US Immigration from France

Hi everyone, I'm ready to file my AOS and getting confused with the fees, I'm filing all together:

i-485: $1140

i-130 + i-130A: $535

i-864: $0

i-944: $0

i-765: waived

+ biometric: $85

(fyi not filing i-131)

so $1760 total? do I write 3 checks?

I promise I searched on the forum but could only find replies for the K1 AOS and it got me even more confused, thanks!

Hi,

What is the timeline for AP these days. PD is 12/06/2019 F2A California, I 131 sent 05/01/2020. Tks

I just got the NOA2 acceptance 6-12-20 but France isn't taking appointments right now and I don't think they will start to open them soon - not to mention all the people that are waiting before us. Do you guys think it;s better if we just start all over with the CR-1 ? The goal is to be with each other as fast as possible.

Hello Everybody,

I have a tax filing question but first some background on the situation:

Now, my wife came in on a K-1 visa in December 2018. We were married in March 2019 in the US. We filed for adjustment of status. We were denied because of lack of financial evidence from co-sponsor. Consequently my wife left the country. (It's a sad story, I know)

So now, in 2020, we are applying for a CR1 visa. Our I-130 was recently approved by USCIS. We are gathering documents for the NVC stage. I am having some trouble filing my taxes for 2019 with the filing status. Do I file Married File Separately or Married File Jointly? My wife never got a ITIN number while she was in the states. We did not know that was a thing. We were waiting for the green card and the SSN.

If we file Jointly we will have to attach a W7 with evidence like her actual passport. There is a list of other documents. In a nutshell, for our situation, the W7 makes it more complicated.

if we file separately do we need a W7, does I need to put an ITIN for her? The reason this question stumps me is because she was in the US for the majority of 2019(Jan - midDec). So technically she is a resident alien(due to substantial presence test). From what I have seen on IRS you can elect to treat a non-resident as a resident but not the other way around. So what I am really getting at is...in this situation is my wife required to get an ITIN if I go MFS route? Do I need to have an ITIN for her on my return?

Any insight would be appreciated. I hope I explained it clear enough. We don't want to have any trouble again as we are already traumitized.

I got married in the US in July 2018, got a conditional green card which expires on 2021January 3rd. My wife and I are planning to move to France in September, for a long time, at least one year, maybe more, maybe forever. That means I leave my US residency, but If we want to come back to the US, not for residency again but for less than 3 months, what do I need ? Is it possible ? a special visa ? Should I wait to get a 10 years green card and apply for a re-entry permit ?

Thanks