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Your current income is king here. In my opinion, no need for a joint sponsor. Your AGI is not the number shown on the I-134 though. While the number is often the same, you use the "total income" not AGI. For current income, state your current income of way over 100k. Calculate it using gross pay for a full pay period, times the number of pay periods in a whole year. Add those two figures together and that is your current income. Document it with the copies of the pay stubs you used to calculate it. Once you file to adjust status, you do the same. Perhaps you will have filed a new tax return by then. "Joint sponsor" takes about two seconds for me to type, but securing one, asking them to disclose the information, then complete and sign an I-134 is a much bigger deal. Even a bigger deal for the binding I-864. Expect success based on your actual current income.

And I question whether the politician's office gave the correct answer.

The logistical problem is complicated by her desire to be in a different country. She can request her passport back, and they can get it back from her when they are ready to issue, but she will need it to do any border crossings in the meantime. It might be a tough choice to make, but she either requests her passport back or waits where she is.

Note that sometimes a question is applicable and the answer is "none". For example if there's a place to list 4 children and you put NONE in the first available space, that's good enough. Move on to the next section.

The key is that from the first post in this topic, neither the spouse or child are any kind of "resident" in Canada. As such, they must interview for the visas in Guangzhou.

And that's the real answer. Misinterpretations and failed attempts at reading breed misleading advice.

Incorrect. It's country of Citizenship or country of legal residency. Best to read carefully before misinterpreting.

The philosophy that has worked for me for 20 years, is to make it as difficult as possible for the adjudicating officer to misunderstand or fail at their job, and to avoid the possibility of delay. What's in the FAM is not always what happens in practice.

Often a March Paystub and income calculation will be different from the previous total income on the tax return. That's why I always pre-empt any possible request, by recommending including the pay stub.

No interview has even been scheduled yet, per the OP's post.

Yes, if you married in the Philippines, you'll need the PSA Marriage Certificate for the filing. If you use the local civil registry certificate instead, you'll get an RFE. Deal with passport name change later. The I-130 asks for her current passport information, but it's ok if it changes during the process. You just provide it again at the NVC and visa application stage.

I'll add that since you both work remotely, if you can do that from the Philippines, you might find that a very good option. Philippines now has digital nomad visa option. I have friends in the Philippines who are married and both work remotely, but often that is working nights Philippine time.

The only thing you are "pushing" is that your financial qualifications are marginal. Time to study the differences between the two visa processes from start to green card, and make the right decision for your situation.

Yeah, forget about joint bank accounts until you are together in the USA. You need to have at least applied for an ACR card in the Philippines to open a bank account. Some banks have more strict requirements.

File with the name she intends to use going forward. She can complete the name change and get the new passport during the process. That it doesn't match yet at filing doesn't matter. There is no wait for a work permit with an immigrant spouse visa. She is authorized to work upon arrival. So, that is not an issue. The most important evidence of relationship will be passport stamps and/or boarding passes showing time spent together in the same country, and some photos from your visits. No need to complete any laundry list of evidence categories. Newlyweds living in separate countries are not expected to have joint bank accounts anywhere.

Don't pit websites against each other. Use this sight and pay attention to the senior members' advice. You do not mention the country your future spouse is coming from, but to my knowledge only Philippines and Thailand US Immigrant visa units do not allow co-sponsors for a K1 visa. All accept for an immigrant spouse visa (CR1 or IR1). Download the I-864p and see the minimum required income from that official source. If it's just the two of you, it's $27,050. Just meeting the minimum assures nothing, but not meeting it certainly does. Your two jobs complicate things. You are considered both employed and unemployed. For an I-864, you will complete the tax section by entering the "total income" number from the tax returns, and then also state your current income from both jobs. If you are not taking any business deductions from the 1099 job, then your current income will be the total of both. Otherwise it will be the income from the W2 job, plus only the taxable income from the 1099 source. You posted your question in the spouse visa process forum here. You'll need to make a choice whether to bring a fiancee or to bring a spouse. You cannot bring a spouse unless you are married. Is that your plan?

I like Crazy Cat's answer and advise you to stop thinking in terms of what you will use, and instead think in terms of answering the questions on the form itself. Unless it is your intention to quite the second job, then it is part of your current income. It might work to ignore it, but if it's part of your ongoing life, why play games. A current pay stub from either or both jobs is fine, without an employment letter, but the stub is actually better evidence than the letter. Further, it serves no purpose to provide things not required, like more than the one tax return transcript. The form asks for information from three forms, but only one return. Six months of pay stubs is an artifact from more than twenty years ago. One current one from each job, that shows current gross, the frequency of paydays, and year to date income, is plenty.

What is the actual visa category for the expectant parent?

You have good answers already based on available facts. However, the chances of getting a K1 visa approved for a Pakistani fiance are not good. You may want to consider getting married and taking the spouse visa route. Study and read about the applicable issues in the regional forum.

USCIS does not evaluate the I-134 in a k1 visa process. The Consular Officer does that. Your W2 is not relevant to your stated current income. For an employed person, current income is calculated by taking the gross income for a full pay period times the number of pay periods in a full year (going forward). You then document the income with that same pay stub. Later, when you adjust status and provide an I-864, current income is calculated and documented the same way. At that time, yes, USCIS can and will do the same calculation and recognize the correct current income.

Good to do but not really criticall at this stage. Use the new address when filing to adjust status after marriage.

This is the most prudent way to go. It assures your obligations are ended you are clear to petition another in the future. Nobody knows their future.

The foreign physical address issue is not a problem for the I-130. After it is approved, your wife will apply for a visa and you will provide an affidavit of support. It is at that time you need to show your US Income and US intended address. That you own a home in the USA and intend to live in it once your wife is able to join you, will satisfy the domicile requirement. You were right not to hire that person or follow their advice to lie. That they thought your address now is a problem, and their suggestion you lie, is clear evidence they are not qualified to be of proper assistance to you.

Never US Chat GPT for this kind of thing. Read the official information from the official site, then interpret it literally and follow the instructions exactly. Complaining isn't going to help.

Was it exactly this? Document Name: Divorce Sentence (Certidão de Sentença or Sentença de Divórcio) from a court. Issuing Authority: Civil Registry (Cartório de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais).