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Case number for Jakarta will be assigned first thing. It requires action to change it.

Not exactly. NVC will assign a case number and Embassy/Consulate as stated on the beneficiary's current address at the time the petition was filed. They will ignore that the petition indicated Frankfort. The petitioner needs to directly request the transfer through the pubic inquiry form, and provide any documentation needed for the transfer to be accepted. Don't expect them to notice the DS260 address and change it on their own. Nothing more from USCIS is correct though. You should have an email from NVC soon.

Correct. Unfortunately this homework is best done before the exam. While you may have had grounds to file directly with the Consulate in your country, you now probably don't have grounds for any kind of expedite. Everybody's children grow up fast. Nothing unique about your situation at this point. At least not based on anything you wrote.

I see this as a non-issue, the way you described it. No need to do anything.

My first sentence applies to you. The second sentence is extra information about the USA. You need a birth certificate from Libya. Here's how to get it. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Libya.html Birth Certificates Available Fees: 500 Libyan Dirham = 0.5 LYD Document Name: “Chahadat AL Milade” in Arabic. Issuing Authority: The Civil Status Office Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: Printed on A-4 white sheet paper and has a vertical barcode and a stamp. Rectangular red stamp bearing the following transcription: Department of Civil Status, 500 Dirhem, In exchange of civil status services. Round blue stamp with the following transcription: Ministry of Interior, Agency of Civil Affairs, Name of the Civil Status Office’s branch. Issuing Authority Personnel Title: Civil Status Officer on Behalf of the municipality. Registration Criteria: Registration is not required Procedure for Obtaining: To obtain a Libyan birth certificate, non-national applicants must send all pertinent information (including name, date and place of birth, and full names of parents) to their respective Embassy in Tripoli. That Embassy will then make a formal request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain the certificate from the appropriate municipality. Libyan applicants, or a friend or relative of the applicant, must appear in person at the appropriate municipality office. One must provide his or her family book. Certified Copies Available: Certified copies are not available. Alternate Documents: None Exceptions: None Comments: None

Previous responses are correct, but incomplete. You are the primary sponsor no matter what, but if your spouse has either clearly sufficient liquid assets that can be documented, those assets can be used to meet the requirements. Further, if your spouse has a job that will continue once in the USA from the same source, their income can be used as well. If neither of those is true, you will need a qualified joint sponsor, or to return to the USA and get a job with enough income before proceeding. Now is the time to download and become an A-Student of the I-864 instructions.

Just reconfirming, birth certificates must come from the country of birth. In the USA, each State, issues birth certificates, but they are States of the USA.

Correct, but by the time the petition is filed, your now fiancé will be your spouse. Marry first, then spouse files the petition. I always advise giving a generic but truthful answer to the purpose of your visit. That a wedding, even your own, is one of your agenda items, is irrelevant. You'll face more scrutiny if you say you are entering the USA to get married.

And thanks for typing all three words Tax Return Transcript. However, that is not "always" available. A complete tax return with all schedules, W2 and 1099 forms is also acceptable. That's why the word "or" is in the instructions. I agree a Tax Return Transcript is preferrable, but it is not "always" available.

Whenever we see any transcript reference, it means Tax Return Transcript. We have quite a few lazy typists though.

It's only correct if the sponsor is paid $25 per hour and is paid weekly. Hopefully the petitioner speaks and understands English Sentences. Get them involved. Your husband is the sponsor providing the affidavit. Get his help. Not in a sentence but as a formula for a person paid hourly is hourly rate X 2080=Current annual income. 2080 = 40 X 52

