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Yes, it is possible to use your mother, who is also a household member. Since neither of you qualify on your own, combining income is appropriate. You will need to explain that the grandchildren are no longer dependents and hope they accept that.

Yes, that is certainly one of the considerations. So, why do you not just hire a caregiver to be there in your absence? It is also a hardship to all of you, if you lose your job because of this. Lots to consider, including other solutions.

Petitioner is the husband.

You could try, but I doubt you would be successful. Expedites are not fast anyway. You don't mention how soon this conference is, or whether the money invested is yours. The obvious solution is to hire a caregiver temporarily. You also don't mention whether your extended stay in Nigeria, will impact your qualifications as a sponsor. I presume you are able to work remotely. "I prefer not to hire a caregiver" is not a valid reason for an expedite. It's also presumable that your wife and child is not going to attend this business conference with you, so you will not be taking care of either of them during the conference.

I will just add that "sending the petition" is not the issue. If you didn't wait until you were free to marry, then your marriage is not valid. Once you have a valid marriage between two people who were free to marry when they married, THAT is when you can "send the petition".

Not familiar with the term FBAR. Wait until the interview is scheduled before uploading any updates. If you are using liquid assets to qualify, you must document them.

Yes, this wording describes an option. If you have plenty of liquid assets and have already declared and documented them, just upload updated information prior to the interview.

If it's well over 3 times, and liquid, you wouldn't need a joint sponsor. If not, you might be able to withdraw the joint sponsor during the interview, but providing an updated affidavit of support based on the new income from a US job.

To proceed now, will require a qualified joint sponsor.

First, what is the exact wording of whatever makes you think you have not met the financial criteria?

Start with the Guide, then study the I-130 and it's excellent separate instructions. Unless there's a sex crime against a child, the criminal record is not really relevant.

Yes, that is correct. Read that question again, and you'll find the words "you are using to qualify...". Since you can't use it, the number is currently zero. Why not wait to submit the affidavit until she has a pay stub from the new American job. The numbers in the tax section will still be zero, but the current income number will be her new annualized pay.

One is enough. As a teacher, you will also have a contract. Right? The trick is to remove the joint sponsor you used to get through NVC to begin with.

"Someone had told me" is a well known source of misinformation. The words Death and Divorce both start with D, so best to be clear in your communication. I advise you to follow the advice I gave you in my first response. Count on ME as a reliable source.

Unless the spouse is coming from India, the current income documented with a single pay stub, will carry the day. You will get a case note from NVC seeming to suggest a joint sponsor, but just ignore than in your situation. State your current annual salary as your current household income in the appropriate section of the affidavit.

Yes, paying a fine is because of a "charge". Traffic tickets don't count in this context, but they all have charges written on the "ticket". Charges are things like failure to stop, speeding, negligent driving, reckless driving, etc.

Number 9 above is a very bad idea. The US Citizen sending money to the Philippines is not evidence of commingled finances. It can hurt, and doesn't help. Much of the rest won't be possible. They did not just ask for financial evidence. It's a laundry list. In this situation, it's best to concentrate on evidence of time spent together in person.

You write the one sentence in the available space under where you would otherwise enter federal tax return numbers.

The I-130 instructions tell you what to send in. If "DC" is Divorce Certificate, that is needed for you spouse but not a second on in the child's package. Marriage certificate between you and the child's mother, combined with the BC showing your wife is the child's mother, is exactly what is needed. Other relationship evidence is about showing your relationship with your wife is more than just legal, but also bona fide.

Leave blank. Indicate "live in Puerto Rico" hand written as the reason, but provide the most recent tax return transcript anyway. What's most important is evidence of current income I mentioned earlier.

The US Citizen does not need a visa to enter Mexico. Since the immigrant does not have a green card yet, but only EAD/AP, they would want to check further about whether they need a visa to enter Mexico, but there should be no problem re-entering the USA. That's what AP is for. For certain a "cruise to Mexico" can be taken without entering Mexico.

The surgical scar is the evidence. This is a non-issue.

If you are indicating another name used, then yes you document it when filing the petition.

It would be best and cleanest to disclose and document the previous civil union.

This subject comes up often and many are quite adamant about it. However, in the twenty years I've been following spouse immigration to the USA, I've never once seen any evidence that filing single when married has any immigration related, or IRS related consequence. Yes, it is not proper, and there's plenty of motivation to amend the return later. But, the topic here is relationship evidence, so the OP needs to just skip the evidence of comingling finances and concentrate on other forms of evidence actually applicable when the couple hasn't lived in the same country together yet. For what it's worth,.....I.....filed single when married and used the refund to finance my second trip to see my then wife in China. Her interview lasted two minutes, with not a mention of anything financial, not even a mention of the affidavit of support, except to hand it over.