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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I wrote about each option in the present tense.

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.

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".

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.