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It's a few days. Avoid checkpoints in the meantime. Putting a visa in a passport is not "instant". It's printed on a special secure machine and glued permantly to a page. Once the visa is approved, you'll be without your passport for a few days.

The correct information is at the link provided in the above quoted post. Ignore all the "I think" statements, and just go with exactly what is explained in the link. If you go through the process again, don't worry about them "questioning your intent....". Be ready to explain though.

Yes.

Yes, as long as they otherwise qualify. Time to become an A-Student of the I-864 instructions and the form itself.

They won't ask for Police Reports that are not required.

Information from three tax returns is entered. Only the latest is required to be submitted. Employer letter is OK, but include the latest pay stub too. You'll most likely notice it shows year to date income. No need for multiple pay stubs.

We do not "use" addresses. We complete the form as instructed and answer the questions that are asked. If the last address outside the USA for more than a year, is an old address, so be it. If the current address is in the Roman Alphabet, only the name is provided in Native Alphabet.

Do not list your stepdaughter as an immigrant on your wife's affidavit. Do not list your wife as an immigrant on your step daughter's affidavit. Each gets their own. Each affidavit lists only one immigrant.

Keeping the passport is the norm. Keep your interview letter to support any needed claim of where your passport is for a few days.

Correct procedure now is to provide two new I-864 forms that are properly completed. You failed to follow the instructions that indicates 1. One affidavit for each petitioned immigrant, and 2. Don't count anybody twice. They no you qualify, but you need to form is a contract. You only provided a contract for your wife. Do not list any other immigrants. Child is simply counted in your household size on the wife's form, and wife is counted as spouse on the child's form.

Whether anybody finds it strange or not isn't relevant in this context. If a Consular Officer thinks the marriage was entered into to gain an immigration benefit, that's grounds to deny the visa. However, I'm not speculating on the reason for the denial. I DO expect the foreign spouse has at least a really good idea why the visa was denied. They were there. They know the questions and answers, and they know whether any information given was false. Consular Officers are trained to make these decisions, based on the totality of circumstances. Sometimes they know things the applicant doesn't know they know. Sometimes they get it wrong too. Seldom, is it an actual mystery to the applicant though.

Yes, but the sooner the better.

Not surprised. I would too, if I knew the person had the same understanding of "last name" as I did. I don't assume that though. When I gather such information, I use the term, "Family Name" because EVERYBODY knows what that means. It's why it's on the forms first, with (Last name) in parenthesis, in case it helps one understand. Family name does NOT come LAST worldwide.

There is no reason to wait. Reissue the passport with the name you want, whenever. As long as it is before the interview. Earlier the better though.

Good point. Most countries allow adding a citizenship without losing one. The issue with passports in two names, is solved by traveling both ways (for international travel) using the same name and passport.

"(Last Name)" in parenthesis. Family name is the main heading. Yes, Surname is used on passports, not US Immigration forms.

There will be a "respond by" date on the notice. Usually, it's more than 30 days, but it IS a firm date, not a number of days.

No way to reliably predict what will happen. But, yeah, if you're wearing a ring, call him your fiancé.

I will add that it is very common, for the visa applicant to either know well, or be pretty sure, why the visa was denied. It is less common for them to be open and honest with the petitioner about it. I don't know what's true in this case, but I suggest a "Come to Jesus" talk right away.

I wouldn't. It's also true he's your boyfriend, right?

Best to give a more generic but true answer, something more like the answer you've previously given.

So everybody is on the same page, the Consular Officer did not revoke anything. He denied the visa, and indicated they were returning the case to USCIS with a recommendation they revoke the approval of the petition. Others have been correct in saying in a few months, the petitioner will get a NOIR, "Notice of Intent to Revoke" the I-130 approval. That notice will contain an explanation as to why, and give the petitioner an opportunity to respond and try get the approval "reaffirmed". Now is the time for the visa applicant to write a VERY detailed report of EVERYTHING that happened or was said, since he arrived at the Consulate for the interview, until he left. It should be as verbatim as humanly possible. Not time for laziness or summaries.

It is helpful to use the terminology used in the passport and immigration forms. Family name or surname are used, not "last name". In China, and some other countries, the written "first name" IS the family name or surname.

The DS 260 asks for your name. Enter the one in your passport. If you can't change it now, you can change it when you become a US Citizen. You are referring to that name as "maiden name". It reality, it IS that, but it is also simply your "name". (in the present tense)

Having read back over this, to clear up any confusion, the divorce in question is the one from the first wife, to whom the OP is still married. That marriage MUST BE disclosed, and the evidence it was ended by death or divorce, must be provided. Once that is accomplished, where an how the remarriage is accomplished, doesn't matter, as long as it is legal and lawful where it is officiated. Probably need to reside first, for some period (90 days or less depending on which US State) before filing. You'll need to research which State will work, and how/whether you can serve by publication etc. It's a mess but there ARE solutions.