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I'm trying to order transcripts of my tax returns from the IRS website, but the website isn't working. (I live in China.) I was wondering if for the interview I can submit copies of my original returns (the last 2 years I used TurboTax online and can generate a transcript from there), or do they require the actual "IRS transcript"? If the latter, do they have to be originals? My plan B is to order paper copies of the transcripts (which the IRS website allows me to do) and have them sent to relatives in the US and they would take pictures or scan and send them to me to print out. -
My wife and I hope to get our I-130 and I-130a approved. I have a question about when it comes time for the interview. I have my tax transcripts for 2015, 2014, and 2013 this includes the account transcripts and return transcripts. Will this be enough? I can't get 2016 yet will this be a problem? Thank you -
Can't find W2 from 2015, but I do have the tax transcripts from the past three years from the IRS. Will this be enough for when we go to the hopeful interview? Thank you for the help
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My fiancee, who is in China, and I are almost at the interview stage. I am self employed completing my 2016 Tax Return. I understand that the financial number the Consulate Officer will look at is Line Number 22 on the 1040, Total Income. I show $27,000 which is sufficient above the poverty guideline. However, the tax I owe is $7,000 which shows on the next page. Will the Officer only consider Line 22 or will he/she subtract the $7,000 tax in their head? I have never seen a post about this but we wouldn't be living on the $27,000 but on the amount left over after taxes are paid. It is very confusing when self employed. Thank you! -
Hello once again community! I am currently in America now at my parents' home and will be returning to China in a few days. They are my co-sponsors and have filled out an I-864 and I-864A form. They stapled upper left hand corner of the forms. Would that be a problem? I remember when I submitted the I-130 I used a paper clip. I forgot to mention that to my parents. Thanks!
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My wife and I live in China and are planning on moving to the USA and are in the process of obtaining the spouse visa for her. We have already gone through the first steps at the Ganzhou consulate and she is scheduled to do the immigration interview. We are preparing our documents and I had a few questions about what exactly we will need, especially with regard to filling out the I-134, the affidavit of support. I would greatly appreciate any advice anyone has on it. 1- First of all, we are currently living in China but I obviously have residency status in the USA. When I am filling out the sections on the affidavit of support for my physical and mailing address which address goes where? In other words, I am living in China but does "physical address" refer to my official residence in the USA? I assume the mailing address just refers to where I get my mail in China. 2- My next question is about employment. I am currently working in China but will not have a job in the USA when I return. Should I fill in the section on employment with my current employer and income with my current income? Or should I leave them blank because I won't have them in the USA and they are useless for determining my ability to support my wife in the USA? I have heard different advice on this question and thought this would be a good place to ask for more. ( I know the specifics of financial support and can meet them with a co-sponsor so the job isn't how I'll reach the threshold). Thank you very much!
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Hey Guys, life is going well but I wanted to see if my interpretation of the I-864 Obligation Fulfillment is correct. You need to have 40 credits but my understanding is this can be combined. My wife and I just celebrated our six anniversary in December, we married in Dec 2010 and she became a LPR in 2011. I can be credit with 4 Social Security Credits in 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017( by the end of the month). 8 Years x 4 = 32 My wife has earned 4 credits in 2015, 2016, 2017 (by the end of the month). 3 Years x 4 = 12 32 + 12 = 44 > 40. So is the I-864 Obligation fulfilled?
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I understand that the point of I-134 is for the government to make sure your fiance(e) is not going to be a "public charge" or financial burden to society. They want to make sure the sponsor's income and/or assets total at least over 125% of poverty guideline. So my question is: my current salary is way over 125% of poverty guideline. I can prove it with employment verification letter from my company and my pay stubs. Do I still need to list my assets like stocks and bond, bank accounts, etc? By the way, this video was pretty helpful to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgyk7TBqmOo. The most interesting thing I learned is for question number 11, you should check "do not intend to make specific contributions to the support of the person(s).... The key word is "specific." Since you are sponsoring your fiance(e), you are going to make GENERAL (non-specific) contributions. "Specific" contribution means only items listed e.g. three months of rent at $1000/mo, 2 months of food at $300, 1 month of medical insurance at $500, etc. You are very specific about the time and monetary value of your contribution.
