december 19th and the CO didn't give any time to send our proof, except a paper saying that if we don't respond in a year our case is closed. What is the time limit we have to send our documents?.

 

Thank you very much for taking the time for reading this.

Best wishes and Merry Christmas!

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Hadeer

[Hadeer 1]

21 hours ago, RedAndChile said:

Hello everyone. Today we received an email saying our documentation was ready to be retrieved at the courier company. So we checked the CEAC visa status check website and the case is shown as "Issued".

 

Thanks everyone!  

Congratulations!

 

How long it took between sending the missing documents and receiving the email?

[RedAndChile 7]

On 1/31/2023 at 9:54 PM, Hadeer said:

Congratulations!

 

How long it took between sending the missing documents and receiving the email?

Thank you very much!. This is how it went:

 

- Jan. 12th we brought the documents to DHL (the official Chilean embassy courier).

- Jan. 13th the documents were delivered by DHL to the embassy.

- Jan. 30th I got an email saying my documents and passport were ready and being sent to DHL (they provided the track number). Then I immediatly checked the CEAC visa status inquiry website and showed the case as "Issued".

 

So, 17 days. And I remember one day was a holiday in the US, Martin Luther King's birthday I believe.

 

Case was probably approved the prior week but forgot to check the CEAC visa status website.

[Hadeer 1]

59 minutes ago, RedAndChile said:

Thank you very much!. This is how it went:

 

- Jan. 12th we brought the documents to DHL (the official Chilean embassy courier).

- Jan. 13th the documents were delivered by DHL to the embassy.

- Jan. 30th I got an email saying my documents and passport were ready and being sent to DHL (they provided the track number). Then I immediatly checked the CEAC visa status inquiry website and showed the case as "Issued".

 

So, 17 days. And I remember one day was a holiday in the US, Martin Luther King's birthday I believe.

 

Case was probably approved the prior week but forgot to check the CEAC visa status website.

That sounds promising.

But if i may ask, in the letter you received from the consular was it including instructions on how to send your documents?

[RedAndChile 7]

13 hours ago, Hadeer said:

That sounds promising.

But if i may ask, in the letter you received from the consular was it including instructions on how to send your documents?

What gave me more information was the email that I got the same day after the interview, with instructions about using the website to choose the post office to send the documents to the embassy.

 

In the end, it was the same way you confirm the date of the interview and choose the post office for documents retrieval.

 

I hope this answer helps!  

 

 

[Hadeer 1]

39 minutes ago, RedAndChile said:

What gave me more information was the email that I got the same day after the interview, with instructions about using the website to choose the post office to send the documents to the embassy.

 

In the end, it was the same way you confirm the date of the interview and choose the post office for documents retrieval.

 

I hope this answer helps!  

 

 

Yes it did thank you so much.

 I read in your previous post that you got a letter from your sponsers showing full support to you so i wonder if you can share the letter with me so i can send it to the joint sponsor to sign so i can add it to my evidence files hoping that it will help.

[RedAndChile 7]

23 hours ago, Hadeer said:

Yes it did thank you so much.

 I read in your previous post that you got a letter from your sponsers showing full support to you so i wonder if you can share the letter with me so i can send it to the joint sponsor to sign so i can add it to my evidence files hoping that it will help.

Well, I can share with you the structure of the document:

 

- First, the sponsors state full support, indicating that they will help us out through the start, so we are able to settle.

- Second, they state that they formalized a lease agreement with us to rent us a room in their house (we attached the lease agreement too)

- Last item, they add comments about our professional careers and work history.

 

That's pretty much it! 

[Hadeer 1]

21 minutes ago, RedAndChile said:

Well, I can share with you the structure of the document:

 

- First, the sponsors state full support, indicating that they will help us out through the start, so we are able to settle.

- Second, they state that they formalized a lease agreement with us to rent us a room in their house (we attached the lease agreement too)

- Last item, they add comments about our professional careers and work history.

 

That's pretty much it! 

Thanks alot

[ManoelSena 0]

Uma 

Em 02/03/2023 em 15:44, RedAndChile disse:

Bem, posso compartilhar com vocês a estrutura do documento:

 

- Primeiramente, os patrocinadores declaram total apoio, indicando que vão nos ajudar desde a largada, para que possamos resolver.

- Em segundo lugar, eles afirmam que formalizaram um contrato de locação conosco para nos alugar um quarto em sua casa (anexamos o contrato de locação também)

- Último item, eles adicionam comentários sobre nossas trajetórias profissionais e histórico de trabalho.

 

É mais ou menos isso! 

Parabéns pelo processo, amigo.

Estou passando pela mesma situação!

Uma dúvida ao preencher o formulário i-864: Seu endereço de correspondência e seu endereço físico, você colocou o do Chile ou o dos Estados Unidos?

Obrigado.

Edited May 31, 2023 by ManoelSena

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[RedAndChile 7]

9 hours ago, ManoelSena said:

Uma 

Parabéns pelo processo, amigo.

Estou passando pela mesma situação!

Uma dúvida ao preencher o formulário i-864: Seu endereço de correspondência e seu endereço físico, você colocou o do Chile ou o dos Estados Unidos?

Obrigado.

I will paste what google translate gave me as translation, so everybody can understand:

 

Question:
"Congratulations on the process, friend. I'm going through the same situation! One question when filling out the i-864 form: Your mailing address and your physical address, did you put Chile or the United States? Thanks"

 

Answer:

Thank you very much @ManoelSena. So, about the address question, the US citizen (my wife) was living with me in Chile, so her mailing address and physical address were the same, in our Chilean address. She was a resident in Chile since she had lived there for some years, so that makes a difference in the whole process, hence the reason of having to prove US domicile when submitting all the required documentation for NVC process. Wish you success and remember to post in English only so everybody can understand!. Take care.

[ManoelSena 0]

I apologize to everyone. I messed up when translating and ended up posting in Portuguese. It won't happen anymore!

 

Thanks for the quick response, @RedAndChile. My situation is similar, maybe more difficult:
I am an American citizen, but I have never lived in the United States. My wife is on NVC now and I need proof of domicile.
I am surrounding myself with all proofs of intention to establish domicile there together with my wife.

 

Thank you for clearing my doubts.

[Boiler 45,445]

Have you been to the US? Do you have an address you can use?

[Redro 4,611]

4 hours ago, ManoelSena said:

I apologize to everyone. I messed up when translating and ended up posting in Portuguese. It won't happen anymore!

 

Thanks for the quick response, @RedAndChile. My situation is similar, maybe more difficult:
I am an American citizen, but I have never lived in the United States. My wife is on NVC now and I need proof of domicile.
I am surrounding myself with all proofs of intention to establish domicile there together with my wife.

 

Thank you for clearing my doubts.

Do you have an SSN? And have you been filing taxes?