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I received an RFE for my Adjustment of Status marriage based green card application. The RFE is regarding my husband petitioner s I-864 Affidavit of Support. The RFE is a generic letter asking that we respond with evidence of a joint sponsor or assets. In the original petition, we submitted evidence of the petitioner s assets, which are 5x the USCIS assets requirement. These assets are: over $150,000 average cash balance maintained for over 12 months + proof that the petitioner s home is owned almost free and clear. The immigration company we hired did a poor job of organizing and presenting this asset evidence, leaving many things unexplained, like, for example, the reason some bank statements were missing on one of the petitioner s accounts (a/c was only opened 5 months ago / info not on statements we ve since obtained a bank letter showing the account open date).

The immigration company refused to look at evidence of my own substantial assets, claiming that beneficiaries were not permitted to submit asset evidence. I later discovered that I could have submitted evidence of my income producing US investment properties (duplex + a single-family residence, both held for over 10 years) + large sum of USD, which would have brought the total of our assets to 10 x the USCIS requirement. For reference, my husband runs a business and shows low total income on his past year s tax returns since taking many business deductions, although his actual cash flow is much higher. The immigration company submitted 3 years worth of these petitioner tax returns that don t meet the USCIS income requirements, when they only needed to submit one, highlighting the weakest element of our case. My husband has earned above the required income this year, but won t have a 2024 tax return by the RFE deadline.

We have since secured a joint sponsor at the advice of the immigration company who handled our case. My question is, should we submit evidence of both our new joint sponsor + assets rebuilt with clear explanations and perhaps the inclusion of my own substantial income producing assets? The immigration company argues that we need only submit evidence of the joint sponsor in the RFE response, claiming that the asset evidence is now irrelevant and will not be considered by USCIS. However, as I mentioned, only half of our asset picture was presented, and poorly at that. One large concern I have, is that my I-485 states that we have household assets worth over $700,000 + $52,000 annual household income. This info is correct, but again, only half of these assets + $17,000 worth of annual income evidence was submitted first time around. To me, the application seems very inconsistent and I m reluctant to take further advice from the company who submitted our flawed application in the first place.

Hi, I am planning to apply for N400 under the 5-year rule (in Alaska) and I have a couple of questions since I am divorced (no children). I obtained my GC via spouse visa.

I entered the US May 2019 (May 2024 marks my 5th year)

Filed ROC Feb 2021

Separated by March 2022

ROC approved and received 10-year GC Jan 2023

Filed for divorce March 2023

Divorce finalized May 2023

What documents do I need to prepare, and will I be asked a lot about my previous marriage?

Do I also need to bring a certified true copy of the divorce decree (I have the original document)

*Just a note, my Philippine passport is in my maiden name while my GC is still in my married name. Will I have a problem with this?

Anyone here who has the same situation and has already filed? Any advice?

Thank you so much

Hi - I have a fiance from India for whom I've filed a i129f petition for back in October 2024. She would like to visit me in the US and it would be her first time visiting the US. She doesn't currently hold a tourist visa so she would have to apply for one. By applying for a tourist visa, would it in any way hurt our chances of getting our fiance visa approved? And how likely is it for her to get the tourist visa approved?

The tourist visa would be merely for meeting me and tourism related reasons, and we will not get married here.

Aloha kakou,

We received our NOA2 and are awaiting our MNL number. So we're thinking ahead/daydreaming. For POE our choices are Guam and Honolulu.

Guam pros -

She arrives in the middle of the night with a 2+ hour layover. My thinking is the immigration process would be less hectic.

Bags would be checked to Honolulu so she could focus on getting thru immigration and nothing more.

Easier to estimate when to book inter-island flight from Honolulu coz in theory she would buzz thru Honolulu customs.

Guam cons -

Long-assed day

Honolulu pros -

Direct flight from Manila.

Honolulu cons -

Customs/immigration would be busier and less predictable time-wise

Between immigration, getting bags and getting to interisland terminal, almost impossible to estimate when to book flight out of Honolulu.

To me Guam wins. Am I neglecting anything??

Hello guys , Ir1 waiting for i-130 approval, spouse name showing first name and last name in just given name on pasport and surname field blank...

so we got splitted names as first name and last name on passport maked new passport . ..

whats next procedure how to give this new info to uscis??? how to let them know,,, and what to say then why we changed? but on i-130 we putted correct first name and last name .. we puts first name on first name filed and last name field last name...