US Immigration from Philippines

My soon-to-be-wife just arrived not too long ago in California and we're looking to get married soon. The LA county clerk's office is booked for at least a few weeks on the marriage license applications/ceremonies and it appears we will not get the wedding date we want if we go with them. I found a few local services that can help us get hitched conveniently at any time but they only issue confidential licenses. Are there any disadvantages with going with a confidential license as opposed to a public one? I've been looking around and getting mixed messages between "it's not a good idea for AOS" and "it doesn't really matter as long as you're legally married". What's the scoop? Does anyone have any personal experiences with this?

Good day VJ!

We will file our children's AOS after admitting as K2 follow to join. I'm a little bit confused what exactly is the fee for K2 aged 10,7 and 6?

I read somewhere the USCIS changed the fees again. Thank you if anyone here can answer my question.

Carin

I could really use some help please. My wife is here and I am filling out the AOS paperwork for her. Her son/k2 will be coming after 6 months. Do I include him on the paperwork for the 864 (Affidavit of Support) or do I wait until he is physically here in the USA? I'm confused on this. where it asks on Part 3, information about the immigrants you are sponsoring. I would just check I am sponsoring the principal immigrant named in Part 2, which would be just her right or would also check the box stating I am sponsoring the following family members who are immigrating more than six months after the principal immigrant? That's the part that confuses me and then listing her son as Family Member 1 with his info? If anyone could help. I'd greatly appreciate it!

Hello everyone. A big thank you to anyone who can offer some advice.

My wife entered with a K1 in June 2022, and we were married in the US later that same month. For various reasons, we did not file AOS paperwork, but we are ready to do it now.

-Aside from the I-485, do we need to file any additional documents due to my wife's unauthorized stay?

-Please confirm: we do NOT need to file I-130, correct?

-Throughout the I-485, there are fields to enter my wife's A number, but I don't see this anywhere in our documents. Am I missing it?

-I-485 item 22 asks for her non-immigrant visa number. Her K1 visa has two numbers that look like possibilities to me; what are the criteria for this number? Should I just list both?

-I-485 item 4 asks for receipt number of underlying petition. Is this the WAC number from the K1 petition, or the MNL number from the Manila embassy?

-Filing fees are $1140 for the I-485 and $85 for biometrics. Do I submit separate checks, or a single check for $1225?

-I was under the impression that we needed to submit lots of evidence of continued relationship, but the I-485 instructions don't mention any of that. Should I submit evidence anyway?

Again, thank you thank you thank you to anyone who can help us with this information. Have a great day!

To do the AOS, adjusted gross income is required to show (I am self employed). This whole covid thing really kept me from making the money I needed to make, but I did finally recover in 2022. How many year's back taxes do we need to show to do my Wife's AOS? Would 2022 alone be sufficient, or do we need to show 3 years of back taxes. She is not planning to work anywhere, so basically at this point, we just want to do a AOS, if more than last years taxes would be required. I had a loss for 2019, 2020, and 2021. Again, 2022 I did well and am quite a above the 125% of poverty level. Just me and the Wife here. Will I need a co-sponsor to get this done?