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1. Read the I-864 "Responsibilities as Sponsor": https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-of-support When you sign the affidavit of support, you accept legal responsibility for financially supporting the sponsored immigrant(s), generally until they become U.S. citizens or are credited with 40 quarters of work. Your obligation as a sponsor also ends if you or the individual sponsored dies or if the individual sponsored ceases to be a lawful permanent resident and departs the United States. Note: Divorce does NOT end the sponsorship obligation. If an immigrant you sponsored receives any means-tested public benefits, you are responsible for repaying the cost of those benefits to the agency that provided them. If you do not repay the debt, the agency or the immigrant can sue you in court to get the money owed. Any joint sponsors and household members who allowed the sponsor to combine their income with the sponsor’s income to meet the minimum income requirements are also legally responsible for financially supporting the sponsored immigrant. In fact, any joint sponsor and household member is jointly or severally liable with the petitioning sponsor, meaning that the joint sponsor and household member are independently liable for the full extent of the reimbursement obligation and can be sued in court or be asked to pay the money owed, even if the petitioning sponsor is not sued or asked for money. You could theoretically convince your ex to get US naturalized or voluntarily leave the US. But that does not eliminate any accrued means-tested public benefits which you are obligated to repay. 2. Until #1 is met, moving and marrying broad does not end your I-864 legally binding contract with the US government. USCIS may not accept another Affidavit of Support from you for another immigrant, and may even request you pay back any means-tested public benefits. Even if you move abroad and renounce your US citizenship, the accrued debt can still linger.

@Franklin22 Has your ex naturalized, or met the conditions to cease your I-864 financial obligations to her?

@Jsut78 I'm following the I-751 guidelines from USCIS "Checklist of Required Initial Evidence (for informational purposes only)" https://www.uscis.gov/i-751 and VJ guidelines for I-751 https://www.visajourney.com/guides/removing-conditions-permanent-residency/ and follow USCIS Form Filing Tips https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/tips-for-filing-forms-by-mail

Yes. You order from PSA the official ROM. It is printed on some yellowish-greenish official paper. The lower part "OFFICIAL USE ONLY. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING BELOW THIS BOX" is officially filled in and stamped. For the self-addressed stamped envelope included for the consulate, all the original documents were returned after about 6 months: ROM signed, Marriage Certificate, Birth Certificate, Passport copies, and cashier's check receipt. Yes, you use the official ROM from PSA for the Philippines Passport renewal, name change update, etc.

Maybe the mail is the paper notification for the missing 1 medical document? Please do let us know after you receive it.

That "Smith" name on the K1 application may be a red flag to the USCIS case officer. Be prepared to have an explanation and evidence for a K1 RFE or at the K1 interview. I don't advocate lying.

That "Davis" name on the K1 application may be a red flag to the USCIS case officer. Be prepared to have an explanation and evidence for a K1 RFE or at the K1 interview. I don't advocate lying.

The international plane ticket is booked with the passport name, which seems to be your Philippines name (or US maiden name). Your SSN name can be updated with the marriage certificate name. I don't know if others have tried to book international flight tickets in the USCIS/green card/AP marriage name but with the foreign passport maiden name? In either case, yes, the Philippines spouse needs to travel with a marriage certificate to link the maiden to the marriage name. So if I understand your situation correctly, you are still married to your ex-husband in the Philippines, your Philippines passport name will not be updated to your US marriage name unless you divorce or null your Philippines marriage and submit a new ROM with your new US marriage. Because you may have a perpetual name difference between your Philippines passport and your USCIS name, you may have to wait till US naturalization to get the US passport in your marriage name.

@maryaaaaaaaaaaa Check out our Timeline or Profile->Immigration Info->Our Story for our sequence of processing https://www.visajourney.com/profile/386517-eatbulaga/ I recommend getting the SSN as soon as possible after US entry with your I-94 and before the marriage. Your SSN name will match your passport and I-94. After marriage, I recommend going back to the SS Office to update your name change with your marriage certificate before sending in your AOS. If you use the I-485 option to update your marriage name, it may take a while, and put you in limbo with a lot of important name updates to show co-mingling like joint bank accounts, joint tax filing, utility account names, etc. After the SSN marriage name update, file your AOS with your marriage name. Best to update to your marriage name as soon as possible.

