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No, he will need to obtain it.

1) Obviously 2) You mean, in the form of the medical exam, as required for all immigrant visas?

Right, you didn't fill the form out correctly. So now you have to file the I-824, along with the fee ($465 now?). It could take an additional year to get the the point of an interview.

Lack of understanding of one of the many roles of elected reps: assisting US citizens (their voter base) who live in their constituency with federal agencies.

Missed this until @Timona pointed it out. OP, this is absurd. Congressional representatives represent their constituents. Is your FIL a constituent? NO. Please don't waste taxpayer dollars on something frivolous. He has NO rights to a tourist visa. He has the right to apply, and that's it. Even if there were grounds to contact the rep for a legitimate reason, they will not interfere in a consular decision. I feel like you don't really understand the process here.

She won’t be considered an LPR until she arrives in the U.S. with an immigrant visa.

I don’t think you can be residents of both, especially in terms of things like provincial health benefits, etc. @Ontarkie

Hopefully by now you realize that they already know he has family in the US, and that omitting that info to deliberately deceive and say he wants to “visit Disney” is a really dumb idea, and actually decreases any small chance he may have left of getting a visa?

Sounds like she’s assuming it will be added to her I-130 petition at the CSC.

Again, they’ll be subject to whatever CBP decides at the airport, in terms of duration. Visiting once a year or so should be fine. Also good to know- they’d have no basis to adjust status on that B visa anyway, since it will be years before your wife is eligible to naturalize.

Marijuana remains federally illegal in the U.S., despite being legal in some states. Sorry, but your fiancé will have to prioritize immigrating over using if he wants that visa.

I assume the 3-year multi-entry means that they can come for up to 6 months per visit with unlimited visits for those 3 years correct? No!! It means nothing of the kind. “Unlimited visits” would be an egregious abuse of the B visa, and it would be revoked. They would likely be sent back on the next flight. How can they afford to stay for 6 months, if they have jobs and responsibilities back home? The length of stay will be granted at POE by CBP. If they did get a 6 month stay, the recommendation is to leave before the date on the I-94, and spend at least a year out before trying to come back. Please do some reading about this. If your in-laws plan to use a visitor’s visa to try to live in the U.S., it will be rightly denied or revoked. Abusing the terms of tourist visas can lead to issues for them later if they want to come back. If they want to spend more time in the US than for normal vacations, they will need immigrant visas.

There is only one option for them: B-2 visa. They apply on their own, and approval is based entirely on their own merits/ties to home. There is no sponsorship. They will have to disclose that they have family in the US when it comes time. I'm not sure if Russians are still eligible for 10 year visas, but since there is no functioning US consulate in Russia, they will need to be prepared to travel.

At one time that omission added around a year's time....not sure if it still does.

No. You don’t get to choose field office or processing location. It is assigned by USCIS.

The transcript is a record of taxes paid/filing info. So if you haven’t filed, you won’t have a transcript. Filing status and W-4 are unrelated.

Do you understand that you can file MFJ even if she doesn’t work? Anyway, you can’t bring what you don’t have. You’ll need to focus on whatever evidence you can gather.

And here is where you’re confused….by the two meanings of AOS…. The tax transcripts referenced in the list are joint tax transcripts, filing MFJ, which shows marital commingling of finances (the point/focus of even having an interview), NOT a repeat of the same documents sent with the I-864.

You’re using AOS as affidavit of support, and I’m using it for adjustment of status. You need to show marital commingling of finances and other aspects of life. Yes, they looked at everything we brought. They asked for a new I-94, and we hadn’t brought that. Husband had travelled to Canada on AP, so they wanted the I-94, but the passport entry sufficed.

They can’t ask for a waiver until the visa is denied for an incomplete medical. The waiver will add an extra year to the overall process.

How would you have already had joint tax transcripts when you filed for AOS?

Normally, a year at least has elapsed between sending your packet and having the interview, so there is a lot of updated info to bring. Most people won’t have tax transcripts or joint bank statements at all when they send off the AOS packet, if they marry and file immediately.

Print out and bring an updated I-94.

Won’t the 21 year old age out?

Does your lawyer think you are a US citizen? Because for your visa class (F2A) the wait time is years, not months.