homesick_american

We were sent an I-864 to fill in. I have no idea what visa we actually applied for (I assumed it was a K3) but the whole process started with an I-130.

The I-864 tends to get used at the Consulate for true immigration visas such as CR-1, the K1, and K3 visa are considered to be visitors visas, and use the I-134 form. The K3 is a unique case because it has 2 parts filed I-130 like an immigration visa, and I-129F like a K1 visitors visa, so perhaps the I-130 triggered their sending out the I-864.

Sorry, I have NO idea what you just said.

We were sent an I-864 to fill in. I have no idea what visa we actually applied for (I assumed it was a K3) but the whole process started with an I-130.

Youi indicated elsewhere that you are married and your spouse applied for an Immigrant Visa; that's the kind of visa he applied for (class IR-1--you've been married +2 years).

Your profile shows K-1, which is for a fiance outside the US when the USC is in the US.

That visa will always require the I-864 affidvit of support. K-3 is something else altogether again.

*shrug* OK. I have to admit that I have never fully understood what I've read online about US visas because the information is inconsistent and written in byzantine language. I also don't understand a lot of the jargon used here.

Y'all...do you think we'll be OK?

Well we have been approved on sept. 11, what a date to get approved on. Very happy and glad. Now I have some questions on the affadavit of support as we are running into a few problems.

Questions

1- Does the US petitioner, my fiancée, HAVE to sign an affadavit of support or can it be someone else who makes 125% above the poverty line?

It has to be your fiancee, though if she doesn't qualify she can get a co-sponsor.

2- When the app. is being reviewed, will they take into account that a job you have might be laying you off?

If it's you and you're the foreigner, they probably won't care if you're applying from outside the US. The impression that I got was that they'll only care about the USC's income/assets.

3- What happens when you switch jobs a few weeks before the interview date, does that hamper the application any?

See above.

4- To emphasize on my first question, just want to clarify it once again. I would like someone else whom we know quite well to sign the affadavit of support ONLY as he makes more than 125% and he lives alone. Is that a possibility? Can he be the primary and only sponsor or does my fiancée have to submit an affadavit of support form as well.

Your fiancee is 99.99% likely to have to fill one in even if her income does not qualify her to sponsor you, so I recommend getting started. If you need a co-sponsor he will probably have to fill in a separate affadavit of support. We had my parents fill one in just in case we needed it since we did not want anything to hold us up (the medical is holding us up right now) but in the end we didn't need it.

Well that's the basic questions actually. I'll be going to the interview at the new delhi embassy. Any idea as to the sort of questions they make ask? If you want to give a date for them to interview on, is that a possibility? If you miss your interview date, can you call them up and reissue another date or do you have to reapply for the I-129F again?

Thanks,

Ryan & Mandi

I would think they would not look kindly on you missing your appointment and if you ask to reschedule they may bump you to the back of the queue so I strongly recommend keeping your appointment. They will choose the date of the interview; you won't get a say in it if New Delhi is anything like London. Our visa appointment was scheduled for September 11th of this year. I didn't want a visa appt on 9/11, but there you go; that's when we were scheduled!

We were not asked any questions about our relationship; we were asked if we own our home and whether we had put it on the market yet. That's about it; mostly the official just shuffled paper and asked us to hand documents through the window. It was all very quick. The embassy part was a piece of cake; like I said, it's the medical that's slapping us right now.

We were sent an I-864 to fill in. I have no idea what visa we actually applied for (I assumed it was a K3) but the whole process started with an I-130.

My husband (the Brit) and I (the USC) got married in 2001; all we needed was a marriage certificate. We were not asked for, nor did we provide, any other evidence of the validity of our relationship. I guess they figure since we've been married 5+ years and own a home together, our marriage is valid.

Since you've been married less than two years, though, you might need a waiver or something. I don't know about primary purpose laws in the US but in the UK they used to be strict. When I applied for my fiancee visa for the UK in 2001, they did want proof of our ongoing relationship in the form of e-mails, photographs, plane ticket stubs, etc.

We met a couple last week at the embassy who had been married less than two years who got their visa but said they were 'hassled' about providing other 'evidence' of their relationship. Unfortunately I didn't ask them any questions about that. Sorry!

OK, I was researching and found this on the USCIS's own website:

Are all physical or mental disorders considered “medically-related grounds of ineligibility”?

No. The Civil Surgeon or Panel Physician must determine that there is no harmful behavior associated with the disorder in question. If you have a history of a physical or a mental disorder, there must be a harmful behavior that is likely to recur in order for it to make you ineligible. If your condition has no associated harmful behavior, then you can proceed with your application process.

In his case there's no 'harmful behavior' since he has never self-harmed, never threatened or attempted suicide, and has never harmed another human being. So, I think we're cool.

PHEW!

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/medical_exam.htm#diso

Research the threads of the member tigretigre for some information regarding this type of 'condition'.

I think you will find the helpful and inspirational.

Tigretigre doesn't seem to have an answer yet; I'm sorry, I don't feel any better!

Co sponsorship is fine with the London consulate.

That's true.

Hi, new here...I'm American, hubby's British.

I moved to the UK in 2001 and have been here ever since, so our petition is being handled by the US embassy in London.

We had our visa interview (applying for immigrant visa) on 9/11/06. The visa interview itself was fine, no problems.

Then came the medical.

On the form it asked if hubby had depression, he said yes. I wasn't in the room so this is all secondhand info. The doc asked him how long he'd been on anti-depressants, since he indicated that he was taking citalopram. He said since March. Doc says she needed a letter from his GP, and the form we showed the GP asked about 'diagnosis', 'suicidal/aggressive tendencies', 'treatment', and 'prognosis.'

I am FREAKING OUT. My husband is not suicidal or aggressive though like many depressives he has had the occasional suicidal THOUGHT, though he went straight to his doctor and his doctor said he should not worry, he considered him to be low/no risk for suicide and that he's a very sane/rational individual. Doc said there is a big difference between suicidal ideation (a normal symptom of depression) and suicidal intentions (which hubby has never had, EVER).

Hubby has never been on incapacity/disability benefits for any reason, and his depression has never interfered with his ability to function day-to-day. He is very stable and rational. He's currently in therapy and is making good progress, and the doc says his prognosis is good. He has never self-harmed, never neglected me/himself, and has never acted aggressively towards anyone ever.

Should we be panicking? Oh god, I can't stand this. I never knew this could even be an issue. I mean, he is SQUEAKY CLEAN except for this.