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Probably no impact on your future immigration plans, but there is no way to know. Get all ideas of lying out of your thought process going forward, as the next lie by either of you can have severe consequences.

Social Security and VA pension are NOT taxable. That's why it's complicated. "Income" is dealt with in two places. One deals with the tax returns for the past three years, but the other is his "current income" which does NOT come from a tax return. Take a look at those three tax returns first, then come back with questions and we'll help you sort through it.

He can be both retired and employed, as if he has two jobs. His Total income line is the starting place. How to calculate the actual number depends on the sources or retirement income, and if any of that is taxable. You've titled your post "Quick question...." but you ask three questions about what is actually a complicated situation.

The assertion in bold above is not correct. Green cards are mailed by first class mail. Nobody needs to be home. It gets placed in a "mailbox". A person may then use a courier to send the card anywhere in the world. If the post office has a forwarding order, the first class mail may be forwarded. I think there was a time when it was not allowed to forward mail from INS, so that's more than 20 years ago, if ever.

Thank you. The context is the Embassy is warning US Citizens, listing some circumstances that might indicate they are being used. This has nothing to do with the immigrant visa unit or Consular Officers. It's also neither "new" or special to Casablanca. This is an Embassy page about marrying in Morocco, not instructions to visa applicants. Context is King. See the anonymous quote in my signature below. Some of the signs that an Internet contact may be developing a relationship with an American in order to obtain an immigrant visa through marriage are: Declarations of love within days or weeks of the initial contact; Proposals or discussions of marriage soon after initial contact; Requests to the American to visit the foreign national’s home country soon after the declaration of love or proposal; Responses to messages from the American friend are along the lines “I love you/Sorry I missed your call,” or similarly one-sided conversations; Once engaged, married, or an immigrant visa petition is filed, suddenly starts missing scheduled appointments to chat or call.

No impact whatsoever. You'll be quitting your job sooner or later anyway.

You mostly have your answers already, but I'm wondering how she got legitimate job offers. If the offers are from people you know, and who know nothing about work visas, and/or just want to help you out, then they are irrelevant. On the other hand, if these are legitimate job offers related to her special skills and a work visa is in the works, directly related to those job offers, then she could proceed with that visa process instead of the spouse visa process. For example, I have an American friend whose Pinay wife (Registered Nurse) is seeking a special work visa, instead of a spouse visa. Please clarify.

Please provide context for your bullet point. COs are trained to ask about such things when the file suggests it's appropriate to do so. It has also long been appropriate to question such things in Casa and other high fraud posts. Nothing new.

Your assertion did not specify a country, nor did you mention it in the context of what is asked for during the interview. You made a general assertion regarding what the CO would "know" from the file. It was a false/misleading assertion. That's why I corrected it.

See bold above. The CO would only know that if it is part of the evidence submitted. Usually, it would not be. Even if a couple marries on the first short visit, sometimes the declaration of love and proposal was before meeting in person. They can see the whole file, but they cannot see what is NOT in the file. They may or may not know how much time the couple has spent together. They should know how much time the couple was together prior to filing the petition, but may have no idea about time spent together after that.

Keep pursuing the reschedule. Missing that appointment was a big mistake. Probably something to do with a corrupted electronic file of your fingerprints. For clarity, your petition was approved before your case went to the National Visa Center. Your visa was either CR1 or IR1. I-551 is a green card or the combination of the visa and the entry stamp acting as a temporary green card for a year.

That will work fine. So will what I suggested. No need for both.

I don't really know what you mean by "certificates" for name changes. I know the method I described will work.

The marriage certificate for the first marriage, combined with the divorce decree will document her name changes. It shows the woman born as Mary Smith, changed her name to Jones when she first married. Divorce decree documents her change back to Smith. Your marriage certificate to her documents the most current name change from Smith to the new married name, if applicable, but mostly it is needed to document that you are married to the mother of her children.

No, it cannot. Your spouse must enter with you or already be in the USA when you enter. You cannot enter before the US Citizen spouse does.

You need a photocopy of a certified copy of the marriage certificate in each of the stacks. What is needed for a step child and for a spouse is clearly stated in the I-130 instructions. Study them carefully and apply them to your circumstances.

Your friend is wrong. The visa combined with entry stamp is a temporary green card for a year. Immigrant must enter with or after the US Citizen.

I wouldn't bother with getting the visa re-issued, if you can make the two trips as you mentioned. However, that first trip will need to be both of you. She cannot enter ahead of you. It must be together, or after you.

Read those instructions more carefully this time. Like I said, the instructions are pretty clear how to use the beneficiary's assets.

Think in terms of each beneficiary's stack being able to stand alone, so yes to both your birth certificate, any divorce decrees, and the marriage certificate. For each stack, also include your wife's first marriage certificate, and divorce decree. Those will document the name change and are needed anyway.

Since you'll probably be transferring the liquid assets to the USA anyway, it could be a good idea to do that, but it is not required. Have you studied the I-864 instructions and the form itself? It's pretty clear how to use the beneficiary's assets.

Use your US mailing address as your mailing address, and if you've never had a status other than "visitor" in another country, leave it off. Just use that as evidence of time spent together. You are not required to have lived together, ever. So, no need to contrive such evidence by saying you lived together as "visitor".

I tend to agree, but in a DCF situation, you can also bring your employer's "letter etc." about the stipend to the interview and mention it. Don't involve others unless really necessary.

Establish actual residence first. Without that, you cannot transfer.

You don't have to live together. It's a question, not a requirement. I don't see a problem with including a four month stay as living together. No need to document it with a rental agreement. Your passport stamps showing you were in country together will be sufficient. Use that as evidence of "being together". It doesn't really matter whether you rented a house with a temporary address or not.