Filling out the I-130

[darren.s.small]

Just an update on my specific situation: I've been living in China for about 5 years now and I recently got married here and I'm working on filling out the I-130 to petition for my wife to be able to immigrate to America so we can move back to the US. While filling out the form I had a couple questions that weren't really covered on the instructions page.
First quesion:
Question 21 on the form says, "If filing for your husband/wife, give last address at which you lived together." We are now married and currently living together at this address so for the date should I type the word "present" in or write the same date as the date I'm filling out the form?
Second question:
Question C.2. on the form asks for her address. Should this be the address of her parents where she was living before moving in with me or should it be our current address?

Thanks in advance for any advice you guys are able to give.

-Darren

[dnoblett]

21 your current address and present...

 

C.2. Current address, not prior address. Repeat #21

 

Filing this at the DHS office located in Beijing or Guangzhou, correct?

 

Have several threads on DCF filing..

 

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?/topic/37648-do-we-qualify-for-dcf/

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?/topic/44998-living-in-china-7-yrs-now-have-spouse-l-visa-can-i-dcf/

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?/topic/44694-dcf-guz-description-and-pics/

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?/topic/44430-living-in-china-and-confused/

[darren.s.small]

21 your current address and present...

 

C.2. Current address, not prior address. Repeat #21

 

Filing this at the DHS office located in Beijing or Guangzhou, correct?

 

Have several threads on DCF filing..

 

http://candleforlove...ualify-for-dcf/

http://candleforlove...visa-can-i-dcf/

http://candleforlove...ption-and-pics/

http://candleforlove...a-and-confused/

Great! Thanks for the advice and the useful links. I think I've read these before but there's so much info in there that's it's nice to have all of those threads together.

Yeah, I'm filing at the DHS office in Beijing. Isn't that at the embassy?

I was just reading in the first post about who qualifies to DHS and someone in there said that I have to have filed my taxes in the US every year weather I owed anything or not. Since I haven't had any income in the US for the past.... quite a while. I figured it wasn't that necessary to file because my income in China has been under the limit where I'd have to pay any taxes. Is this going to be an issue?

[dnoblett]

Great! Thanks for the advice and the useful links. I think I've read these before but there's so much info in there that's it's nice to have all of those threads together.

Yeah, I'm filing at the DHS office in Beijing. Isn't that at the embassy?

I was just reading in the first post about who qualifies to DHS and someone in there said that I have to have filed my taxes in the US every year weather I owed anything or not. Since I haven't had any income in the US for the past.... quite a while. I figured it wasn't that necessary to file because my income in China has been under the limit where I'd have to pay any taxes. Is this going to be an issue?

Yes, DHS office is in the embassy.

 

US Citizens and Residents are required by law to file a 1040 return every year to report world wide income even if they owe no tax to the US government. Only time a citizen may not file a return is if their income falls below a certain level, I believe it is somewhere around 8,000 - 9,000 USD, in which case need to provide a letter why did not file a return. If you have had income is best to late file a return, there is no penalty for doing this.

 

The I-864 you will later provide for the interview requires copies of tax return for past year, and suggested past 3 years attached.