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  1. Mike E
    Do they understand for example that the depreciation deduction for property rental has no bearing on available income? On schedule C they should no more deducting mileage on a private vehicle than a W-2 worker should be deducting mileage for driving to the office. Successful self employed people, real estate investors, farmers, investors, etc, have little taxable income. What should matter to DoS is cash flow to pay expenses. For W-2 workers, gross income is pretty much cash flow. For everyone else, DoS uses taxable income, which is meaningless in real life.
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    From today
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    If she is admitted as a returning resident, doubtful.
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    10 years?
  5. Mike E
    https://www.fickeymartinezlaw.com/immigration/i-864-self-employment-and-business-ownership/ covers several of the problems I have seen visa journey members have. Another general problem is that successful self employed people deduct as many expenses as legally possible. So sometimes we see high cash flow businesses report income below the I-864p requirement. An immigration officer is generally not familiar with how for profit businesses operate nor do they understand the tax code.
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    3 hours for U.S. at SFO in 2018. Non citizen lines are the worst. No secondary at least. That would have added 3 more hours.
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    Yes. There are difficulties getting these accepted by NVC and COs
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    https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=South+Africa&op1=3&op2=&op3=1&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=
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    Or “unknown” yes if you know it, enter it IME it still applies. Do you have a U.S. passport,
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    1. She is outside the U.S. now. She needs to show the begin and end dates of each travel abroad. Afaik, “current” is not a valid answer. 2. In less than the past 6 months she had been outside the U.S. for 4 months. One requirement is 3 months of residency in the state where she will be filing 3. So given 1 and 2 she is not eligible to file N-400. What ties to the U.S. can she demonstrate at that time? Such as tax returns, lease, mortgage, deed? I would have an attorney attend any N-400 interview she has.
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    You need to file before those 33 days expire: USCIS needs to receive the new I-485 before those 33 days expires. No worries is an exaggeration. File in time. If you can find one who move fast enough, yes. Otherwise file by yourself and then hire a lawyer after the filing to review your latest I-864s and to handle your RFEs. At least $2000
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    Guts or self preservation?
  13. Mike E
    Why do you need a CPA?
  14. Mike E
    @Redro That would be fraud, and hypothetically no one on VJ would provide a primer for how to commit such fraud.
  15. Mike E
    1. Correct 2. Teaching assistant 3. In your case, I see no benefit 4. Since yours is a marginal case, every bit helps. Does your father have W-2 income?
  16. Mike E
    Until it is current on the visa bulletin, you will not be allowed to submit documents
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    Congressman
  18. Mike E
    What is the visa category?
  19. Mike E
    1. Yes 2. you do not an embassy choice 3. be patient. Marrying someone you have not met is a bad idea. I suggest spending months together in total before marrying 4. good. 2 years vs 6 5. Expect more scrutiny 6. All cr-1 cases get interviews
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    Congrats! What did you change to get approval?
  21. Mike E
    If you answer that way to the ISO, expect problems. File your 2022 tax returns now so that you are certain in July when you file N-400.
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    The high percentage bet is to file now. Do you owe any 2022 taxes?
  23. Mike E
    Assuming your field office is Detroit, per https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?op6=All&op7=Detroit+MI&op1=6&op2=&op4=1&op5=5%2C10%2C11&cfl= you will take oath later, probably within 3 months. How old are your children?
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    No point sugar coating it. I have never seen a K or immigration visa granted in this situation.
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