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Before you go through all this effort, double-check first that your wife actually needs to do this to reacquire her Philippine citizenship in the future. DFA apostille for your marriage certificate may be required, but ROM seems to be one of those documents that PH consulates have slightly differing preferences. For example, the consulate in SF does not require ROM -- https://pcgsanfrancisco.org/dual-citizenship/ "If married in the U.S. or in other countries – Marriage Certificate/s duly issued by the City/County where the marriage was celebrated or Country (if married outside the US) and Divorce Decree if divorced, Marriage and Death Certificate of Spouse if widow/widower." Your wife may find that she does not need ROM to reacquire her PH citizenship. If she is asked for ROM, maybe the consulate staff will be understanding of her situation, being previously divorced and not having lived in the PH. So I recommend dealing with this, if necessary, only after your wife completes her US naturalization. While I wholeheartedly support your wife's plans to reacquire her PH citizenship (I intend to do so as well), there is no rush. Although you may feel the need to be proactive about this, it might turn out to be a lot of money, time, effort, and stress for nothing. Or just register your marriage without going through recognition of foreign divorce for her previous marriage. I seriously doubt PSA will nitpick about her previous marriage not being registered.

Some suggestions here -- https://www.thepoortraveler.net/2014/03/offloaded-philippine-immigration-rules-requirements-airport/ For a tourist, getting a CFO certificate may provide extra ammunition against offloading. Your fiancee may register for CFO as a tourist now, which does not require submission of visa scans if visiting visa-free countries for Filipinos. Do not register as a K1/immigrant visa holder, which requires having the US visa on hand.

From the I-864 form instructions -- https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-864instr.pdf "If you selected Part 6., Item Number 2. that you are self-employed, you should have completed one of the following forms with your Federal income tax return: Schedule C (Profit or Loss from Business), Schedule D (Capital Gains), Schedule E (Supplemental Income or Loss), or Schedule F (Profit or Loss from Farming). You must include each and every Form 1040 Schedule, if any, that you filed with your Federal income tax return."

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Your spouse could have filed an I-130 petition as soon as you got valid marriage certificate. What you can't do without meeting the 2-yr HRR or having an approved waiver is file an I-485 or be issued a visa.

"As of April 21, 2023, a single dose of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent meets the vaccine requirement of these Technical Instructions for applicants 6 years old or older and a single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent meets the requirements for applicants 5 years old or older." Monovalent Moderna or Pfizer vaccines are still acceptable, but require at least 2 doses prior to the medical. For the full announcement, refer to the official CDC pages for immigrant medical exams -- Visa applicants: https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/panel-physicians/covid-19-technical-instructions.html AOS applicants: https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/civil-surgeons/covid-19-technical-instructions.html

Priority Date (or filing date) is the critical piece of information in order for members to give advice about your question.

Maybe you'll get lucky? You can wait to find out for sure at the visa interview, if you don't mind the risk of getting a 221(g) letter for a police certificate with the correct name.

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No, a letter of explanation won't cut it. Get a police certificate with the correct name. The consulate won't care that you have to take a plane ride to get it. A police certificate is useless if the visa applicant's name is not on it. "James Drown" is not the same person as "James Brown".

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I'm sorry about your mother, but there is no option to expedite your case until after your Priority Date (PD) becomes current. No lawyer anywhere and no amount of additional documentation can help to expedite your case now, regardless of your mother's condition. The only option for you, as far as your F4 case is concerned, is to wait for your PD to become current, maybe in around 4 years or so. Alternatively, you may try applying for a B2 visa to visit your mother. Refer to https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp7 -- I have been waiting for a very long time for my relative to get an immigrant visa. Now there is a family emergency and I need my relative to immigrate soon to the U.S. Can NVC help me? If a visa is not available, unfortunately there is nothing that NVC can do to expedite the petition. Immigrant visa processing is governed by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, which controls availability of visas. There is no provision within the law that would allow the Department of State to issue a visa to someone for whom a visa is unavailable.

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What year did you get married? Minimum filing threshold for a married person filing taxes separately is $5 (yes five, not 5k) income per year. If you were married in 2020, 2021, or 2022, make sure your wife back-files her taxes for the tax years when you were married.

Yes, you may apply for police certificate before the I-130 is approved. Your VJ profile indicates Canada, so I assume you'll be needing a PC from RCMP. The PC should be sent to you. You'll need to upload a scan to NVC, then bring the original to the visa interview.

"Immigrant Visa Documents in Consular Consolidated Database". It means the visa case files will be sent electronically, so no need for sealed envelope for the visa holder to carry and hand over to CBP at POE.

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As others already said, just come back ASAP. The VJ members who reported below were able to return as LPRs, despite being away longer than you have --

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