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Current annual income is defined as what you expect to earn over the next 12 months from the date of submitting the I-864. That would include all sources of expected income. Current annual income is not derived from tax returns (unless you are self-employed). It is derived from what your income will be for the next year after the new immigrant arrives. Rationale: You will be supporting the new immigrant with income over the next year...not what was earned last year. W2s are supporting documents for past tax returns...not for future income. Current annual income- Continuing Pay statements, pay stubs, and employment letters are documentation for current and expected income. -Example: Current annual income = gross pay from most recent pay stub multiplied times the number of pay periods per a 12 month period.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-march-2026.html Look at final action dates for F2a

Even after a case is current and DQed, there is a queue for some consulates. NVC will schedule interviews, first, for those cases at the front of the queue.

As soon as both fees are paid at the NVC stage and the I 864 and ds 260 are completed and case is DQ (documental qualified) make sure you have all the supporting documents in hand for the interview / it will not be a long wait for Finland SISU Tuulikki

Prayers. Keep us apprised.

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USCIS does not evaluate the I-134 in a k1 visa process. The Consular Officer does that. Your W2 is not relevant to your stated current income. For an employed person, current income is calculated by taking the gross income for a full pay period times the number of pay periods in a full year (going forward). You then document the income with that same pay stub. Later, when you adjust status and provide an I-864, current income is calculated and documented the same way. At that time, yes, USCIS can and will do the same calculation and recognize the correct current income.

Just upload the new Tax Return Transcript from the 2025 tax year. You do not need to update the entire I-864. When you go to the "Unsolicited Documents" function on the I-485 in the portal, it asks you to tell them what type of evidence you are uploading. Use the option for I-864 evidence. This is what we did when we had our updated 2024 Tax Return Transcript available

Good luck, but I think this is a long shot unless the visitor has the medical condition. You haven't stated who has the condition....visitor or US resident/Citizen.

Good question. If it is a relative, I think I would consider exiting the US before overstaying, then immediately returning via VWP and plead my case if asked about the quick return to the US.

No such thing I'm afraid. As said above, B visas can be extended in extreme circumstances. ESTA can't. I'm sorry, sounds like it's a really tough situation. Who has the brain cancer, the ESTA holder or a relative?

Perhaps the officers were referring to an I-539 extension of a visit after entering via a B2.....that is not applicable for an entry via VWP (ESTA).

Hi there, I'm going to give you my recent expirience which will help alot. We are in a similar situation. I'm british but have been living with my husband in Tijuana while he crosses to work in San Diego. We also didn't want to lie and everyone freaked out about him giving his address as mexico. There's multiple addresses to give. We got our i-130 approved and more importantly DQed at the NVC with this. For the petitioner we put his physical address as the Mexico address. And his mailing address as the US address. Having the physical address in Mexico shows that your both living together and is just the truth. And its very important to put the mailing address in the US as it shows domicile. Which is what she will be worried about. I lived in the UK at the time of filing so my husband had all his addresses in the US. But when working with the NVC giving address history and proving his US domicile become the most important. To back this up we sent multiple documents. (Probably overkill but it worked lol) All trying him to the US. His US bills, name on appartment, US car title and insurance, US job paystubs for 6 months, life insurance, letter of work proving he works. I think more but off the top of my head I cant remember. Oh and also we attached a letter of explanation saying he holds domicile in the US and is temporarily living in mexico and commuting in order to stay together during the wait. And that the final destination will be the US. This is essential. I only proved it at the NVC stage but it wouldn't hurt including the letter at the i-130 stage too. You can so do this yourself if you follow guides and keep asking questions. (And yes ownership of your house would so be enough at this stage) Any questions let me know!

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aaad, it's better to proactively notify USCIS and the consulate so that there's no doubt and clean closure.

Thanks, Hopefully you are luckier than us, I was reading some older filers threads and some get approved the GC without any interviews, will comeback with the interview details

Your local office schedules N-400 interviews. It depends on how busy they are.....not allocated by state.

New policy is that they are not able to reuse biometrics for N-400 applications. All Naturalization applicants have to have a new biometrics collection

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Provide paystubs and, if you can get one, an employment verification letter to establish your current income

I’d use the name exactly as it appears on the passport or current USCIS record, then list every other variation in the other names used section so the differences are documented. If the green card and passport do not match, it may be worth checking which record USCIS is using most recently to avoid delays.

Just got done with the interview... He said, I passed 😁 But I got the usual slip that says "a decision can't be made at this time".

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The ESTA visitors daughter is a US green card holder and has Stage 4 brain cancer which is getting severely worse. She has some serious surgeries scheduled and they want to stay for those procedures. The US resident cannot drive due to seizures so they are helping drive her and care for her.