Letter to Consular

[Shewolf04091972 0]

ACK! I emailed the Embassy to make sure I had the list of documents correct and now they also want 3 years of tax returns. I thought that was only with the I-864? It's not on the list of instruction for the I-134 unless you're self-employed and then only for the last tax year.

I have the returns, but it's a good thing I checked! I wouldn't have sent them otherwise. It seems like they're mixing things.

Shewolf,

Try to relax a bit and not anticipate too many issues, please. There's nothing you can do but make sure your husband has the documents he needs and can present himself and the validity of your marriage well in the interview. If something should go awry, for some odd reason, you can address it then. Right now, I'd concentrate on getting some rest so you can be the "she fox" for his arrival.

I need a trip to a Day Spa!

[diadromous mermaid 36]

ACK! I emailed the Embassy to make sure I had the list of documents correct and now they also want 3 years of tax returns. I thought that was only with the I-864? It's not on the list of instruction for the I-134 unless you're self-employed and then only for the last tax year.

I have the returns, but it's a good thing I checked! I wouldn't have sent them otherwise. It seems like they're mixing things.

Shewolf,

Try to relax a bit and not anticipate too many issues, please. There's nothing you can do but make sure your husband has the documents he needs and can present himself and the validity of your marriage well in the interview. If something should go awry, for some odd reason, you can address it then. Right now, I'd concentrate on getting some rest so you can be the "she fox" for his arrival.

I need a trip to a Day Spa!

Chalk it up to consular discretion in public charge issues. After you get those out, make an appintment at the spa and get foxy!

[Shewolf04091972 0]

ACK! I emailed the Embassy to make sure I had the list of documents correct and now they also want 3 years of tax returns. I thought that was only with the I-864? It's not on the list of instruction for the I-134 unless you're self-employed and then only for the last tax year.

I have the returns, but it's a good thing I checked! I wouldn't have sent them otherwise. It seems like they're mixing things.

Shewolf,

Try to relax a bit and not anticipate too many issues, please. There's nothing you can do but make sure your husband has the documents he needs and can present himself and the validity of your marriage well in the interview. If something should go awry, for some odd reason, you can address it then. Right now, I'd concentrate on getting some rest so you can be the "she fox" for his arrival.

I need a trip to a Day Spa!

Chalk it up to consular discretion in public charge issues. After you get those out, make an appintment at the spa and get foxy!

So they basically want to make sure I've met all income requirements for the last 3 years? I should probably put a sticky note on there then because I was supporting my ex-husband after he was my ex-husband and claimed him on my taxes.

[meauxna 15]

So they basically want to make sure I've met all income requirements for the last 3 years? I should probably put a sticky note on there then because I was supporting my ex-husband after he was my ex-husband and claimed him on my taxes.

NO. The past 3 years' tax returns do not all have to meet the poverty guideline threshold.

But, whatever you just wrote about your tax returns sounds hinky.. don't know how you 'claimed' your ex spouse.

[Shewolf04091972 0]

So they basically want to make sure I've met all income requirements for the last 3 years? I should probably put a sticky note on there then because I was supporting my ex-husband after he was my ex-husband and claimed him on my taxes.

NO. The past 3 years' tax returns do not all have to meet the poverty guideline threshold.

But, whatever you just wrote about your tax returns sounds hinky.. don't know how you 'claimed' your ex spouse.

My ex and I were divorced in 2000. We still lived in the same house, but he was unemployed. I supported him and our girls. I needed a sitter and he needed a roof over his head. We avoided each other except when necessary.

[meauxna 15]

My ex and I were divorced in 2000. We still lived in the same house, but he was unemployed. I supported him and our girls. I needed a sitter and he needed a roof over his head. We avoided each other except when necessary.

OK, I just don't understand what that had to do with your income tax returns.

[Shewolf04091972 0]

My ex and I were divorced in 2000. We still lived in the same house, but he was unemployed. I supported him and our girls. I needed a sitter and he needed a roof over his head. We avoided each other except when necessary.

OK, I just don't understand what that had to do with your income tax returns.

Extra tax deduction!

[Charuhans 0]

I am sorry "Shewolf" if I pressed the panic button for you. Its the husband who is posting here No we have not yet complained to Uncle Sam because that will automatically put our case on the "hate list" of the US Consulate, Mumbai. You see the case is still on AR.

The incident I faced is nothing compared to what other "inter-racial marriage" visa applicants have faced since the year 2000 (I have not been able to gather data prior to 2000) at the US Consulate. Mumbai.

Well, Good luck to you.

Charuhans

Edited February 1, 2006 by Charuhans

[Shewolf04091972 0]

I am sorry "Shewolf" if I pressed the panic button for you. Its the husband who is posting here No we have not yet complained to Uncle Sam because that will automatically put our case on the "hate list" of the US Consulate, Mumbai. You see the case is still on AR.

The incident I faced is nothing compared to what other "inter-racial marriage" visa applicants have faced since the year 2000 (I have not been able to gather data prior to 2000) at the US Consulate. Mumbai.

Well, Good luck to you.

Charuhans

No problem. I'm stressed anyway. At least the Embassy is helpful in their emails when I have a question.

I hope you do file a complaint after the whole process is over. NO ONE should have to be submitted to humiliation! Especially by our own governments.

BTW....anyone filing in Nicaragua....they said they ALWAYS ask for 3 years of tax returns.

Edited February 1, 2006 by Shewolf04091972

[Yodrak 7]

scy - My thoughts also!

Shewolf - I think you should obey one of the 3 cardinal rules of immigration interviews - answer the questions that are asked, and only the questions that are asked, then shut up. Your letter may give the consular officer ideas about questions to ask that they otherwise never would, and one never knows what that could lead to.

Yodrak

Cliff notes?

[Shewolf04091972 0]

scy - My thoughts also!

Shewolf - I think you should obey one of the 3 cardinal rules of immigration interviews - answer the questions that are asked, and only the questions that are asked, then shut up. Your letter may give the consular officer ideas about questions to ask that they otherwise never would, and one never knows what that could lead to.

Yodrak

Cliff notes?

No worries! That's been drilled into my head with the posts! so I had already decided not to send the letter.