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Your "current income" is how you qualify. For the "employed" current income does not come from a tax return. In that section state your current income from your job. Calculate it as your gross for a pay period, times the number of pay periods in a full year, ie: every two weeks is 26. Document the current income with a copy of that same pay stub. You will get a case not saying your income doesn't qualify and you MAY want to use a joint sponsor, BUT "the Consular Officer will decide...." Just ignore that message.

And always tell the truth. To not sign and then enter a date of signature would be to lie. Simple stuff.

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Petitioner biometrics this early in a spouse visa case is VERY unusual. I've heard of a few times petitioners are called in to a local office for an "interview" prior to petition approval, but that's several months into the process. Just a biometrics appointment at this stage would seem to indicate the suspicion of something amiss. Often it's nothing but mistaken identity. Please let us know what it's about when you find out.

It really doesn't matter who does the typing as long as the correct data for the correct person, gets in the right places. But, in the end, it is only the petitioner that filing a petition and signing it. The OP only makes this all clear when he talks about his partner Naturalizing.

You do not "overcome" instructions. You follow the correct instructions from the correct source. From: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/HongKong.html Individuals residing outside Hong Kong: Applications should be made in writing to: The Commission of Police (Attn: EO CNCC) 14/F, Arsenal House Police Headquarters, 1 Arsenal Street Wan Chai, Hong Kong An applicant residing outside Hong Kong must submit the following items (please note that documents issued in languages other than Chinese or English, must be accompanied by an official transcript, in Chinese or English, endorsed either by the issuing authority or a certificated translation services body): his/her Hong Kong Identity Card or valid travel document; the original and a photocopy (for each applicant) of the letter from NVC which contains his/her name and the checklist of documents necessary for obtaining a visa (the one that references the need for police certificates); the original and photocopy of a document proving his/her relationship with the principal applicant for the visa if item #2 does not contain the applicant's name; a full set of the applicant's fingerprints taken and certified by a recognized and official police or law enforcement agency where the applicant currently resides. Certification of the fingerprints must clearly state: (i) the full name and rank of the person taking the prints, (ii) the full name of the police or law enforcement agency with their official chop; and (iii) the date and place the prints were taken. Prints that do not clearly show certification will be refused. Fingerprints taken by the applicant him/herself, a legal representative or private/commercial agency without authorization from overseas law enforcement agency or consulate are also unacceptable; a bank draft in the amount of HK$283 per person, made payable to "The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region." The draft must be payable in Hong Kong. A personal check in Hong Kong dollars, which is issued and authorized by any licensed banks in Hong Kong, is also acceptable. Please do not ask for a copy to be sent to the National Visa Center (NVC) as this could delay processing of your visa application. If an applicant is under investigation by the Hong Kong Police or is currently a defendant in criminal proceedings in Hong Kong or is subject to non-payment of fines including traffic offences, his/her application will not be further processed until the matter has been concluded. The relevant application form, standard personal data form, and fingerprint consent form can be downloaded from the web page of "Certificate of No Criminal Conviction" on Hong Kong Police Force website. Any inquiries may be addressed to Certificate of No Criminal Conviction office, email: cncc-enquiries@police.gov.hk, phone: +852-2860-6557 (for local residents); +852-2860-6558 (for overseas applicants), fax: +852-2200-4321. Please refer to police.gov.hk for further information and updates on police certificate from Hong Kong. Certified Copies Available: Certified copies are available. Alternate Documents: There are no alternate documents. Exceptions: None

You are overthinking again. Note that you are not the petitioner. The petitioner files the I-130. Petitioner uploads documents. If you want to add an explanation, put it in a separate letter. Your attachment is not according to the instructions, as you have altered it.

The reasoning is that USCIS already knows the original name of the person who changed their name upon Naturalizing. It's in their file. There simply IS no other record of the name change besides the N400 filed with USCIS to naturalize. Tell your partner, truth is truth on its own merits. Truth is not determined by consensus, or second opinions. By the same token, falsehood does not become truth because a second source confirms the falsehood.

