wait you have to proof your relationship to the joint sponsor😥. my dads friend is my joint sponsor and I don’t t have proof of relationship to them😀

@. …. yes, it required this for me. it could be different for you though since my joint sponsor resides at the same address as me. maybe you can submit a pdf with pictures of you and his friend + a proof of his address and occupation to show that he has lived/worked in the US for a while. you can also send an inquiry to NVC if you need any further information about it. maybe it is not required for you, but it showed up for me. I thought it was kinda weird…like shouldn’t the tax stuff be enough? Best of luck to you 🙏🍀 this process is a nightmare.

@Mariana ♡ oh it makes sense.

@Mariana ♡ no I don’t have pictures with him but I did provide his address drivers license and proof of citizenship. 3 years of taxes and his 2w.

@Mariana ♡ Yes, it’s a nightmare. First, the NVC didn’t send me the welcome letter. I literally had to chase them for it, lol. It took me two weeks. Then my preparer is driving me crazy, calling me every second for things I’ve already provided, yet she keeps claiming I didn’t. Hopefully we’ll submit everything tomorrow. 😵‍💫

did your joint sponsor sign online or in person?

@. …. You should be good. I don’t think that evidence will be rejected. Oh wow, it sounds like our experience with USCIS. They even told my local congressperson that they couldn’t locate our case. Then suddenly our I-130 got approved? Were they lying? We have experienced similar issues dealing with documents. The workers at the notary, apostille, and translation offices can be irritable. And my husband struggled getting all of his civil documents. He had to travel all over his country, especially for the criminal history report. And then we ran into issues with these people giving us the wrong type of apostille seal and whatnot. We have both been running all around nonstop because there is always some minor thing that is not correct. And then there are all the different rules in other countries so it’s overall been a big mess. My husband is also one of the European countries that was transferred to Frankfurt, Germany. I forget what the reasons were for all of that. I am with him overseas currently, in hopes that I can help him prepare for his interview…if we ever get to that stage any time soon lol.

@hi new We printed the signature page out (from Form I-864A). She signed it in ink, and I scanned it. Then I combined the pages into one PDF file. NVC will reject electronic signatures. I have heard of others having to resubmit if the signatures were not done by hand with an ink pen. The same goes for Form I-864. I signed it by hand with a pen and then scanned it.

@Mariana ♡ oh wow gurl you’re amazing because I’m losing it right now. Thankfully my husband got his criminal record on the same day but I made him redo as the English translation was all over the place. with uscis did you file online or papers? because that’s weird of them to “not locate it” especially if you file online even papers. my case was scanned and tried electronically. Things don’t vanish lol. But so happy for you that you got approved. and for the joints sponsor did you have to print the whole I 864 or just where the joints sponsor needs to sign?

@. …. Yes, we also had issues with our translator! 😅 We filed online with USCIS. Yes, I was confused when the assistant at my congresswoman’s office said they told her they couldn’t locate our case. I can easily track it and log into our myUSCIS still. I think they just didn’t want to admit to being lazy. It made no sense. The joint sponsor has to sign a separate form (I-864A). Yes, the message I got from NVC was that every page of the form needed to be included in the submission. Pages 4 and 6 require signatures. My joint sponsor is a household member so it may differ if they are not a household member. I am not entirely sure. Interpretors and preparers also have to sign (page 7), if you have them. We do not have either, but NVC still requested that we include this page, even if it’s blank. The page with “Part 9: Additonal Information” must also be included in the submission (even if it’s blank too). It’s a lot. 😅

@Mariana ♡ ok thank you and congratulations

how much money do we have to show for I-864? please explain ? did they approved yours?

@hi new You are welcome 🙏 we will have to resubmit our stuff to NVC, and I will post another update if we will get DQed! For the I-864, the sponsor (petitioner) must make 125% of the HHS Poverty Guidelines (this is for a household size of 2). On USCIS website, the amount says $26,437 annually. If you are in the military, it is 100% of the HHS Poverty Guidelines. Hawaii and Alaska are a little different with annual income requirements. If your income is below the required amount, they want you to also submit Form I-864A (joint sponsor). I will update if ours is DQed. They need me to resubmit my joint sponsor’s 1099 Form as well as their W2 from 2024. Here is the information on the annual income requirements: https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p

@Mariana ♡ yeah the interpreter needs to sign as well. I don’t know if I should just send the page where my joint sponsor needs to sign or do I have to send the whole i864

@Mariana ♡ I will keep you updated on my NVC case as we should be submitting things today or Monday😵‍💫

@Mariana ♡ do you know how long does it take to be approved? and where are you from

@. …. They requested that we submit the entire I-864 and entire I-864A, regardless of any pages left blank! I just submitted my resubmissions this morning. Hope all is correct this time. I hate how it pushes us back in line. I can’t imagine it being incorrect again…we’re already in the middle of summer. I actually just figured out that they probably didn’t notice my joint sponsor’s tax transcript bc I had it attached to the I-864A submission. I submitted all tax docs separately this time bc I think they didn’t notice it when it wasn’t in a file by itself. Who knows. 🥲 I hope they will accept your submissions too! 🙏🍀

@hi new Our I-130 took 1 year and 6 months until it was finally approved. We also had to deal with an RFE. We have not yet been DQed by NVC. I just resubmitted docs to them this morning. I will update when we finally get notice that we are successfully DQed and transferred to the foreign consulate. My husband is from Slovakia.

@hi new Our marriage document needed to be translated to English! I had to contact my local congressperson because we submitted the certified translation shortly after and USCIS decided to take almost 3 months to review our case again… It makes no sense how they will make you wait so long to be approved then you get an RFE and they make you wait months again lol.

you did translate your marriage certificate in English?

@hi new yes, it is required if in any language other than english. if you don’t, they will send an rfe!

@Mariana ♡ yes that’s why I didn’t really rush with the NVC stage because you could be pushed back and I don’t want that. best of luck to you and your spouse. hopefully on Monday, I submit everything😵‍💫😂

@hi new yes, if you have documents in a foreign language, you need to have them translated into English. I translated everything, and the translations must be certified. You cannot just translate them yourself they have to be done by a certified translator or translation service.

but we translate our marriage certificate in English hopefully they will not ask for RFE@Mariana ♡

what is certified translation please I need your help we send everything marriage certificate in English @Mariana ♡

thank you @. ….

@hi new Done by a certified translator at an official office. We also had notary and apostille services. The certificate has to have a seal on it or stamp. Authenticated basically.

can you send me the official website please thank you @Mariana ♡

@hi new What website? USCIS or NVC?

website for certified translation @Mariana ♡

@hi new A translator is available at local offices wherever you reside. You can do a Google search for one in your area! Same for the notary and apostille. You have them locally. Some documents may need a larger apostille. For example, my husband had to travel to his country’s capital in regards to the crime history document that NVC will request. The others can be done locally usually. To apply for a blue card in Europe, I had to get a crime history report (locally in my state), but I could not have it certified in my state. I had to travel to Washington DC for the authentication service. When I arrived in my husband’s country, we had the crime history translated to his language, and certified there. The process is pretty much the same.

@Mariana ♡ the evidence is only for our petitioner or for us too ?

@hi new The petitioner and joint sponsor (if you have one). I would still bring the foreign spouse’s tax information to the interview though. But in the NVC account, they did not ask me to upload anything about my husband’s tax information. Only my joint sponsor and I had to upload tax info.

ok thank you @Mariana ♡

how long did they take to respond back to you

@mario brown 2 weeks after our first submission. We are still waiting to hear back regarding our second submission. It will probably be 2 weeks again which will make it August 2nd.