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  1. Scandi
    You bring your tax return transcripts because paying taxes is part of "good moral character", and your transcripts show that you have filed and if you owe or not. So they should always be brought (federal and state, preferably), even if they sometimes don't look at them. I had already uploaded every single transcript in my online account, so the IO only asked to see the latest tax return I had brought with me to the interview. Since we had filed our taxes just a couple of days prior to my interview, there wasn't a transcript available yet. The IO scanned the entire 50-page tax return I brought.
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    Same, after the initial petition/visa you kind of realize it's not THAT bad/difficult, and things feel easier and much less stressful. The N-400 is by far the easiest of them all.
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    Only ONE of them is LEGAL in the eyes of USCIS, so what you're saying is that there aren't two marriages. Only ONE legal wedding/marriage and then some random ceremony.
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    One date is for WHEN he became a citizen, the other date is only when the PROOF of his citizenship was issued. So obviously you go with the date he BECAME a citizen, not the date the certificate was printed. If you have been LEGALLY married more than once, you need to upload the divorce decree for each marriage that ended. You cannot LEGALLY marry a second time without divorcing first.
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    One date is for WHEN he became a citizen, the other date is only when the PROOF of his citizenship was issued. So obviously you go with the date he BECAME a citizen, not the date the certificate was printed.
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    I don't know of anybody that brought certified tax transcripts. We all just upload and/or bring the print-out versions from IRS website.
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    Would overstaying and working illegally on a tourist visa really stop someone from getting a family based immigrant visa? I don't know, just seems a little odd if that's the only issue here.
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    Sounds like they failed you based on not understanding what you answered on the form? You can only fill out the form if you understand what each question means, sometimes the IO will ask you to define certain words or questions off of the form, to make sure that you understand the questions you answered.
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    Aside from what has been mentioned, I'd also bring my USC spouse's passport or original birth certificate/naturalization certificate (or certified copy of the certificate). Just in case.
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    Go ahead and file jointly. I moved to the US in late October 2016, got married in November 2016 and we filed jointly for that year. I didn't have a greencard or any status at all (just authorized stay due to the pending AOS). I had my SSN though, which made things a lot easier. The more years she files taxes, the more evidence she'll have for ROC (and AOS interview if she hasn't had one yet).
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    Even without you, he can still go through with the i-751, change it from a joint petition to a divorce waiver. You're still on the hook for the affidavit of support, either way. You can certainly notify USCIS about it, they may request that he comes in for an interview (spouses need to be there for these interviews if it's a joint petition).
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    I'm talking about terrorist ties that you might not know about. Not saying that's what it is, I don't know anything, but clearly they have found something. When you read all the crazy stories on here about how little many spouses actually know each other, you tend to keep that in the back of your mind. Anything's possible.
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    Makes you wonder if hubby has secrets OP doesn't know about.
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    Yes, crazy expensive here. They claim that the certificate is "only" $17, but then you're also forced to pay a $9 "handling fee". It takes up to 8 weeks to get your marriage recorded in L.A. county (before that you can't get the certificate), we were lucky that it "only" took 4 weeks. We got married in the end of November 2016, and in December USCIS raised their fees. We managed to ship our AOS off 1 day before the new fees took effect, the same day our marriage was finally recorded and we could go pick up our certificate. 🤪
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    It's nasty Los Angeles, nothing is cheap here. 🤢 We have only needed one, we have used it in person for everything. Immigration interviews, bank meetings, SSA appointments etc. Not a bad idea to have more if something happens to that one though. Especially if they're only $7 each. 😄
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    It was way more important for us to get the greencard application in, than having a wedding ceremony. So we just did the county clerk ceremony, they had available appointments every day of the week. It was $85 and no witnesses needed. Quick and easy. I believe the marriage certificate was $25, and we only ever needed 1 for my entire immigration journey. So we never bothered getting more copies of it.
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    There are other peeps, like Natalie, Luis and Larissa, to mention a couple. There definitely seem to be ways to stay and get a greencard without the original petitioner. Perhaps by marrying someone new and file a i-130, I don't know how they do it, but they do.
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    It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if she can find a way of staying legally in the US - seems to be working for many of the 90 Day Fiance peeps. Either way, that's not your brother's headache.
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    I don't think anybody knows at this point, not even the embassies themselves. It was said that the head of each embassy had to provide a list of all their employees and their positions at the embassy, and I'm guessing the Govt will then decide if, and who, would get the boot. I haven't heard that any decisions have been made yet, it's all up in the air at this point. It seems likely that most embassies will be affected, but we don't know to what capacity.
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    If taking the time to fill out the paperwork is his issue, then she can do it herself. I'm the immigrant and I filled our everything myself (K-1 petition, AOS, ROC etc), I just had my USC husband sign where I told him to.
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    Why would you need a translator for that? You just print out two of the exact same letter (in English) and then you each sign one and send them off. Too late now I guess. Worst case you get an RFE, and if not, just bring updated letters of intent to the interview to be on the safe side.
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    I don't know if things have changed since, I had my interview back in 2016, so quite a few years ago. Back then, and possibly still, they only held K-1 interviews on Thursdays, and there was only two slots each Thursday. So yeah, the wait time can potentially be long depending on how many applied around the same time as you. I messaged NVC and got my case number about 30 days after my NOA2, that way I didn't have to sit around and wait for the NVC letter that took way too long to show up. The case number is not needed to book a medical, but you need it when you go to the appointment. I got my NOA2 in the end of June and managed to schedule an interview for the end of August, so that wasn't too bad.
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    Happens all the time, no biggie at all. It's sometimes very difficult to get a medical appointment because there are so few places to choose from (I think Sweden only has one approved clinic these days), they're always fully booked, so you just have to take whatever date is still available. That can be before or after your interview, doesn't change anything other than your visa approval date.
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    They'll just give you a paper stating that your visa was refused blah blah, and then you'll get your approval later on once they have received everything they need (medical in this case). In Sweden, the medical report takes 2 weeks from the date of the medical until the embassy receives it. I had my medical on a Thursday and my interview was the following Monday, so only a few days apart. No issues, just had to wait for my visa to be issued (happened the day after they received the medical). The other K-1 applicant that I met at the interview hadn't even scheduled his medical yet. 😂
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    50 is way too much, pick out the best 10 and add anything related to them (example baseball tickets showing the date if the photo was taken at a baseball game for instance). Print them on regular paper and write a short description (with dates, names of people in the photos etc) underneath. Done. I just copied my 5 photos on printer paper, and wrote the info by hand afterwards. USCIS wants to see evidence of co-mingled finances and co-habitation. Focus on that, not photos.
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