HELP - affidavit or support
May 26th 2006, 1:07 am
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HELP - affidavit or support
Hello all,
I am writing you to ask for some advice from those familiar with spouse I130 petitions and immigrant visa applications.
I am a US citizen by birth but my wife is French. We want to fly back to the US to flee the French unemployment blob. But this process leaves us with some worrisome questions:
- I read that once the I130 petition is approved we'll have (before her interview at the consulate) to submit an I-864 (affidavit of support). However, we are currently both unemployed since the middle of last year. I hope I'll have a job by then but given how things are going, I am not sure. I completely own my house (it's worth less than $50K though). I have about $40k in cash. And we receive about $4k/month between both of us in unemployment insurance until about april of 2007.
Given that we will go the US with no jobs waiting for us, and that won't receive our unemployment insurance after we leave France of course, we will leave on our savings for a couple of months maybe.
I don't think we'll meet the poverty guidelines in the affidavit of support.
ANY ADVICE?
Thanks,
Daniel
I am writing you to ask for some advice from those familiar with spouse I130 petitions and immigrant visa applications.
I am a US citizen by birth but my wife is French. We want to fly back to the US to flee the French unemployment blob. But this process leaves us with some worrisome questions:
- I read that once the I130 petition is approved we'll have (before her interview at the consulate) to submit an I-864 (affidavit of support). However, we are currently both unemployed since the middle of last year. I hope I'll have a job by then but given how things are going, I am not sure. I completely own my house (it's worth less than $50K though). I have about $40k in cash. And we receive about $4k/month between both of us in unemployment insurance until about april of 2007.
Given that we will go the US with no jobs waiting for us, and that won't receive our unemployment insurance after we leave France of course, we will leave on our savings for a couple of months maybe.
I don't think we'll meet the poverty guidelines in the affidavit of support.
ANY ADVICE?
Thanks,
Daniel
May 26th 2006, 2:59 am
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Re: HELP - affidavit or support
Co Sponsor, parent, sibling whatever who is resident in the US.
You go back early before the interview and get a job and use that.
Have you been filing your US taxes?
You go back early before the interview and get a job and use that.
Have you been filing your US taxes?
May 26th 2006, 3:06 am
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Re: HELP - affidavit or support
Thanks for your answer:
RE question1 : I have no other person than an uncle. But I have been told the address must stay the same throughout the proces which can last years. It won't. he's months away from selling his house and moving.
RE question 2: Yes I have been filing my US taxes every year. I wish I didn't have to go early. It's going to make things complicated. Is the fact that I filed taxes going to help?
Originally Posted by Boiler
Co Sponsor, parent, sibling whatever who is resident in the US.
You go back early before the interview and get a job and use that.
Have you been filing your US taxes?
You go back early before the interview and get a job and use that.
Have you been filing your US taxes?
RE question 2: Yes I have been filing my US taxes every year. I wish I didn't have to go early. It's going to make things complicated. Is the fact that I filed taxes going to help?
May 26th 2006, 3:17 am
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Re: HELP - affidavit or support
Originally Posted by mmdan
Thanks for your answer:
RE question1 : I have no other person than an uncle. But I have been told the address must stay the same throughout the proces which can last years. It won't. he's months away from selling his house and moving.
RE question 2: Yes I have been filing my US taxes every year. I wish I didn't have to go early. It's going to make things complicated. Is the fact that I filed taxes going to help?
RE question1 : I have no other person than an uncle. But I have been told the address must stay the same throughout the proces which can last years. It won't. he's months away from selling his house and moving.
RE question 2: Yes I have been filing my US taxes every year. I wish I didn't have to go early. It's going to make things complicated. Is the fact that I filed taxes going to help?
Basically that is it, it would have been complicated if you had not been filing taxes, just mentioned it as this seems to be a common issue.
May 26th 2006, 3:29 am
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Re: HELP - affidavit or support
Originally Posted by mmdan
Hello all,
I am writing you to ask for some advice from those familiar with spouse I130 petitions and immigrant visa applications.
I am a US citizen by birth but my wife is French. We want to fly back to the US to flee the French unemployment blob. But this process leaves us with some worrisome questions:
- I read that once the I130 petition is approved we'll have (before her interview at the consulate) to submit an I-864 (affidavit of support). However, we are currently both unemployed since the middle of last year. I hope I'll have a job by then but given how things are going, I am not sure. I completely own my house (it's worth less than $50K though). I have about $40k in cash. And we receive about $4k/month between both of us in unemployment insurance until about april of 2007.
Given that we will go the US with no jobs waiting for us, and that won't receive our unemployment insurance after we leave France of course, we will leave on our savings for a couple of months maybe.
I don't think we'll meet the poverty guidelines in the affidavit of support.
ANY ADVICE?
Thanks,
Daniel
I am writing you to ask for some advice from those familiar with spouse I130 petitions and immigrant visa applications.
I am a US citizen by birth but my wife is French. We want to fly back to the US to flee the French unemployment blob. But this process leaves us with some worrisome questions:
- I read that once the I130 petition is approved we'll have (before her interview at the consulate) to submit an I-864 (affidavit of support). However, we are currently both unemployed since the middle of last year. I hope I'll have a job by then but given how things are going, I am not sure. I completely own my house (it's worth less than $50K though). I have about $40k in cash. And we receive about $4k/month between both of us in unemployment insurance until about april of 2007.
Given that we will go the US with no jobs waiting for us, and that won't receive our unemployment insurance after we leave France of course, we will leave on our savings for a couple of months maybe.
I don't think we'll meet the poverty guidelines in the affidavit of support.
ANY ADVICE?
Thanks,
Daniel
I answered you over here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375841
Best Wishes,
Rene
