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What is required is a photocopy (scan, email, and print is same) of a certified copy of the divorce decree, with certified English translation. USCIS does not care why you don't have it. You will need to obtain a new one before the RFE deadline or the petition will be denied, and you get to start over. Your CENOMAR will be needed but only AFTER the I-130 petition is approved. Documents showing that the Philippines PSA recognizes the divorce, do not meet the requirement.

So, informed delivery is something you sign up for in advance, and THEN it's pro-active. Is there any pro-active notification from the USCIS online account, or would you need to check it every day to know?

It shows it. Which "it" shows the tracking number? Is there a notification of some kind, you only see it if and when you login?

I mean how doe USPS Informed delivery work. Is it a tracking number provided by USCIS. Do you get an email, text, from whom?

Maybe, but that covers only the last 2 to 4 days. Nothing to track until then. How did you receive tracking information?

Your time living together would trump any of the bona fide relationship or fraud concerns. Still better, if possible, to find a sponsor with a more plausible reason to act as sponsor.

While it is technically allowed, for any US Citizen or Green Card holder actually living in the USA, to act as joint sponsor, the Consular Officer at interview (not NVC) will consider the totality of circumstances in making the public charge portion of their decision. The petitioner's ex husband acting as joint sponsor would raise a number of questions BEYOND the public charge issue. My first thought, and the Consular Officer's as well, would be to wonder WHY the ex husband is willing to do this. Put that together with say, a recent divorce and other factors, raises the question of whether the petitioner's current marriage is all about helping the foreigner get to the USA, instead of being bona fide. The second big issue it raises, would be whether the ex husband joint sponsor has any motivation to actually provide any support. Joint sponsors who are blood relatives or lifelong friends of the petitioner, are a much better choice. Don't open a can of worms. Additionally, it is typical for petitioners to have a plan for sponsorship, BEFORE they marry a foreigner they want to bring to the USA. A Consular Officer will consider she had a plan to begin with, whether she did or not. If this was the plan to begin with, it makes it look exactly like a fraud case with all three of you involved in the fraud. I don't know what the truth is. I know what a Consular Officer will be thinking the truth MIGHT be.

You cannot track the card. It's sent by first class mail only. Your visa with entry stamp serves as a temporary green card for up to a year. Most cards come within 4 to 6 weeks, but some take longer. It is what it is.

So, when you are able to register, choose a delivery location you're comfortable with. It can be at the courier company's office. Whether you can pick it up is another question. Maybe somebody with direct experience with immigrant visas in Bogota, will come along and know. Otherwise, if it IS possible, then request it at the interview.

Probably the database is not updated yet, to allow registration. The purpose is to provide information about how to return your passport to you. Even though this is shown as step one, this can be done anytime before the interview.

The I-94 is not the travel document referred to on the I-130 form. It's a document some people have temporarily instead of a passport.

A person as one or the other, not both. Leave blank or enter zeros for the one that you don't have.

If it is an actual letter and printable PDF file, no need to wait for the mail.

Why do you think you need to register your interview appointment? What is the exact instruction giving you that idea?

Total income is the applicable number. You have a shortfall of 4,300. That number times three is 12,900. You have 20k in liquid assets, so you DO qualify MARGINALLY. Consular Officers know a lot of that 20k will be used up getting the two immigrants to the USA and settled. You would be wise to have a joint sponsor. Pay stubs/statements are useless for self employed, as the depict revenue, not income.

Visa for spouses and step children have the exclusive purpose of uniting families in the USA. Until you live in the USA and qualify through the whole process taking 18 to 24 months, there will not be a viable path to these immigrant visas.

Good plan. The use of the I-864a is often misunderstood. It's for combining income and/or the joint tax filing spouse of the joint sponsor, even if they have no income or their income isn't needed. In your case, Dad would be joint sponsor (probably not needed) and Dad's wife, if any, would provide the I-864a.

There are no "cosponsors" in immigrant visa cases. You qualify based on current income but would need to wait until you have a pay stub for a full pay period, or maybe you have an offer letter stating annual salary, and a start date that has passed. The I-864a is for a household member combining income with you. I suspect neither of you needs to combine income. If you want your father to be the joint sponsor, submit two I-864 forms, one for you as sponsor, and another for Dad as "joint sponsor. Become an A-Student of the I-864 AND....it's separate instructions PDF.

Since there are two children, best to have 5 times the income requirement in liquid assets. Four regular statements spread over a year will be evidence enough. Notary is useless for this.

See bold above. The petitioner is the primary sponsor, not a joint sponsor. The petitioner is going to have to provide evidence they intend to re-establish US domicile regardless. Sounds like a spouse and two children. If the petitioner has comfortably more then 3 times the liquid assets, they don't need a joint sponsor. "Assets" sit in bank accounts, not "income". Is this a spouse and two step children of the petitioner?

No, you cannot contrive evidence. Also, it takes five dollars in liquid assets to cover one dollar of income shortfall. Secondly, just meeting the minimum doesn't cut it. The combination of income and liquid assets should be comfortably over the minimum. You'll need a joint sponsor who is actually qualified. Liquid assets are in the sponsor's name. The number of accounts is not an issue. This is all about a Consular Officer being confident the immigrants will not become public charges.

The self employed use the "total income" line of their most recent tax return, as evidence of current income. This is because it is only "revenue" not "income" until it shows on the tax return after subtracting applicable business expenses. For business, "income" is revenue minus business expenses. If your prospective joint sponsor is self employed, their income hasn't increased yet.

Quite possible if he can document what he is claiming as employment income with a current pay stub.

The status of the case is that it is waiting in line to be dealt with. That line is about a year long. What you CAN do is call USCIS with the information you have and ask for another Notice of Receipt to be mailed, or just ask for the case number. You'll need the full names and dates of birth for petitioner and beneficiary and approximate date of filing.

What qualifies has been answered. Not sure why I thought Taiwan. Egypt is a different story altogether. It's not ultra high fraud, but you need to do some homework and so does she. Homework beyond asking questions. You've got two major issues we know of now. 1. A petitioner who is not a qualified sponsor, and the issue of convincing a Consular Officer your marital relationship is bona fide (Genuine) instead of just for immigration purposes. While it is true that any US Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident living in the USA can be the joint sponsor, it should be somebody with a plausible reason to want to be. It's a daunting obligation. Check out the I-864 and the wording above where they sign.