Late Tax Returns not filed by Embassy IRS branch!

[Kimberley+Dave 0]

Hi,

We finally received notification of our interview date - 20th February - and I am finalizing all the documents for my husband. Last September, I went to the IRS at the Embassy in London to file my tax returns for 2003/2004/2005 as I hadn't been aware that I should have been filing the entire time I lived over here (over 5 years). I have stamped copies of each from the IRS to say that they have received them.

I was reading through some forums and someone posted that if you filed your returns late, you needed to include a transcript of them with copies of the returns. I have just rung the IRS to request copies of the transcripts, only to find out that the returns were never filed!

Has this happened to anyone else? I will be going back to sort this out with the IRS, but if it is not resolved before our interview, will the stamped copies that I have of the original 'filing' of the returns suffice? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Anyta Holland 1]

Kimberley,

When I filed my tax returns I did 3 years altogether, as I wasn't aware that I had to file.

They returned some copies to me with a stamp on them and the date they received, I called and asked if those were good enough to show to the Officer at the interview and they said yes.

Also, I am not sure if you are aware, but you will only need last year's Tax Returns.

Hope this helps!

[Kimberley+Dave 0]

Kimberley,

When I filed my tax returns I did 3 years altogether, as I wasn't aware that I had to file.

They returned some copies to me with a stamp on them and the date they received, I called and asked if those were good enough to show to the Officer at the interview and they said yes.

Also, I am not sure if you are aware, but you will only need last year's Tax Returns.

Hope this helps!

Anyta - thanks for your reply! (sorry I didn't see it as an email notification didn't come through!)

I do have the stamped copies of my returns so that should be fine. But since then I have contacted the IRS in London where I filed and they told me that my returns had been mistakenly filed against my husband's ITIN and I have to fill in a form to resolve that. At least I have proof that I did file! What a mess. Thanks again!

[meauxna 15]

Has this happened to anyone else? I will be going back to sort this out with the IRS, but if it is not resolved before our interview, will the stamped copies that I have of the original 'filing' of the returns suffice? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

All you can do is take what you have. If you have any official notice of your returns not being forwarded by the London office, take a copy of that.

My gut feeling is that it will not be a deal-killer, FWIW.

[Kimberley+Dave 0]

Has this happened to anyone else? I will be going back to sort this out with the IRS, but if it is not resolved before our interview, will the stamped copies that I have of the original 'filing' of the returns suffice? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

All you can do is take what you have. If you have any official notice of your returns not being forwarded by the London office, take a copy of that.

My gut feeling is that it will not be a deal-killer, FWIW.

Thanks! I have the copies of my returns stamped by the IRS at the Embassy when I submitted them, so I think that should be okay. Just to check, although I am working in the Uk and my income will not be considered for sponsorship (I have a joint sponsor) I have put my income on my I-864 so that it matches what I have put on my tax returns. Is that right? I don't think that I should put 'unemployed' etc because that's not true, although I haven't been working in the US.

sorry for all the questions, our interview is on Tuesday and I'm in a panic.

[Kimberley+Dave 0]

Just an update,

They just took the copy of my last tax return that was stamped by the Embassy at the time I submitted it. No problems.