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You as the petitioner would fill out an I-864 and your joint sponsor would fill out another one. Yours will say zero for income because your job abroad doesn’t count. Your wife would be the “principal immigrant” and your step daughter would be “family member 1” in the form. If your joint sponsor is married, their spouse should probably fill out an I-864A.

If you want her here long term, I’d think you’d want her to qualify for Medicare and Social Security. That means you will have to pay her for her work so that she can accumulate work credits. She may qualify for more generous ACA subsidies as a working person vs. your dependent.

I think you should assume that your petition will take at least 12 months for approval. Definitely disregard the estimates from USCIS.

They should have given him a card with the immunization he received. There is definitely no need to redo all immunization every time. We did use Akai House, but I remember thinking it was definitely more expensive.

You said she came on a CR-1 visa, did she file an I-751 petition to remove conditions on her residency? If she entered on a CR-1, she won’t be able to naturalize without this step. Your timeline doesn’t indicate this was filed. Im assuming you must have done something if she just traveled to Vietnam.

Yes, looks like they should provide Puerto Rican tax return provided that all income is from Puerto Rico: The most common situation in which there is a claim that the sponsor had no duty to file a Federal income tax return will probably involve sponsors who reside in Puerto Rico. These sponsors, under 26 U.S.C. 933(1), may exclude from their taxable income any income from a source in Puerto Rico (other than from U.S. Government employment in Puerto Rico). If a sponsor had no income from a source outside Puerto Rico, it may well be the case that he or she will have considerable income, none of which is subject to the Federal income tax. In this case, the sponsor will have to present other evidence to substantiate his or her claimed income. In most cases, the sponsor's Puerto Rico income tax return, if any, would be the most probative alternative evidence. https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=73533501

I feel like you all are being disingenuous. Skewed towards the rich does not mean no one outside the top 1% got a tax cut. If you are happy with your crumbs I think you’ve been hoodwinked. Working people are going to be the people who have to eventually pay the bill.

Tax cuts for the skew to the rich is the definition of regressive economic policy. Across the board 10% tariffs and 60% tariffs on Chinese goods is going to also be economically ruinous. We are living in different realities.

Yes, this would seem to be a no brainer to do if everything was ok.

I do believe that Trump is the superior golfer.

I think Biden’s policies are superior to Trump’s and that he is a better human being and president.

I mean I’m hoping that Biden steps aside honestly. I don’t think he’ll make it through another term. I think he should definitely have a cognitive evaluation to show us he is up for the job. I’d still vote for a Weekend at Bernie’s Biden over Trump.

I think if he thinks it is unfair he will turn to the courts. If he exhausts his options in court we will not see him encouraging people to march on the Capitol. This is what happened with Gore, right? He definitely had a stronger case than Trump that he won the election.

I don’t see that. I guess we will see what happens if/when Biden loses the election. I don’t think we’ll see him trying to overturn the election.

I think Senator Lankford would disagree with you. Governing usually involves compromise, but it’s not clear that many on the right feel that way any more. I guess we’ll see what type of bill can get passed after the election.

I don’t think that presidents should be killing American citizen abroad. I’d much rather have a more constrained executive than less. If individuals are don’t think they can act within the law as presidents, then maybe they’re in the wrong job. Even Ty Cobb, Trump’s former lawyer has basically said that Cannon is either incompetent or biased, maybe both. She was reversed by a panel of all Republican appointed judges on her decision to appoint a special master. Maybe we could get immigration under control if Republicans stopped listening to Trump and passed the bipartisan immigration deal negotiated by Senator Lankford. Instead they are more interested in using it as a campaign issue than fixing the problem.

I don’t think most of us are concerned with mean tweets. There are plenty of legitimate concerns about Trump. I think it is unlikely that Trump will become a dictator, but I do worry about his authoritarian tendencies and the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on presidential immunity. I think together those could be result in a second term that’s more dangerous than the first. I also worry about the judiciary and more appointments like Aileen Cannon. You are in for a nasty surprise if you think Trump’s policies are going to be anything but catastrophic for inflation. Tax cuts, tariffs, mass deportations and trying to undermine the independence of the Fed are a recipe for disaster. I hope you are wrong about the election.

Hopefully you can fit somewhere in here if they don’t deem your case a medical emergency. “Discretion The list of examples provided above is not exhaustive. DOS may exercise its discretion to accept local Form I-130 filings for other emergency or exceptional circumstances of a non-routine nature, unless specifically noted below. However, such filings must be truly urgent and otherwise limited to situations when filing with USCIS online or domestically with an expedite request would likely not be sufficient to address the time-sensitive and exigent nature of the situation” With discretion, you don’t always have predictable results. We’ve seen people denied for starting school programs and others accepted. Even a valid exceptional circumstance doesn’t compel the embassy to take your petition. All you can do is present your case and hope for the best.

Definitely seems like you should be getting close. Good luck! We are waiting for an interview for my mother-in-law. She DQed Jan. 2024.

Hmm. Circumstances change, they’ve already approved the I-130, so I don’t see any issue. It’s not like you were trying to game the system.

If she did DCF then I’m pretty sure her case was never at NVC.

Hmm…are you saying that he may not be able to stay in Sweden long term? If that’s the case, I’d come to the US with him. This seems to be the best way to be ensured you’ll never be separated.

This was the most recent helpful discussion that I could find: There was another person who tried and just got back a cookie cutter answer. If I were you I would push until I got a clear yes or no answer.

All that you can do is tell them the truth and hope it qualifies. The circumstance that we see regularly used is a job offer with a short notice for starting. I’d definitely make sure that it is clear you are a disabled veteran. The embassy has some discretion on what cases they take, so present your case as favorably as possible and hope you have a sympathetic CO review it.

One of the examples of exceptional circumstances is medical emergencies. Medical emergencies – A petitioner or beneficiary is facing an urgent medical emergency that requires immediate travel. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-3