US Immigration from Peru

I am in the process of applying for visas for my wife and stepdaughter, and I don't meet the income requirement and am therefore considering asking my best friend to co-sponsor the application. He makes a lot of money and would easily qualify, but he is concerned that he might be assuming a massive amount of potential liability. For example, what happens if my wife gets in a car crash and ends up with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical bills that we can't pay? Would that mean a co-sponsor could be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Is it possible to precisely quantify a worst-case scenario for a co-sponsor? And is the responsibility of the co-sponsor for a limited period of time, or is it perpetual?

Hi,

my mother and I (petitioner) got AOS interview in 1 month. She unluckily got ill and had to take her to the hospital. Since she is uninsured, they told us to apply for Emergrency Medicaid. I am scared that could affect her AOS case. Does anyone know whether it could?

also, once I get her AOS approved and get her green card, do you know if I could enroll her in Obamacare or some type of health insurance ?

thanks,

silentsiren

My USC naturalized spouse is filing an I-130 that asks for his certificate of naturalization number. When he filed for his first US passport, they never sent back the certificate of naturalization, or perhaps it was lost in the mail. The I-130 asks if he ever had a certificate (he did) and what the number is. We have no copy of the number, unfortunately. What should we do with regard to the I-130? File without the number? File for replacement certificate of naturalization and wait? It would be financially painful to spend the $555 to file the N-565. I'm grateful for any insight anyone can offer

I know, another "refused" question! So my wife's visa was refused at interview pending submission of joint sponsor. Here is the timeline:

Interview: March 31, 2022

CEAC status: Refused

Case Last Updated: March 31, 2022

Submitted joint sponsor documents and sent email informing them of such April 10, 2022.

(checked CEAC today)

CEAC status: Refused

Case Last Updated: April 18, 2022

I checked in CEAC application and all documents still just say "submitted." Does anyone who has experienced this same situation have any idea what that could mean? Does it mean they are still reviewing and sit tight, or does it mean more bad news coming?

I am hoping to get some insight. I have a parent of a USC who is visiting on a tourist visa in the US currently. This was planned as a short visit only but we are now considering whether we may want to apply for a GC for the parent of the USC. I understand the 6 months allowed for a visit would likely run out before the I-130 is approved, even if we applied tomorrow, but is there any point in even entertaining the idea of: staying until end of allowable tourist visit, applying for extension, attempting to complete all steps toward IR-1 while in US? Family circumstances have changed such that it would be best for the parent to not return to home country for long or at all. Thank you for any help you can offer! I used to frequent this site a decade ago and now find I'm in need of help and lost all over again.