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You are interpreting "conveniently" instead of "literally". Having to sell your primary home to support your family is considered a hardship to the sponsor. Must be able to be converted to cash within a year without causing a hardship to the sponsor. You don't get to pick and choose which parts to pay attention to and which not to. The Consular Officer will make that decision based on the totality of circumstances. Even if you sell the house before relocating to the USA, the officer knows lots of that equity will be spent relocating.

That is not an explanation. You know the nature of the loss. You also know why it is a one time thing, if it is. That is what you must explain. The actual schedule one of the tax return, most likely says at least a little bit more about it.

You'll need to describe the nature of the loss, AND why it was a one time thing. Not here, but in writing so your spouse can take it to the interview. The loss is evidently described or categorized on schedule 1 of the return.

Time to become an A-Student of the I-864 instructions that make it clear that equity in your primary residence is not considered "liquid". Can you work remotely for a US employer?

I'm not questioning whether you did your current tax return correctly and neither will they. The question is, "What is that LOSS, and will you have a similar one next year?"

A joint sponsor.....OR.....you go ahead and return to the USA and go to work at that new job. Just because you don't like an option doesn't mean it's not one of your options. You might also find a US employer that will let you work remotely to begin with.

I don't give advice by private message. Nobody here knows your identity. Please post publicly, so other members can benefit from the discussion. That's how visajourney works.

It allows both tourism and business trips/meetings etc. You can "conduct business" or attend conferences, or make sales calls/presentations etc. AND be a tourist.

3 for the spouse of a US Citizen, but meeting the minimum is not your goal. You mention wages. Those mean nothing unless they will continue from the same source in the USA. Otherwise you enter zero income. The question is about the income you will be using to qualify, not just your income. If you can't use it to qualify, it's zero.

You will need to explain the nature of those deductions and why you will not have them again this year. Your circumstances are "exceptional" and they need to understand why your employment income will not be wiped out with deductions again this year. One helpful thing would be to supply all three tax returns, but you need a plausible explanation too.

The USA does not have a National registry of marriages like the PSA in the Philippines. Fraud is fraud. Forget about this idea.

It would be fraudulent to marry twice. In order to legally marry, you must first affirm in writing that you are free to marry. Once married, you are no longer free to marry, so you would be committing a crime.

Were you NOT working last year? Are you going to have similar deductions THIS YEAR?

If it is "deductions" that are reducing your taxable income, then you are NOT filing a 1040EZ. Perhaps your "Total income" line and your AGI are the same, but it is "total income" they are looking at. With a taxable income of zero, you'll need a minimum of 3 times the full income requirement in "liquid assets" to overcome the issue. Your primary residence equity is not going to be considered liquid. Is this a one time tax situation that won't be repeated in 2024. The totality of the circumstances is what will carry the day, or not. Without further details, I cannot advise with confidence.

A joint sponsor needs more than to provide evidence of intention to re-establish domicile. They must show they ARE domiciled. The petitioner has already provided evidence of citizenship, but the joint sponsor does that with the affidavit. Details matter.

And that is correct, unless the petitioner was not required to file the tax returns due to income below filing threshold etc.

It is allowed, but not everybody has the aptitude, attention to detail, and motivation etc. necessary to do it themselves. Many do, but many don't.

Correct, and the 5 year bar still stands. He's at least 3 years from a visa.

Not actually false. Your statement above IS false. Truth is that neither the petitioner or joint sponsor need to "submit" three years of tax returns. They both need to provide INFORMATION FROM three tax returns and submit only the latest. Further, the joint sponsor has MORE required supporting documentation than the petitioner, in that they must document their status in the USA and that they currently reside in the USA.

1 Yes 2 Tell them the truth about the business trip. That is your primary purpose. You are no more obligated to mention a wedding (even yours) will be one item on your agenda, any more than you are required to mention you will visit a public library. There's nothing wrong with marrying and leaving, but it is not necessary to mention either.

Yes, 300k USD in cash will do nicely for your wife and even three or four children. State your income in the tax section by entering the number on the "Total Income" line of your past three tax returns. You will get a notice "suggesting" that you "MAY" want to use a joint sponsor. Just ignore that message. You are a self employed investor, in the present tense, so your job offer is meaningless. If you want to use the income from a future job, go start working now, so you can state the full 70k as your current income. You do not "estimate" but if your salary is 70k that's your current income. (again, only if you are actually working at that job presently) Presumably you have other assets producing investment income. State and document those assets too. It's time to become an A-Student of the I-864 and it's separate instructions. You are at NVC. Your wife is still a few months away from a visa.

No negative repercussions for leaving it off the affidavit of support.

Yes, in which case they use their pension award letters as evidence of current income. They count all the income sources, even if some are not taxable.

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Agree that is the problem. However, this is just a note. If you cannot correct the DS 260, simply ignore the note. The children need their US passports only.