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Do you mean 3rd-party agent? It's not required if you didn't actually hire one. You seem able to handle the tasks needed for the NVC stage yourself. As for the DS-260, you may type the answers and click the Submit button yourself, but your mother should be aware of what is in the form. Even if you were the one who filled it out, she is still responsible for everything on the form and will be made to swear an oath about the accuracy of the DS-260 information during the visa interview.

*** Moved from Bringing Family of USC forum to IR1/CR1 Process & Procedures, where topics about I-864 for spouse of USC are discussed *** As a US citizen, you are required to file US taxes, regardless of where in the world you live. As a married person filing taxes separately, if you earned income more than $5 (yes, five, not 5k) in a year, you are required to file taxes. For your family to immigrate to the US, you will be required to submit your US tax transcripts or tax returns for the 3 most recent tax years. I suggest you look for a competent tax professional who handles tax filings for expats, to help you back-file your US taxes. You will also need to report your UK or other non-US bank/investments accounts via FBAR filing. If you hire a tax professional, make sure they are familiar with the IRS amnesty program for expats, so you can minimize the penalties for late filing.

K2 visas for children are only available within 1 year of the issue date of the parent's K1 visa, NOT green card. [EDIT] Thank you for filling out your VJ timeline. It confirms that the beneficiary's K1 visa was issued more than 1 year ago. For the beneficiary's minor children to immigrate to the US, they may pursue either the IR2 or the F2A visa process. IR2 would be the fastest. To start the IR2 process, the US citizen step-parent should file I-130 petitions for the children. Check the VJ guide here -- https://www.visajourney.com/guides/us-immigration-guide-for-children/

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*** Removed related thread in a different sub-forum. Please post your related questions/updates in this thread to keep the discussion in one place. *** NVC will not care anymore after visa interview. No need to delete existing documents on CEAC. Just need to upload the new one requested by the consulate. The CO will have access to it.

I strongly recommend you go through Utah county directly if you want to do online wedding. It's undoubtedly legit and you won't have to pay middle-men fees -- https://www.utahcounty.gov/dept/clerkaud/PassMarr/RemoteAppearanceFAQ.asp US immigration will not require the marriage to be registered (via ROM) with the Philippine government, but it will be very difficult to get passed CFO without ROM. I was able to get my CFO certificate without ROM, but I had a traditional face-to-face wedding in the US, not an online wedding. I have not seen any reports yet of anyone who had an online wedding and successfully completed CFO without ROM.

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No one can predict that, as there is no guaranteed rate by which the visa bulletin should move per month or even per year. All you can do is to keep waiting.

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*** Moved from Bringing Family of USC forum to Moving to the US & Your New Life In America forum -- OP's wife already has IR1 visa, asking about POE procedures *** With an immigrant visa on hand, your wife will have no further vaccination requirements as far as US immigration is concerned. CBP will not require an IR1 visa holder to get vaccinated, regardless of any visa annotation. Of course, your wife may still choose to get her booster or 2nd shots for health reasons after entering the US, even if not required for her immigration record.

Do you mean that your husband already has his passport with the CR1 visa in it? Or CEAC case status shows "Issued"?

While it would be legal to file either N-600K or I-130 (or both) for your daughter, the proper path given your family's intention to move to the US is via the I-130+IR2 visa process. As mentioned above, N-600K is intended for children who regularly reside outside the US. I strongly recommend you file the I-130 petitions for your husband and daughter ASAP. Don't wait til September as the petition processing could take around 1 year or so. That estimate does NOT include the visa application time after the petitions have been approved. If the petitions are approved before you are ready to move to the US, it won't be an issue as you have the option to delay the visa processing steps until you are ready.

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If you are married and had a job in 2022, you should file taxes. The minimum filing threshold for a married person filing separately is $5. Did you earn less than $5 for the entire year?

Yes, your wife must list all the names she has ever used on legal documents. I suggest listing her passport name + your surname on the Name fields, then all her previous legal names on the AKA field -- previous married name; maiden name; any other names used on legal documents. The NBI staff may want to remove the maiden name from the AKA field, but you should insist on keeping it there. I recommend bringing a print-out of the US embassy checklist to her NBI appointment -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html#pre_interview_checklist Highlight the section that says -- "The applicant should request an NBI Clearance with an AKA including the applicant’s maiden name, birth certificate name, maiden name and any aliases or nicknames used, including different spellings that may appear on your other documents (birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc.) even if the applicant has never used those names or spellings in regular life."

There should be a line that says, "Incorrect applicant civil documents and police certificates". In any case, that's the only information packet from NVC that has your case number, so you don't have much choice if the consulate will not send you a separate email.

If you mean Change of Status (COS) to H1B, the attorney is correct -- you cannot COS when you have no legal non-immigrant status to change from. Is your I-485 family-based?

It's the welcome letter that NVC sends to the petitioner and beneficiary. The email starts with "Greetings from NVC", and mentions the need for police certificates for processing the visa case. You should have received it around the same time as the NVC case creation email.

In addition to monitoring the online scheduler, request an expedited interview directly from USEM. Highlight that your mom went through sputum testing, hence the shortened medical validity. That's what I did after I cleared sputum testing at SLEC. I sent my interview schedule request via their public inquiry form -- https://ph.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visa-inquiry-form/ Two weeks after my email, USEM sent a response saying they queued me for scheduling but that there's no appointment available for me yet. A week after that, I got another email with my expedited interview schedule. No guarantee that you'll get a positive response like I did, but it won't harm your mom's case to ask.

You do not have to "just go with it" if the case gets mistakenly switched to F2B. CSPA is law, and based on what that law says, your brother's CSPA age is already frozen at below 21 years old at the time he submitted his DS-260 form. (Refer to the section on "Sought to Acquire Requirement" on the CSPA page linked by @Mike E.) The consulate must follow the law, but the consulate staff are people too, so they can make mistakes. If that happens, just politely explain in an email why the case should remain F2A.

I'm 100% sure about it as far as the OP's case is concerned. Your case is not the same as the OP's.

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Whether it's I-485 from K1 or I-485 for some other immediate relative category, 2 to 3 months for a GC would be close to miraculous. Around 1 year would be more realistic, depending on the USCIS local office. Browse the AOS sub-forum to get a sense of the current timeframes -- https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/131-adjustment-of-status-case-filing-and-progress-reports/

Thank you for filling out your VJ timeline. Join the thread below for updates from others like you who filed I-129F in May 2022 --

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