US Immigration from Italy

Hello again everyone,

right at the beginning of the pandemic my husband and I filed for AOS. We filed, for the AOS, also a joint tax return. During the whole 2020 he received two checks and now he's supposed to receive the third one ( I guess). I believe I did not received them as I did not have either an ITIN or the SSN, which I obtained only in September 2020 (EAD combo card)

Now, in March my green Card was finally approved. What should I do to claim the 3 stimulus checks? Should I file the tax return for 2020 and state that I have not received them? Or should I get them somehow without claiming?

Thanks in advance to who can give me an helpful hand. I am very confused at the moment on how to proceed and a little financial help would help me a lot at the moment.

Lilly

Hi,

I have a question for you - I hope someone can help me with this.

My husband and I live in Missouri but we decided to get married in Florida where he is a resident.

The addresses in the marriage license are the Missourian one for me - under the section spouse B - and the Floridian one for him, the spouse A.

When we filed the AOS we entered the Missourian address as it is our current address (for which we share a lease agreement that I included in the envelope).

Can this be an issue?

Thank you!

Good Sunday everyone,

I would love your help for a friend that has a question about continuous residency requirement after applying for American citizenship.

She applied for citizenship in October 2020 and then had to go back to Italy for a few months.

She returned to the States few weeks ago but will have to go back to Italy in a month or so to take care of her baby (the father lives in Italy).

She knows the general rule that requires to spend in America at least 6 months and a day every year; however, she is not sure if this requirement applies in exactly the same way also after applying for citizenship.

Would you please share your knowledges on this regard?

She is very confused right now and your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much

Hello all!

I am currently helping my brother who is active duty military (navy) with his K-1 visa process. He submitted the initial application before deployment and it was received. He has since received an RFE which I am helping him and his fianc get sorted. The RFE is asking for more evidence (ongoing communications, statements of relationship support etc) and one of the things the notice mentioned was "evidence of financial support". This request is confusing because the 129F application does not require financials, the visajourney K1 guide doesn't mention financials until after approval of 129F, and USCIS states that affidavit of support is not required until the 129F is approved. Can anyone please advise me on what exactly they would need as evidence of financial support at this point in the process? Also if anyone has any advice on processing the 129F while being active duty in the navy would be appreciated! We have been able to compile all the other evidence requests in the RFE but the financial evidence is stumping me and I don't want to leave anything out.

Thank you for all your help in advance!

I have question on my case: once our I-129F were soon approved, how could the following process interfere with an ESTA or L1-B petition for the same person that could potentially happen soon?

The background is the following.

Last August 2020 my american fianc e sent an application for a K1 visa for me, italian citizen, so we could get married in the US to consequently apply for a green card.

Today Visa Journey forecast for I-129F approval is April 11.

Two weeks ago I discovered that my employer is urgently looking for several skilled employees to support a new operation recently opened just where my fianc e lives.

I've applied for one of the positions and I had a first interview with the european hiring manager who described me the possible scenarios in which, given the urgency, they suppose I could quickly support the colleagues in US starting with an ESTA and several weeks of business trip and, in the meanwhile, ideally start the paperwork for a working visa, possibly a L1-B as I was granted in 2014 in a location nearby.

I don't know how high the chances I have to be selected for the position (I would optimistically estimate 55%) and 'win the lottery' of being quickly, at least temporary, being in the US on a totally different pathway than the one I'd been planning and acting upon.

Can someone advise if there could be possible CRITICAL interferences between a running K1 visa process and the petition for ESTA ESTA and L1-B/H1-B?