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Message the Consulate and ask them to re-open the application.

Yes, that document will work for Madrid.

Time to download the I-129f and it's separate instructions. Read carefully, then interpret literally. You will see nothing about the length of your relationship in those instructions or requirements. Believe the official sources, not misinterpretations by others. As you've been told above, you need (as a minimum) evidence of being together in person sometime during the last two years. If your last in person meeting was more than two years ago, no go. If you haven't met in person yet, no go.

There may be a small shipping fee, but the next government fee is the new immigrant fee, you pay online after the visa is in hand. That's $235.

Wanting the baby to spend a year in Vietnam first could present a timing problem. The K1 visa is only valid for six months from the date of the Medical exam. For them to come together, the CRBA and passport application must be complete and baby's passport in hand before they leave Vietnam together. If you insist on the K1 path, be very careful about the timing over which you have little control. You can delay the CR1 or IR1 process as or if needed. Weigh the timing carefully as you decide.

No. I would not count on that. For a self employed sponsor, the evidence of current income is going to be the 2025 Federal income tax return. Deposits are "revenue" not income. Your failure here was that you did not study affidavit of support related information and instructions. You don't mention the sponsor's liquid assets. It's possible those could carry the day, but they must be at least three times the income requirement. This discussion should have occurred about six months ago when you still had time to solve the problem. For the education of others, it is far wiser to have a viable plan for sponsorship in place before filing the initial petition.

No. You'll likely have a chance to submit an I-134 from a qualified co-sponsor, before the petition is sent back to USCIS. A qualified sponsor is one not just with enough income, but who can provide current documentation to go with it. This one cannot document even one recent tax return. You could try with only a pay stub for an employed sponsor.

Then just make sure the joint sponsor's information and documentation is up to day. They probably have a new tax return and updated pay stub.

Your husband may be asked about your current employment, and must be truthful. Do you mean you already submitted an I-864 from a qualified joint sponsor?

Note that what was filed was an I-129f petition for fiancée of US Citizen. When the petition is approved, it is the foreign fiancée that will be invited to apply for a K1 visa.

This process, is a great example of when you don't need to understand the why. You must simply comply.

Manila interview queue is 4 to 6 months lately.

Lack of relationship evidence on social media is a non-issue. Content that contradicts relationship validity is what would hurt.

It will be in the FAM, Foreign Affairs Manual. Dept. of state issues visas not USCIS. Sponsor regarding financial sponsorship, not just taxes.

You'll find in writing what she cannot do. Anything she can't do, she can do. Yes, she will have instructions for the medical, where the vaccinations will be taken care of. Yes, now is a great time to download and study the I-134 and its instructions. The whole process is described in the guides. Just click on the word guides at the top of any page here.

Correct, meaning yes she can "apply" now. The DS160 is the visa application form and the application process completes with a visa interview in Guangzhou. Her two years will have passed before the interview. (Conclusion of visa application process)

Also members can request that a moderator close the thread/topic but that is not what happened. The topic is not yet closed and the information is still meaningful. Probably no reason to comment further though.

The above is all good information to consider. However, at this stage my advice focuses on getting through NVC and into the interview queue. Additional steps between DQ and interview can be taken. It does happen that getting through NVC on support and domicile does not guarantee the same will go that way at the interview. But, there is a guarantee that if you don't get through NVC there will be no interview.

The instructions are in the instruction letter from the Consulate. Those are the instructions you follow, PERIOD. Don't go looking for other instructions that mentions case number and invoice number. That's for an immigrant visa. Go back to that instruction letter, follow those instructions and disregard information from other sources another context.

Don't lie. Your domicile evidence goes with the affidavits of support. Unless and until NVC accepts that evidence, you will not even be in the queue for an interview in Montreal. Yes, it is an advantage to go ahead and move ahead of your husband. The checking into schools was not about your children's education. It's about the domicile issue. Homeschooling is fine but it will not help with the domicile issue. You can kind of pseudo move also, in that you can go ahead and get your local driver license, bank account etc. for what (to you) is a temporary stay preparatory to the permanent move. Firm evidence of your husband's continued employment with the same company's US branch etc. is a key issue do firmly document. A receipt for moving expenses for a portion of your household items can also be used if practical for you.

Follow Consulate instructions for paying the visa application fee.

Your lawyer is not completely wrong, but it is not true, in the way you have written it. The first hurdle is NVC accepting your EVIDENCE of your intent to re-establish domicile in the USA. That comes before the interview. Your plan sounds good but it needs to be followed "before submitting the I-864" not just "before the interview" or their never will be an interview. I would add looking into schools for the kids. It sounds like your Canadian Husband will be continuing employment with the same company. That evidence is the most important, particularly if it is his income being used to qualify as sponsor.

Yes, you are overthinking but a little underthinking too. Current income does not come from a tax return. Tax returns are "literally" about the past. The new I-134 is pretty cumbersome though. If one question has the words "including yourself" include yourself when answering that question. If another question says not counting yourself, then the answers to different questions will be different answer. Yes, you current income comes from the gross income before deductions on a pay stub, not a tax return or W2. They don't match because they are for different purposes.

True but getting one is like free climbing El Capitan.

Being denied a B1B2 visa is not a problem. Lying in the application process is very serious.