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Yes, you can stay outside of US as long as you want as a US citizen. Just remember to file your taxes each year and the FinCen FBAR if your foreign account is above 10K.

Does Qatar allow visitor visa to work? It's okay for K1 applicants to be at a 3rd country as long as they don't break any laws or don't commit any fraud. They may need to get a police report from the 3rd country for the K1 interview. I believe the K1 applicants need to list or update all the countries in the I-129F they've been to for the past 5 years and need to have police reports from each of those countries. In fact, my K1 beneficiary interviewed at a 3rd country while legally working at the 3rd country and had to get police reports from her home country and the 3rd country.

So you were married 10 years ago in the Philippines? I think you have to get your Philippines marriage annulled or divorced before getting married again in the Philippines. I don't think Philippines weigh the American divorce as much as the current Philippines marriage status? What I mean is that you can use the American divorce as evidence in the Philippines annulment process. You are divorced in the US but still married in the Philippines until annulment. And you won't be able to marry again in the Philippines until you are eligible to marry again. That is my understanding.

For the I-485, I-864, I-131, and I-765, this is what we did. Supporting documents include the original marriage certificate, and everything else can be copies without the need to sign and date. You can include in your cover letter the list of documents like: Original I-485 (signed and dated), Original Marriage Certificate, Copy of Birth Certificate, Copy of Passport, Copy of Passport Visa, etc. And mention in the cover letter that you can provide the original documents of any copies if USCIS requests it. I have seen suggestions of writing the name and A-number on the back of all the copies like you do for the photos, but I don't think it is required.

I think I saw some posts of good movements for April-June 2022 on Reddit. Then the Title 42 expiration happened where 1000 agents were reassigned to handle the cases. So that might be slowing down the progress?

You are not permitted to work without EAD or green card. It doesn't matter if the work is remote or for foreign companies--it still counts as work in the US and foreign income is still income. If you do work without EAD or green card and not report it, then that constitutes fraud.

I don't have an accountant recommendation. But I do recommend that you also file the FinCEN FBAR, which is not related to the IRS tax implications. FinCEN is Dept of Treasury who tracks the flow of currency. https://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/NoRegFBARFiler.html Not filing the FBAR can result in freezing your overseas accounts.

According to wikipedia, the largest Albanian communities are in NY, NJ, Mich, or Mass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_Americans Other places with sizeable Albanian communities are greater Cleveland, Ohio area, Illinois, Conn, or Paterson, NJ. Fairview, NC, has a high percentage as well as Hamtramck, Mich. I would think the lower cost states among those are Mich, Ohio, Illinois, NC.

If your marriage certificate is from Texas, then you need to file from the Houston consulate. https://houstonpcg.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/downloads

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing

We did not get the Online Access Code with our AOS NOA1. We were able to request it at the USCIS site, and they emailed it to us. See our Profile->Our Story or Timeline to see the sequence of events.

You can submit the AOS that you have and wait and see if USCIS requests the I-693 RFE? Or you can go ahead and get the I-693 medical and submit with the AOS?

Is this an official RFE? Or just a courtesy notice? If it is an RFE, then you must get the I-693, or you risk abandoning the AOS. If it is just a courtesy notice, then you can wait and see if it turns into an RFE, or you go ahead and get the I-693 medical which overrides the DS-3025. We got a copy of the DS-3025 from the overseas doctor. You having a copy of the DS-3025 is irrelevant to how USCIS approve the medical. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799273-k1-aos-have-ds-3025-and-received-rfe-for-i-693-medical-documentation/?do=findComment&comment=10833637 USCIS still reserves the right to request the I-693 medical regardless of DS-3025.

I think they put those or most of those in the sealed brown packet for her to bring to the US CBP when she reaches POE. She must not open the sealed brown packet. She needs to pull her passport with the visa from the plastic wrapper around the sealed brown packet. Theoretically, the brown packet is forwarded from US CBP to USCIS.

If I'm not mistaken, I-134 income requirement is 100% of the poverty guidelines? But I can not find where USCIS states that? https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p I-864 income requirement is 125% of the poverty guidelines? So in the OP case who wants to qualify on assets alone using the I-864 requirement, then "you must prove the cash value of your assets is worth five times this difference (the amount left over)". https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-of-support Without jumping into the exceptions, doing the math, assuming OP total assets are 100K with 0 in US income, and 125% of household of 2 is 24,650. Difference is 24,650 - 0 = 24,650. Five times the difference is 5 * 24,650 = 123,250. So for I-864, 100,000 < 123,250, is not enough. For I-134, if the requirement is 100%, then using the same formula 5 * 19,720 = 98,600. 100,000 > 98,600, is borderline enough. Did I do the math right? Is this worth risking to the judgement of the consulate officer without a joint-sponsor or US income after waiting so long for the K1 interview?

