RFIE for AOS I-485, what exactly does the USCIS need from us?

[Oc34n 0]

Hello everyone,

Today my husband (USC,  petitioner) and I (beneficiary) received a yellow letter RFIE for form I-485.

We don't understand what exactly they need from us because in the letter it looked like they're saying in the first page "You need another sponsor because the petitioner doesn't meet the 125% poverty guidelines." 

Then on the 2nd page it sounds like "The sponsor is adequate but deficient in paperwork needed to proceed."

Are my assumptions here correct? Did I interpret the RFIE correctly? 

 

If we're indeed required another sponsor that would meet the poverty guideline, why is that when based on Form I-864P my husband does meet the guideline for a 2 member household?

 

Is it because it's not much past the minimum? 

I'm also currently not working as we're still waiting for my EAD.

 

We included in the package:

Tax return transcripts from IRS (2016, 2017, 2018)

Two W-2s for 2018 tax year because he changed jobs

4 months salary stubs from my husband's employment 

 

We didn't send any copies of tax schedules. Could this be the reason for the "deficiency in paperwork"? Any other paperwork we should have to sent? Any other we could submit?

 

Did they make a mistake here?

 

 

Please go to https://imgur.com/a/2aVUvPl for images.

 

Any insight regarding our case would be greatly appreciated.Thank you all.

 

 

Edited November 1, 2019 by Oc34n

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

37 minutes ago, Oc34n said:

Hello everyone,

Today my husband (USC,  petitioner) and I (beneficiary) received a yellow letter RFIE for form I-485.

We don't understand what exactly they need from us because in the letter it looked like they're saying in the first page "You need another sponsor because the petitioner doesn't meet the 125% poverty guidelines." 

Then on the 2nd page it sounds like "The sponsor is adequate but deficient in paperwork needed to proceed."

Are my assumptions here correct? Did I interpret the RFIE correctly? 

 

If we're indeed required another sponsor that would meet the poverty guideline, why is that when based on Form I-864P my husband does meet the guideline for a 2 member household?

 

Is it because it's not much past the minimum? 

I'm also currently not working as we're still waiting for my EAD.

 

We included in the package:

Tax return transcripts from IRS (2016, 2017, 2018)

Two W-2s for 2018 tax year because he changed jobs

4 months salary stubs from my husband's employment 

 

We didn't send any copies of tax schedules. Could this be the reason for the "deficiency in paperwork"? Any other paperwork we should have to sent? Any other we could submit?

 

Did they make a mistake here?

 

 

Please go to https://imgur.com/a/2aVUvPl for images.

 

Any insight regarding our case would be greatly appreciated.Thank you all.

Honestly it looks like you barely submitted anything at all and you are lucky it wasn't denied outright. You need to submit what was requested.

[Oc34n 0]

9 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

Honestly it looks like you barely submitted anything at all and you are lucky it wasn't denied outright. You need to submit what was requested.

What do you mean? We've sent everything that's applicable to us on the checklist.https://www.uscis.gov/i-485Checklist

 

My letter is concerning the I-864 Affidavit of Support. https://www.uscis.gov/i-864

My husband's not self employed.

He has no other source of income. 

 

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[NikLR 13,227]

Why did you send w2 when you sent tax transcripts?

Sending a w2 without the rest of the return is just an incomplete tax return. 

[Oc34n 0]

34 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Why did you send w2 when you sent tax transcripts?

Sending a w2 without the rest of the return is just an incomplete tax return. 

Was it okay to send only IRS tax return transcripts only? If we knew W2 weren't necessary we wouldn't have.

But we were advised that it was okay to include W2 along with transcripts. 😣

[Lebanese23 303]

this is what I sent and i was fine, did you submit the bolded below?

 

Form I-864 Affidavit of Support & supporting documents:

• Copy of biographical page of passport
• Copy of birth certificate
• Copy of 2017 IRS tax Transcript
• Employment letter verification
• Copies of most 6 recent Pay stubs

[carmel34 3,635]

12 hours ago, Oc34n said:

Is it because it's not much past the minimum?

bingo

 

looks like you'll need a joint sponsor

[Oc34n 0]

6 hours ago, carmel34 said:

bingo

 

looks like you'll need a joint sponsor

Yeah we've came around to that eventually. We think it's the smartest move from here.

Thank you for replying.

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone else who took the time to reply.