NVC Filers - June 2014

[samreen23 461]

samreen23 - i have no clue , we have the same question on this. except mine is slightly different.

my wife is the US petitioner and lives since 2010 with me abroad. she hasnt worked at all since she lives in the Netherlands.

we got married in 2012.

the IRS says she is NOT required to file tax (1040) since she has no income.

so we now the IRS sended us Non-Filling Letters from the past 3 years.

the problem... or maybe not, is that on those Non-Filling letters her old married name is printed. since she hasnt filled any tax returns after she got divorced in 2008.

the IRS says that this is the only information that they have under her social security number.

maybe someone can get an answer in this

Yes exactly. i want to be sure before we leave such an important box unchecked. and also husband made sure he fills out the whole form on the phone with me because i brag so much about visajourney so i dont give him a headache later on that why he made a mistake so i wanna be damn sure what i m talking about to him lol!!

[samreen23 461]

what do u do if ur address doesnt fit in the box i m asking such silly questions today the admin is gonna ban me lol!

[jsumner86 403]

what do u do if ur address doesnt fit in the box i m asking such silly questions today the admin is gonna ban me lol!

On the instructions it says make a continuation page... put a note saying to refer to it due to address too long....

[demis346 47]

I think your tax returns have to reflect the name your social security is under. It confuses them if you put your married name, and trying to match them up.

My wife wasn't required to file for the year 2012, because she was migrating and thus had no income and was a student. She just wrote a note in the cover letter and a continuation page that she was not required to file for a tax return due to not making no income that year. They accepted it. No problem. She didn't check the box, because it says if you filed for each of the three most recent tax years, which she didn't file one year.

Yes.

thats the funny part.... when we got married in 2012 we went to the social security office and changed her name into her married name ( mine)

so her SS is good.

but the non filling letters from the IRS state her formerly married last name.

and the IRS claims that they get the name change and other information from the SSA

Yes exactly. i want to be sure before we leave such an important box unchecked. and also husband made sure he fills out the whole form on the phone with me because i brag so much about visajourney so i dont give him a headache later on that why he made a mistake so i wanna be damn sure what i m talking about to him lol!!

lol....

Edited June 19, 2014 by demis346

[samreen23 461]

On the instructions it says make a continuation page... put a note saying to refer to it due to address too long....

thanks jmsumner u r my heroine!! (if u r the wifey jmsumner since i think u guys share account ) lol

[bdrew612 1,071]

I see a lot of the same questions over and over, and some panic at least.. One thing people fail to do, that I think is a brilliant idea is.. Print out the instructions and the I-864 form.. and go one by one for each part of the form, and the instructions to make sure it's clear for you. When my wife first looked at the form it did seem confusing, but she did this and it was a lot easier as she read the instructions to the I-864. Double check it or triple check it to make sure it's all correct. I know she checked it about 5 or 6 times to make sure if she made any mistakes before we sent ours off.

Panicking really doesn't help, and to be honest if it takes you a few days, it takes you a few days. Don't rush something that can delay a process. The I-864 form isn't there to confuse you. It's pretty clear. Anything that isn't applicable to you, just put N/A or none to be safe.

I'm trying to be helpful and not to offend anyone here, just an idea that can help make this process a little bit easier and not to panic.

I couldn't agree more! Slow down, read and re-read the instructions. I think people are making this harder than it needs to be.

The ONLY thing that contradicts the instructions is the whole 'blank vs N/A' thing, but that's been explained to death on here. Take an extra day to to review the AOS before sending it out. Lots of people are getting preventable check lists (unless you have a lawyer, in which case raise some holy hell!). Breeeeeathe :-D

[jsumner86 403]

thanks jmsumner u r my heroine!! (if u r the wifey jmsumner since i think u guys share account ) lol

She never posts on here. She usually only used it to talk to Soloenta or Bdrew by PM .

I couldn't agree more! Slow down, read and re-read the instructions. I think people are making this harder than it needs to be.

The ONLY thing that contradicts the instructions is the whole 'blank vs N/A' thing, but that's been explained to death on here. Take an extra day to to review the AOS before sending it out. Lots of people are getting preventable check lists (unless you have a lawyer, in which case raise some holy hell!). Breeeeeathe :-D

Plus, sometimes you CAN'T control what the NVC will checklist for! They like to make their own rules up along the way .

[samreen23 461]

She never posts on here. She usually only used it to talk to Soloenta or Bdrew by PM .

