Filling up a new I-864 form

[RhineMaiden 23]

Hi everyone and good day! My daughter's interview date is approaching and I am sitting here with a checklist in hand, it shows that she needs to bring I-864 Affidavit of Support, tax returns, etc., - so I am assuming they are asking for the same/duplicate docs I sent to NVC during the immigration process.

 

My concern is that when I submitted all the required financial documents to NVC is that I did not make a photocopy of the I-864 and I-864a (I, an LPR as petitioner and my husband as co-sponsor). So my question is, will it be OK to just fill up a new form and that would be the document my daughter will bring to her interview? Will there be any issue if so? It's not like any data has changed and that I will fill it up any different, everything has been answered with all honesty so  I really am just assuming that all I have to do is just fill it up exactly like how I did before with all the same documentations (tax returns) I used during the time. 

 

Thanks in advance!

Edited January 30, 2018 by RhineMaiden

[kris&me 572]

Was it listed on the checklist as needed?

mine checklist said sent to embassy from NVC

[RhineMaiden 23]

2 minutes ago, kris&me said:

Was it listed on the checklist as needed?

mine checklist said sent to embassy from NVC

So I just had a second look on the interview letter where it says:

 

"If a sponsor filed an I-864 (Affidavit of Suppport) AND provided NVC with proof of an IRS Federal Income Tax Return in lieu of a Federal Income Tax Return, you must bring the sponsor's most recent Federal Income Tax Return to the visa interview."

 

.... so I'm guessing that there is no need to try and fill up a new I-864 form and that I should just send my daughter photocopies of our recent tax returns?

[Sherlock23 17]

On 1/30/2018 at 11:42 PM, RhineMaiden said:

So I just had a second look on the interview letter where it says:

 

"If a sponsor filed an I-864 (Affidavit of Suppport) AND provided NVC with proof of an IRS Federal Income Tax Return in lieu of a Federal Income Tax Return, you must bring the sponsor's most recent Federal Income Tax Return to the visa interview."

 

.... so I'm guessing that there is no need to try and fill up a new I-864 form and that I should just send my daughter photocopies of our recent tax returns?

Hi! I have been wondering the same thing. My stepson will also be having his interview soon. Please keep us updated if the embassy asked for new I-864 even if the original was sent to the NVC. Thanks a lot.

 

Btw, I read this online

• Family-based visa applications: 

- A signed Affidavit of Support from your petitioner and any additional financial sponsors who submitted a Form I-864 on behalf of your visa application.  Applicants may bring photocopies and scanned versions of signed Forms I-864 and associated documents. (Please note that the form must still be signed; typed names and electronic signatures will not be accepted.) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview/interview-prepare/required-documents.html

 

I sent my stepson an AOS copy that I signed again but looks like they are accepting a scanned copy as long as the form is signed. 

 

Edited February 19, 2018 by Sherlock23

[RhineMaiden 23]

1 hour ago, Sherlock23 said:

Hi! I have been wondering the same thing. My stepson will also be having his interview soon. Please keep us updated if the embassy asked for new I-864 even if the original was sent to the NVC. Thanks a lot.

 

Btw, I read this online

• Family-based visa applications: 

- A signed Affidavit of Support from your petitioner and any additional financial sponsors who submitted a Form I-864 on behalf of your visa application.  Applicants may bring photocopies and scanned versions of signed Forms I-864 and associated documents. (Please note that the form must still be signed; typed names and electronic signatures will not be accepted.) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview/interview-prepare/required-documents.html

 

I sent my stepson an AOS copy that I signed again but looks like they are accepting a scanned copy as long as the form is signed. 

 

Hi! I did get a little paranoid about it but it really is about paying attention to each and every notice, every letter/email prior to the upcoming interview. I realized, had I not done the I-864 correctly, it would of not got past the NVC stage - they will have it corrected over and over if they have to, and they will keep notifying you about it, I had to correct mine once. So until it's all good to go then it's the only time the process goes forward ----- until that Congratulatory letter a few weeks before the interview arrives stating the things one MUST bring. The one you read online is the more general form of the information but in my case, I did everything by the book and exactly by what my emails stated.

 

Attached is that congratulatory letter I received in my mail. They asked for the specifics so that's what we are going to bring.

