US Immigration from Taiwan

Interesting and could spread to more countries in the future.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/state-department-announces-program-requiring-foreign-visitors-pay-bond-rcna223205

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/countries-subject-to-visa-bonds.html

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Visa Bond Compliance

The full visa bond amount will be returned to the applicant if the applicant complies with all the terms of the nonimmigrant visa status and with the terms of the visa bond, which are set out on the bond form (Department of Homeland Security s Form I-352 Immigration Bonds) and in the Federal Register. The bond will be canceled and the bond money will be automatically returned in the following circumstances:

• The visa holder departs from the United States on or before the date to which he or she is authorized to remain in the United States; or

• The visa holder does not travel to the United States before the expiration of the visa; or

• The visa holder applies for and is denied admission at the U.S. port of entry."

RFE for I-485, Could not determine sponsor on Form I-864 is qualified, do I submit the entire packet or just the requested evidence?

For my I-864, I accidentally submitted IRS "Tax Return Transcript" and not "Tax Account Transcript."

I have three years of IRS Tax Return Transcript that I am going to Submit to my RFE reply. Aside from the original RFE Notice, do I need to include my entire I-864 packet and I-485 packet OR just what was requested? I don't want to cause any document confusion.

On the RFE it sails to Mail it in. The USCIS account has a place to upload the documents. Which option should I go with?

Received an RFE for my I-864 Affidavit of Support.

"Based on the documents submitted, we could not determine that the petitioning sponsor on Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, is qualified. In order to be a qualified sponsor, the petitioning sponsor's Form I-864 must be properly completed and signed, and the supporting documents must establish that the petitioning sponsor's income meets 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor s household size. See Form I-864P for information on the Federal Poverty Guidelines."

I provided 3 months of my W2 along with three years of my Form W-2 Wage and Income Statement from IRS.

For my household size of 4, including my spouse, the guidelines are:

100% of HHS @ $32,150

125% of HHS @$40,187

https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p

My income exceeds this, which was shown in my recent 3 months W2, Last year's Tax filling and IRS (Form W-2 Wage and Income Statement)

However, I did not include an IRS Tax Return Transcript for the most current year, is this what the RFE is asking for?

I am submitting i-485 on my K-1 fiance visa process. My fiance does not have any children. I have one children from a previous marriage that is under 18 years old and I am the petitioner. My fiance and I recently got married and on her i-485 application, would my child legally considered her Stepchild? Do I fill in the section for (Page 12) on Part 7. Information about your children.

Hello all,

I've searched and searched for a definitive answer and I'm coming up with conflicting answers. Hopefully, someone who has done this process can clarify for me.

We are beginning our I-130 application and filing from abroad; both of us live in Taiwan and will submit it from here.

I created a USCIS account and began the application, but I've read conflicting information to not use the online form if you are filing from abroad.

So:

1) Should I use the online application, print the PDFs and then somehow upload them, or just do the paper version?

2) Do I upload the I-130A as a PDF in the evidence portion at the end of my I-130? Or is there some other way it should be done?

Apologies if this is the topic of discussion somewhere, but I just wasn't finding my exact answer anywhere online.

Thank you.