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What a mess you created for your wife for no reason now she has to disclose this every time she files anything related to immigration. 

One should always keep their personal opinions regarding specific nationalities to themselves. DO NOT generalize your comments towards specific group of people, no matter where you are from.

I mean I am surprised that CBP officer did not see your pattern of coming on b2 and giving birth to a child three times ? No wonder why current administration is cracking down on this practice. 

I mean I am surprised that CBP officer did not see your pattern of coming on b2 and giving birth to a child three times ? No wonder why current administration is cracking down on this practice. 

Another warning for those who Constantly  say illegal work is forgiven for spouses of US citizens- this can happen. Never chance it and always follow the law.

Well uscis is planning to reopen for public on June 4. If they do open, you can schedule appointment right away and get your passport stamped.

My wife has moblie-deposited checks mailed directly to me in her own Chase account. No questions were asked.  We both signed the back of the check then she deposited. 

There are still cruises?

Why not.....Applying for an expedite seems to be the norm.......everyone thinks they qualify......

Or maybe US immigration requires reforms and go for merit based immigration. 

To anyone following this thread:
 
It bothered me that the OP was insistent that the parents were/are entitled to snap - plus the comment about repeated snap workers stating they were eligible- so I looked into it a bit more. This is not what I first thought (that it was either ignorance or intentionally fraud) but rather this is a loophole being exploited. For me that is much worse. At least someone committing intentional fraud knows they are doing wrong, but I have a hard time with someone exploiting a loophole and hiding behind the reason of 'well its allowed' to not take any moral responsibility.  
 
Anyone interested in the loophole is welcome to look into it the same way I did. Im not going to explain all the intricacies of it but basically if you are an adult child being supported by your parents you can not get snap. However if you are a parent being supported by an adult child you can qualify providing you claim your adult child does not provide you with food. So parents with 0 income are being provided with housing, clothing, utilities, transportation, everything really- but a line is drawn at giving them food. (eyeroll). Perhaps there was a time long ago  snap was needed (they havent worked in 30 years) and I fully support and encourage those who need help like snap or medicaid to use it. But IMO that time has passed. Accepting 200//month in snap and medical benefits has allowed a savings account to grow to 40 thousand dollars. Why pay for parents food when it can be provided for by taxpayers? Just because there is a loophole that allows you to do something doesnt mean its right or that you should.
 
The only other thing I will add is a huge part of immigration is showing good moral character. One should not exploit loopholes and then be surprised when its used against them. So while none of this violates TOS as fraudulent/illegal activity discussion (its all allowed under current snap/medicaid policy) I am just not comfortable providing advice on how to overcome it and will no longer be engaging in this thread. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

@MoroccanLover40
 
Ive read all 6 pages and I have to say either you are genuinely confused and not understanding what people are trying to tell you or you are intentionally trying to disguise info to get help on how to work the system. Personally it seems to me that you are genuinely confused based on your responses so I am going to try to explain it to you. Sorry in advance if this is long and or repetitive.
 
There are 3 things here. Immigration/USCIS, taxes/IRS, snap/local social services office. They are 3 different and independent agencies but they impact each other. 
So lets start with IRS. IRS is the tax agency. You are required to report any and all income and pay the appropriate tax due. And you are allowed to claim any deductions you are eligible for to reduce the amount of tax due. Please note the difference in wording. Required to report vs allowed to claim . You are not required to claim deductions. You can do so providing the deduction you are claiming you are qualified to claim. Are you with me? So you repeated stated you had your taxes done by a professional and you chose to claim your parents because you qualified to claim them as dependents. Which means your taxes were done correctly and your parents are/were able to be claimed as dependents by you. So it sounds like there is nothing wrong with the way you filed.
 
Now USCIS wants you to fill out the 864. On it they want to know your household size. The instructions are very specific about how to calculate household size. I do not have it in front of me but it states to include yourself, your spouse, any children you have whether they live with you or not. Any dependents you listed on your taxes AND anyone who you might not have listed on your taxes that you provide support for (because as explained above you are not required to claim someone as a dependent, so theoretically you could have dependents that you do not claim on taxes). 
 
