KevinNelson

I'm wondering how to change the address recorded in the DS-260 for my stepson. He'll be having his interview soon. During the seven years we have had to wait for the interview, our American address has changed. I can't find any USCIS phone number to call. I haven't been able to use https://ceac.state.gov/IV to change the address either. Any suggestions?

We finally got all the required documents online for my stepson (post-21 but still single). Does anybody have any idea what is currently happening for family immigration visa interviews at this point?

When filling out the I-864 and I-864A, the amounts I should put for income confuse me. We are married, filing tax returns. Should I mark in: I-864 Page 5 Part 6 #24 I-864A Page 2 Part 4 #2 the same numbers/dollar amounts? My wife is the sponsor for the I-864. I am the "household member" required to get the income over the top, so I am filing the I-864.

Ironically, my last one is a conglomerate of 8 different W-2s... I'm a substitute teacher registered with five different school districts and my wife left two jobs part-time jobs in January of 2019 to take on more substantial hours at a job started in 2018. However, I can't send a 2019 Tax Return Transcript because Covid-19 has killed the ability of the IRS to produce such documents for the time being. I'm told they won't be doing that until mid-July or later because we had to pay taxes. Do you think it is worth getting an immigration lawyer involved because of how convoluted the political situation has become? I'm afraid of failure... in which case my 6-year marriage may also fail.

I have tried looking for a USCIS number there. We have filed three applications over the past six years, all of which show up on the system. But the profile page does not list a number. Is it possible that number system is being phased out?

Situation: We are petitioning for my step-son to finally come over. We have waited five years... and assuming politics doesn't go south on us, we hope he will be here by Christmas. On the I-864 (where my Chinese wife is the sole petitioner) and I-864A (which I have to file to up the income and because we filed joint taxes), our combined income is roughly $45,000 for 2019. Ironically, spite the economic closure, we might have a higher income this year (but mostly through independent contracting work). But for 2018, it was roughly $30,000, and for 2017, only about $7,000. (I was a full-time graduate student in 2017 through early 2019.) So, should we try to get by on just 2019's income alone, which is well above the 125% poverty rate, or should we do all three of the most recent tax years? Thanks

I'm a bit confused here. What is the USCIS number? I have seen a LOT of numbers being used, such as the Social Security number, the A(lian) Number, and Receipt numbers. The space on the I-864 form has room for 12 digits (part 4, #13). Does every immigrant have such a number? Is it at all related to the A-Number? It does not seem available at https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/logon.do, nor in any documentation we have received. Thanks

Table B proved to be the correct one. We just received notice my step-son's application was accepted!

My wife now has her permanent green card, and we have been married for nearly six years. My step-son's I-130 has just been approved, and we are awaiting the formal letter from USCIS for the next steps. Unfortunately, the coronavirus has had both of us unemployed since February 3 and return to any normalcy here in California doesn't look like it will happen for a few more months (or more). Both of us were planning on going to China anyway to bring our son to the United States once everything has been approved. I do need a visa for China. I should have one anyway since my step-parents are both in their 80's. Question is this: I do not live anyway near any Chinese embassy. In the past, I used a Chinese visa service, but that was many years ago, and I forgot which one it was. Most likely, I'll get a Q2 visa, though if we stay in China for any length of time, I might want to change that later. We do not have a definite date for going to China, which seems to be a problem for some types of Chinese visas. Any recommendations on a visa application service?

I ended up using Xoom for a transfer of $1500. My wife's phone (using a phone number in China) gave a text message the money was in her Bank of China account only about 30 seconds later. Ironically, it took my bank two days to acknowledge the withdrawal.

Has there been any updates on this issue to this point? Do people coming into the States right now have to prove they have insurance before their interview?

So are we supposed to get a letter from the USCIS sometime soon after the date on Table B stating what documents are needed before the decision date?

Anyone try using Xoom? It seems as if the dollar to RMB is competitive and the cost per transaction is quite low... but really not sure.

I need to know the best, most efficient way to send dollars to China. We specifically want to send several thousand dollars. A lag of a few days is no problem. We want the money to remain denominated in US dollars. (Any cons to that? Exorbitant exchange fees later?) I had one set of idea, she has another, and we're both at odds about those, since it seems difficult to get direct answers from the services and nobody in our rural area in the States has experience sending money anywhere other than to Mexico. My wife was told by Bank of China to use an app.. which doesn't work. TIA

The suspension on the Presidential Proclamation is for only 28 days. It started November 3rd... That court order expires December 1st. It was "never in effect" only because the court halted the proclamation before November 3rd. Unless we see further court action this week, or on December 1st, we will be on a roller-coaster. I suspect we will see a far more reaching restriction on that declaration this week. But I would like to hear about it happening first, before merely assuming it will happen. Most likely this will be affected by some of the stuff the Supreme Court is looking at right now.