I want to bring my wife to the USA

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You are mistaken here as well.

I said that you are mistaken that you don't have to file an annual income tax returns for incomes under $94,000. You do have to do that, and you in fact pasted the correct information into your own follow up post. Since the United States does tax worldwide income, you absolutely have to file a return even if it's under $94,000. Due to many bilateral tax treaties, many U.S. citizens do not owe taxes to the U.S. government if they paid taxes on their income in the country they got paid. This treshold is in fact pretty high, but Uncle Sam wants to know about it anyway, in writing. Cash income, as you stated, counts as income as well, by the way.

I can't tell you what to do, but I can give you the legal framework to work with and if you are petitioning for your foreign spouse, this adds a totally new dimension to the game as you then ask for their attention to your income tax return, or lack thereof. It's not only the consular officers, it's IRS agents as well who are interested in these things.

Edited December 13, 2011 by Brother Hesekiel

[hikergirl 277]

and for proving the marriage to be valid. would a copy of our marriage cert, and our sons birth cert and a family photo be sufficient?

You should look into getting a Consulate Record of Birth Abroad (CRBA) for your son from the Embassy in Indonesia.

OK so basically i will be filling out all the editable pdf forums emailing them to my parents in Tennessee and having them send them in to Chicago for my wife and I ( if from Indonesia mail to USA takes 2-4 weeks ) so they will be using a Money order to do this ( we are going to start process Early January ) that's why I am getting everything confirmed =)

I may be mistaken but I believe the forms are required to have your original signature.

[yousufwalton 0]

You should look into getting a Consulate Record of Birth Abroad (CRBA) for your son from the Embassy in Indonesia.

I may be mistaken but I believe the forms are required to have your original signature.

yeah well scanning is my only option I've tried sending mail from here many times and it has never gotten to where its going, even with " registered mail" in Indonesia it never got there. Indonesia has horrible post service

I said that you are mistaken that you don't have to file an annual income tax returns for incomes under $94,000. You do have to do that, and you in fact pasted the correct information into your own follow up post. Since the United States does tax worldwide income, you absolutely have to file a return even if it's under $94,000. Due to many bilateral tax treaties, many U.S. citizens do not owe taxes to the U.S. government if they paid taxes on their income in the country they got paid. This treshold is in fact pretty high, but Uncle Sam wants to know about it anyway, in writing. Cash income, as you stated, counts as income as well, by the way.

I can't tell you what to do, but I can give you the legal framework to work with and if you are petitioning for your foreign spouse, this adds a totally new dimension to the game as you then ask for their attention to your income tax return, or lack thereof. It's not only the consular officers, it's IRS agents as well who are interested in these things.

""If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and for paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad.

Your income, filing status, and age generally determine whether you must file an income tax return. Generally, you must file a return for 2011 if your gross income from worldwide sources is at least the amount shown for your filing status in the following table.""

ok so according to the information from the IRS since my income was under 9500 dollars i don't have to file, said the requirements were the same.

sorry i had a mistake in the information, with all the forums stress with here and thinking and planning. the 94000 is the amount that can be taken into account as non taxable. after the 94000 is taxable . below the 9500 not required to file.

I'm not wanting this to turn into a darn tax forum, stop making it like that.

The fact is , i did not have a job for the years prior to coming to Indonesia. so with 0 income not required

in Indonesia the year i did work , less then 9500 not required to file. its quite simple. i was not required to file. i can even show a copy of the contract if they want to see the agreed pay.

now no more of this tax talk. i wish i could edit my own topic threads get rid of this stuff

Edited December 13, 2011 by yousufwalton

[canadian_wife 1,822]

If either the scanned petitions or the failure to file tax returns is a problem of USCIS or the Dept. of State, it will simply delay your petition.

If it isn't an issue, then it won't. But it isn't up to you to decide. USCIS and Dept. of State sets the rules and standards, if you don't comply then your wife's case will be delayed.

Good luck