NVC Filers - March 2012

[albena 0]

Good Morning,

I am I-130, IR-5 petitioner. I am still waiting on NOA2 (hopefully early April) but want to prepare all documents for NVC in advance. So, for DS-230 I have to provide my (petitioner's)marriage certificate for the current and all previous marriages. However, I do not have my marriage certificates for previous ones. My question is, do I really need to send the marriage certificates or the divorce decrees (which I have) would be enough? Anyone with the same experience? I appreciate your help!

[foobaz123 39]

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[Saylin 1,605]

thanks Saylin, another person mentioned that since i'm sending 2010 tax returns and a 2012 pay stub there is no info for 2011??? what to do?? will that trigger an RFE? Should i just send my completed return and not my joint sponsors since her 2011 is not yet completed. I HATE TAXES :-)

Okay, please re-read my FAQ again. I'll repeat it here. You have two options for tax information for the AOS, either including the recent year (at this time that's either 2010 or 2011) OR including the last three years (which is 2008-2010 or 2009-2011).

If neither of you have 2011 taxes done yet, that's okay. Just send in either 2010 tax information or 2008-2010 tax information (from both of you).

The purpose of pay stubs is to prove CURRENT income, not past income, so of course it'd be for the current year, 2012. If you have them, send them.

And for what kind of tax information is needed, you have two choices for each year: either the tax return transcript (highly recommended) OR full tax return (1040, 1099, etc etc) as well as all W2s.

[Saylin 1,605]

Good Morning,

I am I-130, IR-5 petitioner. I am still waiting on NOA2 (hopefully early April) but want to prepare all documents for NVC in advance. So, for DS-230 I have to provide my (petitioner's)marriage certificate for the current and all previous marriages. However, I do not have my marriage certificates for previous ones. My question is, do I really need to send the marriage certificates or the divorce decrees (which I have) would be enough? Anyone with the same experience? I appreciate your help!

Hmm. You would think the current marriage certificate and then divorce decrees for previous marriages would be accepted. I'd suggest calling up NVC and inquire about this. And if you do, make sure you call AT LEAST five times. Operators will always differ in their answers, so don't just go with one operator's answer.

Also, I'm not sure if this is possible after a divorce, but can you go to the county's courthouse and request a certified copy of your previous marriages?

[Rujby 23]

1-People do you guys have a sample of Tax transcript? it seems that my wife have tax return instead of tax transcript.

2- my wife will subm,it 2009,2010,2011 and our joint sponsor will submit 2008,2009,2010 as she have not filed tax for 2011 yet, is that ok?

[lizka 3]

1-People do you guys have a sample of Tax transcript? it seems that my wife have tax return instead of tax transcript.

2- my wife will subm,it 2009,2010,2011 and our joint sponsor will submit 2008,2009,2010 as she have not filed tax for 2011 yet, is that ok?

this is what mine looks like, it was faxed over, it says on top form 1040 or 1040A, both use total income. not sure if you should both file 2011 or 2010 for uniformity, i'm in the same dilemma. i filed 2011 but my joint sponsor has not yet done so

Edited March 16, 2012 by lizka

[Rujby 23]

this is what mine looks like, it was faxed over, it says on top form 1040 or 1040A, both use total income. not sure if you should both file 2011 or 2010 for uniformity, i'm in the same dilemma. i filed 2011 but my joint sponsor has not yet done so

Can we get tax transcript at the local office?

[VisaJourney2011 14]

1-People do you guys have a sample of Tax transcript? it seems that my wife have tax return instead of tax transcript.

2- my wife will subm,it 2009,2010,2011 and our joint sponsor will submit 2008,2009,2010 as she have not filed tax for 2011 yet, is that ok?

this is what mine looks like, it was faxed over, it says on top form 1040 or 1040A, both use total income. not sure if you should both file 2011 or 2010 for uniformity, i'm in the same dilemma. i filed 2011 but my joint sponsor has not yet done so

Can we get tax transcript at the local office?

I think you guys are making it way more complicated than it actually is.