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Hello again community. I have two questions the interview and I-864. I think I have looked at stuff about this someone on either here or visajourney, but I just want to make sure. 1.) Since I have been living and working in China with a Chinese company, my income is indicated on my tax returns as foreign earned income. This means that line 22 (total income) of my 1080 is blank, there isn't even a 0. Would this mean that on my I-864 in part 6, 19.a,b,c, I leave it blank where it says total income? I'm not sure whether to put 0, NA, or nothing. (I already have joint sponsors) 2.) With question 1 in mind, for part 6, no. 2 do I put an estimate of my yearly Chinese income here (this wouldn't be 0). Also, should it be indicated in USD or CNY? Also, the only proof of my income are messy contracts that don't accurately reflect my income, and transaction histories of my debit card since I get my salary in a direct deposit fashion. 3.) Is it possible, or has it ever happened before, that my husband does the interview without my joint sponsor's I-864, and then we send the forms to the consulate when we have them? I am going to America in February to pick up the forms from my parents. I only ask this question because it's looking a little difficult to schedule an interview date since finding an available interview date is so spotty and doing this around when we are free, plus around my trip to America, plus going to and from Guangzhou from Guiyang, is getting messy. I prefer to not go this route, but if there's no choice... Thank you very much!
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Hello once again community. I am in the process of doing the I-864 now. My parents will be my joint sponsors; my father is doing an I-864 and my mother is doing an I-864A. I just learned that my mother has a new job. She obviously won't have many pay stubs from her new job. I am thinking to ask my mother to get a letter from her old employer saying her position, salary, and how long she worked there, and then ask for a letter from her new employer saying the same thing. I will also ask for pay stubs from her old job Would that be the best approach to this situation? Also, I'm guessing for her current individual annual income, she would calculate her new weekly salary by 52 and put that number on the form, even though it's November? Thank you very much!
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Hello everyone. Just a few quick questions as my wife and I are slowly but surely approaching the date in which we will DCF at Guangzhou. My mother was going to be a co-sponsor since I am a recent graduate making a meager salary here in China, and with a savings amounting to a few thousand dollars, I was afraid that this would not be sufficient to prove that I was able to support my wife in the initial stages of the immigration process by myself. My parents have plenty of savings and the means to provide more than enough 'support' to my wife by signing a co-sponsor affidavit. The problem is my parents are planning on retiring in April, and move away from the United States. They will still have bank accounts, investments, and all that here in the US, but they will be selling their house. This presents two problems for me: I won't have an actual residence in the United States anymore since my parents home is my home on everything from Bank statements, to credit card bills, to my voting registration. Secondly, will my mom will be able to sponsor us if she isn't actually in the United States? They will be living in Malta at that time... Any advice is appreciated. Thanks. Nathan & Min -
Hi, I'm filling out the I-864 Affidavit of Support form (dated 07/02/2015) and ran into some confusion. I would appreciate any help or input. Should I leave the fields that are irrelevant to me blank or should I type 'N/A' for these? The I-864 Instructions says "If a question does not apply to you, type or print “N/A,”unless otherwise directed". I have also read elsewhere online from people who said they had received a checklist for leaving items on the I-864 blank and advised to enter "N/A". However, on the new I-864 form, there are many fields which DO NOT allow me to type "N/A" (specifically, it doesn't allow the slash "/") such as Accompanying Family Members in Part 3, Interpretator information in Part 9 and Preparor information in Part 10. On Part 2, Item 7, which is for the telephone number of the principal immigrant, the form allows entering only 10 digits but the mobile phone numbers in China are 11 digits! So the form does not allow me to enter the last digit of the Chinese mobile number. I have thought about printing the completed form to another PDF and then use the Typerwriter function in Acrobat Pro, to manually type in the 11 digit phone number in that space. However dong so will not update the 2D barcode at the bottom of the page which USCIS (and probably NVC) seems to use to capture the data from the form. I'm curious to know how others have done or would do for these issues. Thank you. -
Good day, My wife has her I-485 interview the 9th of November in Tampa, FL. I am looking for opinions. I have been offered a job in my hometown (about 300 miles away). I can potentially make 2-3 times what I am making now. My worry is if it will reflect poorly on our situation hat I am changing jobs shortly after her interview? Not sure if in the right section. -
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Hello, I am an American citizen who has been living abroad for the past 5 years. I haven't filed any taxes since I left the States, because I mistakenly thought I didn't need to. Now I am applying for a CR-1 immigrant visa for my Chinese husband, and I know I have to supply my tax returns for the past 3 years. So, I have two questions. 1. Can I back-file my taxes without any W-2's? I have been working for small English schools and agencies in Japan, Russia, and China, as well as studying, so I doubt that they will have any tax information on record, let alone in English. (I also haven't been making much, about $15,000 per year max). 2. Is there any way to expedite the tax return procedure? Our visa appointment is in 3 weeks from today. If possible, I would like to have the returns by Nov. 4, and will pay extra if necessary, as it looks like my husband's green card approval depends on these tax returns. Should I hire a tax service to help me with this? If yes, do you guys have any good recommendations? Your replies will be greatly greatly appreciated! Thank you!! Ksenia and Dongguan
