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Just deal with it in person by using the new passport at medical and interview. However, the beneficiary will need to ALSO carry id in the previous name used, so they know XYZ is now ABC.

No. Visas are issued outside the USA, not inside. You can leave Israel and go anywhere. You only need to return for the medical and interview.

This time, "I was told", a notoriously unreliable source, was correct.

I hope you'll note that it is wiser to make your decision based on something other that "majority rules". Just because opinions vary, does not make your decision "democratic". The guide doesn't mention what you're doing because it presumes the visitor visa has been obtained for "visiting". Your partner will use it to "visit". That you will marry during a visit, is not relevant. Once married, you follow the applicable immigration process. The visit and visit visa are not part of any immigration process.

Do nothing unless asked. If asked, verbally respond with accuracy. Beneficiary will soon quite the job and immigrate to the USA anyway. It's not really relevant, unless they went to work building bombs.

The year you sponsor an immigrant changes a couple priorities. First, it's not a year to delay filing your tax return. Second, it's not a process where you think about how little you can get away with doing. You do all you can. Not doing so can delay the process by months. Once they ask for something that isn't there, there's no visa until you provide it, and it goes through another queue to be reviewed. Depending on the Consulate, this would add 1 or MORE......months to the process.

Yes

Correct, but not the 601. J-1 waiver comes from the country of origin, not from the US.

If she's still here, she can adjust status, and the overstay would simply be forgiven, so no waiver needed except from her own country regarding the J1 homestay requirement.

And at least one pay stub from each employer, that represents a full pay period.

Probably does not need the I-601 waiver. Overstays are forgiven for the spouse of a US Citizen when adjusting status. This is not a visa case, unless the foreign spouse has already left the US. It's adjusting status.

Yes, there are still glitches filing online.

Not only not mandatory, but it is very rarely even allowed. The interview is for the visa applicant, not the petitioner. Also VERY RARELY, the petitioner does have an interview locally, before the petition is approved.

What somebody else was asked for is not an assurance of what you will or will not be asked for. Get what you can get, just in case. If you don't and it is asked for, you will be looking at a month or more delay while you comply and wait through a queue to have it reviewed.

The interview is for the visa applicant only. In most cases, you are not allowed in the room. In some cases, not allowed in the building. You can always go back sooner and start working, but you will need to be working long enough to get a paycheck for a full pay period, before filing the affidavit of support. The case will not make progress through NVC without it.

You have not given any reason for the transfer. Is your wife a resident or Citizen of Thailand? If not, you have no basis for transferring.

Your hope for a future with your intended husband is totally in your own control. If the financial sponsorship seems like an issue now, then you have plenty of time to take care of the major issues at hand at the moment. When you are finally able to meet, and still both want to marry and have him immigrate to the USA, you'll have plenty of time to CHANGE your financial situation with a new job. USCIS and Dept. of State are only allowed to act with sympathy under certain circumstances. Unless those circumstances exist, their feelings are irrelevant. There are always practical (including financial) consideration and sometimes hurdles involved in starting a life together. Consider them together and find solutions together. As you consider and find, you are likely to find hope as you progress.

I expect you can do without the marriage certificate unless it is evidence of name change. But, I would take it anyway.

Some card companies, (Capital One, for example) will initially decline many online charges, until you acknowledge their email or text about it. Call the number on the back of the card, and explain what you are doing. The agent can flip a switch that allows the charge the next time you try.

You are interpreting that one line as a firm request, but you do not quote enough of the instructions before that to determine proper context. There ARE situations where a female petitioner would provide a prior marriage certificate, as evidence of a name change due to marriage. On the other hand, is getting the marriage certificate a big problem?

If you are self employed, your current income is stated based on the "total income" line of your latest filed US Federal Tax Return. There is no way around that. You now know that the year you sponsor an immigrant is not a year to show too little income on your tax return, but too late now. If you have to wait until July, so be it. It's that or get a joint sponsor. AGI and Total Income numbers are sometimes the same, but thinking you use the AGI line means you didn't read carefully enough. You missed everything that told you the one and only circumstance where AGI is applicable.

Just photocopies.

Petitioner's birth certificate is only applicable if it's being used as evidence of US Citizenship,, but applicant should have a copy of the birth certificate with them, anyway. Take everything.

The issue you are facing is that USCIS does not issue visas. No visa has been applied for yet. Once you hear from the National Visa Center, you will have some documentation related to actually applying for a visa.

A link to the guide has been provided. Start there. 18 to 24 months is the proper expectation for when you will have an immigrant visa and can move to the USA.