tax return for AOS I-864

[roserose 0]

Hi everyone, this is my first post here but I am not a new member. VJ has helped me a lot since we applied for K1 visa and now I am in the US filing for AOS. I do need your help about this tax return thing for I-864.

Last July the official quotes say "Reduces required initial documentation: Each sponsor is now required to submit as initial evidence only his or her single most recent tax return rather than tax returns from the three most recent federal tax returns, pay stub(s) covering the most recent six months, and an employer letter."

We only submit the latest 1 year's tax return when we sent in the application in January following the above information and 3 months later we got the interview appointment yersterday. What confuses us is that in this letter there's a "checklist" thing asking us to bring the 3 most recent tax returns for the interview.

Is it ok if we only bring the latest 1 year's tax return at the AOS interview? Does anybody who filed recently have similar experience?

Thank you for your response.

[KarenCee 3]

I believe the interview does ask for the last three years tax returns. I submitted only one year but then again my husband's AOS transferred to CSC. IMHO I would take all three, just as the letter says. Best wishes with the interview!

[Dr_LHA 3]

You should bring to the interview exactly what the checklist tells you to. That said, I was never asked for any tax returns at my interview, and I only submitted 1 with I-864. Doesn't mean that your interviewer won't ask though.

Edited May 8, 2007 by Dr_LHA

[roserose 0]

You should bring to the interview exactly what the checklist tells you to. That said, I was never asked for any tax returns at my interview, and I only submitted 1 with I-864. Doesn't mean that your interviewer won't ask though.

Thank you! I thought the AOS appointment letter usually had the same content (except unique case information of course). So maybe the checklists could be different for different cases?

I guess we should prepare 3 years tax return just in case. Thanks again KarenCee and Dr_LHA!

[Dr_LHA 3]

Thank you! I thought the AOS appointment letter usually had the same content (except unique case information of course). So maybe the checklists could be different for different cases?

I believe the checklist on the interview letter is the same checklist that everyone gets, but its clear that the requirements of the latest I-864 and the interview checklist are currently different.

I guess we should prepare 3 years tax return just in case.

Sounds like a good plan!