I-864 RFE Income Proof Options

[TomColorado 3]

I got an RFE for the I-864.  The RFE language is super general and not sure what they are looking for.  Our best guess is that they want me to resubmit now that I can also provide Tax Year 2022 taxes.  (I originally filed the I-864 in January and didn't have my taxes done for Tax Year 2022.)

 

I am self-employed.  All of my prior years' taxes total income were slightly above the necessary thresshold (though Tax Year 2022 is closer to double the minimum required).  Since I got this RFE and it is making me a bit nervous, I plan to add my sister who has a total income deep in to the six figures as a joint sponsor--because I have heard that if you are self-employed getting I-864 approved can be quite challenging.  Simpler to just add her.  I have assets WAY above the amounts necessary to compensate for any doubts about income, and I included  prrof those assets in the original I-864 submission.

Which of the below options seems most sensible?  Given that I'm adding my sister now as a joint sponser in response to this RFE, would you:

A) just include my last year taxes and sister's last year's taxes and nothing more?  (Both are above the minimum total income threshold, and--in the case of my sister--dramatically so.

 

B) include all three of my last three years taxes and my sister's last year's taxes and nothing more?

 

C) Include just last year's taxes for me and my sister's taxes last year plus include my assets again?

 

D) Include all three years' taxes for me, all three years' taxes for my sister?

 

E) Go whole hog and do all three years' taxes for me, all three years' taxes for her and include copies of my assets.

F) Something else.

Not sure how much is enough and a little nervous since including my assets in original I-864 submission resulted in a RFE.

Edited April 16, 2023 by TomColorado

[Mike E 11,741]

2 minutes ago, TomColorado said:

E) Go whole hog and do all three years' taxes for me, all three years' taxes for her and include copies of my assets.

That one

[TomColorado 3]

Just now, Mike E said:

That one

Wow.  Just to be safe?

[Mike E 11,741]

4 minutes ago, TomColorado said:

Wow.  Just to be safe?

Yes. Three years of income shows that yours is sustainable

[TomColorado 3]

Just now, Mike E said:

Yes. Three years of income shows that yours is sustainable

Thanks a lot.  Appreicate your perspective.  

[K1visaHopeful 2,852]

Once they don’t accept the Affidavit of Support and supporting financial documents you submitted, they automatically tell you your income isn’t sufficient not because your income isn’t sufficient but because you haven’t proved it to their satisfaction because you either did not input the correct amounts into your Affidavit of Support based on your financial documents or you did not submit correct or complete supporting financial documents. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The error is likely not in the amount earned not meeting the guidelines (unless your current income wasnt stable or new employment) but moreso in the form or the financial documents you provided.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember, for self-employed you are only allowed to use your your AGI not your gross.