I meant to add that you can try having your K1 beneficiary try to pass the interview on your assets alone, but do you really want to risk a denial or delay for more evidence after having waited so long?

Asset does count. But current income is king. As suggested, if you can't make it back to the US in time to find a job, you need to find a joint sponsor whose current income meets the requirement that includes you and your K1 beneficiary in the household total. So by AOS I-864 time, if you have your own job income in the US that meets the 125% requirement, you can remove the joint sponsor.

Yes. I meant need proof of current income in the US AND 3 years of IRS tax transcripts even if the income was overseas. Current income in the US is really the defining factor for affidavit of support I-134 and I-864, joint sponsor or not. I moved back to the US early to find a job and collected 3 months worth of payslips as supporting evidence for the I-134.

You need to show current income in the US with payslips. 3 previous IRS tax transcripts with overseas income is fine

I bought my K1 beneficiary traveler insurance for the first month with emergency medical for her travel to the US. All the traveler insurance needed was a passport number. Then after marriage, I added her to my health insurance. Make sure to get your foreign spouse a SSN soon after entering the US because I think that is needed to add to the insurance plan? I don't want to recommend a traveler insurance since I didn't do much in-depth research or comparison because I was in a rush. This was back during Covid checks for foreign arrivals. I'm sure there are better traveler insurance with better health coverage than what I bought if you spend the time to compare?

Mobile Passport Control app is only for US citizens or Canadian B1/B2 visitors. LPR can't use MPC. Global Entry has dedicated lines, but I don't think I've seen the dedicated line for MPC or maybe I was not actively looking for it?

What is the procedure to update Global Entry with the I-751 receipt? After submitting the Global Entry application, the website says only a Global Entry officer can update? I'm wondering if paying for a new Global Entry fee allows to submit the updated documents and then re-interviewing will work? We are in the process of scheduling an interview, which itself is a very annoying process. Nothing near us is available.

In our case, the green card extended the driver's license 4 months. Already doing this, and starting to lurk the ROC posts. 😂 Good advice! Definite To-Do. Yes, we first got the state Real ID within the first week, and the ID expiration coincides with the I-94 expiration. We then updated to instructional permit and then the road test before the I-94 expired, but was only able to get the 120-day extension for the driver's license. Updating the driver's license was related to the "humanitarian reason" for us to expedite the I-751. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/789757-is-expiring-drivers-license-reason-for-expediting-ead/?tab=comments#comment-10792667 As for learning the local map, that is on-going. 😂

So we received the 2-year conditional green card for my foreign spouse, and we are in the process of doing some tasks that may be of interest to others in the similar situation. As the title says, these are OPTIONAL things that you can do for your foreign spouse after getting the conditional green card. And we are definitely open to suggestions on what else we need to consider doing. 1. Update the foreign spouse's information at the bank with the conditional green card. Our bank still has not certified my spouse's foreign status, and automatically deducts 30% of interest earnings. This is not that big of a deal since we joint file on the tax return and all the deductions are in the wash of the tax refund. Our current banking situation is fine so this is not a critical task. By updating the bank with the conditional green card, we hope to avoid any future legal residence or foreign status restrictions for my spouse? Would that be correct? 2. Update the Social Security Card to remove the "valid for work only with DHS authorization". I've read green card cases where this restriction was never removed and it was never a problem from working to collecting Social Security after retirement. I also read some convincing posts to do this as soon as possible? Anything that reduces restrictions is better I assume? 3. Update driver's license or state ID. For our state, the foreigner driver's license expiration coincides with the valid EAD card or the Green Card. So updating with the Green Card extends the expiration of the driver's license. Again, driver's license policy for foreigners may be different for each state so this may be an issue or non-issue? 4. Apply for Global Entry. I posted our experience at https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/799684-global-entry-with-conditional-green-card/?do=findComment&comment=10837516 Again this is optional, but if you plan on traveling outside the country, then this is worth the $100 and it includes the TSA Precheck. I did come across some posts where DHS is considering raising the fee. The only thing I have not heard much about are cases when someone is denied Global Entry? If anyone knows negative reasons to applying for Global Entry, I certainly like to hear them? Are there other things similar to these tasks that we should consider doing after getting the 2-year conditional green card while we wait to submit the I-751? Or did I miss some MUST THINGS TO-DO's after getting the conditional green card? Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.

We are K1-to-AOS filer with an I-693 courtesy email from the Atlanta Field Office. You can read our I-693 experience at https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/798091-request-for-form-i-693-courtesy-email/ Our situation may be a little different from your's. But we went ahead and completed the I-693 medical and submitted it. So you were approved after submitting the I-693?