Miguel&Kendra

Chilegringa,

We are in a similar situation with my father (who is joint-sponsoring my husband for a CR-1). I am presently finishing the paperwork for the Affidavit of support and will be sending it out this week. in my case, my father was able to joint-sponsor him without using my mother's income but they also file jointly. He didn't want to have to go though and figure out how much they made separately and decided just to have my mother fill out the 864A to include both of their incomes and to avoid the whole "joint filing" issue. Also, we decided it would be best to be generously over the poverty limit guidelines instead of marginally over it. So in the end we decided it would be easiest to use their joint income.

Unfortunately I can't directly answer the question, hopefully someone who is more experience with this can help.

hello VJers,

I am the USC living overseas with my Chilean husband. Almost done collecting info for his AOS and DS 230 packet. I plan on sending all 3 packets together to NVC (my AOS, joint-sponsor AOS and DS 230) since I live overseas and would like to only pay once for documents that are going to the same place. I know this may sound like a silly question, but can all the documents (mentioned above) be sent together? Don't want to make a rookie mistake. Any help would be greatly appreciated! THANKS ahead of time.

Kendra

Ebe,

Just got our docs from the Registro Civil. They are as "unofficial" looking as the on-line ones. Hopefully, this doesn't happen to us as well. How did everything work out for you? Any news? Best of luck!

My husband is Chilean and also has NO idea what he's gotten. We're going to try and contact his pediatrician... but most likely it will be a dead end. I'm also assuming he's gotten MMR, Small pox and polio. I think it's safe to assume that he hasn't had a flu shot, Hep A and probably could use a tetanus booster. So we're going to look into getting those ahead of time and see what insurance will cover. Has anyone else gotten them ahead of time? Is it more cost effective than getting them at the medical exam? Thoughts?

KDH,

Thanks for letting me know. It's all about trying to find the balance between what the Embassy is going to want and what is needed. We decided to submit the rental agreement with a single notarization on the part of the landlord because it's easily done. And I will sign as the renter but without the notarization. I think I've become so used to Chileans notarizing EVERYTHING that I just assume it needs to be done. Thanks for the clarification.

Thanks for some input ebe. Presently we are opting for the more formal route. Right now we are going to have my Mom sign and have it notarized over there (being the US) and the fly to Santiago and have it notarized at the Embassy. Hopefully I can get a more clear answer from someone, otherwise... Off to Santiago we go to have it notarized.

Just to give people an update... as of 2012 the USCIS is still receiving "self-translated" documents for the I-130. I did the same process using the exact same wording as used in a post above (I believe it was cut and pasted) and did not have a problem in regards to this portion of the process. Best of luck to all!

Hello everyone,

I am the USC, living overseas with my husband and our daughter in Chile. My husband and I are collecting our papers for the Affidavit of Support (we've gone through the I-130 and have paid the fee for the Agent and IV packet) . Since I am living in Chile I need to re-establish domicile in the US. I am using the following pieces of evidence to re-establish ties (all of which are connected to the same US address):

- document of voting registration and voting history emitted from my voting District

- current driver's license

- credit card bills

- bank statement

- copy of child's US consular birth record/passport and SSN card (showing we have made steps to create citizenship for our child)

- rental agreement with parents

- potential job offer from sister for child care services (though this would be in different city than the previous documents)

Secondary Info:

-internet quote from moving company (most likely will not be used since we are selling everything)

- internet quote from health insurance company

The rental agreement is the "corner stone" to my argument. Is there a need to legalize and/or notarize the signatures on these documents? Or can it be handed in without that? From what I've researched, the process to get a document notarized would involve traveling to the US Embassy in Santiago and having the document notarized by an officer there (since a notary public cannot notarize something outside of their jurisdiction aka my friend from Georgia who is a notary public and living in Chile cannot notarize my document). If that's the case, should I have my mother's signature as the "landlord" be present and notarized on the document in the US before I take it to have it notarized at the Embassy?

Also, is it possible to include this document at a later time (aka the Embassy interview) so that I don't hold up the submission of the Affidavit packet?

Does anyone have experience with job offers? does it just have to be a letter that stipulates that I am being offered a job or should I have her draw up a contract? Notarization for this document at well?

Any information that can be provided would be greatly appreciated. If you need more clarification about my situation please feel free to ask. Or if there are some suggestions of other pieces of information that would help make my case, please feel free to suggest. Thank you so much and have a great day!

Check out the US Embassy website, under visas (non-immigrant). They are very straight forward about their visa process. Please do not buy your plane tickets until you have the tourist visa in your hands (having plane tickets will not help your visa cause). They will be looking for information that shows that you have strong ties to Chile and therefore will be returning. Such evidence could include: having bought a house, that you are renting, going to school, owning a vehicle and enough money in your savings to get you to the States and back. Bring all the documents they require and any evidence that supports your cause. As far as I understand, most of their process is now electronic. Make sure you have uploaded all the documents they require and that you print off any documents that must be taken (including the interview date reservation confirmation). Best of luck!