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A recorded divorce doesn't mean the divorce is absolute and final. The absolute divorce certificate in my State does certify that the recorded divorce is absolute and final. Hence it can be used as a substitue for a divorce decree. If your Texas divorce verification letter doesn't specify this, then it most likely would not be accepted. But generally, this is all a function of State laws.

Same, I always just my divorce certificate, not the very large divorce decree. The certificate is only 1 page. This was fine for the K-1 and embassy interview as well.

Update: I emailed global entry last night. I asked them to change my Wife's global entry name from her married name to her passport name (maiden name) so that she will get both precheck. Surprisingly, they emailed us back the very next morning and conformed they changed her global entry name to her passport name!

Actually correction, for the interview appointments, it was initially full except for cancellations now and then in a nearby State. But after a few weeks, Boston suddenly released a full month of open appointments out just 1-2 month, each day of the month having many available appointment slow. They apparently do this one a month in my location.

The GE officer who did the interview for my Wife was at first confused and said "you can't have two names, and was confused why she didn't update her passport. He was going to deny her but then went to the backroom and came back and said "we will use your married name for the GE so you must use your GC when entering, Then when you update your passport, stop in and to update your GE to use your passport. Likewise, when you get a 10 yr GC, come in to update it. But you have a great point, thanks for posting it. I will try to get them to change her GE to use her passport in her maiden name, since we won't update the passport until the N-400. That way she will get precheck. By the way, it only took about a week or so for my wife to get approved. But there was no email. Then it took a bit of refreshing the interview schedules to get an interview just a few weeks out near us in Boston. But other than these random cancellations that you need to be fast on, there wasn;t anything available for months. But there are apps (not free) that will constantly look for open appointments for you. For us, we did it manually Thanks

Keep in mind if you are still using your maiden name for your passport and tickets, but your GC is in your married name, then they will use your married name. They can't enter 2 names into the system for you. Thererore, your ticket/passport name won't match and you won't get TSA pre-check on your boarding pass. But you can use your GC for the global entry.

I don't risk bringing or depending on having enough cash, except a small emergency amount. The Schwab debit card has $0 exchange or international fees, and they reimburse you all the ATM fees. The exchange rate is the basically market rate which is close to the best you can get. For backup, I use Fidelity and Etrade debit cards which are similar in refunding all the fees and the market exchange rate. But they might have a 1% fee. Can't keep track. For a 3rd backup, I also just have a local bank account and they will even lend you $10K emergency funds if need. Yeah .. paranoid and overkill .. When you take your trip, the key things that you should do for your K-1 is 1) Take a photo of your boarding pass to Manila before it gets lost. Since she is meeting you there, take a photo of hers. You can submit it as proof you met her. 2) Don't lose your passport and the passport stamp entering Manila. This is critical evidence for your K-1 3) Take photos of you with her, and with her and her friends and her family to prove its not a secret. This is required to get the K-1. The cost or renting a car or even a van and driver, and keeping both 24/7 is not much difference in cost than renting a car. I do this for long trips to the province, and keep the car and driver for a couple of days for longer side-trips. Its crazy to drive a car there since the custom is different, you'll probably run over a few motorbikes. You will be blamed for any accident. Actually, I just rent a motor-bike an go crazy, as the drivers wait and expect you to cut in front, etc.. if you don't they even get confused. But I am NOT recommending this for you if you are not already skilled in riding a motorcycle, but personally I love it, and can't live without it in the province. Oh .. make sure you have a BC plan .. hehe. You will certainly need it.

I wonder if those interesting colors were wrapped cars. Wrapping seems to be very popular especially for those that don't like the "free" color. It seems to me that most cars over the years have lost their styling, and give you the "wow" factor. I don't feel that Tesla is trying to push themselves as a SW company. But maybe that is because I know several electrical engineers that went there, and know that they only hire the very best and push them very hard to do very high quality and detailed engineering work. Yeah, there is even a new "megaphone" feature where you can "yell" at someone from inside the car (if parked) and a lot of games and silly stuff. Its just a novelty. Maybe the engineers had some free time, lol? But the "light show" is actually nice, I tried it out of curiosity one night, and out of the woods near my house I heard several kids scream "nice light show". For myself, I choose Telsa for their reliability and the super charging network. Lets see how it plays out as non-Teslas get access to the network. For the incentives, it depends on which ones, but there is a limit of something like 2 per year to prevent fraud.