@maryaaaaaaaaaaa So were you married previously in the US to a US citizen and divorced in the US? If you were married in the US, did you not have an SSN in the previous marriage? If you had a previous SSN, you just need to update your name after your marriage to your new marriage name with your new marriage certificate?

@jg121783 Yes, you are correct about your wife's path to dual citizenship. She will need to repatriate with the Philippines Embassy. Assuming the Chicago consulate is her jurisdiction, you can check when the Chicago Outreach is scheduled near you to save a trip to Chicago. https://www.chicagopcg.com/outreach.html Does your 17-year old already have the US passport? If yes, then you can check with the consulate if that and his original Philippines passport are enough to repatriate. As for the 11-month and 7-year old Report of Birth, your wife can tell them she didn't know about the requirement. She as the Philippines citizen applies for Report of Birth, not the US citizen. Your wife may need to answer why she wants Philippines citizenship for your 11-month and 7-year old since the filing is delayed. The consulate will want proof and the calculation that your 11-month and 7-year old were born when your wife was still a Philippines citizen. Some of the benefits of dual citizenship are land ownership in the Philippines, no visa travel to the Philippines with the Philippines passport, etc. Without dual citizenships, your children can not claim Philippines citizenship for their children (or your grandchildren). Also, foreigners can inherit land from Philippines citizens in the Philippines or foreigers can bequeath/will land to Philippines citizens, but foreigners can NOT inherit or bequeath/will properties to foreigners. So you and your children as non-Philippines citizens, can inherit property from your Philippines wife, but without Philippines citizenship, you or your children can not bequeath/will the Philippines land to non-Philippines citizen.

Received the USCIS account notification: Reminder to File Form I-751.

@Edward and Jaycel Our ROM was with the LA consulate. The procedure is very similar. You now have to wait about 6 months before you can order your ROM with PSA.

@KoreaninHawaii Check out our Immigration Info->Our Story for our detailed chronological timeline https://www.visajourney.com/profile/386517-eatbulaga/

I believe before DHS can not revoke visas, and only the courts can? But the recent Supreme Court ruling allows DHS, of which USCIS and CBP are part of, to revoke visas. https://youtu.be/FJClOkn92VA?si=MAejAi7n7GjCSQXe So if I understand this correctly before, CBP can deny visa entry but can not take away your visa and those denied entry can appeal to the courts? But now, CBP can deny entry AND take away the visa at POE? Is that the correct interpretation?

The cost of applying for I-485 is now increased by the I-693 civil surgeon fee.

@SalishSea @OldUser @top_secret @ghostinthemachine Given Trump's plan to deport the illegals seems to increase the risk level for all. I guess carrying around the extension letter and expired green card in a Ziploc bag may be the way to go?

It seems a bit inconvenient carrying the extension letter and expired GC around all the time?

Permanent Residents are supposed to carry their green cards around in case they need to show proof of legal status. What about I-751 petitioners? Do they need to carry around both the NOA1 letter and the expired green card? With all the news about how Trump will be deporting illegals, even legal PRs may need to show proof at some random point. How are ROC petitioners planning to show proof for such checks?

Did you file a Philippines Report Of Marriage? If no, then you just need to prove the divorce where you were married (UK?). If yes, then your marriage is registered with the PSA, and you need to show divorce or marriage annulment in the Philippines.

I think the 3-year period starts with your "Resident Since:" date on the green card.

@Crazy Cat @SteveInBostonI130 For I-751 and N-400, don't applicants need to list of dates of travel outside the country anyway? By default subsequent re-entry are known to USCIS anyway?

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-updates-guidance-on-lawful-admission-for-permanent-residence-requirement-for-naturalization How is this different than from before? Since we are K1 to AOS to ROC to N-400, do we just include the I-94 as proof of lawful admission?

Not filing taxes is a crime, regardless if you are citizen or gc holder or retired or ex-military or you owe anything or not, etc. I would download past forms and back file just to clear the record. You lose maybe two afternoons doing the paperwork. But since you are retired, you should have the time. Having a clear record moving forward with the government is never a bad thing.

@ritac23 @grant2 Waiting till Jan 2025 to file the I-751.