I am 20, got married to NON-u.s citizen/resident, not in school, freelance CAN I FILE?

[MumtazG38 1]

So if the irs does tell me that I don't need to file a tax return what would I provide as proof that the irs said I am not required....I read somewhere that you have to provide a letter or something proving that. Also...will that be enough for my I864 along with my bank statement (even if I just opened my bank accnt last month and have not made many transactions, only 6-8 actually) and with my joint sponsor and her tax info and bank statements and employment letters and whatnot???

Thank you so much for answering my question!

[pushbrk 13,133]

So if the irs does tell me that I don't need to file a tax return what would I provide as proof that the irs said I am not required....I read somewhere that you have to provide a letter or something proving that. Also...will that be enough for my I864 along with my bank statement (even if I just opened my bank accnt last month and have not made many transactions, only 6-8 actually) and with my joint sponsor and her tax info and bank statements and employment letters and whatnot???

Thank you so much for answering my question!

You simply indicate you last three year's earnings. They'll see they weren't enough to require filing, if that's the case. You don't need to provide anything about your bank account. You aren't going to be providing any I-864 for several months anyway. Start reading some of the threads about I-864 and read the actual I-864 instructions carefully. They are excellent.

[trinket 30]

So if the irs does tell me that I don't need to file a tax return what would I provide as proof that the irs said I am not required....I read somewhere that you have to provide a letter or something proving that. Also...will that be enough for my I864 along with my bank statement (even if I just opened my bank accnt last month and have not made many transactions, only 6-8 actually) and with my joint sponsor and her tax info and bank statements and employment letters and whatnot???

Thank you so much for answering my question!

Yes you provide them with a letter. That's what we did and it went through smoothly. I will look for that format of letter, I hope I still have it in somewhere (deleted most of the stuff after receiving visa).

[trinket 30]

Ok, do got the file. Can you pm me your email address so I can send it to you? Basically you will have to quote IRS publications for the past year stating the gross income for an individual to file.

[trinket 30]

This is what we sent but you will have to do a few adjustment and read the new publications and paste the new publication tables as such. Hope it helps

[Revived 0]

So if the irs does tell me that I don't need to file a tax return what would I provide as proof that the irs said I am not required....I read somewhere that you have to provide a letter or something proving that. Also...will that be enough for my I864 along with my bank statement (even if I just opened my bank accnt last month and have not made many transactions, only 6-8 actually) and with my joint sponsor and her tax info and bank statements and employment letters and whatnot???

Thank you so much for answering my question!

if u r not required to file a tax return and u have a joint sponser w/enuff income ...u wil b fine just follow the instructions for that.. they will not demand that u file a tax return if u r not required to.

joint sponsership is V V common @ Islamabad embassy so dun worry! but make sure u follow directions n attach a letter etc.

[malka e alia 0]

hi, i saw you havent posted anything as of right now, i have sort of a similar situation, is your husband in usa now?

so how do u change your marital status if you are married in a foreign country, i mean my husband is not with me yet, i havent changed my marital status, i got married in dec 2008, but since he was not with me last year or not even this year (as of right now), i filed myself as a single, can anyone help me?

[MumtazG38 1]

hi, i saw you havent posted anything as of right now, i have sort of a similar situation, is your husband in usa now?

so how do u change your marital status if you are married in a foreign country, i mean my husband is not with me yet, i havent changed my marital status, i got married in dec 2008, but since he was not with me last year or not even this year (as of right now), i filed myself as a single, can anyone help me?

ummm...I really don't know what to make of your situation right now since the two of you haven't been together(same country - lived together) for so long...and apparently you're filing as single....

All I can say is that no my husband and I both are not currently in the U.S but I have filed for him already and if you check my signature or my time line you can see how far along we've gotten already. I don't think it's necessary to change your marital status or name as of yet.....I haven't done that. But since I don't do taxes (not required) I don't really know whether it would be best to put married filing seperately even......seeing as your husband doesnt have a ITIN or SSN.....that would be quite difficult.

As long as you have proof of your marriage you can file a petition for your husband...and since it's been over 2 years that you've been married like you say you can file for IR1. Proof of marriage would be a nikah nama, meaning a marriage certificate. So think about that first.

Edited July 24, 2009 by MumtazG38

[ABENITEZ 0]

You can file married filing seperately and where it asks for his SS number, you just put none. Otherwise you do the W7 I think its called that gives him an ITIN number...