Interview Documents - Multiple Questions

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Hi All,

 

I'm desperately hoping to gain some clarity here as I've emailed the consulate asking for document clarification and was told in short that they cannot answer specific questions. 

 

Brief background: I'm married to an American. We've been together 8+ years, lived together in Canada for 5ish years, and then he got into medical school in the US. He's been there for just over two years now, while I've been waiting for a green card for 2.5+ years. Because he is in his third year of medical school, he obviously is not currently earning an income, and therefore, his father (my FIL) has graciously agreed to be my joint sponsor. We were DQ'd October 16, 2020. My interview is at the end of September, 2021. 

Questions:

 1) As so much time has passed since I was DQ'd, I now obviously need to bring my joint sponsor's 2020 tax return, rather than the 2019 one which I had previously uploaded to CEAC. Do I need to upload the new one to CEAC, or just bring it with me?

2) I've seen conflicting information about documents needing to be uploaded to CEAC after being DQ'd if time has passed while waiting for an interview (like a new police check, new tax year documents, etc.). However, I literally cannot find a single verified source that says you need to upload documents to CEAC after you've been DQ'd. Does anyone know this for certain one way or the other? If so, which documents need to be uploaded?

3) When bringing a Form 1040, do I need to bring just the form 1040 tax return, or the form 1040 plus ALL accompanying schedules?

4) My FIL/joint sponsor lives with his wife/my MIL. His income is substantial on its own, and therefore we do not need additional household member's income to support our case. However, on the consulate checklist, it says that if a joint sponsor files taxes with a spouse, the spouse needs to fill out the I-864A. She is not employed. Do we still fill this out? Has anyone been asked for this? And lastly, do we just put "zero" on page 2 , section 4, 2A-C, under her income, rather than putting their household income?

 

I hope someone has some answers about any of this, especially if you've recently been interviewed having had a similar wait time. Obviously, I just really really want to get this right and not mess up our chances of living together again. It has been a very long 2.5 years. 

 

Thank you,

A