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My sister-in-law is currently at the NVC and her birth certificate is not being accepted. She is from Ghana and they are stating she needs secondary evidence such as a weigh in card frim her birth or baptismal certificate. She does not have either of these. Does anyone know what else she can provide?

I am thinking ahead, but if your spouse gets approved after the interview and enters the U.S. with the green card and visa, can we travel outside the U.S.? There is a family wedding in Europe and we wanted to see if it is OK to leave the country for 2 weeks for travel after entering the U.S. as a legal resident/spouse? Is It safe to exit and enter soon after? My spouse is a Spanish citizen if that matters.

Hello I am stuck here filling out I 485 form

Part 4 Item number 7

my parents are unemployed

Do i need to provide dates of unemployment

2. Dates of unemployment: My parents are in their 70's they have been unemployed for more than 10 years.

1. If unemployed or retired , source of financial support.

-me and 2 of my siblings support our parents financially.

can someone help me fill this form.

My wife and I received her visa interview appointment today for December in Warsaw, Poland. I've been reading a lot of threads on these forums on related topics but I'm unsure about many of the logistics involved here and was hoping to find someone who has been through this process.

We've been a little torn about this because the Schengen process seems like a huge pain compared to transferring our case to somewhere like Almaty, Kazakhstan. However, we're also wary of what sort of delays transferring could introduce to this already lengthy process. Currently we're looking at Hungary or Italy as likely candidates to apply for a Schengen.

If anyone has been through this process and can provide any guidance at all, we would be extremely grateful:

1. As far as I can tell, my wife will need to travel to Moscow in order to apply in person after making an appointment (via VFS Global for Hungary or Italy's VMS).
2. Purpose of travel: When applying, is it correct that the stated "purpose of travel" should be tourism? (Presumably we're all doing it "wrong" by not applying through Poland, but since that isn't possible... )
3. Health insurance: Open to recommendations here, but Italy's VMS provides links to some Russian sites we might be able to use.
4. Travel plans: We're supposed to provide proof of travel (plane tickets / return trip) and accommodation (hotel bookings). This is where it gets really confusing for me.
   • Entry should be through the country issuing the visa - but can the return ticket simply be from Warsaw?
   • We live apart so I'll be traveling from the US. Should my tickets be included or would they be considered irrelevant?
   • My understanding is that we're supposed to at least stay an equal number of days in the country of entry as any other Schengen country we intend to visit. That said, it isn't clear to me how we're supposed to know how long we need to stay in Poland. I've read that the time it takes to receive the visa after the interview is variable and it's possible we would even need to extend our stay, meaning cancelled flights and so on.
   • If we actually manage to go to Poland, the interview goes well, and her immigrant visa is issued - can we just cancel all existing travel plans and fly to the U.S. together from Warsaw?
5. Financials: My plan is to write a sponsor letter and provide my own pay stubs, bank statements, and a copy of our marriage certificate. I've also added my wife as an authorized user on a credit card after reading that in another thread. Is there anything else I should do?

We aren't attached to Hungary or Italy either - so if anyone has had recent success with other countries please let me know. Thank you.

I've had an established relationship with a girl from Australia for a few years now, back and forth visits.
I know we're going to marry, I just want to know if it's better to marry in the US or if it matters if we get married in Australia.
The goal is to get her US citizenship.