US Immigration from South Africa

Good morning,

I am in the process of filing to bring my stepson to live in the US with us. Quick overview of my situation: I was living abroad with my husband for several years. We decided to move this side. Because I was not employed while living overseas my mom acted as a co-Sponsor for my husband. We arrived in the US just before COVID so we were not working until June of 2020. Our tax return obviously only reflects 6 months of employment, which wouldn t appear to be enough for sponsorship. My husband has received a promotion since and is now salaried.

my question is this, is a letter of employment with his salary amount enough evidence that we can indeed support our son or should we ask my mom to co-Sponsor again? If she does! Will we need to pay filing fees twice or would both affidavits be covered with one fee?

Thank you VJ for your help and support .

I was at the Embassy at exactly 1pm and my appointment was at 1.30, We were called in into the immigrant section.

Co; How dd you meet your wife

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Co. Where did you guys go when she visited

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Co. How long have you been married to your wife

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Co. When do I want to go meet my wife?

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Co where will you live with you get to the USA

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about 2 Questions and I was able to answer to the best of my knowledge. Meanwhile while I was been interviewed, they already placed a call to my wife, Well in all I was approved and asked to wait for couple of week due to backlog.

Thank you everyone .

I submitted an I-130 to begin the process of bringing my stepson to live with us here in the US. I filed Dec 2020 and this morning I got a text message and email saying action has been taken on my case but when I try to login, it says, Error retrieving case status. Try again later. Above that it says Case Closed. Is this a good thing or not? When I filed for my husband I was living abroad with him and everything went through the consulate, so this route is all new to me.

Hi guys!

I have no idea if anyone here knows the answer, but I am at a total loss. I have been trying to get my last name changed since my husband immigrated in October. I was able to get my name changed on my Social Security card and my voter registration. I can even get my name changed on my passport. However, when I went to change my name on my driver's license, I was informed that I had to take the marriage certificate to the clerk and recorders office in my county and register my marriage in the US as they couldn't accept my marriage certificate from abroad (Hong Kong). I went and had the marriage certificate recorded by the clerk in my county, and even received a certified copy of the document (noting the marriage). I went back and was told once more that they cannot accept the document. The DMV will not accept the foreign marriage certificate, so... what do I do from here? The US recognizes our marriage, but the state does not. My social security number is no longer tied to the name that is on my photo ID. Do I need to get remarried in the US? Is that even a thing? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Ok. Here I go, My wife got an email for me to the immigrant section of the Johannesburg consular in South Wednesday for an interview, Meanwhile consular said my wife has to be on the phone at same time I will be at the embassy anyone has any idea what they might want to ask? Your help is needed