Purple_Paladin

If my brother meets the 125% income requirement for 4 (him, his wife, and my husband and step-daughter) (they have no kids) does my sister-in-law still need to file an I-864a?

I was confused because when I search for the form it tells me to file for the work auth on-line.

I meant to add that he did get his SSN. We tried for my step-daughter, but were told she'd have to have auth to work first.?

We are filing for my husband and step-daughter here on K1 and K2. We got married August 21. I'm a little short on the income requirements for the 125% with him, his daughter and my own children. (just until I graduate nursing school and we'll be fine once he's working.) We are using a co-sponsor for my husband and step-daughter. Does the co-sponsor file a seperate I-864? He's married. Does he file with his wife? (They file taxes jointly.) Is it correct that we do not need to file a separate I-864 for my step-daughter? What do I check off on my I-864 to indicate that there is a co-sponsor (to cover the fact that I won't meet the % requirement.) The doc from the US embassy in France who did his medical exam gave him a hard time about vaccs that he already had (she marked that he didn't have them when he had proof that he did... it was one of the ones you get in 2 or 3 and he had the 3.) He literally got everything that was on the list but apparently they changed the requirement the day before his appointment. In any case, I think that means we have to get him signed off by a civil surgeon? Where do we go for that? I did do a search and came up with a list of names locally... is it just a doctor with a specific certification from the government? My husband and step daughter won't be active on my insurance until October. I don't know if it's wise to wait so I guess we're paying oop for that. Facts that may or may not be relevant: The co-sponsor does not live with us. He is a family member. Also, for the I-765, (auth to work) do we have to file for the I-864 first?

It's best to apply for the SSN before marrying. In my case, my fiance (now wife) applied before we married and she did not get her SSN until after we married. I applied on-line for both him and his daughter. The earliest appointment was Aug. 13. Do I need to wait until after this appointment to get married? Will it mess anything up if we get married before the appointment at SSN office as far as how we filed for his SSN online? I might end up waiting anyway, to be safe. I'm just considering my options because the timeline will be tight with other things I must do (take my son back to college, begin my clinicals, etc...)

I was clicking on Travel History from the actual I94 😅 Ok, so we're good for that! Thank you!

He's here! He arrived yesterday. I'm trying to print the I94 to bring to the SS office to apply for his SSN. So first, the instructions here say to put the A# in for the document number on the I94 form online. I tried that and no record came up. However when I put in his visa number, we had his travel history, including this trip. Is that the "I94"? It doesn't say "I94" anywhere on the page. Do I just print the Travel History there and bring it? Second, do we apply for the SSN for his daughter at the same time? TIA for any help!

Not yet. I will next week or at the end of this week. I was waiting to see if his birth certificate copy came in time. He has it now so no hold up there. I work 3/ 12's the next few days so I'll have to call after that. I might just wait until he gets here at this point because, provided the stupid air-jamming strikes in Paris don't cause any more hold ups... he will be here in 10 days. It hardly feels real. We've been planning this for over 8 years. I'm having difficulty wrapping my head around it now that it's finally here. I think because my life is so insanely busy with school, work, kids, and the daily grind of life... it all just sorta snuck up on me. My girlfriends invited me out for girls night and when I got there it was a surprise wedding shower! Honestly, it hadn't even occured to me to think of something like that lol!

Quick Update: I called the SS office and asked what I'd need. The agent said that the K1, his passport, and the I-94 should be enough. The agent reccomended that my fiance bring his French identity card as well.

So you're saying that they ask for the SSN when you apply for a marriage license, but it's not mandatory to have the SSN to get the license?

Maybe I misunderstood but, as I understand it, both of these things can't be true. If we must both have an SSN to get married, then how would we apply for the SSN months after marrying? Also I checked the County website and here, in PA, it's not necessary to have a SSN to marry.

The Real ID rules are the same here, but it's unclear if he'll be able to get a standard non-Real ID license without the SSD. We'll go and try and hope for the best. Thank you for the reply!

I really hope this holds true for us. He's currently applying for another copy. The website says it's about 20 days, but that's a rough estimate and govt tends to shut down in the summer in France. Add to that, he has to have it sent to his aging parents and hope that it comes before he leaves, otherwise it's at them to send it to us and that's another 10 days, best case scenario. We shouldn't have the name-change issue since I'm the one changing my name, not him. Although, as a cute aside, there was a confusing conversation when we spoke about my new last name, because I will hyphenate. He kept arguing about the order of my hyphenated name, because here, it's traditionally the woman's last name first, which is the way I want it. And in his country, it's the man's last name first, which sounded confusing to me. Professionally, I'd like to have my own last name first. Finally he said he wants the same for himself and that's how I understood that he thought we would BOTH change our names to my hyphenated name followed by his. He thought his would be hyphenated with my maiden name as well, lol! I found that adorable. 😄

I find a lot about the French system is counter-intuitive to the US system. It's frustrating. As a US citizen, I have the habit of always having a copy of this, so it never occured to me to tell him to be sure he had one. I knew he had it for the K! application. I didn't know that they took it and he didn't have another. I just looked it up. It's tricky because in PA, you need a SSN to get the license. BUT, he can driver for up to a year with his French driver's license. I'm not sure if he can get a transfer license. We'll have to go to the DMV and try. It's always something it seems.

It took 3 months for him to get the last copy. It took even longer for his daughters copy. He has a French official identity card. In France, you can't get copies of birth certificates as easily as here, they don't give multiple copies at a time and you must justify why you even need it. He's going to apply for another copy, but he's coming in less than a month. He'll have to have it sent to his father, ten have it sent from his father to here. It might be September by the time he gets it. Can he get a drivers license without an SSN, just with the passport and I-94? If so, he could maybe get the drivers license right away and we could use that for the SSN.