US Immigration from Philippines

Long story short:

12 years ago my fiance was arrested, charged, and found NOT GUILTY of a charge that falls under the AWA. It was a jury trial. At the trial, the judge recommended that he file an expungement because of how serious it was, and he did, and it was granted. He currently works for the state government and had an FBI Background run on him in 2021 that said there was no record of any arrests (he still has the FBI Report).

We are looking to file the I129F with a child added on, and we want to know if this will cause any issues. He is considering having a new FBI background report ran and a State Police one and attaching it as supporting evidence. Any advice, information, or direction to people in similar situations would be really appreciated. He contacted his former public defender and was told that getting a copy of that record was next to impossible.

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has gone through the process of amending tax returns from single to MFJ. I was married in Sep 2022 but my tax preparer had us file as single for 2022 and 2023.

For those who have ammended from single to MFJ, what documents did you need from your spouse.

More specifically, my spouse is Filipina and it sounds like the employers file taxes on behalf of employees, so she doesn't know how or which documents to get.

Has anyone gone through the process of amending with their Filipina spouse and can provide guidance?

Need some advice and information folks.

Good friend of my wife and myself needs some help. She was married and living in Florida with her husband on a K-1 visa and got her Permanent Resident Green Card. That s were things turned for the worse.

Even though they both worked at what appeared to be good paying jobs that afforded them extensive travel across the United States. Her and her husband fell on some difficult financial times, and lost the home in Florida. Together they decide to move back to Cebu Philippines and continue working Online.

The Husband ended up passing away from complications of Covid / diabetes in Cebu. Unfortunately, some time after that through neglect, and lack of financial resources she allows her Permanent Resident Green Card to expire as well.

Is there anyway she can file to restore her Permanent Resident Status as the widow of an American Citizen.

My fianc was just issued her EAD card. She already completed biometrics and from what I can see the case is just going through the standard review process. Okay, now the reason for this post. To find out if anyone else has received the combo approval very quickly and what the process that followed looked like.

I suppose to cut right to the meat of things, I'm curious if getting the EAD is any type of early case approval indicator, or it's it not at all relevant? A key data point(which I do not have but would love to see) would be if there are a lot of EAD cards issued to people who also end up getting RFE's or otherwise run into obstacles before or after the interview that could lead to a case being denied.

If anyone has info on this or a link to a threat where this has already been discussed, please reply with more info. I would greatly appreciate the help if anyone is out there able to weigh in on this. And if this has been asked, please let this just be a mirror. I tried to find more about this but it seems like most cases being discussed that have issues were not issued EAD cards, but instead got hung up in an RFE.

We received a letter from the passport agency. One of their requirements is the following:

If your parents were never married to each other, examples of such evidence might include:

A custody decree;

The death certificate of your non-U.S. citizen parent; or

A statement from a competent authority (such as a court or state agency) certifying that your state or

country of birth presumes that you are in the legal custody of your U.S. citizen parent. A letter from an

attorney citing the statute is also acceptable if accompanied by a photocopy of the statute.

My stepchild is from the Philippines. The mother was never married to the father. In the PH, unmarried mothers automatically get sole custody of their child so there is no document so to speak. "Illegitimate children are automatically under the sole custody and parental authority of the mother." What evidence could we provide that meets what they are asking for?