US Immigration from Canada

Hi All,

I recently got approval of my IR1 visa and if I land around December 20th. Would I have to file taxes in USA for the year 2022?

I am a Canadian citizen moving to the US.

I'm filing 130 and 864 for my wife right now. However, I'm having a question rn (maybe it's a stupid question)

My wife holds Hong Kong SAR passport, which is different from mainland Chinese passport. But I am wondering for the nationality on the forms, should I put "Hong Kong SAR" or simply just "China"?

I know that cuz CR1 has no quota so it doesn't really bother anyways but just want to make more accurate for the USCIS to process.

Thanks!

My wife and I filed I-130 in August after getting married in April. Now she has been here visiting from Canada for 5 weeks and we are contemplating AOS. With the 130 already filed what do we do if this is a path we choose?

Hey all,

First time posting here, great to meet everyone. Been lurking for awhile and finally made the decision not to pay $4K for an immigration lawyer for the i-751.

My wife and I have a fairly straightforward case, married in 2019. In terms of financial comingling evidence we have:

• Co-own properties with both our names on the deeds and share mortgages
• 1 Joint bank account dating back to when we married
• Shared insurances and utility bills in either's name (not both)
• IRS tax transcripts
• 401k with the either as beneficiary

A couple of questions for everyone here:

1. While our joint bank account go back to 2019, the majority of the transactions are paycheck deposits and then credit card payments for our personal credit cards, so a statement is like 10 lines at most, inclusive of mortgage payments. The way our finances work is we both have personal credit cards (we do not share credit cards) where most of the transactions occur. Then we payoff our credit cards with our joint bank account.
   • Do I need to attach our respective personal credit card statements (quarterly) and show more the day-to-day transactions? Or should we only attach our joint bank account with both our names? Our financial arrangement feels pretty normal - just concerned there's not enough transactions.
   • We plan on attaching all monthly bank statements of our joint account - any concerns?
2. We were married in 2019 at a courthouse but didn't have our reception until this year due to covid-19. What's the best way to show our arduous journey? I was considering attaching all the contract revisions, emails etc particularly with our vendors (i.e. photography) but was curious to get everyone's thoughts. Don't want to unnecessarily waste paper.

Thanks in advance!