Yes. Consular Report of Birth Abroad is a separate document. It's like a second birth certificate that evidences the child is a US Citizen, but it cannot be used as a travel document.

You need both of these. Document Name: Certificate of No Marriage (CENOMAR) or singleness and CEMAR-“Advisory of Marriage(s)” Document Name: Annulment Decree

Because you must provide a receipt for filing the I-130 as a required supporting document when filing an I-129F for a spouse. That's the OP's plan anyway. The title of the thread does not match what they plan to do.

The procedure being sought is to have an adjudicator bring up both the I-130 and I-129F on their system, when they close the I-129F in favor of the I-130. Sometimes, when both files are up on their system anyway, they simply go ahead and approve the I-130. If they do, great. If they don't, nothing is lost. It's like placing a bet that costs only postage and some time. The odds are better than zero, so why not.

OP is not seeking a K3 visa. Seeking a faster I-130 approval, but this would not be a concurrent filing. In the old days, we would actually file both petitions in the same envelope, but that was when the actual K3 visa was viable.

Yes, as soon as possible. Sometimes it works to get a faster I-130 approval. I see no rhyme or reason to when it works and when it doesn't.

Kind of, but specifically, it is a "Tax Return Transcript". (there are at least two other "tax transcripts", and a Complete copy of the federal tax return with 1099/W2. For many, and for all the self employed, a complete copy of a federal tax return is more than a 1040. There could be several other "schedules" included.

Not synonyms. If you don't have documentation, you don't have it. They already know all they need to know about it.

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A complete copy of your latest federal tax return...or....a Tax Return Transcript. Your current income AND the number you will enter in the tax section, is the same for the self employed. See the lined named "Total Income". This is clearly explained in the I-864 instructions. It's critical you become an A-Student of that document AND the form itself.

The issue will be that she must interview in her country of citizenship.

And if you documented that with a pay stub or employer letter, then simply ignore the notice and carry on.

Correct. It is the 18k number from the "total income" line of your 1040 that triggered the notice. Your W2 is totally irrelevant to how you complete the I-864 properly. If your income is TODAY 5,000 every two weeks, your "current income" should have shown 130k. THAT is how you calculate "current household income" in the complete other section. Perhaps you are also interpreting "current income" to mean 2023 income. For self employed, that's correct, but not for the employed. It's also not what you are going to make in 2024. It's what you will make at your current pay rate during the NEXT 12 months.

Correct. Regarding your wife's UK visa though. The 20 months could be an issue, if the interview does not happen while she is legal to reside there. When you say the visa expires, do you mean she has to leave at that time? Lots of confusion on this kind of thing. Sometimes the visa expiration, just means you cannot use it to enter after the expiration date. For example in for a US visitor visa, you could enter the day before the visa expires and stay six months. It's not that WE need to know the details, but the two of you DEFINITELY need to know.

There is no "adding" involved. The number from your tax return they looked at was not AGI. There is a line on the return titled "Total Income". That's what they used. Anytime that number is under the requirement, you will get that message. But, your "current income" (as an employed person) does not come from a tax return and is not stated in the same section as the info from past tax returns. It comes from taking your gross income, from a recent pay stub, and multiplying by the number of pay periods in a full year. Example: Every two weeks is times 26. How did YOU calculate YOUR "current income"?

Start doing your homework on the NVC stage and onward. When you do, read official forms and instructions carefully. Avoid reading in extra things that are not there, like "apostille" etc. Do pay attention to the little words, and, or, if, etc. In a few months, your spouse can get her police report.

1. Yes 2. Keep it simple. Employer is the name of the store and her occupation is "store clerk" or something to that effect. If the start date is more than five years ago, you're done with that section. As you move forward, just tell the truth in the simplest way possible.