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pushbrk

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  1. Looks like a good list to me. But, for 8. stick to examples. Don't overdo it. For 9, leave it out. You sending money to her is not evidence of comingling finances. It is not YOUR sincerity that's being evaluated. It's hers.
  2. If this is a spouse and step child or children, there should only be one AOS fee for the group. How are you related to these beneficiaries?
  3. You send it to your fiancée to submit at the interview.
  4. The visa for your spouse will be valid for six months past the medical exam date. Plenty of time to do the CRBA and passport before the visa expires. Get on it now though. You could have had this done already. Not sure what you mean by having time, but make time.
  5. I'm talking about the next tax return, the year they are sponsoring an immigrant. That is actually a different topic. You can NOW file your 2023 tax return.
  6. This context is a person expecting to file an affidavit of support early next year. So, the more up to date their affidavit is, the less they'll need to worry about updating it for an interview that will occur AFTER the filing deadline.
  7. Since YOU receive the income for both of you and he is under 18, you would state your occupation as disabled and your current income is the total you show above. If your fiancée has no children, you would qualify.
  8. Absolutely true if planning to remarry in the same country. Not necessarily true if remarriage were to happen in a different country. Invalid marriages are not "marriages" that need to be listed on the I-130, but if asked, the truth must not be hidden. It's an easy answer.
  9. Correct. But the current bigamist marriage would need to be cleared from the books in the country where it took place, in order to marry again with a date later than the first divorce date. If they were to remarry in a different country, the could well simply ignore the invalid marriage.
  10. Right, but even with the husband filing and upgrading, the son can come AFTER turning 18 with only the father liable as the sponsor. Since the husband will naturalize before the NVC, stage, the process would NOT take LONGER than if the stepmother files.
  11. As soon as you have your W2. Employers have until the end of January to get those to you.
  12. Absolute truth 1 above. Absolute truth 2, is that the year you sponsor an immigrant is NOT the year to delay filing your tax return. File as early as you can.
  13. No issue at all, but she WILL include a current pay stub from the new employer as evidence of her current income. Tax related documents are about the past.
  14. It doesn't expire. No need to update. If some important information has changed like an address or something, just deal with it in person. What needs to be updated is the Affidavit of Support. With this much time passing, complete and upload a new one with current information.
  15. First, the vast majority of immigration lawyers know little about family based immigration. That's not where the money is. Mostly their clients are businesses seeking work related visas, or fighting deportation. Canada specific family based, probably doesn't exist.
  16. Experiences prove over and over again that filing as single has NO IMPACT on the spouse immigration process. This is because Consular Officers understand why people do this.
  17. The year you sponsor an immigrating spouse is not the year to delay filing a tax return. File it NOW, before completing the I-864. Just check the box and hand write "income under threshold for 2021 You don't need your assets, so just leave them out. Your current income is documented by ONE current pay stub. Calculate your "current income" NOT from the 2023 tax return, but by taking your gross for one pay period times the number of pay periods in a full year. Remember every two weeks is 26, not 24 pay periods.
  18. If you husband files now, he files as an LPR. Once he naturalizes he notifies either USCIS or NVC, as applicable to "upgrade" from LPR to US Citizen. This removes any quota related delays.
  19. In reality you can think of the RFE as good news. Normally, you will get a final answer within 30 days of their receipt of your response. No idea where you are getting the 5 months idea. RFE responses are dealt with pretty promptly.
  20. It won't. But.....you'll get lots of responses telling you how improper it is. It's what I and many others did. You can always amend your return later.
  21. Sure. Do it any of those ways, but you can file by mail and write NRA in the SS# field for your wife. The Turbo Tax issue is in connection with filing online.
  22. I wrote about each option in the present tense.
  23. The sooner we understand, this process IS a life lesson, and that harsh realities must be faced, the sooner we can finally move forward effectively and successfully.
  24. Sometimes we simply need to face the facts of life as they are. Seems harsh, but that's life. Seems I got your attention. You would be wise to USE the energy created by that attention, to get with the program. Not secret to understanding these forms and instructions, is to read carefully, interpret literally, and respond accurately. Do not interpret "conveniently" or "assume".
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