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And further, any correspondence about an immigrant visa case, would come from the Immigrant Visa Unit, not the Embassy staff, or even the Consular Staff, in general. Correct answer is already given. Applicant updates the address during the interview.

His address being a prison, with a start date far more than five years ago will do just fine for that. There is no requirement to provide evidence to verify your current or past addresses.

"Call the courts". That's how you get it, but there are no actual USCIS requirements. Your attorney is incompetent, in my opinion. Most "immigration lawyers" don't do family based immigration. If they did, they would not ask for these records, unless there was a reason to think there was a sex crime against a child. Now, if YOU, the foreign spouse, had almost ANY criminal record with ANY prison time, there would be no visa. My other concern here is that YOU are the one asking, instead of the Petitioner, you know, the attorney's actual client.

Depends on the exact wording of the request. The records come from the court where he was convicted, not from a "background check". If they lawyer says they are needed, the lawyer knows how to get them.

No. If the lawyer asked for it, the lawyer knows what it is and how to get it. However, the only criminal record that would matter for the US Citizen Petitioner is if it involved a sex crime against a child. If the lawyer thinks otherwise, he's a fool. There are NO questions on the forms or ever in the process about the US Citizen's criminal record, UNLESS....USCIS finds a record that falls under the Adam Walsh Act. If your husband has a sex crime against a child on his record, halt all action now, and consult an attorney, who is experienced dealing with those issues in connection with family immigration to the USA. If he served 20 years in prison for a crime against a child, you are never going to get a spouse visa. You want to be together, it will need to be somewhere besides the USA, that will accept HIM as an immigrant.

Don't confuse filing a petition that will surely be "closed" with "applying for a visa".

You are so confused, you have confused me. This is the spouse visa forum of visajourney.com. Nothing in your question makes any sense in that context. Further, there are lots of sources of "advice". File correctly, and there is LITTLE chance of an RFE. There is NO chance of receiving any kind of a "stamp" in 5 to 7 months in a visa case. Is your wife adjusting status from WITHIN THE USA? Those are the conditions under which your post makes a little sense.

The three months would not apply to anything past when you submit the certificate. It will be far more than 3 months longer for the interview. Generally, NVC and Consular Officers are not concerned with expiration dates printed on police certificates. They only care about the issue date.

You are supplying a complete copy of your tax return as instructed. I assure you, the instructions mention nothing at all about it being signed. YOU, will sign the I-864 under penalty of perjury, and you will supply a current pay stub to document your own current income, which DOES NOT come from any tax return, unless you are self employed. This is a non-issue.

So, if they married in California, and that US State allows one to change their name, to include an extra one, then documentation that they actually did that, should be included with the I-485. In that case, carry on with no worries.

If your passport doesn't have a middle name shown, and you're just making one up, because you want to, that is "lying on an immigration form". Very bad idea.

That was never an option. One requirement was always to include the I-130 receipt notice. There was a while you could get away with filing them both in the same envelope though.

I see how that's confusing. Those are general file requirements. For a paper filing, you can just type or paste the correct information in the Native Alphabet, with no certifications. They just want the information. This is not an official government document. They are just saying you can upload it as a document, instead of typing or pasting if you want. This is not "new".

Yes, as evidence of bona fide relationship, but other photos over time if you have them, and passport stamps as evidence of time spent together in person. It's never too early to learn the proper terminology. I-130 is a petition, not an application. When the petition is approved, your spouse will be invited to apply for a visa.

Yes, that's OK. BUT.....be very certain he indicates that the location where you will adjust status is filled in as NO Applicable, and the section where you will apply for a visa is correctly filled with the location of the Consulate. My real advice is to indicate you are NOT in the USA, and then file the day AFTER you leave. Less chance for USCIS to make a mistake that way.

It's still true, PERIOD. Only exceptions are when there IS no Immigrant Visa unit in the country, but even then the most choices you will have is two Consulates. Most often, it is only one. The only way you could EVER file a petition in a country you are visiting, is if there would be an acceptable (rare) set of circumstances justifying it. Don't know or care to speculate about what those would be. If you want to file an I-129F AFTER you have your I-130 filing receipt, it won't hurt anything. It might speed things up, or just be a waste of time. You can't know without trying.

That's not WHY the K3 visa is obsolete or no longer available. My ex wife was issued a K3 visa in 2006. They stopped saving time a few months later, and became all but obsolete in early 2010. The only change since 2010 is that they get killed by USCIS a little earlier than being killed by NVC AFTER petition approval. It was policy changes, first at NVC and later at USCIS that killed that visa.

Please quote it exactly, so we can all be aware of any change.

Unless you are in the USA right now, just enter not applicable for that section after checking NO. Then starting with the passport number, continue to complete the form. Also, advice your spouse to read carefully, including noticing and literally interpreting the little words, like if, or, and etc. They matter.

You have your answer but where are you reading this instruction related to name and address for the specific section of the I-130 online filing?

You are confusing filing a petition with applying for the visa. Once the petition is approved, the foreign spouse is invited to apply for a visa, where they currently live, or where they are a citizen. Since the the second petition is never going to be approved, a K3 visa will never be applied for anywhere.

Passport needs to go back to the Consular IV unit to have a corrected visa affixed. Do not attempt to travel with it.

Correct. COVID delays are generally no longer an issue. Those backlogs have been cleared but there are still places in that region that have very long wait times, like Ghana and Nigeria.

I wasn't talking about "searching" for information here, but it's great you tried. I meant "asking". I can understand why it is difficult to get information about that Consulate though. Maybe post in the appropriate regional forum with a topic title that includes your question. Somebody who has some information might see it and provide some anecdotal information.

Information IS available and tracked here by Consulate. When you ask, include the country in your question.