US Immigration from Ireland

Early in our relationship I started scrapbooks our adventures. I'm very sentimental and had made a habit of collecting things like brochures, cinema tickets, little trinkets from gift shops in places we went on dates, receipts from dinners, etc. as keepsakes to keep in the scrapbook alongside pictures.

Thing is... a LOT of recipts/tickets/etc. are in glued in here and double stuck down with things like stickers and having photos layered on top of them. I can't remove them from the scrapbook without destroying them.

Is it acceptable to take the scrapbook with me to the interview? Or is that just me being cheeky?

An example attached below. Face blurred for privacy:

Hey there!

My Wife (petitioner/citizen) and I (applicant/immigrant) are filling out the I-864 as part of the IR1/I-130 process and she doesn't meet the required amount to sponsor me.

Her mother has graciously come forward as a joint sponsor however we'd like to make it off our own back if possible.

The application instructions state:

This seems like I can declare my current, foreign, income converted to USD and list it on I-864 part 5?

I make well above the limit needed and the income comes from a company in the US which

will provide whatever I need stating that I have and will be working with them pre/post immigration.

I checked the FAQs on USCIS website and there seems to be conflicting information than the instructions:

So, in summary, here's my questions:

1. Can I/We declare my current income in Ireland on the form as household income and will it be sufficient if over the limit?
2. What would the letter look like from my employer?
3. Should I/We go with the joint sponsor or use my salary

I've searched and seen threads that have asked a similar questions but unfortunately none of them provided feedback from the interview to state that it's fine

nor examples of what supporting evidence they brought to the interview.

Thanks for taking the time to read!

James

I'm a bit of a neat freak when it comes to documents. I get it from working in offices, always hate to see documents not in a file/folder/etc. The USCIS advises not to use a binder for application submissions but funny enough I don't think it says anything about not bringing a binder to the interview. Is it alright to organise documents for the interview in a binder or do they prefer it loose/envelope/etc? I don't want to look or feel messy

I thought I'd ask since I seen a variety of answers online ranging from 1 to 40 pages. I'll write a Silmarillion level account of what happened if I have to but I'll be embarrassed if I get there and they only want about 2 pages of basic details.

I am 24/f/Ireland and my fianc is 25/m/Oklahoma. I'm worried about our proof of relationship (I'm generally a very anxious person) and I'd like some outsider perspective.

We've been together for just over 18 months and decided to get married this past August. The reason I'm worried is because yes I acknowledge for most people thats very soon to get married, but one other thing: we don't have a lot of documented evidence that I've been around his friends and family or that he's been around mine. How bad is this going to look for my application? Do you think it's grounds for being rejected?

Niether of us are close to our families. One of the things we bonded over is a shared understanding of what it was like growing up through similar problems. He doesn't hang around with his family pretty much ever and the side of my family that I engage with lives in a different part of Ireland. The short version is that we don't have pictures of me and him together with members of our families (it doesn't help that it's usually my fianc offering to take the picture so he's behind the camera).

We have *some* with his friends because... I took the pictures and I'm holding the camera myself so I'm not actually featured in many of the pictures.