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New US Travel ban - Dual National/citizenship CR1 visa
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Submitting new I130 while waiting old one withdrawl
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The most recent executive action tightened the family-based exemption. I haven’t had time to read through it to see full impact, but the slip sheet the White House put out on it called out tightening restrictions there since family-based visas can be fraud prone. -
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I know in the Latin American context I have Venezuelan friends with passports from other countries that have no problem entering on those passports. Thats a CBP question over a USCIS question, but ideally DHS would be aligned internally on that. Who knows though.
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Typically most favored passport is recognized.
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Filing Taxes During CR-1 Process
S2N replied to devid456's topic in Tax & Finances During US Immigration
1) I would strongly suggest not updating the foreign passport to the new name. You can, but the general consensus here is that legal name changes are a hassle until naturalization. It’d be easiest for her to get her ITIN in her maiden name. 2) The answer is no if you go by the letter of what the IRS wants, but except for extremely specific circumstances it single vs. married filing separately doesn’t have a material impact on taxes so this is largely unenforced. Which is to say many people file single. 3) No one here can give you tax advice. As we’re not in a professional relationship with you and/or aren’t licensed to do so. Married filing jointly is almost guaranteed to be better financially and for a high fraud country like Nigeria would also likely be positive evidence to present. You should consult a CPA with experience in the complicated matter of multi-jurisdiction taxes, foreign tax credit, and non-resident spouses. There’s likely a bunch in major cities near the Canadian border if you’re unsure where to start looking. -
Missing documents for i130 case
S2N replied to esam30's topic in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures
When did you submit? They definitely have the I-130 if you have a receipt number. No harm uploading the passport again as unsolicited evidence. Won’t slow anything down and might give you more peace of mind. -
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I signed as interpreter (not as preparer; I wasn’t paid.) Asks the beneficiary to certify they can understand English and my husband can’t. We didn’t see any downside to it, but I suspect @OldUser is correct you could likely leave it out. We did it because it was fairly clear from our overall package that he doesn’t speak English.
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Worth noting that given the current political situation, it might not be a good idea to have minimal evidence for a red flag marriage in a high fraud risk country. You can still apply, but “marriage certificate and pictures” is less than what many of us on our first marriages from low fraud countries submit.
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Heh, sorry. Thought it was common knowledge. My bad. Because of the extensive information sharing between US/UK/AUS/NZ/CAN, most times the government has to vet foreign nationals from one of the other four, things go more smoothly. If a citizen of one of those countries was a threat, they’d be in one of the databases already.
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Beneficiary needs urgent medical treatment in the U.S.
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NVC/London IV unit are unlikely to be an issue. USCIS could be, but the fact this is the UK means even if they’re confused it’d likely be easy to overcome. Citizens of five-eyes countries aren’t exactly subject to extreme amounts of scrutiny, even in the current climate.
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Also with the current timeline, she’s likely going to have a CR-1 in hand before a B-2 or an expedite at NVC or the embassy would occur.
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Got "DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED" with a 'Case FE Review note'
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Retired Joint Sponsor only has Tax Transcripts from 2022-2024...sufficient?
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Argentina and Chile typically have equivalent dental and oral health standards and practices to the U.S. to the point where I’ve considered getting some work done down there. In the sense that the standards are pretty high. Your case might be very specific, but people familiar with the region are going to be skeptical that it’s really a need. B2 medical is the best bet here.
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Please do. With the current state of politics in South America — Kast and Milei in the Southern Cone, crisis in the north on several fronts — I suspect your specific circumstances might become more common.
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OP — my suggestion would be for your wife to file I-130 as quick as possible and if you haven’t file for your Argentine citizenship as quick as possible. If you’re still pending your Argentine passport in a year and it’s expected in a few months after I-130 approval, I’d hold on the DS-260 until you have the Argentine passport in hand. I know a lot of South Americans in the U.S. Argentines and Chileans almost universally have the easiest immigration experiences.
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You fill out the DS-260. It’s your application. If a passport is renewed or changed after the I-130 typically it can be updated on the DS-260. I don’t think we’ve seen an example of someone getting naturalized during the process in a third country; but I presume it’d be the similar. @pushbrk: have you seen something like this? My assumption would be the best scenario would be: wife files I-130 using your Colombian passport. You naturalize in Argentina in the next 12 months, and then fill out the DS-260 as an Argentine national and interview in Buenos Aires. Colombia has historically had a decent relationship with the U.S., but it’s more strained now and there’s more fraud than in AR/with Milei and Trump being friends the U.S. and Argentina are on the best diplomatic terms they ever have been. I’m generally of the view that using the most friendly passport is always best in immigration.
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If they live in AR and can naturalize if they don’t have Argentine citizenship already that might be the better option. Southern Cone is much lower fraud risk than northern LATAM so given all that’s currently going on, I’d personally prefer to apply from a lower fraud area. Northern LATAM isn’t Nigeria, but it’s still higher risk than Argentina/Brazil/Chile/Uruguay. Said another way: Trump isn’t likely to have issues with Milei anytime soon but there’s tensions with Colombia over the situation in the Caribbean, so having another option doesn’t hurt. The passport won’t really be needed for 11-14 months when they file the DS-260, so they have a year to do it. Colombia would also very likely work, just throwing out potential options and considerations.
