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Community SpotlightDV Lottery of K1 Visa - Can I file for both?
Petrisaint Mpaka posted a topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures,
I applied for the DV lottery 2025 and hope to be selected this year. My fiancé and I discovered that there is a fiancé visa for the USA. Do you think if we apply for the K1 visa but are selected for the DV lottery that we can stop the fiancé visa process? What are the timelines and options here :)?-
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Confused about steps after marriage
SP1988 posted a topic in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas,
My fiancee arrived last month on K1 fiance visa and we got married yesterday. It seems from what I have seen online that I made a mistake by not getting SSN prior to marriage? I am going to the SSN office on Monday to gather more information... also worried about employment authorization and travel authorization(s). Thanks for any insights!-
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Tourist visa cancelled by CBP agent. Can we still get a CR1 or K1 Visa?
yotajeeper posted a topic in What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration,
Upon my gf's most recent arrival, her tourist visa was cancelled at the airport due to her frequent visits last year and suspicion of working here. She was denied entry and sent back same day. Is a CR1 or K1 visa process an option still? I would appreciate any advice or tips you can provide!-
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Recent Immigration DiscussionsLooking to sponsor someone for a visitor visa 6:14 am today
Klolangel
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4 RepliesSo I met this guy online who wants to marry me from Pakistan. I m a US Citizen (born here) and never left the country and don t even have a passport. I wanted to meet him in person before agreeing to marry him, but everyone I know is against me going to Pakistan. He wants me to visit for a summer and get married there and then return to the US to get him a visa. He previously was denied a study visa to the US and tourism visas I guess are difficult for Pakistanis to obtain. How should I go about this situation?
I need advice for a RFE regarding multiple filings 2:28 am today
DinaBill
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2 RepliesAloha,
We received an RFE today regarding multiple filings. This is what they say the need -
For this petition to be approved, USCIS would have to grant a waiver of the filing limitations described above. You must submit a written request for a waiver and explain why a waiver is appropriate in your case. You submitted a waiver request but you did not submit any/sufficient evidence to support your waiver request. The evidence should show that a favorable exercise of discretion to grant the waiver is warranted in your case and any unusual circumstances that exist (e.g. death or incapacity of the former beneficiary(ies)).
I will attach my Request for Waiver that we included in our packet (doc file). Please give me ideas what else I can say/include. I'm lost.
Bill
Bring sibling and his wife to US 9:32 pm yesterday
DMenace83
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2 RepliesThe guide on this site say that if I want to sponsor my brother and his wife in the UK to immigrate to the US, I just need to file one form to also apply for his wife to come as well:
> Note: You do not need to file a separate Form I-130 for your sibling s spouse or unmarried children under 21 years of age.
But how do I do that? Do I just have to add her name to the form as his spouse in the spouse section? Anything else I need to submit?It doesn't say anything about showing a copy of the marriage certificate, so curious if that's needed, to show that they are indeed married.
Port of Entry (POE): SFO (San Francisco Int'l) specifically. What types of questions are asked of the Fiancé/Fiancée? 9:25 pm yesterday
ToNhi
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1 RepliesI am Vietnamese-American and my Fianc e is Vietnamese National. We both speak Vietnamese to one another (which is pretty uncommon for this site I guess?).
Has anyone had trouble at Port of Entry (SFO, SF Int'l specifically) for their Fianc e at a POE and required secondary inspection? Will they have translators there at POE (SF)?
Thank you so much!
RFE not sure what to send 6:41 pm yesterday
jujulia
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4 RepliesHello everyone, hope all is well with you!
My name is Julia, I got married in July, under a K1 visa, and sent my AOS application in August. Me and my husband decided to put his mother as household member that is going to help him to meet the financial requirements for the AOS, since we're living with her. He filled out the form I-864 as the sponsor and she filled out the I-864A, as a household member.
We sent: both this forms, together with my husband's tax returns for 2023, 2022 and 2021, his bank statements for both his checking and savings account for the past 6 months, my mother-in-law's tax return for 2022 and 2021 (she didn't have to file taxes for 2023, because she only receives retirement benefits from Social Security, which are non-taxable), her retirement benefits statements for 2023, 2022 and 2021 with translations from Spanish and a letter certifying the translation was accurate and complete, the tax document for her house, that counts as assets to meet the requirements, and her proof of citizenship.
With my husband's savings, my mother-in-law's retirement benefits and her house, we calculated and we definitely meet the requirements.Now, we received the following RFE:
"Based on the documents submitted, we could not determine that the petitioning sponsor, OMAR GERARDO, and the petitioning sponsor's household member(s) listed on Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, are qualified. In order to be qualified, the petitioning sponsor's Form I-864 must be properly completed and signed, and the supporting documents must establish that the combined income of the petitioning sponsor and the petitioning sponsor's household member(s) meets 125 percent (100 percent if military) of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor s household size. See Form I-864P for information on the Federal Poverty Guidelines. If the combined income of the petitioning sponsor and the petitioning sponsor's household member(s) does not meet 125 percent (100 percent if military) of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor's household size, you must obtain a qualifying joint sponsor who demonstrates the ability to support you or submit evidence of assets. See Form I-864 Instructions for more information"
I have two questions about this RFE, that I really need help with:
1 - We thought about asking my mother-in-law to fill out a new I-864, now as a joint sponsor, and send them this new form, her tax returns and retirement benefits from Social Security documents for 2023, 2022 and 2021, a letter from her explaining why she didn't file taxes in 2023, the deed of her house (that has more information about her ownership and we didn't send the first time) and a letter from the bank with my husband's savings account information for the past 12 months. What do you think about it, is it okay to have her as a joint sponsor, instead of a household member that would help?
2 - If we continue with this option, in the part of form I-864 related to the household size, what would be the number I should put in her form as a joint sponsor? Me and my husband live with her, so tecnically it'd be a household of 3, but he's the sponsor and I don't know if I need to include him on her form too and in what part of the household size I should include him.
Thank you very much you all since now! Best wishes too for all of you that are also in this process!