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It is already filed and I have the refund in my bank account. What do I have to do to amend this as it sits. File tax again? 

Greetings,

           I am a USC, currently waiting on I-130 approval for my Pakistani bride. We are not at the NVC stage yet. I went to file my taxes and the only option H&R Block would give me is to file as single. Since the wife does not currently have an SSN, is unemployed, and resides overseas. I do not have or plan to get an ITIN for her. 

My question is that would filing single while married to an overseas spouse cause problems at the NVC?

Do I have to file an amendment immediately and have it ready by the time NVC requires it?

Can I send this amendment after she finally arrives in USA and get an SSN?

Has anybody here ever had a problem with the NVC process due to this filing as single, instead of Married filing separately or Head of household?

Anybody ever experienced any negative impacts on the immigration petition or embassy interview stage due to having filed single while married to a foreign spouse?

Do I have to go back to H&R block to request an edit/amendment or just leave it be?

Please send your reply in detail with credible sources. 

5 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Or how about just find someone you love to marry?  Why does anyone's parents have to be involved in the choice at all?  After all, this is the US.

I tried that, didn't work out really well. Was married 13 years, until recently. 13 years I tried for her mood to change. Was like being married to a brick. But then, post partum depression, childhood trauma, PCOS, early onset menopause, she had a lot going on. Lost everything I had worked for, lost the house, lost time with the kid. Either way, I'm happy it's over with. Moving on. Was able to rebuild myself real quick. Now we'll try letting our parents choose. Clearly it's more involved than I had thought. Gladly this girl's family is supportive of us getting to know each other before we wed, even though we were brought together via family connections. It's not like I'm marrying somebody I'll see for the first time at the wedding. That happens too. But overall she's just what the heart doctor prescribed. Would like to have her in the home I've made for us quick, but this CR1 business makes my head spin. 

Good god. I am a US citizen looking to get married in Pakistan soon. I haven't even gone there and married the chick yet and ya'll already scarin the s#it outta me man. I am starting to think this over through now. I guess arranged marriage engagement to a Pakistani girl is beginning to look like a bad idea. Should'a just looked for somebody here. 2 years or more wait. Bro, unreal. DoodBoy, good luck man. 

What became of this?

Any updates on this? Did you file the paperwork? What became of it?

Simply put, what I'm asking here is, going to Pakistan is not an every once in a while thing. It takes 2 days to get there 2 to come back. If I get married there, come back here, start the paperwork, can I stay here, and let the paperwork run, and wait for her til it finishes, or do I have to make several trips back and forth to Pakistan in the time that this process will take. First thing first, I'm a working man, I can't simply take a week off every month at my job, then travel fatigue, also I do not wish to get infected with Covid on a flight or at an airport waiting on a connecting flight, or worse get stuck in Pakistan with the virus, for a longer than intended period. If she stays with her parents, and does not move in with my family, is that seen as a sing of non-commitment? I can imagine there must be cases like these.  

Not a cousin marriage. Not related. 

Greetings. 

              I am  a US Citizen, Pakistani born, been here 16 years, got citizenship 7 years ago. I am planning on marrying a Pakistani citizen. Anybody here want to give me sound advice, just give me a call [removed].

              I am getting arrainged married, planning on going to Pakistan, processing a nikah, staying a week, and going back to USA, and filing her I-130 immediately. Planning on doing a Rukhsati after she gets her visa. I may go back there after she has it ready to roll out. Now my newly wedded wife will have to sit there until her interview. I will not be able to go back to Pakistan again due to my work in the 10 months that it takes for the process. I will not see her again until she arrives in USA. I have the following questions. Please copy paste and write your answer right underneath whichever question you can answer. 

1. Can she get a Tourist visa/visit visa while she waits for her case to run its course, go back, finalize it then come over here permanently? (doesn't seem feasible since it takes quite a while to get that too)

2. Does me leaving immediately after only doing a nikah, and not going back there in the next 10 months create an issue for her getting a CR1 visa? Or do i have to travel and forth a few times?

3. Do I have to be present at her interview in Pakistan?

4. Do I file all her paperwork from here in USA, or is she going to have to run some of it from the consulate there?

5. Are they requiring COVID 19 booster shots as well, or the two shot full immunization acceptabe?

6. Can she stay at her parents while she waits, or does she have to move in with my family in another city?