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Yeah, our AOS fee also finally changed to "paid" today, and our IV fee was finally invoiced this past friday (actually it was invoiced twice). It should be clearing my bank today and hopefully the status update for it will go more smoothly.

Yeah, it asks for the adjusted gross income. That includes all income sources (salary, investments, etc.) for both spouses, since it was MFJ. I'm in the same boat, although I'm using the I-864ez. it has the same question, just a different question number (Q.19 on the I-864; Q.6 on the I-864ez).
 
"My total income (adjusted gross income on IRS Form 1040EZ) as reported on my Federal income tax returns for the most recent three years was:"
 
To me that says to just report the adjusted gross income, and I am providing my W-2 to demonstrate what portion of that was my salary for each of the years.

It was confusing because you said to only state his individual tax amount, but that isn't true for what he was asking about (3 years of taxes).
 
You are correct that when it asks for the "current individual annual income" in Part 6 Q2 that he should only put his individual income amount. But by my understanding he is asking about Part 6 Q19.a-c, which asks about the AGI on the tax documents, and there it is the actual AGI and the petitioner submits W-2's to document their actual contribution to that since the spouse's contribution to AGI doesn't count. However, the number in the boxes must match the total AGI/total income on the tax transcript/return (which is what I had originally said).

If the USC is ready to stand by a i864 for the immigrant and the marriage was bonafide - it is not fraud to file for AOS. The AOS is based on the marriage being entered into in good faith.

Milimelo is correct, your parents filed jointly so there is only one tax return which covers both of them.
 
In the future you should always review things before you send them. And also keep copies of everything that you submit.

Agree with Trinab80 above, you are clearly confused about this whole process. Before you get all bogged down in the details take a step back and make sure you understand how the whole process works. Study the guides on here first and then search for and ask specific questions.
 
Here are the major steps to get you oriented, you will need to do the leg work to understand all of the fees (some have already been provided in this thread) and other details:
 
Getting the K-1 visa:
You will file the I-129F (petition) to show that you are eligible for the K-1 visa. This is filed with USCIS in the US. Once the I-129 is approved it is sent to the NVC (national visa center) where they will assign a case number and then forward it to the US Embassy/Consulate in Canada. The consulate will then work with your fiance to apply for the K-1 visa. She will have to complete a medical exam, which must be completed by one of a select set of facilities and has nothing to do with the healthcare system in Canada. She will then have her visa interview and if approved they will place the K-1 visa in her passport. You will need to pay the initial fee for the I-129F (petition) and then your fiance will have additional fees later for the visa application and medical exam, etc. You can't negotiate/reduce these fees (apart from making sure she has already had the required vaccinations before she goes to her medical exam). Your fiance can enter the US while you are waiting for USCIS approval of the petition, etc. but she should be prepared to prove to the customs inspectors that she has ties and will return to Canada, as mentioned before she should not overstay her approved time (I assume she would actually be entering under the reciprocity agreements, not an actual tourist visa).
 
Entering the US and marriage:
Before the K-1 visa expires (expiration date is set based on approval date and the date of the medical exam) your fiance must enter the US. The K-1 is a single entry visa, so she can't leave the US until she either has an approved advanced parole (AP) or her adjustment of status (AOS, I-485) is complete and she has received her green card. After entering you have 90 days to marry, you must marry in that 90 days if you actually marry on Day 91 after entering the US it will cause you a lot of headaches. Once you have your marriage certificate then you can file for the adjustment of status (AOS), which is the process for obtaining the green card. When you apply for AOS you should also apply for advance parole (AP) and work authorization (EAD), these are approved much faster than the AOS. When you file for AP and EAD along with the AOS then they will not incur any additional fees other than the AOS fee. If your fiance leaves before either the AP or AOS are complete then she will not be able to reenter the country and they will treat her AOS application as being abandoned. If she does not have the approved EAD then she can not work until her green card is granted (AOS is complete). Once the AOS is approved she will receive a conditional green card.
 
Removing conditions (I-751):
The conditional green card is only valid for 2 years. 90 days before the conditional green card expires she will need to file for removal of conditions (ROC). Once the ROC is approved she will be granted a permanent green card that is valid for 10 years.
 
Citizenship (N400):
90 days before the 3rd anniversary of receiving her conditional green card she will become eligible to apply for citizenship.
 

Agree with Trinab80 above, you are clearly confused about this whole process. Before you get all bogged down in the details take a step back and make sure you understand how the whole process works. Study the guides on here first and then search for and ask specific questions.
 
