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You have a point. Sounds like you did overkill on evidence. Definitely keep originals of government issued "documents" like birth and marriage certificates. Anything else you stored digitally and backed up, can be reproduced, if needed.

I can't think of a reason not to keep it all.

You have already posted the answer to your own question. See last paragraph above.

Irrelevant to the visa process. Non-issue.

Agreed. Looks like the OP wants to HAVE their cake and EAT IT TOO. They probably can, if they interview either in London or Guangzhou, no sooner than late January, but then they'll have to decide between being together soonest, and waiting for the second wedding anniversary to be together in the USA.

If you want to use a married name, do the ROM and get a new Philippines Passport with the married name. The I-130 does ask for your passport number etc. but it's fine to change it when asked again at NVC stage.

It does matter which country, so check it out at the link. Far to early to get it now. Any "expiration date" printed on the report is irrelevant to NVC or the Consulate. They care about how long since the issue date. What country ?

Exactly. The most common reason. The form is calculating properly. It's user error. 😉

One must understand that the final decision related to the affidavit of support is made based on the totality of circumstances. If the sponsor clearly does not qualify, no other circumstance matter. If the sponsor DOES clearly qualify financially, on the the considered circumstances is the relationship between the sponsor, or in this case, "joint sponsor" that causes the sponsor to be willing to act as joint sponsor. When there is no clear relationship, a Consular Officer is not going to believe the sponsor will fulfil those obligations. Same problem with "elderly" joint sponsors who are not likely to be around to fulfil those obligations. The OP needs to understand that there are practical aspects to bringing a foreign spouse to the USA. One common way of expressing this is "No money, no honey!" The time to have seriously considered these practical aspects, was very early in the relationship, long before the marriage or I-130 filing.

I can't really follow what you are saying. This is almost 11 months later, so I think you provided a new affidavit, with non-joint filed 2022 tax return and a statement the joint sponsor is now divorced or in divorce proceedings. That should work fine if the sponsor is qualified.

No. Nobody can tell you what is happening.

I know this "Heard" person very well. They are usually misinformed. This is another example. What....IS....true is that when income is clearly sufficient, there is no need to complete the asset section or document your assets. However, when income is marginal as yours is, then it definitely DOES help to state and document liquid assets, like savings or investment accounts. Consular Officers are trained to consider "the totality of circumstances" in making the public charge decision. As an example, millionaires with no income have sponsored immigrants. Sure, they get a notice suggesting they.....MAY....want to get a joint sponsor, BUT when they clearly qualify, I advise them to ignore that message. It happens every time the last year's tax return doesn't show qualifying income, NO MATTER how many assets, or how much CURRENT INCOME from a NEW JOB is stated. You won't get such a notice as your income is more than the minimum. State and document your liquid assets.

Six months is a proper expectation, for receipt and then some months for the Notice of intent to Revoke NOIR to arrive. You will then have the opportunity to respond. In these situations, the actual reasons for denial you already know about, should be used to determine whether to wait and respond, or to withdraw and file again now. Without knowing those facts, no further meaningful advice can be provided, except to have the applicant write a detailed report (verbatim) of everything that happened or was said (both ways) by anybody, while at the Consulate.

Correct answer. Whether your liquid assets will be enough to overcome the denial depends on facts we don't know. Typically the MINIMUM for a spouse case is 3 times the income shortfall, but meeting the minimum is no guarantee. Need more details to provide any further advice, but there definitely is no way around the public charge issue. A qualified sponsor must provide and execute an affidavit of support. If your assets qualify, use them. If not, no visa.

Is it enough what? There's no question in your post. Yes, the joint sponsor makes enough money and the household size is correct. However, current income does not come from a W2 form issued for a year ending nearly 11 months ago. Take a recent pay stub, and multiply the gross earnings for a full pay period by the number of pay periods in a full year. Information from tax returns goes in a different section. Study the instructions to know what is "enough" supporting documentation to upload with the form.