bondy88

If you're completely checked out from family members and friends and acquaintances around you and you're a complete loner, then yes, you'll be having a hard time finding someone to JS your beneficiary. The financial repercussions of signing affidavit of support docs, for a beneficiary who IF they become a public charge after getting their greencard -- are probably way less than getting someone an additional credit card under your line of credit. At least the bank will go after you if the bills are unpaid. Here the government just doesn't give a rats behind if a beneficiary later becomes a public charge. They were seriously going to start enforcing Aos during the previous administration but then elections happened.

You can always amend later. But with an amendment you actually have to substantiate your expenses. Fyi, If you're self employed with a Schedule C income and you're not taking reasonable and necessary expenses that are likely expected of your kind of business activity, you're setting yourself up for an audit down the road. Easy fix is to get a joint sponsor or make more money lol

This isn't true. There is no prohibition of a U.S citizen accompanying their beneficiary at the interview in Islamabad, not from the embassy itself. The local fascists manning the main door might create a stink though but as a U.S citizen you can go and ask for help...or in this case accompany the beneficiary. Having said that, accompanying the beneficiary to the interview is not a wise choice because you might open yourself up to questioning which would only have been directed at the beneficiary were you not there. The risk of giving inconsistent statements is high when two people are questioned at the same time. So its a huge risk and no reward here.

not that common for female visa applicants...and no travel history in this case which is why this is even more baffling. Most likely a name check issue with someone of a similar name on some sort of a database. OP if your wife's name is too common then that could be one of the reason why its taking so long. If she or her family members are active in politics or connected to the power structure in Pakistan, that could be another reason at the top of my head.

No problem at all. Just file Amended returns when she gets here. ISL is not a high fraud consulate for IV categories. For non-immigrant visas eg, visit, student visas YES but Immigrant visas, especially marriage cases are pretty straight forward bcz of similar culture--traditional and religious marriages. The overwhelming issues at ISL are financial docs and the petitioner being being low income thus requiring joint sponsor. Any country that has high interfaith and inter-race marriages like the Philippines, Lebanon, Morroco, Thailand are more prone to marriage fraud.

Wow...making a mountain out of molehill much? You came to the conclusion that OP entered into the relationship with his spouse primarily for the immigration benefit--just because of form i864. OP just find a Joint Sponsor stateside and you're good to go.

Given that you're a male from a 'special interest" country and you have a somewhat complicated travel history, they will scrutinize your background more, especially the time you spent in the U.K. You providing them a police certificate from the U.K means nothing. They will do what they have to do in order to verify and check everything with the U.K agencies. And fyi extensive background checks could take anywhere from 3-6 months to a year. Since you're a going with the visa process through the consulate, you're background and criminal checks are only initiated when you submit your fingerprints at the consulate on the day of your interview--that is the most efficient way otherwise you would be going back and forth to the consulate for fingerprints, interview and what not. If you were in the U.S applying for a green card through adjustment of status, they would capture your fingerprints and conduct background checks before your interview. Oh and who said they wont check your record in the U.S even if you haven't ever been there.

They are most likely looking for OPs purpose and time spent in the U.K and the related background checks-- not for his record in Pakistan-- for which records are either non-existent or unreliable.

That doesn't make any sense. Like you said the OP expects to file AOS docs early next year, why the rush to file taxes before April 15 or October 15 filing deadlines for the tax year 2023 though. Why do the taxes before the deadline as you emphasized in your earlier post if the OP would most likely need the info from their 2023 return on the i-864 in early January next year?

Why the emphasis on filing as early as you can if you sponsor someone? How does filing earlier than April 15, helps someone in the immigration context. For immigration purposes, I would most likely file closer to April 15 and or possibly even get an extension until October 15 to get a clearer picture of where I stand.

Just bear in mind AMC will take at least 6 hours of your time if not more because they are flooded with clients not only from Islamabad but Afghan applicants who are bound for Australia, UK or the US since there is no designated medical panel in the entirety of KP. Fill out the medical form online once they set you up with the appointment and provide you with the 4 digit pin. That will save you some time. If you're near Lahore or can go to Lahore, I would suggest to go to Lahore's for medical because they have a bunch of medical facilities.

The consulate likely wont accept your Direct filing. You can try though. You have to file i130 with USCIS asap and have your Congressional member expedite the i-130 with the USCIS. If expedited, USCIS likely approves the i130 in a month. Once transferred to NVC, you can have the same Congress person write to NVC to expedite the case with the consulate for an interview.

Easy solution is to file Single and then amend later. You have three years to amend your taxes. Getting an ITIN is very tedious and time consuming for a foreign spouse even if you paper file your return. You would need to submit the original foreign spouse's passport (risk of losing it in mail) or a certified copy from the passport issuing agency to the IRS or use one of their CAA's if they are available in the spouse's country. Even if you get an ITIN, you likely would miss on tax credits that are only available to people with an SSN such an EITC. So filing an MFJ return with ITIN instead of amending with an SSN later is not beneficial.