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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.

Hate these zombi threads popping up.

Regarding the rule of thumb. I would call that belt and suspenders plus thumbs. LOL Many Canadians own homes in Florida and stay just less than six months of every year. My understanding is the "rule of thumb" is to spend more time out of the USA than inside. File the I-130 when ready. Move to the US in a year or so, and YEAH, more like 18 to 24 months for the total process of getting the immigrant visa.

No apostille for any US immigration related documentation. That's why you do not see any use of the word in the instructions.

No need to do anything at all related to the I-130. Once you have new ID, send scans to your husband to take to the interview with him. It's not really important evidence your relationship is bona fide, but it might help.

Have to? Maybe. Best to do so? Yes.

What's required is layed out in the I-864 instructions. Your mother's documentation is the same whether you use here income or not. It's for her I-864a, not for "using her income".

Consular Officers request the I-864a during the interview. That's why not having it delays the visa issue, until it is submitted, then waits through a new queue to be reviewed. That's why it's best practice to submit it at NVC stage along with Dad's affidavit.

As a supporting document to a tax return, SS would send a 1099. SS Statements are not part of a tax return. The 2023 statements are evidence of "current income". The latest tax return is 2022.

All good questions. It's true "USCIS instructions say it's not necessary to include his wife's income". That is true. What's important to understand though is that USCIS doesn't issue visas. Consulates do. It's also important to understand that the I-864 is not just a document to show somebody "qualifies". Just as important, if not more, is that it is a binding contract. Consular officers tend to request that married couple filing joint tax returns, both sign the contract. That's what the I-864a is for, even if the spouse has not income or it's not needed. Once a Consular Officer requests it, then suddenly it IS required, and not having it there will delay the visa. It is "best practice" to include the I-864a in this situation. Curious why you mentioned including mom's SS statement, considering what you say above.

Lots of Filipinos teaching English online. Find one and sign her up for frequent online English classes. It's going to be critical to having a happy relationship in the USA. You need good communication for a successful marriage.

And they may or may not ask. However, unless you are self employed, your tax return does NOT indicate your "current income". That would come from the pay stub from which you calculated your current income. What you state as your current income would be the answer to the OP's question.

Current income for dad and mom comes from their 2023 SS statements and pay stub, if applicable. Tax returns are about the past. You did not mention either an I-864a from mom, or any evidence they are US Citizens currently living in the USA.

Just some extra about documents like birth certificates. Pretty much, (if not definitely) worldwide, "Original" Birth, Marriage, Divorce, etc. certificates are the property of the government agency that issues them. The best the named person or other person can get is an "Original Certified Copy". To USCIS and NVC, photocopies or scans, of that Certified Copy are what gets submitted or uploaded. For "originals" at the interview, they would be original "Certified Copies", meaning one could have several. Not need to take somebody's one and only "Original Birth Certificate" to an interview, because that's not what it is anyway. A different document given to parents by hospitals, is just a souvenir, useless in this context.

Provided the "income" you mention appears on the "total income" line of her 1040, I think you'll be fine with mom, in this circumstance. BUT, the devil is in the details. Look at that 2022 tax return if you haven't already. Photocopies are fine for joint sponsor supporting documentation.