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Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask about financial evidence for a K-1 visa case. Our situation is a bit unusual, so I would really appreciate any honest opinions or experiences from people who have gone through something similar.

The beneficiary s interview is expected to be around August this year.

In May 2025, my father, who was self-employed, became seriously ill and was no longer able to work regularly. Because of that, I began gradually taking over his business around July 2025 and worked unofficially as an employee while the business was still under his name.

At that time, I was still a student, so I do not have a personal 2025 tax return.

In February 2026, I officially took over the business and have been working full-time as the CEO of the LLC since then. This is my first full-time job.

Currently, after business expenses and payroll taxes, my monthly income is around $5,000 6,000, which projects to about $60,000 annually. This is above the poverty guideline requirements.

However, I am worried about the following:

I have only been working in this role for a short time
My income is self-employment / LLC-based
I do not have my own 2025 tax return

The business itself does have tax returns and proof of revenue, but the 2025 documents are under my father s name.

Unfortunately, getting a joint sponsor is not an option for us.

These are the documents we are currently planning to prepare:

Form I-134
A personal cover letter explaining the financial timeline and business transition (father s illness business transition LLC formation current income)
My father s 2024 and 2025 tax returns and business profit/loss statements
A signed statement from my father confirming that I now operate the business and maintain similar financial performance
LLC formation documents
EIN-related documents
Business transfer documents
Business licenses, client contracts, and invoices from February 2026 onward
Business and personal bank statements
(we are hoping to have around $10,000 in savings by the interview)
Pay stubs from February 2026 onward
2026 Q1 tax filings
A CPA letter explaining the current income and business stability

If anyone has experience with taking over a family business, having a short tax history, or using self-employment income for a K-1 case, I would really appreciate hearing your experience.

Thank you so much.

Hi,

I have not listed my ZA nationality since I gained my UK as I found out dual was not allowed (without requesting retention) so during K1 and AOS I did not list it but is my birth country. I was asked at embassy about it, said I lost it when I gained UK.
Since then the law that lead to this was ruled unconstitutional and you now retain or can regain citizenship. While looking into this I discovered I'm 99% sure I never officially lost my ZA citizenship. Of course, if I had tried to obtain a ZA passport, etc., at the time they likely would have revoked it when they found out I had dual. Essentially, I was likely in a grey area at the time but now I almost certainly have ZA citizenship. However, I'm concerned if I add ZA to my ROC it will raise questions about not having it at K1 (and not providing a pcc). I know it's not a large chance but don't want to risk anything either.

Essentially, I am unsure what to put as I am unsure of my nationality status. My ID number for ZA still lists me as a citizen but that's all I have to go on.

Hello,

My wife (British with pending I-130), son (US/UK Citizen), and I (US Citizen) live in the United Kingdom. We are planning to visit the United States for 82 days this summer and return to Britain after. My wife will be travelling on an ESTA.

I recently found out that this can be quite risky, because with a pending I-130 the CBP officers assume immigrant intent. I thought to myself that we have a pretty clear cut case since we have strong ties to England including: both of us being university students in England, having a tenancy in England with both of our names on it, and also medical appointments in England scheduled after our visit concludes.

I've read that this can be quite risky and chances a withdrawal of application or expedited removal with a 5 year ban on reentry. We fully intend on a temporary visit and have plenty of evidence to support it, but I am thinking about cancelling the trip to avoid this risk.

I was wondering if anybody here has been through the same situation, and how recent it was? How was your experience? Should I cancel the trip?

We have a consultation with a lawyer in a few days but I wanted to hear some personal stories.

Thank you!

Lots of different stories out there regarding US Air travel within the country today.

Wife came here on K1 and we were married within the 90 days.
Filed for AOS and have had our interview but everything is still pending

Her I-94 has expired.
Her Philippine passport is still valid.
She does not have driver's licence or state ID yet

Can she travel by air domestically without risk today with only her alien passport, and NOA of AOS application?

Hello,

I want to know which evidence to include in our I-130.

Context:

- We met back in high school around 2012 in the Dominican Republic

- We started talking again around 2017 (I was already in the US at the time)

- We dated long distance from 2018 until 2024 (we still have chats from 2020 to 2024 as well as gift receipts from both of us).

- In 2024, we decided this was not working out due to the distance. She later started another relationship and I also went my way.

- In March 2025, she applied for a B2 tourist visa. At that time, we were not dating.

- Around June 2025, her relationship ended and around July 2025 we reconnected.

- In September 2025, she decided to visit for 1.5 weeks. This was our first time seeing each other again in person since 2012. We engaged that same month. She returned to the DR.

- April 2026 we married in the US and she returned shortly after.

Me: US citizen

Her: Dominican citizen

Open questions:

1. Do we need joint finances at this point? I am planning on including her as a beneficiary of my life insurance and 401k. Should we open a bank account?

2. She is worried about the breakup and reconnection. She is suggesting we scrap all the info prior to 2025 and start from there (meaning way less evidence). My point of view is that life changes and excluding all previous evidence will hurt the case more.

3. In her US visa application she put her previous non legal partner as common-law partner. In the Dominican Republic, common-law is not a legal status. Her concern is that USCIS might scrutinize that and ask why she visited me. In my opinion, I don't think that will get scrutinize. They might ask to clarify the common-law status and we can clarify that it is not a legal status and provide evidence.

Thanks in advance!