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If you are filing, you have to declare your entire income, regardless where from - that you made in the tax year. It might be low enough to qualify for no filing but you are filing, where it was made doesn't matter in terms of having to report it but it does matter from perspective of paying tax on it. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-519 These two pages should be of your and your husband's interest. You have to file since you do have GC, therefore substantial presence test does not apply. The question is still in N-400, you will just simply respond to it "No" (as you have never not filed a tax return - provided it is true going forward as well).

Did you have income in 2023 elsewhere ? If yes, you have to declare it (and you may fall under foreign income tax exclusion and not pay any tax to IRS). This will also make things easier (if you do file tax return) when you file N-400 and have to answer the question about whether you have ever not filed a tax return...

Not sure if you talk about the same thing as Boiler - cap exemption for H-1B has nothing to do with being specialist. If you're not cap exempt, you next H-1B chances are deep into next year.

Only up to a certain limit (seems to be $120k for 2023) - once exceeded, you will have to pay tax on it to IRS. For most it isn't an issue - for decent earner in Germany - it might be.

OP - remember you have to file taxes with IRS on your worldwide income (Germany included) as a US resident - something to remember about if you want to main this residency.

This year I think is first year in a long time where UK is eligible. And DV enrollment is still on going for few more days (until Nov 7th) - https://dvprogram.state.gov/ With H-1B and moving - aside from it also being a lottery unless sponsoring org is cap exempt - remember it is a non-immigrant temporary work visa. At some point it expires.

Yes, nothing stopping them from doing that. Just as others said - expect scrutiny.

Think of this way - there's literally tens of thousands of people with same goal as you - why they're not here ? Because it's neither easy nor fast. For all the employment routes listed above, you have have to provide value for the employer to sponsor / transfer you to US. You have to be better than hundreds of other candidates. There is literally zero certainty in this route and as soon as you make peace with it, easier it will be.

It doesn't really matter where you live - whether you are in US, Japan, Guam or a moon. You have to report your income wherever you earned and if you meet conditions to exclude it (under limit, taxes paid, treaty country where you paid taxes) then you won't pay. IRS doesn't care where you physically are if that makes sense. For them you are a US citizen / PR and have tax liability to them.

Nope, there was no reason to. Regular processing. It is at least more than 5 weeks, who knows how long.

To give everyone an idea, passport application for my daughter (born here, 10yo) that was submitted on Dec 31st 2022 is still "In Process". I'd say 5 weeks is unrealistic at this point.

Then you're not sponsoring anyone, they are applying on their own merits and need to show ties to their own country. Any talk of coming to help you is likely to get them denied.

It's a web based patient portal that someone has created and commercially offered to health providers - like others said - some use it, some don't. If your provider uses it, it makes things easier for you - but first you need to have one. Your account (as far as I know) will only work with your particular provider (healthcare providers in US are businesses and they're regional).

There is no guarantee you will get 6 months of stay at the entry to US with B1/B2 (assuming you get the visa to begin with - which is questionable - how will you answer the question what do you need visa for if you can use VWP ?)

Go ahead and do it and let us know how it worked out. You clearly don't want to listen to people here showing you excerpts of I-864 you yourself signed so go ahead and try it if you think you know it better, No one here will be able to convince you otherwise looks like.

You will have to report your home country income and it gets little tricky with Turbo Tax but it's doable. I second or third to what was said above - you absolutely do have to file a tax return. Look up N-400 (if you ever want to apply for citizenship) and read one of the questions that's in it ("have you ever not file a tax returrn....")....

Most certainly - No.

Ever claimed to be US citizen ?

At this point you can forget about it - it is unfortunately not going to happen You would have to have interview at the embassy scheduled already to make it before end of September deadline. Not sure what country you are from but in some (PL for example) embassies have been really slow and lots of DV22 winners ended up not ever getting an interview. At this point you can apply in the 2024 DV (2023 is closed and selectees have been notified) and try your luck.

He cannot. Sibling is not a qualifying relative to file a waiver in the first place.

I believe that's relatively normal for sibling petition - since the visa availability is so far out - they get the lowest priority because there is no reason for them to be prioritized over any other category. This can help with CSPA of dependent if someone ends in that situation - so can be a blessing with no real drawback.

PD for siblings for Philippines seems to be ~2002 currently but bottom line is that 5 year ban is nothing to worry about it from that perspective. That all with the assumption that there aren't any other issues like Boiler mentioned - lifetime ban for misrep or something similar.

You can petition her - but since she's your sister it will take 20 years (that's what it sort of takes currently, may change) for her to come. By that time, her ban should be long gone.

As a resident you have to file with IRS _always_ (unless you're below the threshold that requires you to). It could be used as a proof of not maintaining residency - start thinking about backfiling those - or check form N400 which asks you if you ever not filed (this question should give you some clue that it is important to do so).