sponsor not living in the US - AOS

[jaxi 1]

Hi,

My husband and I have arrived to filling the AOS. My husband is a US Citizen however is living in Malta at the moment, thus is living his income from here. He has however filed tax returns to the US the last 3 years.

As his annual income is in Euros and not in $, we are planning to input his annual income in $ through a conversion. As conversions change with time, should we input the conversion to date?

Should we input Malta's filed taxes, US' filed taxes or both?

In the sponsor's household, should we mark no.3 even if I am the sponsored immigrant?

[Snorlux 58]

There's an IRS website that gives you the average conversion rate for the year and you can use that on tax returns etc. I do that all the time and they keep the currency rates for the past 5 years.

Here's the link: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/yearly-average-currency-exchange-rates

Also I would file both US tax returns and Malta tax returns! Better give them more than they need than least.

[jaxi 1]

Thank you for your fast reply!

So on the actual form, as there is no space to write both tax returns, do you suggest to write the US one and then send the Maltese ones as documents?

[Snorlux 58]

So here's the thing, any income an american citizen makes abroad should be reported on a US tax return every year even if you live abroad.. So ideally your husband should have been reporting his income on a US tax return every year.. In that case, I would use the $ number he reported on a US tax return for each year.

So yeah, I would write in the US number on the form and send the maltese tax return and also a copy of his US tax returns for the past 3 years, if he filed them. I'm guessing USCIS will pay more attention on the US tax returns rather than the maltese but you never know. You can also give them a call and see what they say.

[Kastrs 723]

Hi,

My husband and I have arrived to filling the AOS. My husband is a US Citizen however is living in Malta at the moment, thus is living his income from here. He has however filed tax returns to the US the last 3 years.

As his annual income is in Euros and not in $, we are planning to input his annual income in $ through a conversion. As conversions change with time, should we input the conversion to date?

Should we input Malta's filed taxes, US' filed taxes or both?

In the sponsor's household, should we mark no.3 even if I am the sponsored immigrant?

You will likely need a co sponsor, his income will very likely be below the required amount after the foreign income exclusion is accounted for, also, will this job be continuing when your husband comes to the US?

And no, your household size is 2 if it is just you and your husband