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Actually not what they said, read it closely and pay attention to the details. Either an immigration lawyer "or someone with firsthand knowledge of the process please."

False. A lawyer can speed up AP in certain cases. The State Dept has a history of sitting on cases from certain countries - Syria being one of them. If the case is in extended AP - a lawyer can file a writ - that doesn't guarantee an outcome but will force the state department to make a decision. Check out Hacking Immigration law for real life situations where this applies.

My wife never changed her internal or international Ukrainian passport. She left it under her maiden name as its too much of a hastle. We never changed anything on our marriage certificate. However, when she went to renew her Ukrainian International passport she did have to get the marriage certificate apiostled and there was a company that did this. this was becuase she did the renewal in the US and they wanted proof of living in the US - Greencard and Marriage certificate. You can also check out the link below https://dmsu.gov.ua/poslugi/pasport-gromadyanina-ukrajni/id-oformlennya-pasporta-gromadyanina-ukrajni-u-formi-kartki-u-razi-obminu-pasporta-zamist-vtrachenogo-abo-vikradenogo.html

1) You need to change your internal passport if you wish you change your international passport. It is a process to change the internal passport and my understanding that alone takes a few months. Its not a quick thing. You have to have your marriage certificate and its going to need an apostile on it. 2) If your GC is still valid you wont face any problems with re-entry 3) My wife is Ukrainian and prior to her becoming a citizen we took a handful of trips to Europe. HEr GC was in her married name and Ukrainian passport in her maiden name. As long as you have the biometric passport you wont have any issues. THe EU never asked to see her GC - just her Ukrainian passport when she went and exited customs. 4) Book the ticket under your international passport name - not under your GC name. She had global entry and this caused a slight delay sometimes but we were always about to use the fast line.

You are missing the point. Lets assume the offer letter was for start date in August of next year.

The other one to check out is Brad Bernstein on Brad Show Live. NYC attorney in Manhattan and very direct and to the point. Much different style than Jim and doesn't spend nearly as long with the callers. Gets right to the point and moves on. Average call is maybe a few mts where Jim's can go on for 10+

Very familiar with Hacking. Love him and love his hate for USCIS. I have been following him for nearly 6 years when he was filing writs of mandamus and people on VJ had never heard of anyone having success filing a write. And quite frankly many here thought the idea was a farse. I have listened to quite a few of his shows and he admits he hasn't filed I864's in awhile, that he is not familiar with them, and that since his law practice has grown, he has other members of his staff now deal with them. Was curious if you remember where he said it specifically "3 Years required".

Do you have a source for the regs and Hacking?

Let me ask you a hypo.. US citizen has no job, graduates medical school and completes residency. US Citizen has a job offer for $500K to be an Anesthesiologist that starts in December. US Citizen submits a p0etitions their foreign citizen spouse via spousal visa. All of the paperwork is in order and visa is ready to go subject to the I864 being approved? Is the CO signing off on the I864 even though the US Citizen doesn't have a job at the moment?

Is the i864 standard different for DCF? And did you try to use an employment offer when you submitted the i864 for your CR1 and it not work out? If so, firsthand experience would be valuable in this instance.

You know that the I864 purpose is to overcome a public charge, correct? Yes it doesn't satisfy the I864 requirement but overcomes a public charge. The OP did this once already as did @carmel34 First hand experience is always very valuable.

Pre-war many Ukrainians would go work in Europe for a good part of the year. Save Money. Repeat for a year years. Buy an apartment with cash. Actually most apartments are traded in USD, Second in Euro. Now they own it debt free. It isnt sunshine and roses but outside of the frontlines it isn't what the media portrays. My wife's friend opened a salon 6 months ago and every day she is booked doing facials, massages, skin care treatments. Her schedule is booked two weeks out.

Actually not as bad as one would think. My wife is originally from Ukraine and owns two apartments there. Most of the property there is paid for in cash because interest rates are so high for mortgages. When you have no debt to carry you aren't in a hurry to sell.

False. Not a FULL STOP and there are exceptions. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/i-864-affidavit-faqs.html#aos12 Can a credible offer of employment for the visa applicant replace or supplement an insufficient Affidavit of Support? No, the law does not recognize offers of employment in place of the Form I-864. A job offer may show ability of the applicant to overcome ineligibility as a public charge, but does not meet any I-864 requirement.

Is your wife a Nigerian born citizen or US born Citizen? If Nigerian, how did she obtain her US citizenship? Specifically, was it through Marriage to a US born citizen? If through marriage to a US born citizen, did the two of you know each other prior to her getting married to a US born citizen?

On a US passport on the biometrics page it has a line that says "Place of Birth". The only reason you wouldn't be a citizen of that country would be if you renounced your citizenship.

My limited understanding of Ukraine and dual citizenship - If you have citizenship from another country and wish to obtain Ukrainian citizenship you must revoke the other country citizenship first. If you already have Ukrainian citizenship and obtain citizenship of another country - there is not a law against not reporting it (Unless you are in certain levels of the government) but the citizenship of the other country wont be recognized for conducting certain types of legal transactions in Ukraine.

She isn't worried about entering the US, would just show her US passport. Was asking for people w/ experience in this situation not what would have been easier or not easier to do. Thank you!

Correct. Do you have experience w/ this?

Thank you. I assume Russia also doesn't recognize dual citizenship?

Asking for people that have firsthand experience with this. My wife got naturalized on Monday and got her passport yesterday. She did have a question and I am sure others have experienced this. Her Ukrainian passport is under her maiden name (and its a huge pain to switch it and would prefer not to because she owns two properties in Ukraine and doesn't want to have to change all of that paperwork) She had a friend who had an identical situation (Ukraine passport - Maiden Name; US Passport - Married Name) and entered Ukraine under her American passport b/c the ticket was booked under her married name. Her friend joked and said yeah I guess I could only stay 90 days because I technically entered as a tourist. How have others dealt with this situation in the past?

Has anyone here applied for Global Entry with a different name in their passport and Green Card. My wife got approved for her GC today and she will be applying for GE once she receives her GC. If you have been in a similar situation, which name did you use on the the Global Entry application? Her maiden name is still listed on her Ukrainian passport and for a number of reasons it is much easier to keep it that way - its a pain in the a** to change it in Ukraine and it doesn't really matter. However, in the US she wants to use her married name and thats what her GC is listed as. If anyone else has been in a similar situation before, please advise and thank you for your help!