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Hello community. I apologize if this question has already been asked. I am in the process of preparing all the materials for my husband's interview in Guangzhou. On the I-864 form, it says that I must have a copy of my W-2 and/or 1099. My husband and I both live and work in China. I have tax returns for the past three years, but i only have 1040s since I've been living and working in China. Is it okay to go to the interview with only my 1040s? I see there is a Form 4852 to substitute for W-2. Should I fill this out? I don't see many people talking about from 4852 on forums though... Thanks!! I should also say that I already have copies of my IRS transcripts, but they only show that I have 1040 forms and nothing else... Oh yeah I should also say that my parents will be my joint sponsors, and they will have W-2's.
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I have a question about the submission for the i864, as well as other documents for both the I130 petition and interview document submission stages. 1. My father will be our co-sponsor, and I'm wondering, if he fills out and signs and dates the form in the States, can I just have him email me a scan and use that for the submission? Or will I require the original document? 2. If the original is required, my father will be visiting a couple of months before we will need to submit the i864. Can he sign and date it at the time of the visit, or will the length of time between the signed date and the submission matter? Is there a time frame that these documents are valid for once signed? 3. Is there any kind of general guideline/list of documents that originals are required for vs. scans/copies are acceptable? For the I130 and interview submission stages? (sorry I don't know the technical names for the different stages - too many acronyms) Thank you in advance for any help and suggestions -
E-mail materials to NVC and a few other questions!
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Hello community. Me (American) and my husband (Spanish) are both living and working in China and are in the process of doing DCF in Guangzhou. We already submitted the I-130 and my husband has already filled out the DS-260. Do I have to e-mail all the materials (I-864, police certificate, marriage certificate, etc.) to the NVC like the travel.state.gov website instructs? I just want to make sure because it is not that clear, and looking at other people's DCF experiences, nobody mentions the step of e-mailing materials to NVC. That makes me think they didn't do the e-mail part. My other question involves police certificates. Do I, the petitioner, have to get police certificates from China and USA also, or is that job only for the beneficiary? My final question involves the I-864. I want to make sure that the signature of my joint-sponsor has to be original and not a scanned a printed signature. Is this true? Does this mean my joint sponsor has to mail the I-864 and all documents physically to me? Thank you very much! -
Hi all, For the i-864, my joint-sponsor filed an amended tax return (1040X) in 2014 and I can't figure out how to report the "Total Income" for Part 6 19.b. Is it a problem if I use the "Total Income" from his 2015 and 2013 1040 tax returns, but the "Adjusted Gross Income" from his 2014 1040X tax return when I fill in Part 6 19 a. b. and c.? If it is a problem, how do I figure out what the "Total Income" was for 2014? Thanks in advance for any help. This group's posts have been incredibly helpful and encouraging! -
Hello, Sorry, I am not sure which forum this would go under. Please move if you like. My wife and I sponsored her parents to visit us last summer and Fall. They both received 10 year traveler's visas. The visit went well except we discovered that her Father had previously undiagnosed (Type II?) Diabetes. During our process in getting the initial diagnoses and initial treatment, we occurred some medical expenses. Before their visit, I had payed for medical insurance through "Insubuy". Unfortunately the clinic would not take the insurance card and billed us directly. So when I saw the bill I filed a claim and forgot about it. About a month ago I found an old bill and called the medical facility but they refused to give me any information as to whether or not the bill was paid because I was not her Father. So again I forgot about it. Well, long story short we got a call from a debt collector today indicating that her Father had unpaid bills. They said that it was against the law for them to give us anymore information and they would try to contact him again in the future. So now what do we do? If I can't talk to anyone about the unpaid bills and no one will accept a payment how can we get this off his record? Will this affect him if he visits us again? Could he be refused entry? Also, we have other relatives that have travel visa's that we sponsored. Would they be refused entry because a person we sponsored has unpaid debt? It's such an odd feeling for me to be so involved with paying their expenses and medical insurance and now be blocked out of everything. If I could I would simply pay off the remainder since it should be less than $400 anyway. -
I will be using my brother as a Joint Sponsor on the I-864. His income is obviously stated on his tax returns from every year and every year his income has been well above the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Is a letter from his employer verifying his current salary a required document? Thanks for your help! -Flash
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My brother will be the co-sponsor and will be filling out a I-864 as well. Is it okay if after signing the document, he scans it and emails it to me to print out, or does he need to send it to me through the mail all the way from the U.S.? In the I-864 Instructions, it says "Each affidavit must be properly signed and filed. For all signatures on this affidavit, USCIS will not accept a stamped or typewritten name in place of a signature". It never says anything about not allowing scanned copies, so I am just curious if anyone knows through experience if they allow it? Thanks for the help!
