US Immigration from Germany

I am a US citizen petitioning for my husband (I-130 submitted 09/21). We have both been living abroad for many years, thus I do not have a US-based tax history to meet income requirements for his application. We do, however, have savings that will cover the income requirements specified. As I understood the documentation, this should be enough and there is no expectation that I move back to the US while the application process is under review. Is this correct?

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone

I am a bit confused regarding the interview process.

we got an email last week from NVC telling us that Our case has been completed by NVC and it is moving to the consulate in Frankfurt. from that email and reading other's posts on VJ I understand that we don't need to do anything for now (other than gathering documents to present during the interview itself) and that the consulate is going to contact us regarding an interview appointment. Is that correct?

I am unsure because the information on the VJ page for Frankfurt consulate talks about sending out a packet 3 to the consulate (which, basically contains all the documents already sent to NVC ). Is this information outdated? Non of the links in the description work.

I also have a second question regarding police certificates. I was living in France for a few years and therefore attached a PC with our NVC documents. So I do have a clear PC and a translation. My problem is that both the PC as the translation are just digital. I never received a physical copy of both as you can choose with French PC if you want to receive a copy by mail or e-mail only. I could ask for a new physical copy of the PC, but then would need a new translation. It is mostly a timing question.

Is there anything I should/ could do during the waiting process of getting an interview scheduled? NVC process took forever for us, so I really want to make this last stage as smooth as possible. I am also concerend about the current Covid situation in germany and the possibility of the consulate closing again.

Thanks everyone for your help, can't tell you how appreciative I am of this community

Good afternoon,

I am trying to apply for community college, but am confused as far as documents needed from Germany. Before moving here, I got my Mittlere Reife (High School Diploma I believe) in Germany. Then went to Fachhochschule, which did not work out, so I did an Ausbildung (3 years apprenticeship). Is that apprenticeship considered an Associate Degree? I was told I will need official transcripts from Germany, are those Abschlusszeugnisse, and if so, will I need both from my Mittlere Reife and Ausbildung?

We are wondering if we would need to travel to the US immediately to activate their green cards.

This is the background: We applied for the children's green card. They are my biological children and I am a naturalised US citizen. Once my kids receive their greencard, they derive their citizenship through me as I am already a US citizen. Which means they are eligible to apply for a US passport after activation of said green card. However, the child citizenship act stipulates that
children need to reside in the legal and physical custody of their parents in the United States unless they are military dependents (which they are) and I am a military spouse residing in marital union with my husband and German kids.

We are wondering if we are hitting a snag: My husband is retiring Jan 01, 2022 but we are planning to stay here longer as he had just been offered a contractor position.

Here is my question: Once we activate their greencard, we would immediately apply for their passport. I am confused how my husbands retirement will affect this. Are the kids good as long as they activate their greencard before Jan 01, 2022 and apply for a US passport BEFORE said date? Our base overseas would process the passport application. Or does the retirement have no impact on the citizenship as long as the kids activate their green card while they are still on his under orders and the date of activation is the date the department of state looks at? Would the kids not derive their citizenship through me if the passport application is filed after my husband retires because we will continue to reside in Germany (hopefully with an end in sight?). My husband and I are confused. Maybe I am not understanding this right.

We are planning to visit family end of December and wanted to activate their green card when traveling home. However, if everything as to be done and squared away before my husband retires, then we would need to travel almost immediately.

Hi everyone,

My fianc (US-citizien) and I (German) are currently living in Germany.

We've been living together in Germany for a couple of years now and would like to move to the US as soon as possible.

So we'd like to start the process for the CR1 visa, as soon as we are married.

As far as we heard it seems to be more difficult to file for a visa from abroad.

We read that ' If you live mainly outside the U.S. [...] then, as a rule, you cannot file an I-864 and your spouse's immigrant visa application cannot be approve'

[...] There are three exceptions to this general domicile rule, for:

[...]

3. I-130 petitioners who can demonstrate an intention to establish a domicile in the U.S. either before or at the time of their beneficiary's arrival in the United States.

The third exception above requires showing (with a written explanation and supporting evidence attached to the I-864) that the petitioner has taken a combination of concrete steps towards leaving the foreign country to live in the U.S. steps such as signing a lease or purchasing a home, applying for jobs in the U.S., registering children at U.S. schools, opening U.S. bank or investment accounts, applying for a U.S. Social Security number, registering to vote and so on.'

Of course he has always filed his taxes, has a SSN, voted an so forth. He has recently started looking for job.

But we would like to stay in Germany together until my visa is approved.

Does anyone have experience with filing for a CR1 Visa from Germany?

How long does the process take from Germany?

Do you have any tips?

We'd be deeply grateful if you have any tips