US Immigration from Mexico

Hello everyone! Hoping someone can give advice. My husband (us citizen) and I are finally awaiting our appointment. We both live abroad.

He files for his taxes in 2019 by tax preparer but upon checking on IRS website to get transcript, it didn t pop up. We asked the preparer and she said they sent it but for some reason IRS never got it.

my husband did not make sufficient money 2019 and 2020 half of the year he was and still is unemployed. We got his mom to be a joint sponsor and she makes more than the 125 of poverty guidelines.

what should we do with the taxes?

he also filed for 2020 online, but couldn t file as married filing separate because i don t have ssn nor an ITIN.

can someone pls advise on what to do. Much appreciated.

I helped my mom filled out her DS-160 for a B1/B2 tourist visa and it was denied in 2019.

There was a question in the form asking if the applicant has relatives in the US and I answered Yes, the relative being my husband (my mom's son-in-law)

Is that correct? I always wondered if having a son-in-law who is a USC caused her visa denial.

Back then I didn't think twice about answering Yes because answering No seemed incorrect. And because we are always encouraged to answer truthfully.

Any help is appreciated

Hey! hope everyone is doing well.

I will hopefully became a US citizen really soon and wanted to petition/adjust status for my parents who came to the US with an R1/R2 visa, but expired a couple of years ago. They were in the process of adjusting status through their church but the church main office moved locations and some other issues which I prefer not go into too much detail, but because of this their case was denied last year, and they overstayed their R1 visa.

Does anyone think I will have any issues requesting them?

Hello All and thank you in advance for any guidance/advice.

My husband, at 8 years old, was taken into the U.S. illegally by a family member. Then in 1993 he went to Mexico to get married and came back two days later to the U.S. illegally with the use of a relative's document. Throughout his stay in Texas, the only police problems he had were speeding tickets, sometimes no insurance and sometimes no license. His fines were so high that when he ended up in front of a judge, the judge told him to pay or go to jail. He went to jail for 5 days. After his divorce he left the U.S. on his own, without EVER getting in trouble with immigration officials. I suppose the 10 year ban applies. He left the U.S. in March 2012. My main question is, once I start the consular process for a spouse green card, will he be required to fill a I-601? Is it really up to the discretion of the consular official? I have not turned in the I-130 yet and he resides in Mexico. I figure by the time he is called to meet at the NVC, the 10 years would have passed.

What do ya'll think are the chances that he would be asked for the waiver?

Below is an excerpt from the Feb 2nd, 2021 White House Press Briefing:

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Q So the President s third executive order, as I m reading it Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration System and Promoting Integration of New Americans should visa applicants in the K1, the student E2 visa programs, should they take this as a sign that they ll be granted travel waivers to return the United States? I know you were asked about that last week.

MS. PSAKI: Yeah, I was, and it is still under review. Obviously, as we talked about a little bit last week or I don t remember if you were here that day. But

Q I wasn t.

MS. PSAKI: But it was a question someone else asked. And married couples, as you know, are able to travel. There was a review of students and of couples who were not married; that review hasn t concluded yet.

What would travel waivers mean in this context?

Also, here's the applicable language from the executive order from Feb 2nd, which should hopefully leads to all immigration processes being sped up.

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(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall each submit a plan to the President describing the steps their respective agencies will take to advance the policy set forth in section 1 of this order.

(c) Within 180 days of submitting the plan described in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall each submit a report to the President describing the progress of their respective agencies towards implementing the plan developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and recognizing any areas of concern or barriers to implementing the plan.