SEPTEMBER 2021 NVC SUBMISSIONS

[Nana040607 37]

Anyone else DQ for September submissions?

[jd2502 29]

I have submitted Fees and Documents to NVC on Sep 29th for my IR5 parents case. So I am part of this thread as well. Look forward to get documentary qualified status soon for all of us.

[Lee98 7]

My last document was submitted September 7th. Got 3 FE review messages today. All the documents we originally submitted were accepted. The FE reviews were:

1. Submit every 2020 W2/1099

2. Message saying the case doesn't meet minimum income requirement. (We already knew this and had already submitted proof of assets, these proofs we're accepted, total value is at least double the necessary amount)

3. Submit evidence of income (I'm self employed)

 

I don't have any W2's but I do have one 1099 which I'll submit, wish they asked for this originally. Not really sure how to show evidence of self employed income, that's why we submitted proof of assets. Guess we're back at the end of the line regardless. 

 

[Saqib-s 188]

36 minutes ago, Lee98 said:

My last document was submitted September 7th. Got 3 FE review messages today. All the documents we originally submitted were accepted. The FE reviews were:

1. Submit every 2020 W2/1099

2. Message saying the case doesn't meet minimum income requirement. (We already knew this and had already submitted proof of assets, these proofs we're accepted, total value is at least double the necessary amount)

3. Submit evidence of income (I'm self employed)

 

I don't have any W2's but I do have one 1099 which I'll submit, wish they asked for this originally. Not really sure how to show evidence of self employed income, that's why we submitted proof of assets. Guess we're back at the end of the line regardless. 

 

Hi Lee,

Great to hear you got reviewed, sorry to hear it was a RFE. The request for all W2/1099 for most recent tax year is a regular RFE, even if you submit the transcript or have no W2, they want seem to have a check box that needs addressing, if there is no W2/1099 you need to submit a signed statement to say so etc. 

We initially thought of using assets and were advised against this by our attorney, he said the NVC are trained to primarily look for income and qualifying based on assets is much harder, as you need to show using them would not represent a undue hardship etc. So we found a joint sponsor which is much more common path towards qualifying. 

Thanks for posting and updating us, hope you get it sorted quickly. 

 

 

[amegster 11]

51 minutes ago, Lee98 said:

My last document was submitted September 7th. Got 3 FE review messages today. All the documents we originally submitted were accepted. The FE reviews were:

1. Submit every 2020 W2/1099

2. Message saying the case doesn't meet minimum income requirement. (We already knew this and had already submitted proof of assets, these proofs we're accepted, total value is at least double the necessary amount)

3. Submit evidence of income (I'm self employed)

 

I don't have any W2's but I do have one 1099 which I'll submit, wish they asked for this originally. Not really sure how to show evidence of self employed income, that's why we submitted proof of assets. Guess we're back at the end of the line regardless. 

 

Sorry to hear about the RFE. Our last doc was submitted Sept. 8th, so this is hopeful that we are getting very close. I'm also self-employed and don't meet the income requirement and don't have W2 or 1099, so a bit nervous hearing your experience. I did upload bank statements, signed a letter stating my situation and have 2 join sponsors.

 

Some people find they get reviewed quickly after an RFE and others back to the line. Hope yours is the former.

[Lee98 7]

12 minutes ago, amegster said:

Sorry to hear about the RFE. Our last doc was submitted Sept. 8th, so this is hopeful that we are getting very close. I'm also self-employed and don't meet the income requirement and don't have W2 or 1099, so a bit nervous hearing your experience. I did upload bank statements, signed a letter stating my situation and have 2 join sponsors.

 

Some people find they get reviewed quickly after an RFE and others back to the line. Hope yours is the former.

I'm guessing you're just a day or two away from review. Seems like a lot of requests for W2/1099 lately so I wouldn't be surprised if they request it. 

