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Quite assuming and do your homework, but reading instructions and learning the process. Harsh, but necessary. Assets do need to be 3 times the income requirement, but that is the minimum. Barely qualifying is not likely to work. Answer is for your husband to move to the USA and start a job. Use that new job AND your liquid assets to qualify financially. I'm sure you would LIKE your husband to be there to help you move, but in reality that is not necessary. You can hire a moving company to do it ALL. They will come and pack and move everything you didn't already get rid of. Your husband doesn't ever have to return to Canada after starting his USA job. He can, of course, but it is not required. He does NOT need to cross the border WITH you. He CAN, but what is important is that he is EITHER already in the USA ahead of you OR crosses with you. EITHER is fine.

And that's the answer. I suspect it says Provo, Utah

No. Study those instructions carefully.

Don't read "everywhere". Just become an A-Student of the I-864 instructions. If you have remaining questions, ask them right here.

First, whether you have any relationship with him or even ever met him is not relevant to getting his IR2 visa. Don't know where anybody got that idea. The bona fide relationship issue is only related to the spouse, not stepchildren. Your husband can file now and upgrade his petition when his Naturalization is complete. Sponsorship comes at the NVC stage, so he can sponsor his son himself. That seems the best option to me. You could petition the son, and your husband would be your "household member" when it comes to sponsoring. Another option is for you to make a concurrent filing for the son to adjust status NOW, and stay here. Then he can become a citizen once he has a green card and your husband naturalizes. Might be some timing issues there, but citizenship cancels any sponsorship obligations. Of course, he's still your husband's son, so real life responsibilities come into play.

Last time there was a major fee increase (like triple) it took months to hire and train more people. It sped up a little, then has gotten slower ever since.

See bold above. No, it does NOT say that. You are adding an interpretation. If a name was changed by a court, sure include the records. If it's by marriage, you include the marriage certificate.

"The marriage certificate" is not what I said. I said "the PSA Marriage Certificate". Local registry certificate is not enough to use for passport or to get the I-130 approved. Details matter in this entire process.

No problem except making sure they understand you are domiciled in the USA, and only visiting Morocco.

The above is correct. You can file the petition in the married name now if you want, and she can complete the name change and get the new passport during the process. Do you have the PSA marriage certificate already?

No. It's just information. If you are legally living in a country NOW, that's where you can interview. If you are Pakistani, you could CHOOSE to interview there, but you won't.

Print out the attached appointment letter, like the instructions say. Read the email carefully.

Not a lot of immigration fraud coming from Canada, so not much scrutiny of relationship bona fides. Otherwise about the same as other western countries. US Domicile for the US Citizen is the big issue coming from Canada, but a US Citizen actually living in the USA, makes that a moot point.

That and being a US/Canada relationship should carry the day just fine.

OK. Yes, your response confused me. Unless it's Canada or maybe Mexico, the US Citizen most likely has passport stamps for entry to the foreign spouse's country, and the foreign spouse's passport would be stamped OR an I-94 would be available for any visits to the US. Also, if the OP would complete their profile, it would be helpful.

Contacting the Consulate might help, but you cannot add your daughter to your interview through normal means. Two separate cases, need two interviews. Worst case, your daughter needs a new medical.

Then you use boarding passes and/or receipts. Please complete your profile. If it shows Canada, you'll get different answers. Relationship bona fides are not really a big issue for US Canada cases anyway.

You seem to have a good plan. Whether you need professional help or not depends on your aptitude, attitude, diligent study, and attention to detail. Think in terms of an 18+ months process though. She needs interview either in her country of citizenship or country of residence. In this context "Europe" is not "a country".

My magic number is 27, and 9 per page. Photos are secondary evidence though. Your primary evidence of being together are passport stamps.

You will upload a scan of it while logged in to file the I-130.

The I-130 instructions tell you what to include for a child. Note, this child will never have a green card. Becomes a citizen upon arrival in your custody.

If it's an Embassy it's an Embassy. If it's a Consulate it's a Consulate....BUT....If you want to always be right, Immigrant Visa Units are part of Consular Services. In many countries the IV unit is not only not in the Capital City but also not at the same location as the actual Consulate. Here are some examples. Guangzhou, Cuidad Juarez, Montreal, Frankfurt, Mumbai and on and on. Visa interviews are conducted by "Consular Officers".

I'll be contrary here. I say skip the affidavits altogether. Actually that is the most common advice here on VJ regarding affidavits. At best they are useless, but more likely to simply make you look desperate. You are seeing this as one of many options listed after these words, "In addition to the required...." (so not required) and "one or more of...." Newlyweds are wise to concentrate on actual evidence of time spent together in person, and examples of how and how frequently you communicate.

I mean you have two choices, not zero choices. I understand you don't like either of them.

Sounds like you have two choices and you've made one. That's not "no choices".