If the question is how much water is in the glass- this is not a glass half full vs glass half empty type scenario. Its a the glass has 3.5oz of water. There is only one correct answer. You either provide support for your parents or you do not. Because you were able to correctly claim them on your taxes - they are your dependents. People have tried to express this to you and you respond with trying to frame it in a different light. Once again this is not subjective. Even if you didnt elect to claim them on your taxes the 864 wants to know about anyone you provide support for. But you did claim them and you do provide support for them- so they are going to have to be included on your 864.
 
Stepping aside for a minute- lets talk about snap. Do your parents have any income? Do they file their own tax returns (where they would check the box that states someone can claim me as a dependent)?  Im going to assume they dont file their own taxes due to either having no income or being below the guidelines to file. Regardless- snap is based on not only a persons income but their household income and household size. It seems Snap believes your parents have a household size of 2 (just them) and Snap does not know that you provide support to your parents (and have claimed such on your taxes). So Snap calculated out benefits to them based on a household size of 2 and income from 2. This is incorrect. Your parents household size for Snap should include you (and now your wife) and income from all 4 of you. 
 
Your parents can not be an independent household of 2 for Snap purposes and then be part of a household of 4 for tax purposes, and then you get to choose what household configuration works best for USCIS.  So it seems your parents have been incorrectly receiving Snap benefits (and very likely they also get Medicaid correct?). If so this is a HUGE problem that you all need to correct because penalties for doing such includes JAIL. I am positive you do not want your elderly parents incarcerated over this. And I assure you if they are caught they will be. You MUST do something about this. You need to contact the social service office and straighten all this out asap. Its a good thing you have 40k in the bank because they are going to need it to pay back benefits they werent entitled to. As others have stated if you are above the guidelines for a household of 4 there is no way your parents are entitled to Snap or Medicaid. 
 
Going back to USCIS and the 864. The fact that your true household size is 4 is not necessarily going to be a problem if you have income for a household of 4. The problem is going to be 2 members of your 4 member household are getting/have gotten snap (and possibly Medicaid) benefits. This will be held against you. 
 
You can attempt to separate your households. However this does not mean simply electing not to claim them on your taxes. Again electing to claim them or not is optional. You can still provide support for them and not claim them on your taxes. Both USCIS and Snap are interested in the facts of the situation not whether or not you elected for deductions. Does that make sense?  Are you prepared to actually stop providing support to your parents? Are they able to afford covering their own expenses? 
 
Have you sent in your AOS package again? Look through what you sent. Did you claim a household of 4? Did you disclose on it in the appropriate spots that 2 of the 4 members get snap/medicaid? 

Alright...
 
In this post, you had your congressional office request an expedite for you, and you mentioned that you also tried to expedite last year:
Here you were considering "using coronavirus" to expedite:
Here you were trying to get an emergency interview appointment for your wife:
I'm not assuming, just doing a little bit of research because I remembered some of your previous posts. 
 
Just be patient. I know that's hard, especially under these circumstances, but everyone has to wait just like you. There is no magic trick to get your wife here immediately. 

Well what do you expect honestly? They are talking about 15% unemployment for USCs right now. Why would we bring in H-1/2B visa holders to do jobs that Americans can do? Also from what I can see this is just an extension on the EO already in place

Correct but that is to meet the absolute minimum.  Not a good place to be.

Well uscis is planning to reopen for public on June 4. If they do open, you can schedule appointment right away and get your passport stamped.

Correct it when you go for interview.

Well thats Not the reason to not fill required forms. Get a cosponsor and file again. 

Time to start living in a real state. 

It seems to me like we’ll have to get an immigration lawyer involved to clear up this confusion and to determine what will happen once the Embassy reopens.
 

The man who has the gold makes the rules. 

First it was April 3, then May 4, & now June 4. That’s not good news. 
 
I hope embassies oversea open before that.
 
 Most businesses are reopening. Why not these govt offices 

Not sure it's really "great" news. They were planning to reopen early May until just today. Now it's June.

You are both married not roommates. Shouldnt be “me” or “you”. Should be “ours”. If he is not able pay for few hundred dollars for your immigration process, how about i864 ? Is he going to ask for a legal contact about it ?

You are both married not roommates. Shouldnt be “me” or “you”. Should be “ours”. If he is not able pay for few hundred dollars for your immigration process, how about i864 ? Is he going to ask for a legal contact about it ?