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This is why many countries have systems for their citizens abroad to provide their contact information and dates/locations (eg, UK Foreign Office registration, US STEP program). This is how they figure out who is where, push out info (eg, about current local conditions, recommendations, info on repatriation), and contact you to see if you need support (and/or give phone or emails to reach them).
 
Or, you call the main embassy number for help in a crisis and hope someone answers.
 
Absent some action on the part of the traveler, the home country won’t know where you are and won’t consider you ‘abandoned.’
 

Nothing anyone posts on VJ is my headache; I’m merely here to help others, how I can, who are navigating the immigration process as I know there are so many questions, misconceptions and uncertainties. This site was helpful and comforting when I was gong through the process. No need for anyone to be snarky. 
 
Maybe I should have been more clear in my response; the totality of the circumstances will be looked at when petitioning for your parents and the ability to provide them health insurance is now looked upon. I will assume being an older student on Medicaid means you probably won’t meet the Financial requirement to petition your parents. Again, not my headache but yours to figure out how you will meet the requirement. Your sole use of being on Medicaid is not the “be all/end all” of bringing your parents here, however, your ability to show you can sponsor them is.
 
“If you sign Form I-864 on behalf of any person (called the intending immigrant) who is applying for an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to a lawful permanent resident, and that intending immigrant submits Form I-864 to the U.S. Government with his or her application for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status, under INA section 213A, these actions create a contract between you and the U.S. Government. The intending immigrant becoming a lawful permanent resident is the consideration for the contract.
Under this contract, you agree that, in deciding whether the intending immigrant can establish that he or she is not inadmissible to the United States as a person likely to become a public charge, the U.S. Government can consider your income and assets as available for the support of the intending immigrant.” https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-864-pc.pdf?download=1
  

Your use of medicaid and no apparent plan to pay for their large health insurance expenses will certainly be negative factors in the overall evaluation of your ability to sponsor immigrants.

This is why many countries have systems for their citizens abroad to provide their contact information and dates/locations (eg, UK Foreign Office registration, US STEP program). This is how they figure out who is where, push out info (eg, about current local conditions, recommendations, info on repatriation), and contact you to see if you need support (and/or give phone or emails to reach them).
 
Or, you call the main embassy number for help in a crisis and hope someone answers.
 
Absent some action on the part of the traveler, the home country won’t know where you are and won’t consider you ‘abandoned.’
 

OP, do you realize that you won't be able to work or be readmitted to the US (if you leave) for 6-8 months, maybe more?  If you were here on vacation, that may be another consideration if you had any type of house or life back home, pets, or other responsibilities.

Please tell me your making a joke

I met my now husband in an online game. On my first visit, I simply told the officer at POE that I was visiting my friend or boyfriend and that I wasn't sure what he was because this was the first time we were going to meet in person. He was not really concerned that I was not going to return home (I had a job to return to), but he wanted to know how we met, how well I knew him, and how I was going to make sure that I would be safe. He was satisfied when I listed all the people who knew exactly where I was going to be and who were waiting for a message from me telling them I was safe.
 
Just be honest. If you feel he's your boyfriend, tell them you're visiting your boyfriend. Or tell them you're visiting a friend who might become a boyfriend. Whatever is your truth at the moment you enter the country. And make sure you can show that you are planning to leave again after your visit.
 
And I'm glad to hear that you're making sure you are safe!

You seem to be missing the point, assuming some Country, any Country, has a national registry all they have is records submitted to them, they can not certify what they do not know. So yes they can say we have no record of marriage in our jurisdiction, so what? Certainly does not address this issue. 
 
 

Well the answer seems to be no. Of course we have our own savings, yet we also receive and spend money in our own ways. I find it odd how it wouldn't at least pinpoint the difference as individuals anyways. At the end of the day, it is a commitment of understanding what is what and agreeing/accepting the decisions in a rational way. I find it surprising how other folks just accept it blindly. That's my opinion!

He filed a I 407?

Freudian slip?  

Everyone tends to forget you need to add her on your medical insurance, or get her medical Insurance on her own. On her own that's 700 plus a month, and I know to add my spouse to my employer Insurance added 280 a month to my deductions on my paycheck. Plus you have to support her. It gets costly, be prepared.

That's an interesting article. But I think that's inline with what I posted before. Receiving board and food is technically 'payment'

The basis of the child’s citizenship isn’t completely clear to me.  Did she get pregnant, leave before the expiration of her visa/VWP, give birth in Taiwan and file CRBA (without the birth father’s support)? Or did she stay in the US past her visa/VWP and deliver in the US? 
 
It doesn’t really matter given that the child must be 21and domiciled in the US to sponsor the mother, but it could impact the mother’s non-immigrant travel to the US between now and then (for example to visit the child while s/he is studying at a US boarding school or college, which would be another way for the mother to send her child to school in the US). 

I am not a lawyer, but I am pretty sure that for it to be libel, the person has to be identifiable. I can't tell who the OP's husband is.
 
Just my two pennies. 

Everyone else’s recommendations were literally to divorce and change her address. How is that slander? How is that attacking anyone? Is it an attack to divorce someone? Are you serious right now?
 
No, it’s not against the law. There’s is not a *single* identifying characteristics in ANY of these posts. Even if there were, it’s only slander if it’s *false* and *intended only to damage someone’s reputation*. you have no idea if it’s false and absolutely no evidence to suggest it’s false. The intention of the post which should be clear to anyone who can read the TITLE was to get help in her situation. 

