heohoel

What's up guys? I'm preparing my taxes for tax year 2014 now and I really would like to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit. To qualify, I've chosen not to file the Form 2555 (Foreign Earned Income Exclusion), which is fine because my deductions pretty much negate any tax due. However, the last qualification that must be met is "living in the US for at least 6 months." I've researched and researched but I'm coming up short on how the IRS defines living in the US versus living abroad. I've been in China for about 331 days in 2014 (so I could qualify for the FEIE if I wanted...), but I only worked for 6 months out of those 331 days... the other time was spent traveling around China and I also traveled out of the country for a little over a month. Anyway, I guess my question is this: have any of you claimed the EITC while living and working in China? Have any of you received advice from an accountant on this issue or something similar? -heohoel

Mick, where do you reside in China? Maybe the deliay is due to Beijing USCIS not having jurisdiction over your area and needing to hand off to Guangzhou USCIS? According to http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/uscis.html...

The books we got pretty much outline what rogerinca said here: But he didn't mention whether or not his included a statement from the translator... I'm going to assume that the statement from the translator is only for "unofficial" translations. Am I worrying about this too much?

We got the white books back from the notary office today for the police record and birth certificate. They contain the Chinese document and the English translation, but none of the white books include a sheet from the translator stating that they're a qualified translator and that the translation is accurate. Do these white book notarial certificates actually need to include the statement from the translator or is that only for things that you're getting an "unofficial" or "unnotorized" translation of? Could you guys take a peak at your white books and see if that's actually included? Thanks a ton

A white-book notarial translation of the hukou isn't required for filing an I-130, right? Thanks :-) edit: becuase the notarial ofice said they could translate it but the translation is 100 rmb per page and the hukou has a bunch of family members in it... it'd be pretty pricey...

Is the hukou translation really necessary? This guide is really the only one Ive found that mentions that it needs to he included...