US Immigration from Singapore

Hi VJ community,
Hope everyone is doing well.
I'm quite sure I filed form AR-11 in June this year online via the myUSCIS portal after my husband and I moved but I'm wondering if there is any way to check its status because nothing is showing up on the portal (no history, nothing) so I am slightly concerned about it. (Our I-485 and EAD cases are both closed and I received my 2 year conditional GC in May.)

And also an oversight - my husband did not file the I-865 at that time because we were under the mistaken impression that just my filing the AR-11 would suffice. We had informed the IO at our GC interview that we were moving and she had told us about the AR-11 but we rather naively assumed that my husband as the main sponsor of my I-864 didn't have to do anything. Would we be able to file the I-865 ASAP? Or is there another process we have to undergo since we are tardy on that form? We have a joint sponsor but they are still residing at the same address, so that doesn't affect them, I'm sure.

Thank you so much for all your help everyone.

Hello again!

Just wanted to give a quick update we submitted the I-130 petition (consular processing) on December 24. According to the USCIS site, it looks like we might still have around 10 months to go.

I m currently on my third visit with my husband and was wondering is it too early to start getting things ready for the DS-260 and I-864?

If it s not too soon, what should I try to bring back with me from him?

He s not very tech-savvy, so it ll be tough for him to prepare the paperwork without help. Plus, he s self-employed, which might make things a little more complicated.

I ve collected more evidence of our marriage like a shared bank statement, a joint credit card, and more recent photos for the second part of the process. But I m not sure what else I should be doing while we wait.

Would love any advice you can give!

My brother (35) has a green card interview in Jakarta in a few weeks. He was in the US with a student visa but he graduated and his visa expired. He stayed in the US out of status for 2 years while waiting for the interview appointment. Now that he has received his appointment date, he has flown back to Jakarta to prepare for his interview. Is this a concern for the interview that he was out of status? He s now in Jakarta for the interview in a few weeks. He has taken the medical exam there. In the US, he lives with our mom by themselves. My mom is 72, just had knee replacements. She was a PR when she filed the application to sponsor him in 2016 but now is a citizen since 3 years ago. Any advice for a successful interview? Application submitted in 2016 when he was 26. He s not married

I've been reading the forums and but still not sure about what I should do re: taxes.

Husband (USC) says MFS is preferable (so he files, I don't) and much simpler because TurboTax apparently doesn't allow for us to do a MFJ.

For context, he has no income as he is a FT student.

I came on a K1 in August, AOS still pending. So I don't meet either the GC or substantial presence test. I do have a SSN.

Would there be any advantage in electing to be considered a resident alien and file taxes this round? (For example, I am looking to going back to school and to be considered for in-state tuition I have to be a resident for at least one year prior to enrolment but I doubt that would move back the clock or anything)

Or would it really be a lot easier for me to just not file taxes this year and leave it at that?

I don't really get the foreign income exclusion either - my home country does not have a tax treaty with US. If anyone can explain that more simply than the interactive tax assistant on the IRS site or the 99-page Tax Guide for Aliens (Publication 519) I would be so grateful.

Thanks for everyone's help and apologies for asking such numbskull type questions. I'm just hopelessly confused now.

Hi

I've received a courtesy email from USCIS for my interview prep for i485, to bring originals eg. Birth certificate, marriage certificate etc.

The other many items to prep are meant for i130 filers.

Are there other things to prepare? My husband and k2 child will be at the interview as well. Ive searched online and advice was to recap time-line of our relationship.