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  1. pushbrk
    Yes, I think it is worth trying, but I also like S2N's answer.
  2. pushbrk
    Yes, information from three years, but since there is no qualifying past income to document, only the latest transcript is required. No problem including all three though.
  3. pushbrk
    Pay stubs are only to document current income. If you don't have current income, sounds like you will also need a qualified joint sponsor.
  4. pushbrk
    You are going to need information from three past tax returns, but are only required to provide the latest year's transcript. Pay stubs are used as evidence of current income. What you will need depends on the full circumstances you have not mentioned.
  5. pushbrk
    Yes, that's the more efficient way to complete the immigration process.
  6. pushbrk
    The most crucial evidence is the evidence you were staying together long term. You entry and exit stamps in your passport are primary evidence of that, as are airline boarding passes. Photos are secondary but include if you have. Leave out the wire transfers. They are evidence of money going one way, not comingling of finances. Evidence you are supporting the foreign spouse are not helpful to the foreign spouse showing a bona fide relationship with a US Citizen Petitioner. Skip the chats. Your time together is far more important.
  7. pushbrk
    I understand the belt and suspenders mind set, but I don't subscribe to it in this context. Avoiding obligating a joint sponsor when not absolutely necessary would be my priority. YMMV
  8. pushbrk
    Everything has a context. The reason you would file an I-864 with no income or assets is that the petitioner is required to do so in that circumstance. In such a case, a joint sponsor would be required. In the OP's situation, they clearly qualify, and the home equity would be considered within its context as part of the totality of circumstances. By your logic marriages fail often, so why would anybody try it? Qualifying as sponsor using assets is allowed. It requires properly completed affidavit and properly documented qualifying assets. Anything marginal is risky, but those will clearly qualifying finances are routinely successful using assets to sponsor an immigrant.
  9. pushbrk
    This is an example of documentation and completion errors. They qualified, but what they presented did not make that clear enough.
  10. pushbrk
    Easier for me, as I primarily hang out in the spouse visa forum. However it is not correct that USCIS or Consular Officers "do not allow" equity in a primary resident to be used as an asset. What's true is they don't consider it liquid. In this case, they will know the sponsor has lower expenses because they pay no rent, and they have sufficient liquid assets to make up for the income shortfall.
  11. pushbrk
    Too general. When done properly, this should be fine. It's the D/R, not India.
  12. pushbrk
    USCIS will not be involved in the financial part of the decision on a spouse visa case. That is all submitted to NVC and the Consulate.
  13. pushbrk
    The 90k in the bank can carry the day. Just a few statements with the oldest being at least a year old will do. With regard to the apartment, sure listing it as an assets and documenting the equity is certainly allowed, but when evaluated, the equity will not be considered liquid. What it's good for is to show you don't pay rent, and are solvent. USCIS has nothing to do with evaluating an Affidavit of Support in a spouse visa case. That will be NVC and a Consular Officer.
  14. pushbrk
    Time to "come to jesus" on this. You were advised properly back in February.
  15. pushbrk
    Just so you understand, you must do this before you file petitions for the children. If you file and they get denied at interview, your husband will have a visa that expires in six months and your children will have nothing and no way to accompany your husband to the USA.
  16. pushbrk
    Do you mean you DID NOT MEET the physical presence requirements. If so, have you looking into your children's citizenship through your parents. (Grandparents, as mention in the previous topic)
  17. pushbrk
    If petitions are needed for the children, the above is certainly ok to try, but don't get your hopes up. It's the petitioner's responsibility to do their homework. It's pretty difficult for any politician to spend their political capital when USCIS and NVC have done nothing wrong.
  18. pushbrk
    The question relates to the children being biological children of the US Citizen petitioner. If the US Citizen petitioner was a USC at the time of each child'e birth and meets the physical presence requirement, they don't need visas. They need Consular Reports of Birth Abroad, and US Passports. Please clarify whether the petitioner was a US Citizen when each child was born, and whether they lived in the USA at least 5 years, one year of which was after turning age 14. If so, they are US Citizens and cannot be issued immigrant visas. You take the CRBA, and US Passport route.
  19. pushbrk
    The actions you did not take (filing the childrens' petitions when you filed for your spouse) are the reasons for any separation. What you can do to avoid separation now, is to delay your spouse's interview until they can all go together. Are these the petitioner's step children or their natural children?
  20. pushbrk
    Be cautious of any advice from others about whether you should do it yourself. They know nothing more about your aptitude, attitude, or capability to do homework, read carefully, interpret literally, and respond accuratly, than that you found the wrong forum on this website and hijacked a post in the wrong forum. Make your own decision based on those factors. The partner page is there for good reason. https://www.visajourney.com/partners/
  21. pushbrk
    The above suggestions are great for an initial submission, but mostly would look contrived, if done at this stage. Anything created after receiving the NOID, is weak, at best. Seems there is plenty of non-contrived evidence available that was not submitted initially.
  22. pushbrk
    Can, yes, but in 20 years I have not seen any reports of visa denials based on tax filing status. What I...HAVE....seen is many visas issued when the petitioner filed single in a spouse visa case. I'm one of them. After 20 years here, I see it as extremely low risk. Yes, bonafides are best demonstrated with other primary evidence, like time together in person.
  23. pushbrk
    Tax anamolies aside. The question was regarding impact to the spouse visa process. Yes, amend later.
  24. pushbrk
    In my twenty years here, I've never seen filing as single be an issue in the visa process. Many do exactly that, then amend their return after their spouse arrives and is assigned a Social Security number. In reality, NVC won't care at all, and the Consular Officer doesn't either. Just have your spouse explain, they don't have an SS number and you'll amend the returns after she arrives. Works every time it is tried. Unless you are an IRS employee, this is a non-issue, and if you were, you would have done it correctly. For rank and file taxpayers, there is no penalty for overpayment of taxes. That's the result of your filing choice. A later choice to amend, will cancel out the overpayment.
  25. pushbrk
    Exibiting such an attitude in your response, would be counterproductive.
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