[Lee98 7]

33 minutes ago, Saqib-s said:

Hi Lee,

Great to hear you got reviewed, sorry to hear it was a RFE. The request for all W2/1099 for most recent tax year is a regular RFE, even if you submit the transcript or have no W2, they want seem to have a check box that needs addressing, if there is no W2/1099 you need to submit a signed statement to say so etc. 

We initially thought of using assets and were advised against this by our attorney, he said the NVC are trained to primarily look for income and qualifying based on assets is much harder, as you need to show using them would not represent a undue hardship etc. So we found a joint sponsor which is much more common path towards qualifying. 

Thanks for posting and updating us, hope you get it sorted quickly. 

 

 

Maybe we should have gone the joint sponsor route.. It seemed like adding a joint sponsor adds a lot of variables for mistakes so we avoided it as our proof of assets it pretty clear and easy to prove.

[Saqib-s 188]

1 hour ago, Lee98 said:

Maybe we should have gone the joint sponsor route.. It seemed like adding a joint sponsor adds a lot of variables for mistakes so we avoided it as our proof of assets it pretty clear and easy to prove.

yeah i initially thought so too, but our attorney's advice was that the opposite was true, going the joint sponsor route is a common path that the NVC are well versed with reviewing, the asset route is more difficult, and containing more pitfalls and delays. 

 

you said earlier that your assets were at least double, I'm not sure where you got this standard from, my understanding is that the requirement is 3 times or 5 times the poverty guideline for your household, (see here) depending on your circumstances, even then there a number of conditions the assets have to meet like being liquid, and being able to move form foreign country to US if they are abroad, and the requirement that it doesn't impose hardship on the person if they are used etc. 

 

There's a few threads on here with people who have struggled to meet the asset requirement due to their stocks / home not meeting some assessment criteria. if you do a few searches you should be able to find them. 

 

Again I really hope you hope you get it sorted soon, and are successful, I will not keep this conversation going as we'll digress further from the main point of this post, feel free to open a new thread in this forum which will be seem by more people, and will be the right place for a discussion. 

 

and one more thing ... please fill in your timeline and profile on here, it helps everyone out to know where you are in your journey, and will help to put your future questions and posts into context. 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2021 by Saqib-s

[CG3 17]

Woot! NVC is officially in September y'all.

 

"As of 6-DEC-2021, we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 7-SEP-2021."

Edited December 6, 2021 by CG3

[etrangais 947]

11 minutes ago, CG3 said:

Woot! NVC is officially in September y'all.

 

"As of 6-DEC-2021, we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 7-SEP-2021."

I hope they keep the momentum of at least a week by week progress through the holidays

[whiterabbitt 37]

58 minutes ago, CG3 said:

Woot! NVC is officially in September y'all.

 

"As of 6-DEC-2021, we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 7-SEP-2021."

Oh my gosh! This is great news. We are so close, our final submission was 14/15th Sep.

 

Have been seeing a lot of 2-10th Sep DQs lately so this movement makes a lot of sense.

 

Hopefully this time next week will we hear something, fingers crossed! Good luck everyone, it’s finally our September time 🥳

[etrangais 947]

42 minutes ago, whiterabbitt said:

Oh my gosh! This is great news. We are so close, our final submission was 14/15th Sep.

 

Have been seeing a lot of 2-10th Sep DQs lately so this movement makes a lot of sense.

 

Hopefully this time next week will we hear something, fingers crossed! Good luck everyone, it’s finally our September time 🥳

you should hear something this week. I hope it is a DQ

Good luck to all

[RJ&RD 30]

2 hours ago, etrangais said:

you should hear something this week. I hope it is a DQ

Good luck to all

Hopefully! According to history they start moving slow as they come closer to the holidays.

[Queenlizy 16]

13 hours ago, RJ&RD said:

Hopefully! According to history they start moving slow as they come closer to the holidays.

Hello guys! Any DQs yesterday? 

[littlecesar04 0]

We submitted all our documents to NVC, 20th August 2021 and Still There, now they are reviewing docs sent on september 7,  did they forget about us?