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If your current income is well above the minimum requirement, pay stubs are fine. No need for bank statements. If your income is below the requirement and will need to use assets to be able to sponsor, then yes, include bank statements.

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No exemption for I-485 based on marriage to a USC (filing category 1a - immediate relative of USC). Need to pay full filing fee for I-485 and I-130. No fee for I-765 and I-131, if filed with I-485. As mentioned above, U4U beneficiaries are parolees, not refugees. Significant difference as far as US immigration is concerned.

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Update from https://il.usembassy.gov/visas/ -- "Due to the ongoing security situation, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv are not offering nonimmigrant and immigrant visa services at this time."

Have your parents' marriage registered. If your parents list their status as "married" and have other documents stating such, then they need to submit a valid marriage certificate for their US immigration process. There's no exception to the marriage certificate requirement, as it seems marriages can be late-registered in India under the Hindu Marriage Act or the Special Marriage Act. From https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/India.html -- Registration Criteria: Prior to 2006, marriages by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, or Sikhs were not required to be registered, but may have been voluntarily registered under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955. As of 2006, it is mandatory to register all marriages. In India, a marriage can either be registered under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 or under the Special Marriage Act of 1954. For marriages registered at government offices under the Special Marriage Act, the certificate will be issued by the Registrar only if the bride and groom personally appear before the official and pay the required fee. For other marriages that are required to be registered with government authorities under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, registration criteria vary by authority. Procedure for Obtaining: Varies for each authority. Certified Copies Available: There are no certified copies available. Alternate Documents: See comments section. Exceptions: None Comments: Hindu Marriage Act is applicable to Hindus, whereas the Special Marriage Act is applicable to all citizens of India irrespective of their religion. Please note that marriages by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, or Sikhs may be voluntarily registered under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955.

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Police report would only be required with the I-129F if the petitioner has any restraining orders, arrests, or criminal convictions.

Do you mean that your mom got her IR5 visa? An IR5 visa is not a GC stamp, as GC stamps can only be obtained from inside the US.

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How about including visa-free countries in your travel options? For example, Singapore and Costa Rica are visa-free for Filipinos. If your wife is not already an international traveler, adding stamps to her passport would bolster her future visa application to Japan or South Korea. An explanation letter is not necessary, though if you want to submit one, it wouldn't hurt. It would be clear from the visa application form that your wife is a student, she is married to a USC, you are sponsoring her, and you have a job. As supporting evidence to the guarantor info in the form, your wife should submit to the visa agency: a copy of your marriage certificate, your recent pay stubs, and your bank statements. I was unemployed when I applied for a Japanese tourist visa, so I submitted a letter with my application. Unlike your wife, I was single, self-sponsored, and not a student. In the letter, I explained my lack of formal employment, details about my financial capacity, and the countries I visited before. I was granted a 30-day multiple-entry visa.

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Yes. Tax documents fall under additional evidence and are not required (though recommended) to be submitted with the N400 form. Here is the official guidance from USCIS, listing "Tax Returns and Overdue Taxes" under documents to bring to the N400 interview, and not under documents to submit with form N400 -- https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/n-400instr.pdf

Make sure to book the ticket using your wife's name on her Vietnamese passport, if different from the GC name. Many Vietnamese have their names in mangled order on their GC. List the name exactly as it appears on her passport, regardless of how it is listed on her GC.

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There's no sure-fire way to get the I-131 approved through normal processing within a specific time frame, and the actual processing times reported by VJ members vary wildly, as you may have seen. You'll just have to wait for your I-131 to be approved, or request an expedite if you have a valid reason.

Vaccination cost is not included in the standard fee for visa medicals in the UK. The visa medicals clinic in London has a separate price list for vaccinations, and it's possible to get the shots cheaper elsewhere.

It's possible that the children lost their eligibility because they did not meet the "Sought to Acquire" requirement. It seems you haven't submitted DS-260 for the children even after 4 years from the PD becoming current. For family-preference categories, visa applicants (including derivative beneficiaries) must seek to acquire LPR status within one year of visa availability, to benefit from CSPA. Refer to https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050201.html