Yes, it was a better deal. I got more for less money including FSD and a premium color choice. Plus I got $14.5K in Federal, State, and local EV incentives and rebates by adding daughter to the title since they are income limited (extremely common). Plus $10/month by letting the electric company limit the charging during peak usage events (max 4/times per month). biggest savings is the gas and maintanence Here is a photo of it after coming out of the tint shop

Why are you even supplying your naturalization certificate in your K-1 application? For proof of citizenship a copy of your US passport is another option instead of a naturalization certificate. At least 3 times now, people have asked you how you allegedly got your N400. Very experienced members here have explained it is relevant and important as it could have subtle effects on the what or how to do things. Yet you continue to refuse to provide the information while literally begging them to answer and clarify your questions, and keep suggesting weird odd plans to file for multiple CR1, instead of doing things in a proper manner. Its as if you are hiding someting. I'm out ...

I gave my spouse my Tesla model 3 and since I can't live without a Tesla now (and gas stations and adding gas feels disgusting now) , I got a new one (2024 Telsa model 3) for myself. It is much roomier, quieter, and incredibly smoother than my previous one. However, the biggest surprise is that I got FSD (full self-driving) due to getting a promo for only $1K, It is now out of Beta (in Supervised now). I had always thought the FSD was going to be a sham. But wow, it is amazing how well it works. Its nearly perfect even in complex city traffic. It handled all the complex city driving traffic cases, rotaries, obstacles in the road, etc. That said there are rare issues that you need to take over, but otherwise it works shockingly well. Admittedly, probably not as well when the snow comes. Take one for a test drive to see for yourself. On my road trip to Canada I only had to stop once from Boston to charge at a supercharger. My only complaint was that it charged too fast as I wasn't done eating at the adjacent restaurant and had to rush back to disconnect it to avoid idle fees. If anyone wants a code to get $1,000 off a new Tesla, I have a few left. Just message me.

Yes, even if your fiancee has never been to the USA, and you are in the USA, an Utah online zoom wedding is allowed. it is very easy, cheap, and fast. But as others have said, you will still need to visit your newly married Wife before you can file for a CR1.

Maybe or maybe not. How do you know that is there is not something that he wants to keep hidden and keep the skeletons in the closet? In anycase, this is not a DIY case. At the very least he should be getting some free consults with qualified lawyers. I wonder why he doesn't consult the lawyer since he said he used lawyers before for his naturalization. A lawyer could write a waiver or create an affidavit request infinitely times better than the OP could who didn't even know a death certificate instead of a divorce certificate is needed. A good lawyer is going to know any subtle legal precendent to make a case. This is not the time to cheap out and risk it all. Or the lawyer could simply know that this issue is impossible to solve without fixing the certificate first, and will work doing that in the proper and best way. It's clear we are all guessing at to what to do and what is legally required to get past the RFE if he is not going to dig up the death certificate for whatever reason,

Same, I've done it both ways too. When I did it myself, it went very fast and easy. But my situation is far more compex now. So this last time used a paralegal agency that specializes in K-1/CR-1 visas for the Philippines. It was only $600 and was priceless. They save me countless hours or research, and made the process from start to finish go a lot faster (compared to as if I followed other peoples advice) and provided more accurate and useful info than what you'd get for free, and answered countless questions along the way and continue to help with Filipino specific issues. They also saved my about $30K in taxes by helping me get this done before the end of the year allowing me to file taxes as married jointly. If I followed the process that other people suggested, we wouldn't have luckily gotten the issue so fast. Most importantly my case almost got denied, due to something I had long forgotten about, and they guided me to the right and best way to apply for a waiver. My case would probably have been denied if I applied for the waiver myself without their guidance or followed other people's advice. They added so much value, I used them for the EAP/AP/GC, which was well worth the time and hassle I saved, and we got the EAP/AP and GC incredibly fast, without any stress or hassle with the pile of paperwork So yeah, if your case is simple or even if it is not so simple, you can do it yourself. I hate paying someone to do paperwork for me, and otherwise quite capable, but knew when I was in over my head due to multiple complexities. So do not put down how useful an Agency can be. That agency is quite busy so surely many other customers feel the same and give them referrals. For many people, it will be a life saver. I would guess for the majority of people, yeah, they don't need. But proceed at your own risk, time, and stress.

