K1 Visa Application

[gatordub 0]

Is income tax returns needed for k1 visa application? I have not filed my income tax for the past 3 years. What should i do? Pls. need your advice...

Thank you.

Gatordub

[Ash.1101 1,756]

Depends on why you haven't filed.

Have you not filed because you weren't legally required to file (made under the minimum threshold), or did you not file because you just didn't want to file?


If you weren't legally required to file, then you can attach a statement saying why you didn't file. If you currently make enough to meet the poverty guidelines, you should still be fine as long as you were NOT legally required to file in the past three years.

Here are the minimums required to file : http://www.efile.com/tax/do-i-need-to-file-a-tax-return/

If you chose not to file because you didn't want too, you need to file your taxes and get it over with.

If you still don't make enough to file, then you don't meet the guidelines to be the only sponsor for your fiance, and you will need a cosponsor.


But yes, if your fiance shows up at the visa interview with no tax returns, they could give your fiance a form asking for the tax returns. You either need tax returns/tax transcripts or a statement saying why you don't have them.

Edited July 13, 2016 by Ash.1101

[gatordub 0]

Thanks for your reply Ash.1101, Actually i owe a lot in the IRS about $10,000. so i just did not care to file since then. Now i need to file a fiancee visa and it said income tax returns are a requirement. I don't know where to get help for my tax returns. They said i can make payment plan for it but i am afraid that it would affect my k1 application.

Thanks again

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

As Ash.1101 has advised, you're going to probably want to "clean up" your lack of tax filings. I failed to file for several years, mostly through laziness but also because of a tax payment I could not afford to fully pay on my last filed return. Years later, I was nervous when I went into an IRS office to discuss my situation but it turned out that they had simply retained my tax refunds for several years which had covered my previous shortfall. In the end, they didn't require me to file for the missing years, but in your case, you're probably either going to want to file for those missing years or get a copy of the IRS documents for those years.

Good luck.

EDIT: Okay, I just read your response to Ash and it seems like you situation roughly parallels my situation in the past, although your amount owed, $10k vs mine, $1,000 is a pretty big difference. My advice is the same, though. Start with a trip to the IRS office. They're helpful. They're not waiting around with handcuffs ready to haul you off to jail. They'll have records of all of your income tax data for the missed years. You might owe less than $10k.

[gatordub 0]

Thank you for sharing all your experiences and for giving me your advices. I will definitely visit an IRS so i can start cleaning up my income tax status and so that i can start filing my application for Fiancee visa.

Thank you guys so much. I appreciate it.

Gatordub