[Sherlock23 17]

2 hours ago, RhineMaiden said:

Hi! I did get a little paranoid about it but it really is about paying attention to each and every notice, every letter/email prior to the upcoming interview. I realized, had I not done the I-864 correctly, it would of not got past the NVC stage - they will have it corrected over and over if they have to, and they will keep notifying you about it, I had to correct mine once. So until it's all good to go then it's the only time the process goes forward ----- until that Congratulatory letter a few weeks before the interview arrives stating the things one MUST bring. The one you read online is the more general form of the information but in my case, I did everything by the book and exactly by what my emails stated.

 

Attached is that congratulatory letter I received in my mail. They asked for the specifics so that's what we are going to bring.

Thanks a lot for sharing the congratulatory email you received from the embassy. I am still waiting to receive a letter from them with the specifics about our case. Our case was expedited at the NVC stage earlier this month. I am not sure if they had a chance to look into the documents. The  files are now with Manila Embassy. The only correspondence from Manila Embassy we got so far, is reply from them that I can now schedule the interview. They sent me general instructions.

 

My stepson finished his medical last week and there was no problem. I am going back and forth whether I should schedule his visa interview earlier or if he needs an I-864 with an original signature to bring with him.  

 

 

 

[RhineMaiden 23]

10 hours ago, Sherlock23 said:

Thanks a lot for sharing the congratulatory email you received from the embassy. I am still waiting to receive a letter from them with the specifics about our case. Our case was expedited at the NVC stage earlier this month. I am not sure if they had a chance to look into the documents. The  files are now with Manila Embassy. The only correspondence from Manila Embassy we got so far, is reply from them that I can now schedule the interview. They sent me general instructions.

 

My stepson finished his medical last week and there was no problem. I am going back and forth whether I should schedule his visa interview earlier or if he needs an I-864 with an original signature to bring with him.  

 

 

 

Congratulations and It sounds like scheduling an interview is the only thing left to be done.

 

- So the general information from the checklist found at the website is this:

• Family-based visa applications: 

- A signed Affidavit of Support from your petitioner and any additional financial sponsors who submitted a Form I-864 on behalf of your visa application.  Applicants may bring photocopies and scanned versions of signed Forms I-864 and associated documents. (Please note that the form must still be signed; typed names and electronic signatures will not be accepted.) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview/interview-prepare/required-documents.html

 

- But THE interview letter says this: 

 

"If a sponsor filed an I-864 (Affidavit of Suppport) AND provided NVC with proof of an IRS Federal Income Tax Return in lieu of a Federal Income Tax Return, you must bring the sponsor's most recent Federal Income Tax Return to the visa interview." (also shown in the attached image)

 

...So the way I understand it, that was the I-864 form itself that we filled up and was originally sent to NVC. The I-864 remains with them, it is already taken care of, a new form/a copy of the form/the original form, IS NO longer needed. In my letter, they asked for the ITR (I am providing the last 5 years along with the W2's) specifically.

Edited February 19, 2018 by RhineMaiden

[Sherlock23 17]

8 hours ago, RhineMaiden said:

Congratulations and It sounds like scheduling an interview is the only thing left to be done.

 

- So the general information from the checklist found at the website is this:

• Family-based visa applications: 

- A signed Affidavit of Support from your petitioner and any additional financial sponsors who submitted a Form I-864 on behalf of your visa application.  Applicants may bring photocopies and scanned versions of signed Forms I-864 and associated documents. (Please note that the form must still be signed; typed names and electronic signatures will not be accepted.) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview/interview-prepare/required-documents.html

 

- But THE interview letter says this: 

 

"If a sponsor filed an I-864 (Affidavit of Suppport) AND provided NVC with proof of an IRS Federal Income Tax Return in lieu of a Federal Income Tax Return, you must bring the sponsor's most recent Federal Income Tax Return to the visa interview." (also shown in the attached image)

 

...So the way I understand it, that was the I-864 form itself that we filled up and was originally sent to NVC. The I-864 remains with them, it is already taken care of, a new form/a copy of the form/the original form, IS NO longer needed. In my letter, they asked for the ITR (I am providing the last 5 years along with the W2's) specifically.

Thanks a lot for your help!