US Immigration from Ireland

Hey everybody, so my CR-1 interview is in Dublin on January 16th. We assumed we had everything in order however this morning we received an email from the US Embassy requesting additional documents specifically from the petitioner

Most recent W-2 for petitioner.
Petitioner's Birth Certificate.
Proof of petitioner s U.S. citizenship (passport scan) or LPR status.
Detailed proof of Petitioner s domicile in the United States

With regards to proof of domicile. She has her current lease for the apartment she's been living in alone for the past year. That expires February 28th. We also have organised a new lease together in a different apartment. That lease begins February 10th and has both of our names on it

I guess I have 3 questions

1. Do you think this likely slows down our approval

2. Should we submit both leases as proof of domicile + should we add anything else. She has lived in the US her whole life and has never spent more than 2 weeks outside of it for an extended period.

3. While it's on my mind I've been trying to ensure I have the correct documents and that I am bringing everything necessary so I'm just going to list what I'm planning on taking and some advice on if it's missing something/unnecessary would be advised. I've really struggled to find non-conflicting information on this, even across the official US Government websites

- The Medical exam results are apparently electronically transmitted now so I have nothing with regards to those. My appointment was over a month ago however (December 10th)

- Passport (It is valid til 2029 so within the time boundaries)

- Original Birth Certificate (I have both a long + short, however the long one is at a point where it's held together with cellotape, but it's the best I've got. I requested a long one from the Civil Registries here in Cork but they just gave me an updated short one and said that was enough)

- Original Marriage Certificate

- Original Police Certificate

- Copy of NVC Interview Appointment Email

- DS-260 Confirmation Page
- Passport Biographics Page copy
- Visa Delivery Courier Page
- Form I-864 Affidavit of Support
- Photocopy of her U.S. passport
- 2 2x2 Passport photographs
- Either IRS transcript or latest W-2

- 10 photos from all of my different trips to the US and hers to Ireland

- Both Lease Agreements mentioned above

Apologies if this is a bit of a word salad, I'm happy to clarify anything if it's unclear

Kind Regards,

Tom s

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.