Seems like you need a better attorney. You could save a lot of money, get better advice, and get a perfect K-1 application submitted by using an agency that specializes in K-1's. These agencies uses paralegals. That is what I did, and their advice and knowledge was far superior to the attorney that I consulted. I'm not here to give them free marketing, etc.. but if you message me I can share who it is if you really need help to find a good one.

Do you not have enough assets to qualify in lieu of an income?

Good luck you didn't do a CR-1 for number 2. Do you really want to take the same risk again? Only you can judge that. I actually forgot about an old K-1 that I did way too fast, and let expire at the embassy level. Therefore, when I applied for my K-1 for my new Wife that, this time I dated for 6 years before plunging in, I got an RFE .,. They requested a multiple filing waiver, After only about 4 days after they received it, they approved my K-1. The bottom line is that if you are not trying to commit immigration fraud, or abusing the women, human trafficking, etc .. then you should not have an issue getting the waiver immediately approved with your K-1. You just need to explain what happened, and prove your new relationship is real and sincere

It took the IRS 9-18 months (I lost count) before they processed my amended return. I wonder if requesting an ITIN with an amended return would delay it?

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Tne women at the SSA was correct. If you have already applied for the AOS or if your I-94 has expired, then you need to wait for the EAD or GC to update the SSN. When we applied for the SSN in the maiden name before getting married, the SSA even warned that filing the AOS too fast could cause the SSN to be rejected. But in reality the SSN came super quick, and well before we did that. Have you applied for the EAD?, that should not take very long to get.

What evidence did you enclose in your original i-130 petition?

You don't have much time to reply to the RFE, so If I were you, I would try my best to gather 1) Prove to uscis that you tried by - Asking the banks for a rejection letter for a joint account - Getting a rejection letter from SSA 2) Check with more banks, and ask for rejection letters 3) Open a joint bank account with her in the Philippines, I did that with my Wife even though I am a non-resident, 4) Open up a joint credit card. AMEX is very good about adding an authorized user without a SSN. 5) Send proof of adding her on your military VA dependent 6) Most importantly, the most powerful thing is to add her to your house or lease. 7) Since you have so little, I would throw the kitchen sink at it, include chat logs, plane tickets, photos of you and her together and with her family, and friends in the photos too 9) Show money transfer receipts to prove you are supporting her 10) Anything else to prove you are joining your lives together, 11) Amend your taxes and file properly, and send a copy of filing married jointly, and request an ITIN

Are you implying that you filed your taxes as being single despite being married? If so, then wow, your tax preparer was really incompetent. Now if anything, the evidence of filing as single shows you don't consider yourself married. Furthermore, If your Wife has no or little income, and you do have income, then the tax rate for filing anything other than Joint is much higher. Therefore, you are throwing away a big advantage of doing a CR-1 which allows you to save taxes by filing jointly. You Wife does does not need to be in the USA or have a SSA to do that. You might want to consider filing amended taxes so at least you will have some evidence. Most likely it will be favorable to file as Joint. If the SSA refused your Wife a SSN, all you need to do is to use that rejection letter and fill out a form with the taxes for an ITIN number, You could then use that number to open bank accounts as well. The IRS instructions very clearly explains how to do this.

Nope, thats not true for the Manila embassy. As long as you have the NVC case number you can schedule it and the medical. Sure, its a little tricky, as you now need to estimate when the case will be ready. It doesn't take long for the case to arrive. But sure, if there was some unexpected delay before it arrived, then you will need to reschedule your interview. For myself, the case was ready faster than I expected, and I moved the interview and medical to an earlier date.

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