Here are the major steps to get you oriented, you will need to do the leg work to understand all of the fees (some have already been provided in this thread) and other details:
 
Getting the K-1 visa:
You will file the I-129F (petition) to show that you are eligible for the K-1 visa. This is filed with USCIS in the US. Once the I-129 is approved it is sent to the NVC (national visa center) where they will assign a case number and then forward it to the US Embassy/Consulate in Canada. The consulate will then work with your fiance to apply for the K-1 visa. She will have to complete a medical exam, which must be completed by one of a select set of facilities and has nothing to do with the healthcare system in Canada. She will then have her visa interview and if approved they will place the K-1 visa in her passport. You will need to pay the initial fee for the I-129F (petition) and then your fiance will have additional fees later for the visa application and medical exam, etc. You can't negotiate/reduce these fees (apart from making sure she has already had the required vaccinations before she goes to her medical exam). Your fiance can enter the US while you are waiting for USCIS approval of the petition, etc. but she should be prepared to prove to the customs inspectors that she has ties and will return to Canada, as mentioned before she should not overstay her approved time (I assume she would actually be entering under the reciprocity agreements, not an actual tourist visa).
 
Entering the US and marriage:
Before the K-1 visa expires (expiration date is set based on approval date and the date of the medical exam) your fiance must enter the US. The K-1 is a single entry visa, so she can't leave the US until she either has an approved advanced parole (AP) or her adjustment of status (AOS, I-485) is complete and she has received her green card. After entering you have 90 days to marry, you must marry in that 90 days if you actually marry on Day 91 after entering the US it will cause you a lot of headaches. Once you have your marriage certificate then you can file for the adjustment of status (AOS), which is the process for obtaining the green card. When you apply for AOS you should also apply for advance parole (AP) and work authorization (EAD), these are approved much faster than the AOS. When you file for AP and EAD along with the AOS then they will not incur any additional fees other than the AOS fee. If your fiance leaves before either the AP or AOS are complete then she will not be able to reenter the country and they will treat her AOS application as being abandoned. If she does not have the approved EAD then she can not work until her green card is granted (AOS is complete). Once the AOS is approved she will receive a conditional green card.
 
Removing conditions (I-751):
The conditional green card is only valid for 2 years. 90 days before the conditional green card expires she will need to file for removal of conditions (ROC). Once the ROC is approved she will be granted a permanent green card that is valid for 10 years.
 
Citizenship (N400):
90 days before the 3rd anniversary of receiving her conditional green card she will become eligible to apply for citizenship.
 

The $535.00 is the filing fee for the K1 fiance visa petition.There's no changing that.
 
Even if her healthcare is free and she is current with her immunizations, she will have to get a medical exam from medical clinic/center based on the US approved physician's list.
 
I strongly advise you to please review and read all the K1 visa guides on this website, also on the USCIS website, the travel.state.gov website, read over your fiance's country portal on this website, etc. All the questions you're asking have been asked and answered several times before and it's best that you do the legwork and read up on the process so that you can understand what you're getting yourself into.

Perhaps, but if you don't have the information recorded somewhere I doubt that you are going to be able to just send a letter to USCIS and find out. Maybe an Infopass appointment? Sorry, don't really have any definitive answer for you, maybe someone else will.

No, it's not difficult. This is exactly what my husband and I did. I'd be happy to discuss with you further.

No, it's not difficult. This is exactly what my husband and I did. I'd be happy to discuss with you further.

Actually, for my husband there was no interview. It was quite simple really, just submit the paperwork and wait, when it was approved, submit passport for visa to be issued. I think that we had it all done within about 2 months.
 
i would recommend British Columbia since it is easy to get to from china and there is no waiting period for the wedding. We had our license within hours of getting off the plane and were married the next day. The only reason we didn't marry the same day was there just wasn't enoug time. It's also quite easy to arrange for an a marriage commissioner, we did it all by email and then just had one skype call so everyone could meet in real time to discuss/meet before the ceremony.

Actually, for my husband there was no interview. It was quite simple really, just submit the paperwork and wait, when it was approved, submit passport for visa to be issued. I think that we had it all done within about 2 months.
 
i would recommend British Columbia since it is easy to get to from china and there is no waiting period for the wedding. We had our license within hours of getting off the plane and were married the next day. The only reason we didn't marry the same day was there just wasn't enoug time. It's also quite easy to arrange for an a marriage commissioner, we did it all by email and then just had one skype call so everyone could meet in real time to discuss/meet before the ceremony.

