US Immigration from Taiwan

I found this old timeline while I was organizing laptop files. I updated it with the last few entries. Seeing these entries brought back a lot of memories of hope, anticipation, agony, and joy. It was quite a journey.

Immigration Journey for Liyaa:

Texas Service Center after transfer from Nebraska
Consulate :Taipei, Taiwan
Marriage: 7/30/2015 in Taipei, Taiwan.
I-130 NOA1 : 4/27/2016
I-130 Approved :9/8/2016
Case received at NVC: 10/11/2016
Case # and IIN#: 10/24/2016
AOS Fee Invoiced:10/24/2016
AOS Fee Paid:10/25/2016
IV Fee Invoiced:10/24/2016
IV Fee Paid:10/25/2016
DS-260 Completed: 10/28/16
Scan Date:11/9/2016
Supervisor review: 12/21/16
NVC Checklist: 1/13/17 (Attorney failed us)
Case Complete: 4/10/17
Interview Date: 5/8/17
Visa "ISSUED": 5/10/17
Visa and Passport in hand/Flight to USA Booked!!!: 5/12/17
POE Dallas DFW on June 22, 2017
SS Card received : 7/3/2017
2-year Green Card received in mail: 7/15/17
I751 mailed to Dallas PO Box: 3/28/2019
I-797 extension letter for ROC dated 4/2/2019 MSCxxxxxxxxxx received: 4/6/2019
Biometrics apt received for 4/25/2019: on 4/12/2019
I-751 "Ready to be scheduled for an interview" on 5/29/2019
Filed N-400: 8/7/2022
N-400 Interview scheduled: 11/9/2022
N-400 Interview: 12/14/2022
Oath Ceremony conducted 1/26/2023
Passport Received 3/21/2023

1. Does it mean that they aren't using the Joint Sponsor? (Screenshot )

2. Step 10 (here) states that applicants "do not need to bring [their] Affidavit of Support or financial evidence [they] submitted to NVC."
Is this accurate? I've seen multiple accounts here mentioning that they bring thei sponsor's updated I-864 + Financial Evidence to the interview.

Title says it all.

My wife has recently passed her citizenship test. When she asked for a name change, the officer told her they will not be able to do it at this time due to COVID, and asked my wife to do it at the court instead.

We are in Los Angeles area, California, and I checked to file a name change in the court, is around USD$400-$500 here and a lot of troubles. Anyone experienced this can share some inputs please?

Thanks in advance.

Apologies if this has been discussed to no end. I couldn't narrow down on the keywords to search for.

A brief intro: I'm part of the January 2022 cohort and currently at the NVC stage waiting for fees to process, coming across an issue that I'm seeking advice on.

My wife and I live abroad and since my foreign income does not qualify for the I-864, should I include my assets while filling in the form and attaching evidence or simply rely on my Joint Sponsor who is well-qualified?

• I would need to transfer my USD to a US bank account
• The USD cash portion would barely be enough to qualify (just around 60K, I believe)
• But I also have some US-based investments and Roth (totaling to around 30K, at present moment)

Obviously the goal would be to avoid an RFE, but I know I'm blessed to be at the NVC stage where processing time is about a month.

Any advice or suggestions are welcome!