The majority of this people in this thread are actually focusing mostly on helping the OP, not just condemning the guy. No one was really even focused on him until you felt the need to defend his honor?? For some reason?? He a drinking buddy of yours or something?
 
“Won’t anyone think of this poor man??” Why? OP is the one here asking for help. What reason does she have to make up a story like this on an immigration forum?
 
Are you one of those people think women cry rape for attention?
 
Until she has the actual green card in hand, she’s right to be concerned on an immigration basis if it’s right now set to be send to his address. Hence the suggestions to get a P.O. Box, use a friend’s address, etc 🙄

I am the USC, and I was the one who was on the receiving end of the emotional abuse. I overlooked a bunch of red flags in the years leading up to our marriage. It got significantly worse when he got here. He's a smart guy, handsome, charming, rich. He looked great to everyone who was on the outside of our marriage because I hid my pain for years. It was too embarrassing, and I thought if I just tried harder and loved him the way he wanted and was the type of wife he wanted, everything would work out. There were times that it seemed like we were healing, when he was the beautiful, sweet boy I fell in love with, but then things would change rapidly and without warning. He called me terrible names, made fun of me, kept me on eggshells, gaslighted me for years. YEARS. 
 
I got out, six years after we married. The OP shouldn't have to wait that long. Good on her for realizing that now and that she doesn't deserve a life like this. No one deserves to be treated like this.
 
OP, there's some good advice in here -- get a PO Box, file a change of address. LEAVE if you believe that you should. Trust your instincts. You know what's acceptable and what's not. ❤️ 

He referred to her as his property. If that’s what he believes then his behavior is not surprising at all. Hard to miscommunicate that, it’s pretty clear.
 
Marriage counseling has it’s time and place, but I hate when people use it to try and guilt scared, abused partners to work out issues that are irreparable. Fighting is one thing, but when it gets to the point of abuse, there is a line being crossed. A basic respect of your partner as a human being, and knowing not to abuse them, isn’t something that should need to be counseled.

Given we’ve only got one side of the story and that it’s odd that his attitude has changed so drastically so soon after your arrival I’d recommend family and/or marriage guidance. 
 
If you dont understand what’s being said, how do you know they were making fun of you? Of course your accent is different, many of us have that same issue, it may well become a point of fun... ive been asked to read a phone book just so people can hear it, is it making fun? Are you a foreigner? Yes you are, it’s a factual point..j is it mean or embarrassing no, they’re just having fun or teasing..  I think a lot of miss communication going on.. 

People are strongly encouraging you to do more research and understand the process. The comments you have made here tell us that you are pretty clueless about what to expect. Calling all these helpful, knowledgeable people trolls is pretty insulting. 
 
Good luck. 

Presumably you already have done the research and have a plan in place to insure them from Day 1 that they arrive here, with enough money to do so. With pre-existing conditions, and especially a chronic condition that is infamous for its high cost of care, presumably you are evaluating their coverage options with an eye not only to premiums but also to exclusions and out of pocket costs, and can afford to pay those amounts as well. This is what they need to evidence at their interview: that you have done the research and have selected a plan, are ready to trigger it, and can afford to maintain it for the foreseeable future.

Same situation as us (I’m a dual British / German citizen). Not unique and not complicated at all.
 
Why on earth would you not tell your friends you are married? Why the need to lie to them? I probably wouldn’t be your friend much longer if you thought I wasn’t worthy of the truth. Is it so that you can have a big celebration later and receive gifts from them and you are worried you won’t get the gifts if you have a small wedding and don’t invite them? 

^ this. And she clearly won’t get 40 credits of work. So overall, premiums for part A plus part B plus kaiser... is not going to be less than $800/m.  

You are a NRA for the purpose the bank is asking. 
This is not really that complicated once you understand why they are asking.  Banks are required by law to gather information on their depositors. Each bank develops their own procedures (and files them) of how they will meet the government requirements. Some are stricter than others in how they choose to implement.
 
BUT all have to determine if they have foreign depositors. Why? Because foreigners/NRAs have a higher tax rate of 30%. Banks handle investments that may pay the depositor interest or dividends. If the depositor is NRA, the bank can not put the entire interest amount earned into the account. They have to withhold 30% for the IRS. If the depositor is a “US person” (ie citizen, green card holder, or resident alien) they can pay the full amount of interest into the account. 
 
Your banks are just trying to figure out if they give you Form W-8BEN OR Form W-9 to fill out when opening the account.
For the bank, right now you are a foreigner so they will need a Form W-BEN filled out. Once you get a greencard, or meet substantial presence, then are a US person and can do W-9 and stop the 30% withholding (if you even have an account that pays interest.).  A declaration with a tax return choosing to be a resident alien when married to a US person does not fly for this piece of paperwork. Tell the bank you are a foreigner and do the W-8BEN for them. Skip Part II (not worth the brain cells to quote tax treaties).  
 
If your account earns interest and they hold back a few pennies a month, you will get any excess back when you file your 2020 tax return next year as a RA. Interest earned from investments is taxable income, but not at 30%. Just think of it as paying in a little extra to the IRS early. It probably won’t amount to more than a small brewed coffee at Starbucks each month if you have $50k deposited. And any extra withheld for being NRA comes back to you.