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How is he going to be proving US domicile? Immigrant visa is for reunification, e.g. US citizen lives or has strong intent to live in the US and foreign spouse also intends to live in the US with the spouse. That's the purpose of filing for immigrant visa. US citizen living overseas can become an obstacle to obtaining immigrant visa down in the process.

Is she staying at a hotel? If not, she'd be lying to officials. It's a bad idea to lie.

Why did you apply for I-130 for your wife if she has no desire to live in the US? I-130 leads to immigrant visa and permanent residency. Permanent residency is for living in the US. How will your marriage work if you live thousand miles apart?

Not an issue. I use joint account checks all the time. You can of course, write a check beforehand and bring checkbook with you if you need to write another one.

Yes You can write these in the MEMO part of the check

It doesn't

Technically, it may be true, but I had to show both certificate and DL to apply for passport.

Is this house his primary residence? If yes, he cannot use it as an asset. Don't set yourself up for failure, find a better sponsor. Otherwise you may get RFE, NOID and denial down the line and lose all your filing fees. Good luck!

I recommend finding a more qualifying joint sponsor. Assets are hit or miss, especially if these assets are neither yours or US citizen spouse's. Household size is whoever is on US citizen's taxes + whoever she sponsored before (if not a citizen yet) or sponsors now - you.

I don't know such instances but I cannot guarantee they don't exist.

All citations must be disclosed on N-400. The question asks whether applicant was ever cited, arrested or detained. Ever means any time in lifetime, anywhere. Not disclosing citation is a problem in itself (misresepresentation), even if citation is nothing major, like speeding. Yes, @Fobosdaemios you should list all citations. You can bring an errata sheet for your N-400, which is a simple page with table consisting of columns: Part #, Question #, Current Answer, Corrected Answer. You should have done some effort and get records from county in Washington state. Depending on officer, they may be OK with your explanation, especially if it was 10 years ago. But some may ask for records / proof.

This is not exactly how it goes. I had a recent interview and same day ceremony. 1) I got my GC back after IO checked it at the beginning of the interview 2) I gave GC away as I entered the room to take ceremony, before I took oath 3) After oath I got certificate of naturalization

It's related to her prior marriages before you. Was she ever married before marrying you?

Yes, paper submissions are big, that's true. It does require effort, and I knew people who had 1-3 inch thick applications which they put together themselves. Besides being overwhelmed or having to do a lot of work, anything else that stops you from going paper route? I'm not saying this is the only way, surely you can file I-130 online and I-485 on paper. But sometimes USCIS has trouble connecting them if filed separately. Be very careful with leaving the country when out of status. You may get a ban reentering the US for 3 or 10 years, l depending how long your overstay is. Any overstay is forgiven for a spouse of US citizen if you they remain in the US, but not if they leave the US! At that point you may need a waiver and it will add years to your processing time. If you need to leave, leave before you accrue unlawful stay... For consular processing without overstay, it will take 2 years or so to get immigrant visa.

Anything under 12 months is OK and nothing to worry about. NY office is super busy. Not many get interviews within 3-4 months of filing.

Why would you serving Jury duty in the past exempt you from pool? I think exemptions is all about health or mental issues, criminal past or if you somehow know the victims or person being tried.

Makes sense!

I got Jury Duty card as LPR. Had to reply saying I wasn't a citizen at the time. Never registered to vote until I became a citizen. Some states don't differentiate and target anybody with DL. Jury Duty is mandatory obligation for most US citizens, whether registered or not registered to vote. Of course, there are some exceptions.

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/search/recent-search Passport number is what I recall entering in the Document number field when I had I-94.

No downsides as far as I know. You can even register to vote online before DMV visit, at least that's what I did in California. https://vote.gov/register I registered on the same day as I became a citizen. Few days / weeks later (sorry, don't remember), I got confirmation card in the mail with voter ID.

Not saying all the finances should be merged. It can be a middleground, combining the minimum to cover the necessary monthly bills. If partners have issue with that, are we saying there's 0 trust in relationship. My spouse and I were cautious combining finances at first. We started at bare minimum, just enough to pay electrical bill. Over the time, we combined a sizable portions of our incomes to cover necessities and save for the future. It's definitely a matter of opinion, not saying what's right or wrong. It just makes sense logistically to us. For example, if there's no shared bank account, who's receiving tax refund from IRS? 😃 And who's paying for house renovation? Shifting funds using Venmo / Zelle all the time is very inconvenient IMO. Again, only my opinion. OP has other good evidence.

Technically, it shouldn't be much different. I considered applying at library, but the wait for appointment was a lot longer than at USPS office. Please post your experience once you apply!

Global Entry has nothing to do with biometrics for USCIS. I was a GE member at the time I got scheduled for AOS biometrics.

It's hard to know, honestly. There's been cases on VJ when person had to do biometrics at every stage without particular reason why. Internal policies are always shift at USCIS. Not so long ago majority of I-751 filers has their interviews waived, now it seems like a lot more get interviews. Same can happen with biometrics. Nobody can reliably predict who's going to need to go for biometrics, and whose is going to be reused. I always assumed the worst for my case: needing to go to appointment and having interview. I was glad when neither happened

That's a smart move. There's no such thing as too much proof of US citizenship. If my state issued EDL, I would have gotten it.