There is no such reference, because the assertion is false. The K3 and K4 visas have been virtually unavailable to anybody since February 1, 2010, more than 15 years. People still file the I-129f for spouse in the hopes their I-130 will be pulled out of line when the I-129F is administratively closed. It happens sometimes. Totally unpredictable. My only explanation for the handful of K3 visas issued each year, is that some politician intervened. Read last sentence of first paragraph here. They used to be more specific indicating they close the I-129F in favor of the I-130, which is actually what they do. https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-of-us-citizens/k-3k-4-nonimmigrant-visas A portion of my own explanation follows. On December 21, 2000 the Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act (LIFE Act) was signed into law. One of the provisions this legislation is the creation of K-3 and K-4 non-immigrant visas for spouses of US Citizens who are outside the US, and the children of those foreign spouses. These visas were created to allow reunification of families of US Citizens, by allowing the spouse and children to enter the United States as non-immigrants, and filing for Adjustment of Status inside the United States, rather than waiting for Consular immigrant visa processing. Provisions for processing for the K-3/K-4 became effective on August 14, 2001 after coordination required between USCIS ( then the “INS”) and the State Department. Until November 2006, USCIS adjudicated petitions for CR1-2 and IR1-2 visas separately from the K-3 petition and at different service centers. In November 2006, USCIS changed its policy and began adjudicating the petitions together and with rare exceptions, completed adjudication or approved both petitions the same day. Effectively, this did away with the previous far shorter timelines for the K-3 and K-4 processes. The February 1, 2010 changes in National Visa Center procedures (Administratively closing the K3 spousal visa case when both approved cases arrive together as the virtually always have since early 2007), make these visas virtually obsolete. Note, sometime a few years later, USCIS got the message that NVC wasn't continuing the I-129f petition for spouse processing, they simply stopped approving and forwarding them to NVC.

Evidence of "concrete steps" must be real/actual. You decide the steps and provide the associated evidence.

A month is longer than normal, but be assured, you don't ever need the hard copy receipt notice for anything. No need to stress about it. They have your case and it's in the queue. You have your case number. There's no new information on the hard copy.

You have it right as to 1 to 3. 4. Yes, submit the evidence.

I already gave you the formula. That formula works for people who are paid weekly. The last calculation depends on the frequency of pay. First check the dates on the pay stubs to see if the pay is every 7, or 14 days, or is it twice a month, or once a month. You multiply by 52, 26, 24, or 12. Correct for weekly pay only. See above post.

Yes, on the current income. A tax return for 2022 that only shows adjusted gross income REALLY would be because he filed the 1040EZ version. In that case you enter the adjusted gross income. This also is clear from the instructions.

Quoting myself, I want to add that your question itself raises a red flag. I presume there's a reason you want to use a different number. Usually, that means there are significant deducted expenses (example being a landlord) that reduce the total income well below the total salary or wages. This would be a complication to deal with based on specifics. Many "landlords" or others with money losing side businesses, are both employed and self employed, which bring their "current income" into question, in that it is likely their actual taxable "total income" is going to continue to be less than their employee income. Depending upon how much less, they may not qualify.

Correct, and current income is the gross pay for a full pay period times the number of pay periods in a full year. Remember that every two weeks is 26 pay periods. No, there is no "using" of another number in the tax section. Enter "total income".

It's common. Advice is always the same, that if you are confident your current income us sufficient, ignore the message.

Yes, typically there is a difference between how Dept. of State and USCIS deal with this. However, neither is totally consistent. Any real reason for not including the I-864a, like the wife refuses, would also be reason not to accept just the husband. Remember, the affidavit of support is not just about demonstrating somebody qualifies. It's first and foremost, a contract. MFJ sponsors are wise to have both sign, as it is a joint obligation.

If using a joint sponsor obligated nobody, and finding a willing, qualified joint sponsor was as easy as finding Mexican Food in Southern California, I would agree with that solution. Circumstances and priorities matter.

Yes. It's called the Case ID #. NVC is part of Dept. of State.

Not sure exactly what any text message said, but in reality, your case is in a queue to be processed. In a year or so, a human will spend less than 30 minutes "adjudicating" your case.

The top of the page you uploaded here says "Cover sheet scanning required". That refers to an online submission. You upload or mail. It's your choice.