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K3 still involves a processed and approved petition. Requires filing I130 and I139F. Still in the law, but getting one is like winning a lottery. SO: Your best bet is file an I130 petition and wait it out. The ONLY path I know that is quick is “sudden unexpected relocation to the US due to job” or similar circumstances and in those very limited circumstances you can process your petition and the whole puppet show through your local embassy. Gotta be married first. That’s step 1. What country are you living in? We’ve done both. K3. DCF. LOL

Our experience with DCF through another embassy is that we never dealt with NVC. Everything is turned in to and processed by the embassy that is handling the case. The IV unit will unfortunately be your only contact.

I hope not. We always saw our status change to “refused” between interview and visa issuance which is often what they switch to while they wrap things up. Has he submitted the police report?

LOL sure. We spent 8/15 years out of the country and had to wait (3) years after we returned for good to file. That was an issue Your 90 days is not an issue. See OldUser’s post.

I would

This is nothing compared to what’s waiting in “family” court Dude needs to work it out if he really feels the way he feels because this isnt going to solve his money problems.

The answer to your question is yes, you are free to divorce and move on with your life and petition whoever you want with no consequence to yourself. If you can’t support your wife now, you’re not enough of a man to petition for the next one. So no loss to her either. You want to petition and support an immigrant you better prepare yourself to go all in on it. Like your wife probably did for you. Welcome to America and get ready for the alimony payments after you file LOL. Supporting both is going to be a hard lesson 😂 and some of us have been there and done that. Since this is about money look up the phrase “it’s cheaper to keep her” and start a dissertation on it. Any of you ladies offended by that accept my apologies.

Item 4 is one of the entries under Part 5 Sponsor’s Household Size CC. Item 8 under Part 5 is where you add Items 1-7

Based on your description and the instructions you list one child (17 yr old) and exclude the others.

Not a state.gov form it’s a USCIS form and it comes with very specific instructions. Conflicts with I864 instructions Item #4. Previous post is aligned with the instructions. “Type or print the number of unmarried children you have under 21 years of age even if you do not have legal custody of those children. You may exclude unmarried children under 21 IF they have reached age of majority in their place of domicile AND they are not claimed on your tax return.” You list them if they are on you tax return regardless of age. You list them if they are under age of majority regardless of custody or tax status.

That is incorrect. ALL kiddos under age majority by your state law, whether claimed or not, are listed. Kiddos in your household, if still dependents, are listed. Kiddos you are ordered to support are listed. Claiming them on tax return or not is irrelevent. Support orders tail off when they reach majority, if they do not live with you at that time they are no longer listed members of your household.

I concur with one. 17 year old if claimed on your taxes.

You’re going to want to be careful This is going to be difficult to pull off from over there. Any chances of scheduling a trip to Texas to set this up? OR have an attorney do it here?

I-134 on assets only is tricky. I had a little difficulty with that in 2018. Bank clerk not required, bank statement history is. In related news, an I864 on the same basis in 2012 went right through. Expect to be grilled on that at the interview and I’d suggest a backup joint just in case. The rest is straightforward upload of requested docs to NVC. Your fiance will have to schedule a medical but it’s best to wait until closer to the interview, it starts a clock ticking and the beneficiary’s visa expires 6 months from that medical.

That is odd (spanish water bill). Dude must live near the Alamo. Tax returns, bank statements, current paystubs usually do it? Rare to hear about water bills and drivers licenses stapled to an I864.

I never heard of sending a joint sponsor’s drivers license in with an I864.

Turbotax does it. Answer that you had overseas income and fill in the boxes as they pop up. Declare your income, use “bonafide resident” of your home country on the exclusion, and it will be prorated. Keep your currency conversion basis with your tax documents. The currency we used is fixed to the dollar, it was easy, previously I used monthly average for another currency. You can have any tax professional look over your return before you file it. I paid the turbotax fee to have it reviewed before we submitted it. Your residence of your home country ends at US entry date, after which you should not use that exclusion category again unless you want to risk the green card. If you’re working overseas next year you either pay taxes on it all, stay out of the country for 330 days after you left to take physical presence exclusion, or risk losing that new green card. You can live overseas with a USC spouse working there but as soon as you live and work there if you dodge taxes using bonafide resident they’ll flag you.

SS is quick. 2-4 weeks.

I do not play around with immigration laws and there is zero way I would suggest building an AR-11 trail that does not match an I-865 trail in an immigration file based on marriage. For 15 years, ours perfectly matched. This is the purpose of my post. I-865 does not get filed online. We broke no laws in failing to disclose every place my wife (or I) stayed in the course of those 15 years while maintaining a fixed residence where vehicles, banks, and other assets were placed and registered to. I do not believe that your interpretation of this requirement is accurate. Your beneficiary files one, you have to file the other. If you advise this, it is suggested to advise both.

It isn’t how you filed (jointly or separately), it’s that you didnt file anything but married that matters. File single or something else and you’ll raise eyebrows and get skewered at the interview.

We left our address with my relative for a couple months until we found a permanent place. We did not change our address around, update our drivers licenses, or change our bank/credit card billing either every time we booked a hotel. Temporary accommodations do not trigger an address change.

No choice. Lot of W2’s are still pending until late Jan

It is very common. No problem with this plan.

We had a visa expiring in March with the kiddos still in school SO we flew to the US for spring break, activated the visa, then returned overseas until June. It’s a common problem - relocating back to the US and balancing the move. I would not suggest being out of the US longer than 6 months after your initial entry. Your wife HAS to accompany you, you cannot initially enter unless she is either entering with you or she precedes you.

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