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  1. D-R-J
    Sorry, reading more I think there is a strong case to say the previous marriage was never valid.
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    Look at the marriage and divorce certificate section here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Indonesia.html Unless I am mistaken, it looks like a divorce decree can be obtain at the Kantor Urusan Agama.
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    I don’t think so; see: 2. Juvenile Convictions In general, a guilty verdict, ruling, or judgment in a juvenile court does not constitute a conviction for immigration purposes.[11] A conviction for a person who is under 18 years of age and who was charged as an adult constitutes a conviction for immigration purposes. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-f-chapter-2#2 https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/07/25/3435.pdf
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    I think that if you have applied multiple times for B and/or F visas and then apply for a spousal or fiancé visa in Ghana that they may assume that you are essentially visa shopping/desperate to the point of committing fraud and get extra scrutiny. I don’t think that’s relevant in this case.
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    We are working on something similar. We have already petitioned for my wife’s mom about this time last year. As soon as she arrives she will petition for her twelve year old son (he stays with an older sister for school now, so he won’t miss his mom too much). It is too bad that F2A is no longer current. We thought he’d be getting here a lot sooner 😔. We tried to get him here with an F1 twice and he was denied both times.
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    Have you been physically present in the US for at least 5 years prior to the birth? We’re two of those years after you turned 14? If yes to both questions than your child is a US citizen.
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    I think I would check other and write “real estate investment income - see schedule E.” I’m not sure that real estate is as liquid as they would want for assets. But if you were to try to use it, I would just include property tax assessments. For financial situations that are not the ordinary, it might be good to play it safe with a traditional w2 co-sponsor if there is someone you can ask. We qualified with assets, but the CO almost denied my wife because she misread my account statement. We had my parents as co-sponsors as back up.
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    I think this looks like a good list. As Lemonslice mentioned, wills, beneficiary documents for retirement accounts, health POAs would be great. If you do a free credit report for your husband, does your current address come up as an associated address for him? He might want to make sure his credit cards have been updated with your current address in addition to his ID.
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    You and your wife both have legal residency in Japan?
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    Sorry, my last message has a typo. Should be “doesn’t seem to be a transfer.” I would think DCF might be a possibility. As always at the discretion of the embassy.
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    This instance does seem to be a transfer within a company. Am I missing something?
  12. D-R-J
    If I had to bet it would be the address issue. Any hint that two people are not living together is a bigger red flag.
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    You could fly through Ireland and do pre-clearance if you don’t want to be worrying the whole flight over the Atlantic.
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    I would bring a print out of this: https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Dec/Reminder- LPR Boarding 20210305.pdf. People with expired 10 year green cards are to be boarded.
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    It seems to me like you priority is getting back to the US. You can deal with whatever afterwards. I haven’t seen posts about people getting notices to appear and I’m guessing it’s extremely unlikely. They would be swamped with cases with people abroad due to COVID. I just doesn’t seem like it’d be a priority with the backlog in immigration cases.
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    You mention savings in the title, but then say income in the body of your question. They are treated differently. He would need to have five times whatever shortfall there is in qualifying income. All of this is at the discretion of CO too. Many people meet the requirements and COs still ask for another/different co-sponsor. For example, the CO might think your future FIL might need those assets to support himself now that he is no longer working. In general, there seems to be a preference for income over assets, as assets run out whereas income is theoretically ongoing.
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    If he has an unexpired green card, then I would board a plane and come back to the US. I’m assuming children are citizens or also have unexpired green cards.
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    I would probably make a copy of the letter, one to keep for your records and one to send in.
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    We did DCF and I really empathize with everyone who has to go through the standard process. DCF is so fast in comparison.
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    The document reciprocity site seems to indicate that a solution would be to do an ordinance marriage and have “married under customary law” under the condition section. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Ghana.html
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    We are also applying for my wife’s mom and going through the same thing. I’d be interested to hear other people’s experiences. My wife’s parents are trying to register their customary marriage through the council (I think?).
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    For my DCF in Ghana they wanted to see at least 6 months of residency. Don’t know if Mexico will be similar.
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    The fastest way would be for him to do direct consular filing under exceptional circumstances (job offer). The issue here is that it is up to the embassy’s discretion on whether to except the filing or not. He can’t have submitted the I-130 previously through normal processing, so this is a bit risky, but it might give them more time to make sure they are indeed a good match before getting married. It is something worth looking into so you understand all your options and the risks.
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    We miss USCIS so much that after my wife got her citizenship we decided to file three more I-130s with more on the way!
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    Try calling these numbers: +233 (0)57 8291 160, +233 (0)26 7425 160, +233 (0) 57 5065 051, +233 (0)26 4315 061, +233 (0)57 8585 061, or +233 (0)57 8261 160
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