NVC Filers - February 2012

[foobaz123 39]

she told me that when somebody file married jointly the money decreased. As proof she has her sister's case. do you agree? if she file now married jointly will she have to refund some of the money. Her tax return was 8.000 dollars

I can't see how that would ever be true unless the newly added spouse made a lot more money than the other person. In that case you can file "Married, filing separately". It is still a Married status, but changes the way the tax is calculated.

I have to ask, that is a pretty massive refund. Does she make a very large amount of money or have lots of kids? Feel free not to answer if you don't wish.

[July15 4]

she told me that when somebody file married jointly the money decreased. As proof she has her sister's case. do you agree? if she file now married jointly will she have to refund some of the money. Her tax return was 8.000 dollars

It depends. For me filing single, I had to pay about $2,000 (lots of money), BUT MFJ I'm getting a refund! YES!

[Rujby 23]

I can't see how that would ever be true unless the newly added spouse made a lot more money than the other person. In that case you can file "Married, filing separately". It is still a Married status, but changes the way the tax is calculated.

I have to ask, that is a pretty massive refund. Does she make a very large amount of money or have lots of kids? Feel free not to answer if you don't wish.

She has one kid of 6 years old and her sister is her dependent. She is 15 years old.

It depends. For me filing single, I had to pay about $2,000 (lots of money), BUT MFJ I'm getting a refund! YES!

We are not ready to refund any money now as 90% of the money was already used for stuffs that she had to take care of

[foobaz123 39]

She has one kid of 6 years old and her sister is her dependent. She is 15 years old.

We are not ready to refund any money now as 90% of the money was already used for stuffs that she had to take care of

Well, unless you make a massive amount of money I don't see how adding you would increase her tax burden enough to override the increased deductions and lower rate. You'd have to be making enough to bump her into a significantly higher tax bracket and if she's getting a 8,000USD tax refund I don't see how that would be possible.

[Rujby 23]

Well, unless you make a massive amount of money I don't see how adding you would increase her tax burden enough to override the increased deductions and lower rate. You'd have to be making enough to bump her into a significantly higher tax bracket and if she's getting a 8,000USD tax refund I don't see how that would be possible.

The purpose is not to have the refund increased or either decrased, it is just to have married jointly showing to CO.however i fear that we have to return money if amending will require that we refund some of the 8.000 which we don not have now

[foobaz123 39]

The purpose is not to have the refund increased or either decrased, it is just to have married jointly showing to CO.however i fear that we have to return money if amending will require that we refund some of the 8.000 which we don not have now

A quick bit of calculation would show whether or not that is the case. Also, it is very likely that most, if not all, if your income would be excluded as foreign income. As such, it should have no negative impact on her taxes and should almost certainly result in a far larger refund. I can't be any more specific without additional information.

[VisaJourney2011 14]

Ok i have an idea then.

She can just go to the same Tax service place and ask them to show her the Refund amount if she were to choose Filing Married Jointly.

They just need to make some minor checks here and there in their program and she'll see the result right away!

Then you guys decide if going this route is better or just stay same.

She has one kid of 6 years old and her sister is her dependent. She is 15 years old.

We are not ready to refund any money now as 90% of the money was already used for stuffs that she had to take care of

[bouerchithi 1]

Hey there. In regards to your second question, I can confirm that you should be fine. I sent my DS-3032 e-mail the day I received my Case# from NVC and they accepted it, no issues. In fact, the day they generated my ds-3032 was also the day I received e-mail response that I have been registered as choice of agent (adding US/Pakistan day-night differences of course).

Good luck!

So I did receive a response back from NVC on that DS-3032 I sent out prematurely. (My AOS Invoice/DS-3032 are yet to be generated)

It starts with this:

Dear Sir/Madam:

Your inquiry has been received at the National Visa Center (NVC).

We are unable to add third party contact information to the case record

at this time. Please continue to notify the NVC of any change in the

petitioner's or principal applicant's address.

If a period of one year passes from the last date of contact with the

NVC (by telephone, mail, or email), all submitted fees and documents

will expire. If this occurs, your fees will need to be repaid and

documents will need to be resubmitted in order to continue the

immigration process.

Is this the standard email folks get when they email in their DS-3032 before it has been generated?

Thanks!

Edited February 21, 2012 by bouerchithi

[Rujby 23]

Ok i have an idea then.

She can just go to the same Tax service place and ask them to show her the Refund amount if she were to choose Filing Married Jointly.

They just need to make some minor checks here and there in their program and she'll see the result right away!

Then you guys decide if going this route is better or just stay same.

I just talk to a member of my portal ( Haiti) that recently got her husband visa approved. She said that she filed single and there was no problem

[VisaJourney2011 14]

Okay I wish you guys all the best!

I did the Amend for my peace of mind by not leaving anything on Chance.

Plus i think it would look GOOOOOOOOOOD ! when presenting to NVC or CO our US tax transcript showing "Married filing Jointly". Know what i mean !

I just talk to a member of my portal ( Haiti) that recently got her husband visa approved. She said that she filed single and there was no problem

Edited February 21, 2012 by VisaJourney2011

[Rujby 23]

USPS just notfied me that NVC received IV package... yeeeee

[foobaz123 39]

It's starting to look like we're going to lose another week before we even really start at NVC. No invoice this morning and still nothing of use from NVC.

Even if we did get the invoice tomorrow and pay it, we won't be able to send in any paper work until next week.

Another week gone....

[Laure&Colin 558]

I don't think so.

I think NVC just asks for Tax Transcript and 1040X is the Tax Transcript.

No no big no: a 1040 is NOT a transcript, it's just your tax return. Tax return transcripts are documents you need to order from the IRS. If you just send the 1040, then you'll need to add other forms like W2s, and they might still request the transcripts eventually.

So you want to order you tax return transcripts online or on the phone with IRS, you'll receive them within a week usually. You can also go to your local IRS office and have them printed out immediately.

[bouerchithi 1]

You can order your return transcripts from irs here: https://sa2.www4.irs.gov/irfof-tra/start.do

[Rujby 23]

Now i do not know how long will it take NVC to review my IV package and accep it. there are chances that i got a RFE