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Can anyone who has recently sent a ROM to San Francisco Consulate help me out here?

What do I need, the checklist mentions negative certification or marriage(CENOMAR?) , but the requirements page doesn't mention the need for this. The checklist also mention proof of citizenship at time of marriage wouldn't this be covered by marriage certificate, passport, and birth certificate and its not necessary? We did Utah Online Marriage for reference. Lastly does the cover letter need to be notarized, an example of explanation of what you sent would be amazing.

Can anyone who has recently sent a ROM to San Francisco Consulate help me out here?

What do I need, the checklist mention negative certification or marriage , but the requirements page doesn't mention the need for this. The checklist also mention proof of citizenship at time of marriage wouldn't this be covered by marriage certificate, passport, and birth certificate and its not necessary? We did Utah Online Marriage for reference. Lastly does the cover letter need to be notarized, an example of explanation of what you sent would be amazing.

Hello,

Our case was approved by USCIS on December 16th, 2025 and the sent to the Department of State on February 18th. The NVC has still not processed the case as of yet. I've submitted a couple of inquiries, the first one said they haven't received our case. They told us to email NVCResearch with our approval notice, that inquiry told us that they received our case but they have not added it into their systems yet. I've submitted a third inquiry on March 26th, but have not received a response yet.

My fianc and I are concerned because the NOA2 approval notice has an expiration date. Will the expiration date be a problem if there are further delays?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thank you.

On March 1st, the Small Business Administration will no longer consider applications where an LPR owns or co-owns a business -even a small percentage-.

Applying for a loan through the SBA, guarantees lower interest rates, longer terms and lower down payments, but LPR's no longer have this option.

Legal permanent residents are now part of the list of ineligible persons which in the past, just included undocumented aliens and individuals granted asylum, refugees, visa holders and nonimmigrant aliens.

This decision will particularly affect businesses co-owned by spouses, where one is a US citizen and the other, an LPR.

Hello all,

I m hoping to get advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation.

I m a U.S. citizen and I married my wife who is from Brazil in after she entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa. She has a Social Security number, but we have not yet filed for Adjustment of Status.

I m now trying to file my 2025 taxes. From what I understand, she is still considered a nonresident alien for tax purposes unless we make the election to treat her as a resident and file Married Filing Jointly.

A few key points

• She did not work in the U.S of course since she does not have authorization.

• Before coming here, she worked in Brazil as a self-employed lawyer

• She does not have a formal tax return, W-2, wage statement, or anything like that from Brazil

• Her income was mostly from client payments/bank transfers, and some payments may have already had Brazilian taxes withheld

• TurboTax seems to allow the resident-spouse election path, but then says we cannot e-file and would have to mail the return

My questions are:

1. Has anyone here actually filed Married Filing Jointly in a case like this, with a K-1 spouse who had an SSN but was still a nonresident alien for tax purposes at year-end?

2. Did you make the election to treat your spouse as a U.S. resident for tax purposes?

3. How did you handle the spouse s small foreign self-employment income if there were no formal tax documents?

4. Did you use TurboTax or another software, or did you end up needing a CPA/EA?

5. For AOS purposes, did you feel MFJ was worth it, or did you file MFS the first year and then MFJ later?

I m trying to do this correctly, but I also want to keep things as clean as possible for our upcoming AOS filing.

Thanks in advance to anyone who has been through this.