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There are many other factors besides speed. I’ve done the fiancé visa route and I would recommend spousal visa instead. The fees have risen significantly too for adjustment of status once in the US for K1s. They’re also nowhere near as fast as they used to be ~6 years ago. 

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29 minutes ago, xlecilia said:

What visa's do we need or what does my husband or myself even need to file to get back? 
i have tried calling USCIS but always get stuck with the bot and the embassy in UK doesn't help either??
I posted this under family based, Because he's going to be filing to get us back and we have no idea what visa's or forms to even file for right now ?

You were already given best advice above. Stop calling USCIS and the embassy, it’s a waste of time. Get on a plane to the US. There are no visas or anything else needed. You’re not helping yourself by continuing delaying buying a ticket. BY LAW lawful permanent residents cannot be refused entry. Cbp might pressure you to sign I-407 but they CANNOT force you to, as I said by law they have to admit you. They can refer you to the immigration court but that’s highly unlikely given that you’re only gone for a year. There are some people who were out for years and successfully returned. Please do yourself a favor and book that ticket to the US right now. 

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4 hours ago, rks_emelander said:

do we need her biological mother (perhaps omitting the birthday info)?

Biological. Put unknown 

4 hours ago, rks_emelander said:

write self employed and do a new section for each place I lived

I would personally do this 

4 hours ago, rks_emelander said:

 

3) Less important, but does her China address on the letter of intent need to be in US address formatting or can it be its normal Chinese format?

 

I would do Normal local format 

1 minute ago, Mandeloon29 said:

Ohh, that explains a lot. Will it affect any possible visas later on? 

It might.

You were fortunate they let you withdraw admission and not put you in expedited removal which carries a 5 year ban

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Just now, Koition said:

However, I was told that I still need to include all 3 children on the I-134 regardless by my visa firm.

So, I am also getting conflicting information here.

You definitely need to include all minor children regardless of tax returns or if they live with you. However if you have adult children that aren’t claimed as dependents (or anybody else that might live in the house with you - e.g. parents or other relatives), then they would not be counted in your household size. I’m speaking from experience 

2 minutes ago, Koition said:

Because I was also told by the same visa firm that both the returns and current income verification are counted together and need to match up.

That’s very inaccurate. That would probably only apply for self-employed individuals because their current income is demonstrated by the AGI reflected on a tax return. For others, they do not need to match.

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Becoming an "A" student of the I-864 and instructions will help. 

I would not try to combine income with your son. Doing so would require him to sign an I-864a.  I would:

 

1.  You, as the primary sponsor (you will always be the primary sponsor), submits an I-864 with household size of 4 or 5 (you, 3 kids, new immigrant).  If your income is not sufficient, then :

2.  Father (JOINT sponsor) also submits I-864 with household size of 3 (Joint sponsor, his spouse, new immigrant)

- Joint Sponsor spouse completes I-864a to combine income with Father.

You do NOT combine income or household sizes between households.

 

Note: Unless a person is self-employed, past tax returns have nothing to do with current income or ability to support a new immigrant.  CURRENT annual income is king.  Current annual income is calculated as follows:

 

current pay period gross pay sub income multiplied by number of pay periods in 12 months.  Example $1,000 income on weekly pay stub equals $52,000 current annual income. 

 

It’s i-134 for K1 stage so I believe if the father is going to be a joint sponsor then it’s another I-134 that needs to be filled 

42 minutes ago, Koition said:

Since he is 18 and working, I apparently NEED to claim his income in my household

You only need to count him in the household size if you claim him as a dependent on tax returns. If you’re not, then he is not counted in your household.

Secondly, you might not have an issue here. Tax returns are not an indicator of CURRENT income. CURRent income is demonstrated by paystubs and an employment letter. So, let’s say my 2023 tax return shows 0 because I was unemployed last year. However, this year I found a job making 200k. As you can see I’m making well above and I can demonstrate that with paystubs and an employment letter even though my 2023 tax return is 0. I hope I’m making sense. So if you’re NOW currently are making well above the threshold then you’re qualified financially.

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