Dashinka

Good deal. Like I mentioned, I would make it a five year plan, and plan for eventual naturalization so in the end, it will leave you with no issues regarding where you want to live (at least from an immigration standpoint, still need to deal with US taxes, but I assume you are already familiar with that). Also, with her getting a GC, it makes travel during those five years very easy, and though you mentioned she has no plans to work, having the GC allows that option if she changes her mind. Here is a good thread outlining the process for DCF based on a job offer. This was done in Japan, but the process should be similar in Bangkok. Good Luck!

My wife filed by paper, but that was back in 2018 when online filing was just getting started. No real difference other than the need to print out a lot of evidence to submit with the filing if you decide to include all of that with the initial filing (we did not, and only took the other evidence with us to her interview). In the end, paper filings are scanned and uploaded, so it does add a little more processing time for a paper filing, but either are acceptable. Of course there are some exceptions that require paper filing. I don't remember all of those exceptions other than if someone is requesting a fee waiver, but I think there are one or two others.

Do you have a solid job offer requiring you to move back to the US soon? DCF at US consulates is only accepted under exceptional circumstances (immediate need for the USC to repatriate being one of the common reasons). That being said, you actually have to be married first which I understand is going to happen soon, then you need a solid job offer requiring your need to repatriate, then you contact the consulate requesting they accept the I130 filing. This is the fastest way, and she will enter with a GC if the consulate accepts your filing. If that works for you, it is your best option, then I would plan to stay for 4-5 years allowing her to naturalize, and once that is complete you can come as go as you please. Good Luck!

Oops, poor math, more like $36k saved.

Right, so you saved approximately $20k (26 weeks times $800 minus the one time $600) in daycare while she was here. Sounds like she was definitely working and abusing the terms of her B2 visa, and more than likely when she made the comment "watching her nephews" at the interview, that was the point the CO made the decision. Good Luck, but I agree with the others, she is not likely to get a B2 anytime soon, if ever again.

We also took the bare minimum route wrt to N400 evidence when my wife filed (3yr rule). No RFEs, took a lot of info to the interview, and none of it looked at.

Don't know for certain, but if from the tax transcript you should be fine. Not required for submission, but should have them if asked for. Not required unless something changed on the petitioner's I864. IRS transcripts (yes, you subsequent post shows the correct document) already contains the W2 information. Including proof of ongoing income is fine. Good Luck!

Definitely sounds like a new person advising someone to go ahead and purchase international tickets. To the OP, yes, it is a waiting game, and possibly when your case was reviewed by a supervisor there was something that was found. Possibly a supervisor was on vacation. Hopefully the GC will show up soon, but worst case is you are called back for another interview. Good Luck!

Heard about this story. I do wonder how this was done? Was the officiant in on it, or did she bring a proxy? Anyway, big headache for the guy.

If there are any waiver opportunities, the CO will discuss those at the interview. Good Luck!

You will almost certainly face AP/Refused status so no reason to bring that up as the CO will do it (Note: "Refused" does not mean "Rejected" or "Denied", it is a status the consulates use for cases that are waiting information, but the case is still active). Not sure what you are talking about relative to a waiver. Good Luck!

Does your lawyer know you knowingly used a fraudulent social security number for work? As the comments from the AVVO link show this can be very serious. Good Luck!

So you used someone else's social security number? That could be an issue. You definitely need an attorney, and you need to tell them of this. https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-happens-if-an-illegal-person-works-under-anot-2202669.html

Pretty much the same response you already received.

Renew it now before you need to fill out the DS160. Good Luck!

Like a fake social security number, fake green card, fake US passport, etc.

Moved to the Middle East & North Africa regional forum.

I agree, each one is specific case. Looking at processing times on the USCIS site, both an I212 and I601 are showing 34 months just at USCiS.

Just my guess, but I would assume most of that 48% would be natural born USCs as most naturalized USCs most likely have a reason to maintain a passport, but I suppose there are naturalized USCs that do not plan to travel regularly internationally. Just in my own little world, of my seven siblings, four of them have never applied for a passport and two more only travel internationally rarely so would not keep it up, and we were all born here.

I agree, the passport issued properly should be all anyone needs for proof of being a USC.

There are certain, albeit rare, reasons to file the N600 and get a CoC for a minor child that is a USC but through naturalization, or via an IR2/CR2 process.

And have contingencies in place because of life's unpredictability.

I am not sure if that is possible. What you can do is hit the three dots in the upper right corner of your original post and request (via the Report option) that. A moderator will need to make that determination as it is beyond the scope of an organizer like myself .

So in effect they are coaching people to lie under oath? You are right, it is best to be truthful, but that does not mean she has to include information not asked for. As to a B2 application, the consulate officer is to assume an applicant will overstay by law. It is up to the applicant to overcome this assumption. Now an applicant is not required to supply evidence not asked for, and to my knowledge the DS160 only asks about family members in the U.S. (I could be wrong), but consulates do their homework, and they will know if an applicant is communicating with someone in the U.S. back in 2013 my now wife applied for a B2, and even though she did not mention me, the consulate knew about me probably from our communications. I agree, applying for a B2 is not expensive, so go forward. Just make sure she does not materially lie under oath at the interview. If the CO asks about you, she needs to acknowledge you. Good Luck!

There might have been an issue with the biometrics taken in Frankfurt hence the callback. To my knowledge this is not typical, but I moved it to the IR/CR1 forum to see if anyone else has more information. Good Luck!