1) You need Tax return transcript

2) You can order it by online here http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=232168,00.html

3) or you can order by phone: Call 1-800-908-9946

4) You want the "TAX RETURN TRANSCRIPTS". (NOT "Tax account transcript")

5) Also it may come with copies of W2, so why not send those in also.

6) You should be able to get these from Local IRS office but I have not tried it. Couldn't hurt for your petitioner to just drive their and find out.

I have now learned that lot of the time, posting q's on msg forum and waiting for answer is not going to solve it. You just gotta get up and get it done in-person.

Edited March 16, 2012 by VisaJourney2011

[lizka 3]

Can we get tax transcript at the local office?

i think you can, but it's super easy just to call them and ask them to fax it to you, they say it takes 48 hours but mine came within 10 minutes. saves you the trip. I wouldn't call the tax line that's automated, you want to speak with a real person, that will wait till the fax goes through. Be prepared to be on hold for at least 30 minutes though.

I think you guys are making it way more complicated than it actually is.

1) You need Tax return transcript

2) You can order it by online here http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=232168,00.html

3) or you can order by phone: Call 1-800-908-9946

4) You want the "TAX RETURN TRANSCRIPTS". (NOT "Tax account transcript")

5) Also it may come with copies of W2, so why not send those in also.

6) You should be able to get these from Local IRS office but I have not tried it. Couldn't hurt for your petitioner to just drive their and find out.

i DID order online, and the sent my the account transcripts not tax transcripts, so i would suggest taking the time to call and fax to make sure you get what you wanted and not wait a week for snail mail, just my opinion and what i did

[Rujby 23]

I think you guys are making it way more complicated than it actually is.

1) You need Tax return transcript

2) You can order it by online here http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=232168,00.html

3) or you can order by phone: Call 1-800-908-9946

4) You want the "TAX RETURN TRANSCRIPTS" NOT "Tax account transcript"

5) Also it may come with copies of W2, so why not send those in also.

6) You should be able to get these from Local IRS office but I have not tried it. Couldn't hurt for your petitioner to just drive their and find out.

OK Thank you Visa, my wife has tax return of 20009, 2010, 2011. Our joint sponsor just mailed us hers but both look different papers, which confuse my wife.

[Rujby 23]

I just want to have a sample of this form to ensure between my wife and the joint sponsor who has the incorrect form. This driving me crazy i am not even there to see with my eyes

[VisaJourney2011 14]

i think you can, but it's super easy just to call them and ask them to fax it to you, they say it takes 48 hours but mine came within 10 minutes. saves you the trip. I wouldn't call the tax line that's automated, you want to speak with a real person, that will wait till the fax goes through. Be prepared to be on hold for at least 30 minutes though.

i DID order online, and the sent my the account transcripts not tax transcripts, so i would suggest taking the time to call and fax to make sure you get what you wanted and not wait a week for snail mail, just my opinion and what i did

I agree if they can fax you, thats even better if not then going to the local IRS office and picking up is much better than Snail mail also.

I ordered mine last year. I think it took 2 weeks or so.

Recently ordered a fresh copies from online, so i can take it during coming up beneficiary's interview.

[Rujby 23]

i think you can, but it's super easy just to call them and ask them to fax it to you, they say it takes 48 hours but mine came within 10 minutes. saves you the trip. I wouldn't call the tax line that's automated, you want to speak with a real person, that will wait till the fax goes through. Be prepared to be on hold for at least 30 minutes though.

The problem is that my wife doesn t have a fax machine at home

[VisaJourney2011 14]

The problem is that my wife doesn t have a fax machine at home

Then she can just call local IRS office to confirm and then drive there to pickup.

CASE CLOSED !

Edited March 16, 2012 by VisaJourney2011

[lizka 3]

The problem is that my wife doesn t have a fax machine at home

yeah, that's a problem then, i had mine faxed to work while i was there and waited there. i guess you'll have to do snail mail unless she has one at work. but it usually doesn't take more than a week :-)