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I mean she could easily miss here ONGOING connection. LOL

Is your Social Security income less than the required income to sponsor? If it is, you don't need a joint sponsor.

Just going to add that if the USC has never worked or had income, she is not required to file a tax return. She will provide an affidavit of support form, stating no income and she'll check a box indicating no tax returns because not required. It will be abundantly clear she has no employment or earnings history.

Three hours is a risk. It's a "legal" connection but if her incoming flight is delayed, she could easily miss her incoming flight. Depending on your confidence in her abilities, and whether there is a later flight to her destination for the same day, you might want a longer layover. All US (really all major worldwide) international airports would require transfer from the arriving international terminal to a domestic terminal. What's ideal is a 4 plus hour layover, in my experience, PLUS somebody to meet her and escort her to her next check-in. What I did for my Chinese wife and her daughter years ago, was to just meet them myself at their POE, and drive them home. You could also fly to the POE and escort her the rest of the way. Faking the need for a wheelchair, is pretty sketchy.

Stop looking to adjust status. You need to look at "Removal of Conditions". Click on the word Guides at the top of any page here

Correct. Check the I-130 top of page six. The beneficiary's email address is also asked for there.

It definitely does matter what the court order says, but generally court ordered full custody is sufficient, unless international travel is specifically addressed.

As an aside. This is another caution to those who insist everybody should do this themselves. Only those with the aptitude and motivation to carefully study forms and instructions, are able to do this on their own. That's lots of folks, but not everybody.

Brain fart. I'm talking about AP. Sorry.

Use it if needed, but each entry is still a decision. No Guarantees.

She still has to wait for the EAD to be approved. Even then, it's best not to use it, if you can avoid it.

Just get it all filed and hope for the best. 16 months would be getting lucky though.

They look at everything, but current income is the most important. It's not your 2022 "refund" that matters. What you enter in the tax section for income is the number called "total income".

What is needed is detailed on websites of Chinese Consulates in the USA. The local registry will not necessarily be aware of the issues with this document coming from the USA, other than what is commonly obtained in China. The embassy's page is NOT assuming the US Citizen is living in China. They know it's far easier to get the acceptable document from a US Consulate. When people plan ahead, they make a stop at a Consulate to get this document. It's far easier that way. I got what I needed using an agency in New Jersey because my trip did not allow for me to stop at a Consulate. Really, the best thing to do is to plan to stop at a Consulate, as part of the travel plan.

You've been given a link to the information you need several times already. In Beijing, you go to the US Embassy. Here's the link again. It does not have to be Beijing. Any US Consulate in China can do it. https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/marriage/

No, there does not have to be a way to obtain the document in the USA before you go, but there is. I used an agency in New Jersey to get mine, but that was in 2005. I don't have the contact information for that agency now. Here's some information about it. http://sanfrancisco.china-consulate.gov.cn/eng/lszj/rz/200311/t20031117_9542589.htm#:~:text=Legal marriage age in China,20 or older for female.&text=(1) Affidavit of Single Status,where the document is executed.

Good. Please add the practice of reading the previous advice, and avoiding speculating based on uninformed "feelings".

And my advice is to ignore the above. A green card holder can act as joint sponsor. PERIOD And, I've already given the proper instruction for dealing with the tax return issue.

Answer will still be the same.

Also, she has the visa, so domicile, at this point, is a moot point.

You get something different at a US Embassy or Consulate in China. What you need to know is found here https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/marriage/

Yes, just give the officer the new address when you enter. The Embassy has nothing to do with the green card or Social Security.

Your current household is two. Your current income is nearly double the requirement. What's the concern?

It's important to note that the anti-trafficking laws and policies are all about leaving a country, not entering one.

Never heard of a "rejection stamp". Some countries do share information from databases, but being denied a visa to visit Turkey would have no bearing on here Immigrant Visa to the USA. She's likely to undergo AP anyway, just because she's from Pakistan. "Denied Entry" is commonly stamped and noted in the passport, but a denied visa application.