The weirdest RFE i have ever heard!!

[The415 5]

hello VJ family!
i have posted my question here but unfortunately i have not got any answers. Please we really need your help!!!

we got an RFE that asks for :

• more financial evidence like W2s,1099s, From 2555 and tax schedules. but my co-sponsor is self-employed so we cant submit these files. and has anyone submitted them before ?
• they said that my joint sponsor does not make 125% of poverty guideline to be able to sponsor me, in their website, it says for 5 people ( inculding me , 2 kids and his wife ) he needs 35,521$, and that is way less than what he makes , his income is 49,916$ for the last year tax returns. and he was my cosponsor for my K1 visa and everything went well, using the same tax returns (2014).
  
  what do you think ?
  please we need your help!
  thank you!

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

What did you submit ? Line 22 on the tax return is what they go by and if he had big deductions then the line 2 amount may be too low.

Tax transcripts should be submitted, contracts, a self employment income ledger, bank statements, bank letter showing deposits.

What type of business does he have ?

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

If your co-sponsor is self employed, then he will have the tax documents they are requesting. Did you submit his tax forms or a tax transcript? Also, when you are self employed, you are allowed deductions that reduce your actual income, so if he made 45,000.00 but his tax deductions were 23,000.00, then his actual income is 22,000.00 which maybe below the poverty level.

The K-1 is 100% not 125%, so his income was OK.

[MADDEN 40]

If your co-sponsor is self employed, then he will have the tax documents they are requesting. Did you submit his tax forms or a tax transcript? Also, when you are self employed, you are allowed deductions that reduce your actual income, so if he made 45,000.00 but his tax deductions were 23,000.00, then his actual income is 22,000.00 which maybe below the poverty level.

The K-1 is 100% not 125%, so his income was OK.

Is it not 100% for active duty military and 125% for all other sponsor's as it states on the guidelines?

[The415 5]

What did you submit ? Line 22 on the tax return is what they go by and if he had big deductions then the line 2 amount may be too low.

Tax transcripts should be submitted, contracts, a self employment income ledger, bank statements, bank letter showing deposits.

What type of business does he have ?

we submited the last 3 years of tax returns transcripts.

he has a painting company.

thank you for your help1

is my work permit EAD still pending or they stopped working on until we submit the RFE for the I485?

because i believe they work on the 3 applications seperatly and so far i did not get an RFE for the EAD.

[The415 5]

If your co-sponsor is self employed, then he will have the tax documents they are requesting. Did you submit his tax forms or a tax transcript? Also, when you are self employed, you are allowed deductions that reduce your actual income, so if he made 45,000.00 but his tax deductions were 23,000.00, then his actual income is 22,000.00 which maybe below the poverty level.

The K-1 is 100% not 125%, so his income was OK.

WE SUBMITTED THE TAX TRANSCRIPTS FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS .

thank you for the clarification. is it okay to have a different cosponsor than the one i had for my K1?

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

we submited the last 3 years of tax returns transcripts.

he has a painting company.

thank you for your help1

is my work permit EAD still pending or they stopped working on until we submit the RFE for the I485?

because i believe they work on the 3 applications seperatly and so far i did not get an RFE for the EAD.

EAD processing will stop until the RFE is reviewed >>>>> http://www.uscis.gov/forms/tip-sheet-employment-authorization-applications-pending-more-75-days

You just have to prove what his projected income is for the future, he can write a letter what amount is projected and why and back it up

with some written evidence (future contracts based on past years of experience etc.)They don't just want to know the past income but his future income,

for a self employed individual this is projected income.

[V24 21]

This is totally not weird and one of the most common rfes, we got it too despite being over the poverty line. Just send the same stuff and more of what they ask

[NancyNguyen 1,658]

Completely normal, if he is married and filed jointly, spouse might need to do I-864A even she makes nothing.

[llcoolmg 20]

hello VJ family!

i have posted my question here but unfortunately i have not got any answers. Please we really need your help!!!

we got an RFE that asks for :

• more financial evidence like W2s,1099s, From 2555 and tax schedules. but my co-sponsor is self-employed so we cant submit these files. and has anyone submitted them before ?

1099s are pretty standard if you're self employed. Looks like they are wanting complete tax returns, not just the first two pages, but the complete return and it's attachments and schedules.

Long story short your sponsor arrived at an amount on his tax return. What ever that amount is, he needs to be able to account for it. That financial evidence can be 1099s, cancelled checks, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, bank statements, receipts, etc...

[WandY 430]

You need a CPA, especially if you are self-employed. It is not too late - hire one. A CPA will certify the tax information. It's worth every penny.

[Shauneg 762]

Is it not 100% for active duty military and 125% for all other sponsor's as it states on the guidelines?

For clarity sake the 134 is 100% for all, the adjustment of status is 125%, so they were maybe good enough for visa but not to adjust given deductions. Military is 100% for the whole process.