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If the two cases are at NVC together and processed together, the interviews will be "together".

You'll be fine with the above, but the 1099s are all you need as evidence of self employment. What's tricky in your situation is how you state your "current income". Two options. The simplest is just to use the "Total Income" line from your 2022 federal tax return. If that's clearly enough, that's what I would do. Other option is schedule C income on page one of your last 1040 plus your stated annual income from the Employer letter. I see you've listed specific portions of your 2022 related tax return. If that is the COMPLETE tax return, fine. Otherwise, make sure it is.

Perfectly understandable, particularly since the online marriage is NOT valid (for US immigration purposes) UNTIL you are together again in person, afterwards. It's travel TO marry, or travel AFTER marriage. Your choice, which you already made.

That advice matches what I always say, except I DO recommend listing the married name as her current name, as long as she intends to change it. Put the maiden name as the other name used. If she intends to legally change her name on Passport etc. it will be completed before an actual USCIS officer starts adjudicating the petition. Also, When Jane Doe, marries John Smith, the marriage certificate correctly indicates that. She wouldn't be "Jane Smith" until AFTER the wedding. The marriage certificate is all the evidence you need of any name change. Here's an example. If an American female divorcee is filing the I-130 for a foreign spouse, her birth certificate says Jane Doe, but her divorce certificate often shows Jane Smith divorcing John Smith, with no mention of the name Jane Doe. How are we to determine the Jane Smith that divorced John Smith, is the Jane Doe, on the birth certificate? Answer: Provide that marriage certificate between Jane Doe and John Smith. That's why before marriage names are on marriage certificates. If YOU are the foreign spouse of Jane Doe SMITH, you probably married Jane Smith, not Jane Doe.

Hard to misinterpret that you used another name and all three names were NONE. If you are just saying you have no middle name, that's another issue. In that case, or in yours, for the middle name, type NO MIDDLE NAME. We are not talking about your actual name, but the fact your wife never used ANOTHER name. Right?

Yes, of course it's possible.

The name question is applicable. The answers are "NONE". It's "province". Leave it blank. As you move forward, there may be some fields that, if left blank, will not let you move forward. Usually, questions really are applicable, even if the answers are "NONE". It's not the same thing. You will be asked about children. The paper form has room for 4 or 5. Typing No Children one time is enough. That answer renders the remaining questions not applicable, and you can just leave them blank. If the online form is like the above, where you ADD a child after the first, then NONE or NO CHILDREN in the first space, is sufficient.

Correct, and the case gets sent to the Consulate, only AFTER the interview date is assigned. Immediately after, electronically.

Correct, but checking the box is not accurate, as the box applies to all three years. Hand writing once for each applicable year is more accurate.

Had you already completed Part 3? If not, do that first. That is not an error. Complete the earlier numbers and that one will populate automatically. Hard to say try my suggestions first, and if that doesn't work, try it on a PC instead. What's the problem with the I-130a? Basic concept here is fill the field out in their proper order, and don't try to enter data in fields that are intended to populate automatically.

Mixing your sources of information has a tendency to confuse. You do need evidence of current income. It CAN be a letter from an employer, but I've found that a recent pay stub, is even better. Have the beneficiary, take a copy of a most current pay stub to the interview too. Pay stubs are actually better evidence of employment than letters. No need for both. No need for six months of pay stubs either. One, from a payroll service will show year to date income anyway.

What's the name on her passport? Do the parents' names match what you put on the I-130?

You cannot document employment that does not exist. Your joint sponsor is self employed, so the tax return is the documentation needed. (or Tax Return Transcript) The ID card is not a required document. The passport is. "Uses English name April" could be noted on forms or mentioned in the interview. Guangzhou is familiar with this kind of thing, so no issue. Panel physicians are able to determine what vaccinations she already has, without documentation, so she will not need to redo them.

Absolutely normal. What's really happening is the case is waiting its turn, for a human to spend about 20 or 30 minutes "adjudicating". If no problems, it will be approved at the end of those minutes. There's really nothing to update for an I-130.

Like every arriving international passenger. Like you, when you return to the US or enter any other country. Two paths. One for US Citizens and Residents, and the other for everybody else.

Sound like the answers are Doe, Jane, No Middle Name. I-130a, I-130, and every time her name is asked for.

Yes, enter 0 and hand write "Income below filing threshold"

If she is divorced as of the date she signs the affidavit, she would not enter 1 for a spouse. Just think in terms of what is true in the present tense, and the answers are easy.

All that is good stuff but from the UK, a low fraud country like all of Western Europe, some evidence of time spent together in person, is sufficient for a couple who have never lived in the same Country. No need to go out of your way to "contrive" evidence. (Not saying you did) Wills and beneficiary designations are prudent AND excellent evidence.

It's advisable. For an employed sponsor, also bring a more recent pay stub and the latest filed tax return, if not already in the file.

Yes, just leave it alone. Nothing relevant to get ahead of.

Unless you are asked, there is no need to mention or deal in any way with your criminal record, unless it includes a sex crime against a child. Yes, your record will be checked, but you don't need to deal with it. If your spouse and her children are in the USA legally, they have a path to a green card and later citizenship through that marriage.

You did read the answers already given. Right? Same answer for everybody in the same circumstances. Yes, really! Yes, I'm sure!

Some, not all. If you have a lot, I suggest selecting "examples" over time. Photos are secondary evidence. Primary evidence is boarding passes, passport stamps, and receipts for hotels, etc.

Some photos over time, and boarding passes/passport stamps showing time spent together in the same country is plenty for Europe. Would not be for Ghana or Nigeria.