iwannaplay54

Is your wife in the US?

When he was employed overseas his foreign earned income should have been reported then excluded on his tax return. US based income should be reported as self-employment income.

They don’t expedite petitions for beneficiaries and care nothing about how much better off you say you would be in the US. They expedite petitions based on issues related to petitioners and nothing you describe here appears to solve or address irreparable harm to the US petitioner. Sorry dude.

OP has a shortcut all planned out. This isn’t the place for that.

Wait You’re married and you’re just crossing the border to immigrate and file?

You’re going to need those documents over and over. You need to go back to the applicable authorities and reconstitute them. It was unwise to send originals. They are likely gone.

We did. Two middle names, we listed every version. All four, first last, first middle #1 last, first middle #2 last

We chose to treat the beneficiary as a resident for all of the first year for tax purposes, declared worldwide income, excluded foreign earned income based on prorated “physical presence” test. We did not file until the SS card came in. You can also choose to exclude it based on pro-rated bonafide resident of home country test.

Not thinking this one is salvagable

You sure wasted a lot of time here. SMH

It appears to be an automatic flag based on the tax return. I think you’ll do fine.

No kidding

We filed in March and swore in the following January. We were aligned with others who filed that month.

Their procedure is to send a new appointment letter You can’t be from the UK and not be able to verbalize all the miserable things and treatments on the colonies by King George. Isn’t that part of UK history classes? LOL

Citizenship?

Thanks

Step 1 is for your wife to establish “intent to return” and come up with some kind of permanent US address. A family member worked for us. She needs to be up to date on taxes, open a bank account, transfer assets, get a state ID or drivers license, register to vote. They dont just hand out green cards. The USC sponsor needs to demonstrate full intent to establish residency and permanent ties to the US or you’ll get sent back from the interview until she does. Then she needs to file a petition for you. Is your little one also a USC? Might need petitions for both of you. Next she needs to come up with a way to sponsor you. She either needs to park about $100k in easily accessible assets in the US or she needs to have a job and make more than minimum income to sponsor you or you need a joint sponsor in the US.

AOS isnt easy for anyone

We flipped in and out on assets twice. You’ll be fine.

Mistake up there. File your taxes like you always have because you can make a million over the exclusion and it’s still ZERO income for immigration purposes. You attending the interview? They grill the USC on “intent to domicile” so prep up.

Unless you are working for a US company and that income will continue your foreign earned income is (zero) for immigration purposes. It is completely discounted. They always do that notice on an asset-only case. It’s a flag for the CO to check your bonafides.

How to prepare pictures for spouse interview: Leave them at home Passport stamps and boarding passes and trip itineraries carry more weight.

Someone like that in every workplace Boiler What sort of work were you doing

You started this job when?

A petition can be withdrawn up until the visa is in the passport. Nothing the beneficiary can do.