No, it's not difficult. This is exactly what my husband and I did. I'd be happy to discuss with you further.

No, it's not difficult. This is exactly what my husband and I did. I'd be happy to discuss with you further.

With a spouse visa (since that seems to be what you are getting), as soon as she enters the US she will have a green card and can begin working. When she enters they will stamp a temporary version in her passport, then the actual physical green card should arrive about a month or so later.
 
If this is wrong and you are actually doing a K-1 visa (fiance visa) then you will have to file for AOS after getting married and you'll have to file for EAD/AP at the same time. In that case it will take about 3-4 months for the EAD/AP so that she can start working while waiting for the greed card (it takes about 1 year to go through the full AOS and get the green card).

Sounds like you are talking about an I-130 petition for a spousal visa (cr-1/ir-1)?
 
No it will not change the service center that is handling your case. The service center is not selected based on her geographical location. The cases are only transfered between centers to help rebalance the work load, not due to address changes of the people involved.

Sounds like you are talking about an I-130 petition for a spousal visa (cr-1/ir-1)?
 
No it will not change the service center that is handling your case. The service center is not selected based on her geographical location. The cases are only transfered between centers to help rebalance the work load, not due to address changes of the people involved.

Sure, I don't specifically know if Tunisia will accept a cosponsor or not. If you can I would just use your parents as cosponsor just to give yourself more comfort.
 
You can see if someone else with specific knowledge gives some insight here or ask specifically in their regional sub-forum. The advanced search function is also your friend, the specific answer may already exist on here somewhere.
 
Good luck

It is not necessarily that any one account is over $10,000 USD. It is if you have a net holdings of over $10,000 USD. If you do then you must declare all of the foreign accounts (even if individual accounts fall under $10,000 USD). Also, it is not only at the end of the year but a combination of maximum account value or balance at the end of the year.

First off, k3 is obsolete, you should just file I-130 for cr1/ir1.
 
What "situation"? Yes plenty of people have filed previous petitions and then cancelled them only to meet someone else and then file a new petition. The fact that you didn't actually get/use the previous k-1 visa shouldn't have any bearing on your current plans. Good luck.

First off, k3 is obsolete, you should just file I-130 for cr1/ir1.
 
What "situation"? Yes plenty of people have filed previous petitions and then cancelled them only to meet someone else and then file a new petition. The fact that you didn't actually get/use the previous k-1 visa shouldn't have any bearing on your current plans. Good luck.

I would check out this site:
 
http://www.***removed***/j1-visa/home-residency-requirement/
 
First thing is to confirm that you are in fact subject to the requirement. From what I have read various places, it seems that sometimes the visa states that it is subject to the requirement, but it acrially isn't.
 
The homestay does not bar you from filing for nonimmigrang visas (such as f or b) but it will prevent you from adjusting from those if you haven't fulfilled the requirement (assuming you are really subject to it) or have obtained a waiver.
 
Given your situation requesting the waiver may be best, but are you willing to delay your extra 10 months in Russia to try? If you do return to Russia and go the I-130 (cr1/ir1) route then you can start the process and just complete the interview after you have finished the 10 months (shouldn't be a problem since the process is currently takin about 1 year). In this senario (return to Russia and renter with cr1/ir1) you will get the green card as soon as you enter, no need for work authorization etc. since you will have green card status as soon as you enter.

Um, today is only May 5. So from when you submitted your paperwork (April 18, 2017) to today (May 5, 2017) that is only 17 days. So I'd give it another 2 weeks to be safe before you get too worried.

Just say you manage to get a visa to the US and go to see him, if he refuses to see you and tells you to leave the property then are you going to accept it and leave and stop trying to contact him?
 
If you don't then you can get in trouble for harassment if you keep trying to talk to him when he says he doesn't want to.
 
His behavior at the moment indicates he no longer wishes to have contact with you, the way he is doing this must be frustrating but it is pretty obvious either you aren't a priority or he doesn't want to be with you. Either way it's over, you shouldn't stay with someone who doesn't prioritize you and you shouldn't try and stay with someone who doesn't love you.
 
Engagement has no legal standing in America, there is nothing you can do if he has changed his mind.
 
You should accept that he just isn't into you any more. It happens all the time and you shouldn't take it as your fault or something you have done.