Plus, sometimes you CAN'T control what the NVC will checklist for! They like to make their own rules up along the way .

Hahaha I must have read it maybe in the May 130 forum then and it sticked to my mind lol!

[PCOZ 32]

Well said. This process is so frustrating and shouldn't need to be. We have a similar timeline, so fingers crossed we cross paths in Sydney at an interview very soon!

Yes, I think we are some of the last of the lot still waiting. Sydney or bust!

[Monica2013 30]

sick on waiting

[meehan 43]

Rock bottom. I called and spoke to Arthur (who is a JERK by the way) who said we had received a checklist for our AOS package. He kept telling me that my sponsor hadn't included his 2013 income. I agreed that he hadn't, but that was because he had an extension approved on is filing and that the letter from the IRS confirming approval of his extension had been included. All information provided was for 2012. Long story short, I eventually spoke to supervisor Kylie who confirmed that a formal review would be done and to call back tomorrow. I asked whether my package could be reviewed without the need for a joint sponsor given I had satisfied the assets requirement, but she said that I would have to submit a withdrawal of sponsor request to do that.

So I think I'm stuck either way - submit another copy of the IRS letter or submit a withdrawal of sponsor letter. Either way it will add another 30 days. I just don't know whether I should get my aunt in the US to post one of these things today so it's there tomorrow, or if I should wait and speak to the supervisor tomorrow knowing that that will out another weekend between us and a case complete (in addition to the extra 30 days).

Any advice? I genuinely don't know whether the letter from the IRS was included - I sent all information to my aunt and uncle and asked them to add theirs to the package before sending it to NVC.

Separately - got the full Arthur experience when he started the conversation by tearing me to shreds for using Skype and my voice not being loud enough. He must be deaf because no other agent has had any trouble hearing me before. It went downhill from there...

[Lottry 14]

Hello All,
congratulation for all case complete
I just called NVC and still no update on my case (waiting on my wife IV fee 20 days now), as you all know the 30days song, but she also told me that they are working overtime and weekend (do not know how true is that),,,nothing we can do except waiting

sick on waiting

SAME HERE!!

[B&T_P 34]

I called again today, our AOS has been approved and i should bring the missing document on my interview, what exactly will be mentioned in the interview mail. NVC doesn't need anything else for AOS... Huh... DS 260 has been reviewed and accepted, BUT IV package has not been reviewed yet, to wait for the info in the next two weeks or longer... It's been 4 weeks till now... I hope they will review the package sooner... hope... hope...

I had it luck till now all the NVC representatives was super cool and nice

Edited June 19, 2014 by B&T_P

[jsumner86 403]

Rock bottom. I called and spoke to Arthur (who is a JERK by the way) who said we had received a checklist for our AOS package. He kept telling me that my sponsor hadn't included his 2013 income. I agreed that he hadn't, but that was because he had an extension approved on is filing and that the letter from the IRS confirming approval of his extension had been included. All information provided was for 2012. Long story short, I eventually spoke to supervisor Kylie who confirmed that a formal review would be done and to call back tomorrow. I asked whether my package could be reviewed without the need for a joint sponsor given I had satisfied the assets requirement, but she said that I would have to submit a withdrawal of sponsor request to do that.

So I think I'm stuck either way - submit another copy of the IRS letter or submit a withdrawal of sponsor letter. Either way it will add another 30 days. I just don't know whether I should get my aunt in the US to post one of these things today so it's there tomorrow, or if I should wait and speak to the supervisor tomorrow knowing that that will out another weekend between us and a case complete (in addition to the extra 30 days).

Any advice? I genuinely don't know whether the letter from the IRS was included - I sent all information to my aunt and uncle and asked them to add theirs to the package before sending it to NVC.

Separately - got the full Arthur experience when he started the conversation by tearing me to shreds for using Skype and my voice not being loud enough. He must be deaf because no other agent has had any trouble hearing me before. It went downhill from there...

I'm so sorry you had to deal with Arthur. He does that to everyone. My poor wife got him twice. Once he hung up on her, and the second time he did the same fiasco. "If your'e on skype..!" I remember her getting very strict tone and said "I'm NOT using skype!". He must be deaf..!

[Saylin 1,605]

Well, we hired a lawyer two weeks ago and we are still waiting for the IV invoice. So there's that! Ugh...

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You need to have a lawyer attached to your case BEFORE the NVC stage, otherwise they obviously can't be automatically selected as agent when they input your case. Hence why you had to fill out a DS-261, since you had no legal representation already.