US Immigration from Taiwan

1. Does it mean that they aren't using the Joint Sponsor? (Screenshot )

2. Step 10 (here) states that applicants "do not need to bring [their] Affidavit of Support or financial evidence [they] submitted to NVC."
Is this accurate? I've seen multiple accounts here mentioning that they bring thei sponsor's updated I-864 + Financial Evidence to the interview.

Title says it all.

My wife has recently passed her citizenship test. When she asked for a name change, the officer told her they will not be able to do it at this time due to COVID, and asked my wife to do it at the court instead.

We are in Los Angeles area, California, and I checked to file a name change in the court, is around USD$400-$500 here and a lot of troubles. Anyone experienced this can share some inputs please?

Thanks in advance.

Apologies if this has been discussed to no end. I couldn't narrow down on the keywords to search for.

A brief intro: I'm part of the January 2022 cohort and currently at the NVC stage waiting for fees to process, coming across an issue that I'm seeking advice on.

My wife and I live abroad and since my foreign income does not qualify for the I-864, should I include my assets while filling in the form and attaching evidence or simply rely on my Joint Sponsor who is well-qualified?

• I would need to transfer my USD to a US bank account
• The USD cash portion would barely be enough to qualify (just around 60K, I believe)
• But I also have some US-based investments and Roth (totaling to around 30K, at present moment)

Obviously the goal would be to avoid an RFE, but I know I'm blessed to be at the NVC stage where processing time is about a month.

Any advice or suggestions are welcome!

Submitted new application almost 2 weeks ago. Still shows "Not Available". I know they say it could be 2 weeks from application date to even show up in the system, but I am just curious if anyone has recent experience.

BTW, we did the expedited route.