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  1. pushbrk
    Offer letters and "shoulds" are not going to cut it. Your math of 2k a month plus even 15k in self employment income are still below the 37,500 minimum for a household of 4. Do be aware also, you will be filing 3 I-130 form, one for each immigrant. You can file them together but separate checks for each fee. If you don't have well over the required income by NVC stage, your cases are not going to progress to even get into the interview queue. Your best bet is going to be either actually returning to the USA for an adequate job, secure a qualified joint sponsor. Domicile is not your issue. It's lack of current income.
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    That's marginal for a household of two, so enough to qualify. Your side income appears to be self employment, meaning it will not count until it appears on the "total income" line of a US Federal tax return, which you would legally be required to file, not that you have taxable income. Provided revenue minus business expenses is a positive number, that will help. Financial aspect must be thought about now, but are not dealt with, in your case, until early 2025,
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    I'm not clear on his current income. The 1k figure appeared to be his sideline income, not his total income. Would be good to clarify. Sideline "revenue" often ends up as little or no income carried forward as taxable.
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    Will need to continue from the same source. Ultimately, you must either qualify as sponsor yourself, or involve and obligate somebody who will act as joint sponsor.
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    Canada has long and short form birth certificates. You need the long form, that shows the parents' names.
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    The idea that using your own liquid assets instead of income, makes it less likely you'll qualify, is an overreaction to incomplete data. Obligating a joint sponsor, is a last resort, because that contract is a very big deal, not just words you type. You should have well over the three times the income shortfall though, and it must be liquid. It must also be clearly evident the liquid assets are owned by the sponsor. Whether to move money from an "estate account" to a personal account requires more information. Is there more than one owner of the "estate account"? Another executor, etc. If so, definitely move it but also be able to track your ownership of those assets.
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    That's one of the things that depends on the country. To marry the same person in the same jurisdiction would usually require divorce. In Philippines there is no divorce. If he does the Utah County, I would not even COUNT the first marriage to the beneficiary as having been married, since it's not legal. If they marry in the same country they did 10 years ago, then a divorce would be needed. When explaining why, he will be admitting to crime of Bigamy. How that will be treated, depends on the country. First stop should be a family law attorney in that same country.
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    Nothing more.
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    I had concluded the VA benefits would be sufficient, but the percentage disabled is not the issue. Presumably, he qualifies to sponsor.
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    Correct, but when living and working in the USA already, that's the evidence needed.
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    The beneficiary's country and the country in which you first married illegally, definitely matter to the answers to your question. May or may not make a difference.
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    OP/Petitioner is disabled Marine. No need for a joint sponsor, or work permit in another country.
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    Whoa. A joint sponsor does not overcome the need to show intent to re-establish Domicile. Petitioner MUST satisfy the Consular Officer of their intent to live together in the USA, or there will be no visa, qualified joint sponsor or not.
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    People do get "approved" and the interview, but not all interviews result in an immediate decision. Nobody walks out of the interview with a visa in their passport. Many, but not all Consular Officers have the authority to actually approve immigrant visas, but if some flag comes up before the visa is printed and sent out, that decision can be overturned. In some cases, the Officer is too junior, and needs their decisions reviewed and confirmed by senior staff.
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    You can just go to the interview. Decision will be deferred until the medical results are complete.
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    You don't need ANY W2 forms if you submit the 2022 Tax return transcript. W2s are for when you submit a complete copy of federal tax return instead of the transcript. You can send the 2022 one if you want, but online the total income numbers are needed for 20 and 21.
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    Yes, but just the latest pay stub is what you use to calculate current income. If that is also the year end stub, even better. As long as your pay rate hasn't changed, that total will also be your "current income".
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    Don't leave in blank. Enter what she would use as a shipping address if ordering online. My address starts with Red Gate, yellow house,......ends with City, Province and postal code. She won't get anything by mail anyway.
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    You will provide information from 3 tax returns but just the latest, 2022 tax return transcript or complete copy with W2s etc. You then provide evidence of current income. 2023 is not current. Use a current pay stub. If you want to also include your year end pay stub, that's fine. Current income is gross for current full pay period times the number of pay periods in a full year. If you lost your job last week, it doesn't matter what you made in 2023. You have zero "current income".
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    Can you get a family member to take the family book to the Gong Zheng Chu to get you a current Notarial Birth Certificate? Typically, the document they are looking for will be more than two pages. It's in booklet form, with a cover page. Continuing to submit the same, already rejected document, is futile.
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    Unless USCIS will agree to expedite the child's I-130 process, you can expect it to take as long as your wife's did. Sometimes they will expedite in cases where the child was born AFTER the mother's I-130 was filed, but it's worth a try. This situation was under your control, so be prepared for them to not give consideration for you not doing your homework. As an aside for any reader, it is situations like this that come to MY mind with other members blindly tell people they don't know anything about, that they should do it themselves. It takes the right aptitude, attitude, and skill set to do this yourself. It's not for everybody.
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    Only the lease is actually "concrete". Even evidence you're looking along with the other things, can be good.
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    Skip the letter and use the pay stub instead. Another excellent way to calculate, for the hourly employee, is to take the gross hourly, times 2080. 2080 + 40 hours times 52 weeks. That way, you don't need to deal with overtime.
  24. pushbrk
    She can interview in her country of citizenship or where she resides, not where she's "visiting". She is not applying for a green card. YOU are filing a petition in her behalf. When YOUR petition is approved, she will be invited to "apply for"....a spouse immigrant visa. When she USES the visa and the final fee is paid, she will receive a green card. No matter which country or Consulate you put on the I-130, NVC is going to initially assign the case to the country shown as her current physical address when you file the petition. If she has residence elsewhere by the time the case gets to NVC, she can request the case be transferred. Whether Frankfort will accept it or not, depends on her status in Germany at the time.
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    I recommend typing "No Middle Name". Note, that some questions are applicable, even if the answer is none. They don't mean the same thing. Never type NA. You cannot type N/A, so type Not Applicable instead.
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