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K1 VISA Petitioner Financial Requirements Urgent Help
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K1 VISA Petitioner Financial Requirements Urgent Help
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You absolutely can (and are required to) report ALL income, even if it is in cash. You do not need a form from a company to file taxes, so there is absolutely no excuse to not file. Your petitioner is going to have to pay thousands of dollars in owed taxes (and now, fines) to make sure filing is up to date in order to be able to sponsor. Immigration aside, they need to file or they are going to have a huge problem with the IRS in the future.
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Paper Filing N-400 While on Foreign Trip
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Paper Filing N-400 While on Foreign Trip
Sarah&Facundo replied to JD2's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
No clue what happened, but I did want to bring it up because it's not a 100% guarantee biometrics will be reused. As I mentioned, in our case, we had to do it again about a month or so after applying. -
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Paper Filing N-400 While on Foreign Trip
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Paper Filing N-400 While on Foreign Trip
Sarah&Facundo replied to JD2's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
My husband had to do biometrics again! We had no RFEs the entire process, no issues at any stage at all whatsoever, but for some reason about a week after filing N400, he received a letter asking him to come in later that month for biometrics. Other than that, he had his interview a few months later and was at his naturalization ceremony an hour later. For reference, this was last year. -
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Looking for guidance on best visa option for my SO
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Unfortunately, there is no way around the meeting requirement. You have to meet! And when it comes to someone from Nigeria, you have to meet much more than the bare minimum requirement. You could consider going there for a few months. This would be less costly to you since you would only need to buy one roundtrip ticket and give you a great chance to see if this relationship works. And only flying once instead of multiple times back-and-forth would be better for your health. But as others mentioned, sponsoring someone is very expensive - now more than ever before. Make sure you have the funds to pay for those expenses before trying to apply or you will be denied regardless of how strong your relationship is. A K1 is not for "getting to know someone." Especially with someone from Nigeria, you need to have already developed a strong relationship before applying for the K1. In-person time is a huge factor. The 90 days is just to get paperwork in order to actually get married. Before my husband came here on the K1, I was in his country for the equivalent of months (maybe years if you add it all up) and he had come to spend time in the US a few times as well.
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Why do you want to become an American citizen?
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N400 interview questions dates
Sarah&Facundo replied to Don0's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
Actually, this happened to us too! -
appleblossom reacted to a post in a topic:
Needing Wedding Clarification and Advice
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Outside of just getting married civilly and getting the paperwork signed ASAP so you can apply for the Cr1 which is your best scenario (then you can have both weddings as you wish), you could do what we did when my now-husband came to the US under the K1 and livestream the whole thing. His parents did make the trip to the US for the wedding, but no one else was able to make it. However everyone watched from the comfort of their homes. We later went back to his country once he received his travel permit and celebrated with them. It is the major downside of immigration, but unfortunately what you proposed is not advisable at all.
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The bigger question is - if she could not afford to file (not too expensive), then how can she afford to sponsor someone?
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Agreed with what was said above. After coming to the US on the K1 and marrying within 90 days and going through the process of filing the application to adjust status, definitely expect a year or more until the Adjustment of Status interview. You can pay to file for an EAD card, which is a work permit, but that can also take many months to process. Definitely something to consider if going 3-4 months without work would be a challenge. It would very likely be more than that.
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We have started our journey but need help.
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It can happen, but I don't know how regularly. From personal experience, my husband's visa was approved and he entered with a B2 to visit me before coming back to finalize the move. No questions asked at the border. We did mentioned we wanted to do this at his interview, and the officer saw no issue with it. I am not sure if he noted it somewhere, but my husband was prepared with a ton of documents proving his return to his home country, yet he was waived right through on his B2. To elaborate, he was approved in late October. He came for Thanksgiving in November. Then he moved here in March.
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YOUR Husband WILL BE different now that he is in the USA - Beware
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My husband entered on the K1 in April. He was already studying in college by June. He didn't get his EAD until September and his green card interview was a year after our wedding. You don't have to wait to study. He was granted in-state tuition, but this varies school to school. He just couldn't file a FAFSA until he had the green card.
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Yes! The year we got married, my husband and I married in April and he was already attending classes at the beginning of the summer semester in June. He did not even have a social security number yet! They let him use a placeholder of 000-00-000 until he received his real one and they granted him in-state tuition based on the fact he was living with me and I had lived in state for over a year. Once he received a social security number, they updated it in his school account. He received his green card the following February, and he was allowed to start applying for scholarships. He won a few based on his grades the previous semesters. This was all really great because he felt like he was doing something productive while he had to spend so many months not working. And since he wasn't working, he was able to focus all his attention on studying. Although he spoke English, studying for higher educational classes is a different language was difficult, but he did it and he graduated with honors!
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You can definitely re-enter with the expired green card, valid extension letter, and valid passport. We did it multiple times. But as others suggested, I would try to do a walk in for Biometrics. And definitely be prepared to wait until someone no shows. Enjoy seeing your family.
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This isn't semantics. They are two completely different things. K1 visa holders have to adjust their status to become green card holders. CR1 visa holders are green card holders the moment they step on US soil. Adjustment of status (AOS) is what the K1 visa holder has to go through to get a 2 year green card. To continue remaining in the US, two year green card holders must file Removal of Conditions (ROC). Once approved, they can receive a 10 year green card.
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No way to know--even without holidays, it could be weeks or months. It depends on how long they are in AP after the interview.
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Yep, that's fine. We did a pre-honeymoon in Europe before coming to the US. You just need to enter together.