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Dear Mam or Sir, I will be taking my wife and step-daughter to Guangzhou next week for their immigration interview. I have searched for a specific answer to the following question but can't find it. My confusion is this: I filed two separate petitions, one for my wife and one for my 15 years old step-daughter. I am now currently filling out two separate I-864 forms. Since I am using my wife and my assets, should my wife fill out a form I-864A? One of her U.S. based accounts are exclusively in her name. I want to use our assets on the I-864 since I have no U.S. based income. I might have a sponsor lined up but want to try to avoid it if possible. Also, I am wondering how much a job offer really helps. I am in China and am luck enough to have received an offer in the United States. Thank you so much for all of your help on this site. I have been reading this information for almost 2 years and am grateful!
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Hey there- Getting ready for the interview. My brother is going to help me sponsor my husband. I am a stay-at-home wife right now, so I have no job. We are job hunting and it is likely that we'll have something for both of us before the interview. We have about 18000 in savings but no hard assets. My brother's salary is well over the poverty-mark (he's an engineer), and he's single. Do we need to get any more sponsors? Should I ask my brother to disclose any assets? We have his taxes for 3 years, his biodata page, his I-864, his recruitment letter for his company- do we need any other paperwork? A letter from his company? Assets? Thanks for all help!
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Well, I'm hoping this is the last odds and ends questions. I'm finished with putting together almost all of my forms and evidence. I just have some small questions. Can the I-130 fee, when done by DCF, be payed in RMB in cash in person? If not, can it be payed by a debit card with USD? I speak fluent Chinese, my wife doesn't speak a lot of English. Do I need to prove I speak Chinese and that we have a common language? How would I do That? I remember seeing elsewhere someone had a video of them speaking Chinese requested. I'd like to prepare in advance. If my wife doesn't speak English too well, will that be a problem during her interview? How should I arrange my packet of photos and relationship evidence? All the photos in a zip lock back? In a separate folder/envelope? Should me sheets of paper with forms and letters be stapled, paper clipped, in a binder, or loosely put into a large envelope? This is a more complicated question. In most of the forms, addresses simply don't fit, domestic and Chinese ones. Should I not type them then hand write the address portions into the form? Or should I include a separate paper and write them on that? This is a question about all forms - I-130, g-325a, and the I-864. We will be living in my father's home when we go back to the US. He is going to be a joint sponsor. Since we are going to be in a single household, should he fill out an I-864a or a separate I-864? Back to addresses. I don't know which ones to write. My wife has lived in her grandma's home for years, but that house doesn't have a mailing address. It is also not the address on her hukou. It is not the one under her father's name either. Whenever she applies for things, she usually uses her uncles address as the mailing address. She has also lived there before. Should I just use that address on the forms? This part has been giving me, and her family, a headache. They All feel like its not something that our government will investigate into, but I want to fill things out correctly. I've been doing research and asking others about the whole communist party thing. My wife, before she was 16, was a Ա in school, something everyone was required to enroll in. She never paid any dues or went to any sort of meetings. She is not a Ա. Its probably more like the cub scouts than anything else. Do I need to make note of that and how/when? I haven't seen anything in the I-130 or first step forms. Is it at the interview stage? I think that's it for my questions. If anyone else has last minute advice please let me know! My hope is that we can get the visa in 2 to 3 months....it looks like recently DCF has been that fast if there are no hookups. Is that a realistic goal?
