Worried about my fiancé sponser tax background

[K.Sam 7]

My fiancée who is the USA citizen sponsoring me has only done her tax this last year and the previous years she didn’t because it was cash in hand jobs and it was not much money so she didn’t realise she had to file her own tax she thought her employer did that. I’m wondering if, despite the fact she earns great money now, having a lack of tax records could get in the way of me being approved for a k1 visa? We are nervous about it now. 

[geowrian 22,337]

It's not an issue for the K-1 itself as only current income and/or the most recent year's tax return is typically necessary for the I-134.

 

For AOS (after arrival in the US on the K-1 visa) to get the green card, she must have filed federal tax returns for at least the previous 3 years (so long as her income was above the minimum threshold to file).

Sounds like she needs to start filing the back returns.

Failure to file and failure to pay taxes are an IRS issue, but each have a penalty involved that only gets worse over time.

 

31 minutes ago, K.Sam said:

because it was cash in hand jobs

You might want to watch your wording 🤣

[K.Sam 7]

She said she may have the last two years but the job before that she didn’t make any money as it was her own business in music and had zero income and she lived off her parents hand outs for a year while she focused on music. So if there’s nothing to file that would be fine for that year right?!! Some jobs before that were minimum wage cash in had roles that she believes were way below the taxable income .

 

 

oh and we are lesbians so I don’t care about the typo cause we don’t touch men ahahaha 

[geowrian 22,337]

For the year her income was below the minimum required to file, she could mark that she didn't file for that year and state that her income was below filing thresholds on the form (or in an attachment). Not an issue.

 

Just note that the affidavits won't be needed until the interview (for the K-1) and again for AOS (after marriage in the US). It will most likely be at least 2020 before you get to the I-864 for AOS (where the 3 past years being filed is required). So the tax years would likely be 2019, 2018, and 2017. Based on what you said, the year she didn't file shouldn't even be a concern anymore.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

15 minutes ago, K.Sam said:

She said she may have the last two years but the job before that she didn’t make any money as it was her own business in music and had zero income and she lived off her parents hand outs for a year while she focused on music. So if there’s nothing to file that would be fine for that year right?!! Some jobs before that were minimum wage cash in had roles that she believes were way below the taxable income .

 

 

oh and we are lesbians so I don’t care about the typo cause we don’t touch men ahahaha 

There never was a reference to anything to do with the LGBTQ community from @geowrian answer. He/she was letting you know that jobs that are "cash in hand" jobs are taxable income. If you file a for a tax year and do not divulge that income you are now creating tax fraud. Just saying.

 

BTW, the US IRS is not bias to where their money comes from.

[Teemo 252]

7 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

There never was a reference to anything to do with the LGBTQ community from @geowrian answer. He/she was letting you know that jobs that are "cash in hand" jobs are taxable income. If you file a for a tax year and do not divulge that income you are now creating tax fraud. Just saying.

 

BTW, the US IRS is not bias to where their money comes from.

That's not what @geowrian was referring to...

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 minute ago, Teemo said:

That's not what @geowrian was referring to...

Then what was he referring to?

[K.Sam 7]

To everyone saying nobody said anything bad about lgbtq, I never said that anyone did! Lol!!

 

Some commented that I should have done a spell check because me writing “cash in hand  jobs” looked funny / insinuating the sexual meaning. And I laughed it off saying well we are lesbians anyway so whatever..  get me?  I’m having fun with it.  Miscommunications guys x 

[Teemo 252]

1 minute ago, Greenbaum said:

Then what was he referring to?

You've missed the joke 3 times now. He said watch your wording (with a crying with laughter emoji) because she said cash in "hand jobs." Hence the lesbian reply. 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

14 hours ago, Teemo said:

You've missed the joke 3 times now. He said watch your wording (with a crying with laughter emoji) because she said cash in "hand jobs." Hence the lesbian reply. 

Thanks for the explanation. Some of old timers are not well versed in that territory and we sometime, as I just did, missed the punch line.

[SalishSea 17,836]

7 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Thanks for the explanation. Some of old timers are not well versed in that territory and we sometime, as I just did, missed the punch line.

Awww Greenie.   ❤️

[Ryan H 3,812]

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