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So what was said about you not having your stepchildren listed on the form?

Instructions also say all previous marriages. Also, what is it there business of my previous marriage children? I'm not looking to get advice on how to fill out the form, its quite self explanatory, I want them to explain to me what is it their business to know my previous marriages or children, IT'S NOT! This is my wife's immigration, not mine, I was born here a free man. It's not misrepresenting herself if she is not given the information to include on the form.

Not so much I care about her information or what she does with it but, I like to be a fair man. like I said originally, if I would know that her new husband put my information on this paper and sent it to the uS government, I'd be pissed and looking to sue him for life. I didn't give him or anyone my permission to use my information, I extend the same. It's no longer my place to use her information. 

Ok, on this topic of prior marriage and stepchildren. How does any of that information pertain to the naturalization of my current wife? I've been looking for a way to contact USCIS directly on this matter but can not find any way to ask questions to them. I know for me, if my ex wife's new husband was going for naturalization and he put my information on this form, I would be extremely pissed. First, I did not give anyone permission to put my information anywhere and I sure as hell wouldn't want any of my kids information being used either. Second, it's none of the uS governments business who my ex wife or my previous kids are or their information for my current wife to become naturalized. I want to know if leaving this information off the n-400 form will create problems for her to become naturalized. Is there anyone in this group who knows absolutely or knows where I can go to find out? 

Ok, I finally have my I-130 package ready to mail to the lock box. According to the USCIS site, my location is Phoenix AZ. I was looking at some timelines here and I see a lot of cervice centers from many places, but on the USCIS site there are only two in the US, Phoenix and Chicago. Could you all explain what the differance is in where you send your package to, Phoenix or Chicago, as to the service centers? And also, the acronyms you are using, NOA1 and NOA2? There are a lot more that I don't know what you are talking about and I would guess other new people here don't either. Is there a page we can go to that explains all of these? I'll try to ask other questions as they come up, and thanks for the help in advance, I read a lot of the forms here and a lot of you are very helpful to other folks here.

Just looking at the USCIS website and checking your 16k statement. If your not in the military you need to hit 19k. Nowhere did it require haveing X amount of funds in a savings account. It does talk about if you don't meet the requirements that; "You may add the cash value of your assets. This includes money in savings accounts, stocks, bonds, and property. To determine the amount of assets required to qualify, subtract your household income from the minimum income requirement (125% of the poverty level for your family size). You must prove the cash value of your assets is worth five times this difference (the amount left over)." Thats copied right from there site.

Looks to me you have just what they request. The first 4 things you listed; joint rental, joint tax returns, and joint insurance which you have two of. As far as your finances, I personaly believe that is a great way to do it. I was married once before and even though the marriage didn't work, haveing seperate accounts did. There was never a mix-up of one taking out funds and the other not knowing until it was too late. I think your good but I'm new here also, so I'll be watching this thread to see how it develops as I plan on doing our finances almost the same.

My wife just told me that in Vietnam the wife doesn't take the last name of her husband, her mom still has her maiden name and her parents have been married for over 40 years. So I guess unless anyone here is working on bringing there wife from Vietnam, and has other information, we will have to use her maiden name and do all the changes when she gets here. I'm still interested in any advice to this matter, as I would like to have the names changes done first. But as of now, if the Vietnamese laws and traditions say she keeps her name, then we go with the flow and do it in the USA.

Ok filling out the forms. All the usual questions. Names, my wife is from Vietnam and we were married on Feb. 2nd, now I'm filling out the first form, i130. Should I put her name using her new married name or will I still use her family name? There are spacific places it asks for her maiden name so thats a no brainer. My dilemma is now that were married, she has my name but the only paper that says it is our marriage certificate. Of course it only says were married and her name appears on it as her maiden name. Now if at the interview they are looking at evidence of a bonafide marriage, shouldn't her last name be the same as mine, even on the forms? What about if we wait to change her name once she comes to the USA, will her green card have her married name or her maiden name? I don't know the laws of Vietnam or how difficult it would be, but I think it would be better if she changed her name before we filled out and filed the package. Any advice?

Hey thanks a bunch to all. I'll get started and play it out myself until something weird comes up. Then I'll ask you all to help again.

Hello to all that read hear. This is my fist day as a member here and my first post. I just returned from Vietnam and my fiance and I were married while I was there. I am going to file for the IR-1/CR-1 Visa. On this site, one of the advertisments is for an attorney by the name of Calvin Knickerbocker. I contacted him to inquire about services and estimated total costs. His base rate for an immigration is $650.00 plus he listed a bunch of fees for forms that would need to be filed, total of $1698.00, so his total estimate would be $2348.00, he is out of California. I also contacted a local attorney here in North Dakota and his fee is $5000.00 plus a list of fees for the forms. This is quite an extreeme. Can I get an idea from the community here as to what it does realy cost to hire an attorney? Does anyone know this Calvin Knickerbocker and have refferance for him, good or bad? Does anyone have any ideas as to why the difference in cost? I am still shopping around and waiting for other attorneys to get back to me, however I am trying to get a start on this and am looking for information to make good decisions with.

Thanks for any good input.