I-864 Tax Transcripts Questions

[Erin and Muraari 0]

Hello All

I have a couple of odd questions about the I-864 form. This might be a problem seen by people who had to do DCF etc. So my fiancee is a dual US and Canadian citizen and she has lived in Canada all her life. Oddly, I am the non-US citizen (also Canadian) living in Seattle on an H1-B visa since April, 2006.

1) My fiancee has filed her taxes in Canada, and then filed her taxes with IRS. But IRS allows anyone living outside the US for the most of the year to simply exclude their foreign income. So anyway, becasue of this her income on the past 3 years of tax transcripts shows up as zero. And they will on the 2006 return we just filed for her too. How badly is this going to affect us? Since she is still a student in Canada, obviously her income has been low enought o exclude regularly.

2) She has a job offer in Baltimore, and we can use that as intent to establish domicile in the US. Can we also submit this letter listing her salary information as part of the I-864 application?

3) My salary will continue from the same source in the US. So can I submit a letter from my employer saying this, and a copy of my 2006 tax return to show that together we meet the poverty guidelines?

Any other suggestions you have for making our I-864 package stronger will be greatly appreciated. This is pretty much the only part of the application we are a little worried about.

Thanks very much all

Muraari

[meauxna 15]

Hello All

I have a couple of odd questions about the I-864 form. This might be a problem seen by people who had to do DCF etc. So my fiancee is a dual US and Canadian citizen and she has lived in Canada all her life. Oddly, I am the non-US citizen (also Canadian) living in Seattle on an H1-B visa since April, 2006.

1) My fiancee has filed her taxes in Canada, and then filed her taxes with IRS. But IRS allows anyone living outside the US for the most of the year to simply exclude their foreign income. So anyway, becasue of this her income on the past 3 years of tax transcripts shows up as zero. And they will on the 2006 return we just filed for her too. How badly is this going to affect us? Since she is still a student in Canada, obviously her income has been low enought o exclude regularly.

2) She has a job offer in Baltimore, and we can use that as intent to establish domicile in the US. Can we also submit this letter listing her salary information as part of the I-864 application?

3) My salary will continue from the same source in the US. So can I submit a letter from my employer saying this, and a copy of my 2006 tax return to show that together we meet the poverty guidelines?

Any other suggestions you have for making our I-864 package stronger will be greatly appreciated. This is pretty much the only part of the application we are a little worried about.

Thanks very much all

Muraari

Sorry you got missed here.. yes, people filing via DCF are more familiar with this situation.

1- The tax transcripts/returns from the past years do not have to meet/exceed the PG for her family. She may want to summarize her past income in Canada as an attachment to show her earning potential. I was questioned about my past work, even though my current income (at that time) was insufficient (I was living outside the US).

2-Yes, documenting a job offer in the US helps them establish domicile eligibility and shows that she's got income prospects.

3- The combination of all of the things will make the strong picture. As long as you two are married, your income (US) can be included on the I-864. Assuming your income is +125%PG (or you wouldn't be an H-1B), it's really your income that will carry the day, but she has to qualify via domicile.

If you want to include any assets, held by either of you, in either country, document them thoroughly. The addition of her resume or job & income history is the only booster I can think of off the top of my head.