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Hi, @Crazy Cat appreciate your response. So I believe DCF is unavailable to us as we do not meet the pre-requisites to expedite via the DCF process. So I was just going to submit an application via the USCIS website. My wife (US Citizen) and I (UK Citizen) live in the north of England and have done for the past 3-4 years. For this question "at which embassy or consulate will you apply?" Do I input my city that I reside in or the closest embassy - that being London?

Hi all, Apologies if this topic has been done to death but I was feeling very OK about submitting our petition to all of a sudden feeling overwhelmed and confused! I am a UK citizen and my wife is a U.S. Citizen. We've been in the U.K. a few years and long story short her dream is to move home but she came to the UK during COVID as it was quicker and easier for us to be together but now she is really feeling the itch to move - which I am super on board with! So we're about to submit the docs and have all our evidence for the I-130 and completed the supplementary I-130A but I keep seeing things about DCF and exceptional circumstance required to file at the London Embassy? I was just planning on submitting the I-130 online and paying via the USCIS and where it gets to the question regarding processing outside of the states (part 4 on the paper I-130 form) "The beneficiary will not apply for adjustment of status in the United States, but he or she will apply for an immigrant visa abroad at the U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate In:" I have just entered the following: City or Town - "London" Province - "_" Country - "UK" Is that correct? Should I be doing having to reach out to the embassy first? I am having doubts now that I am misunderstanding how to file this form. All help is appreciated!

Hi @powpow13, Thanks a lot for your in detailed response! Apologies on the delayed reply we had actually just returned from the U.S. and have been very jet-lagged. I guess my question is, what is required to prove that the U.K. was planned on being temporary - without boring you too much our desire when we first decided to end long-distance and reside together was for me to come to the U.S. on the fiancé visa however this was during COVID and processing times were extraordinary. Whereas in the U.K. they were weeks if you paid to expedite (which we did) and that is why my then fiancée came to the U.K. and we got married in the U.K. then throw in a pregnancy or two and it has been difficult to to up sticks and move to the U.S. as you can imagine. I would say that my wife has maintained strong ties with her home country, she has been returning to the U.S. for roughly 2-3 months over the year, every year with our kids - mainly in summer and thanksgiving / xmas. She has also renewed her drivers license, maintained bank accounts, filed taxes in the US as well as voting in elections. If even with all this would it be tough to prove the UK is temporary? We are fortunate that a we have the offer of sponsorship from an immediate family member so if utilising said sponsor makes this process even slightly easier I am willing to do that I just wanted to understand if we could do this off of our two feet so to speak. Thanks!

It is in Stocks and Shares ISA which I would be opposed to liquidating just to transfer

Is it mandatory for a member of her family to Joint Sponsor if we have the cash? She is up to date with taxes and are ideal timeline would be as ASAP

Hello, I am a U.K. Citizen and my wife is a U.S. Citizen we currently reside in the U.K. and have done since 2020. We have 2 children - both of whom hold U.S. Citizenship and U.S. passports. Circumstances in our personal life have changed and our family decision is that we no longer wish to remain in the U.K. and with this want to move back to be with my wife's family in the U.S. Meaning that we are going to begin the process of submitting an I-130 for me to gain U.S. permanent residency. Given that we are both employed in the U.K. from what I understand the income in the U.K. is irrelevant and our "actual household income" is 0$. Therefore we need in 3x the shortfall against the poverty line which totals assets greater than or equal to $117,000. We are fortunate enough to be in a position where my wife (the sponsor - U.S. Citizen) can provide a large proportion of the financial requirement from savings in a U.S. bank account. However we're short roughly $20,000, I have the means to make up this shortfall but it is via savings in GBP (£) and in a U.K. bank. My question here is, is the best course of action to progress using mine and my wife's savings despite a small proportion coming from a U.K. bank or is the path of the least resistance to request a finical assistance from a joint sponsor in the U.S? Thankfully a few family members have offered and are in the position to do this should it be required. As you can imagine, my preference is to avoid dragging a member of my wife's family into this process as it is pretty invasive. This is my first post so apologies if this has been covered in previous discussions etc.