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I would like to understand if my Covid vaccines that I receive outside of Canada will be accepted by the doctor who will be performing my medical examination for the k1 visa?

Do I need originals of the vaccines certificates or copies are sufficient? Also do these vaccine certificates need to be translated, notarized etc?

Thank you for your clarification.

My husband is applying for citizenship this week. We owe federal taxes and are on payments plans to pay them (2021, 2022 I was self employed and we had our W4 s wrong). I (US Citizen) already owed significant federal taxes with my ex-husband (he was self-employed) which are also on payment plans, so when I go to show evidence that we are in compliance with the plans, it shows that the payments we have been making are going to the older taxes (ex: 2017 taxes) and nothing has gone to the more recent ones yet, but we are still in-compliance with the payment plan arrangements. Is this going to cause problems? Should we figure out a way to pay the taxes that myself and my current husband owe before his interview?

Hello! My now wife and I just got married this weekend. We are planning on adjusting status from her tourist visa. I want to get her onto a health insurance plan ASAP, but my workplace has it out to be SO expensive. I see that in my State (PA), with my income, I qualify for insurance HALF the price of my workplace. Am I able to use this insurance, or does that count as not being able to financially support petitioning for her? For reference, I am looking to apply through "Pennie" in PA. (https://pennsylvaniahealthcoverage.org/)

Hi, I wanted to start a thread where people can share things they wish they knew about 221g.

Some things I've heard/learned:
1. Writ of Mandamus is no longer advised as of now, because the judge is throwing out cases, even in cases of 16 months of 221g.

2. If I had known my case would be at risk of a 8+ month 221g, I would've done CR-1 so I could legally be married to my spouse, and his company/work could also get me a way to stay with him legally. K-1 was not the right choice for me. I don't even think it is faster than CR-1 anymore. I believe CR-1 cases are also more likely to be accepted for transfers, which are in high demand for Russians. (It's hard for them to get to Warsaw, their default embassy).

Some things I would like to know:
1. Is the Ombudsman an entity that I could contact regarding 221g? I haven't seen anything about it so far.
2. There was a thread here saying their 221g case expired. Should I be proactively emailing the embassy to prevent expiration? Is it possible my case just expires anyways?
3. Does the visa, when approved, need to be picked up in person, or can I mail it?
4. When the visa is approved, can I have it sent to another embassy to be picked up?

My 2023 IRS transcript is as follows,

Wages as per W2 = 78,000

Partnership loss = (35,400)

Total income = $42,600

1. What amount should I supposed to mention in I846- affidavit of support as most recent year total income? Is it W2 value or loss deducted value?

2. My household size is 3, and income requirement is $32,270 as per i864p. If I have to mention $42,600 as income for the year 2023 in i864, will this amount be sufficient? will there be a risk of getting a RFE requesting a joint sponsor?

3. I have to mention 2023, 2022, 2021 income information in the form I864. In 2021 I have submitted taxes jointly with ex-wife and I didn t make enough money in that year, and I only have a month s W2 form. IRS transcript of joint filling is available. What should I suppose to do to complete 2021 income information? What among should I mention? And what supporting documents should I upload for 2021?