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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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On 4/25/2023 at 11:02 PM, TBoneTX said:

Related threads have been merged.  Further questions should be asked in the current thread.

Thank you :)

On 4/25/2023 at 10:51 PM, AhmadHamouda said:

What kind of supporting documentation? and sorry you mean the sponsor not her brother right?

 

Also as per below screenshot from instructions for I1040 from IRS, with me as a spouse (not U.S Citizen not living in the U.S and not filing taxes), she should still file taxes?

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Can anyone advise about this please?

 

Also will I need (as applicant) to submit PDF copies of the civil documents now in the process of NVC or just prepare them for the interview at the consultancy? 

March 19, 2022: Submitted I-130
April 19, 2023: I-130 Approved
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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Hello everyone,

 

My spouse is about to submit her i864 so she had some questions we are hesitant about, if you can please help us with answers to these! her questions are as below:


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Question #1: In Part 5. Sponsor’s Household size: I'm filing for my spouse as the principal immigrant, so it auto populated automatically the count "1" in Part 5 Item #1 , but there's a question in item #3 if you're currently married enter 1 for your spouse however if I did then I'm counting my spouse two times so it gives a sum of my household of 3 not 2 (including me) which is not accurate, should I leave item #3 blank? Cause if I entered 1 it will give incorrect number of household and if I put 0 it means I'm not married and I'm married.

 

 

Question #2: In Part 6: Sponsor’s Employment and Income: Should i put income of my Egyptian husband who's working in Egypt in item number 8 in Part 6 or leave it blank? It says in the instructions of the form that I must provide evidence that his income will continue from the current source after obtaining lawful permanent resident status which will not happen as he'll leave his work to travel.

 

Question #3: In Part 6: Sponsor’s Employment and Income: Should I Include my brother (that I'm dependent on in the tax returns and I’m attaching his tax returns as proof) support as income in Part 6?

 

Question #4: Required Financial Documents to be submitted on the website: I have left my job since May 2022 and I’ve been working for eight months in Egypt and I can’t get an employment letter from my Egyptian employer to prove any income during this period. However, my income is below the income tax needed to file taxes (1,645 $ per year in Egypt) and I’m not paying taxes so I’ll just prepare a word document and state the case, and I’ll sign on it and I will attach my brother who’s been filing taxes and putting me as a dependent to prove that I don’t have to file taxes also I will attach a form that I’ve completed an online test from IRS website that gave me the results of “you don’t have to file taxes for 2022” as proof, will that be enough for my financial evidence?

 

Question #5: My other brother will be our joint Sponsor as I'm not making enough money to sponsor my husband, should he file I-864 or I-864EZ? He's currently sponsoring only his wife who he brought to the US which is also Egyptian and has a green card.

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Thank you so much :)

March 19, 2022: Submitted I-130
April 19, 2023: I-130 Approved
April 25, 2023: NVC received file and NVC case number assigned
May 31, 2023: Submitted Documents
June 20, 2023: Case complete at NVC
?? ??, 2023: Interview Letter - WAITING.

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1.  Read the form carefully.  It very clearly says do not count any person more than once.  Item 3 should be "0". 

2.  No, you cannot count his income. 

3.  Joint sponsors must submit a separate I-864.

4.  You are not exempt from paying taxes just because you are a dependent on someone else's taxes.  On your I-864 or in a letter, you must indicate why you are not required to file. 

5.  I-864

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15 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

1.  Read the form carefully.  It very clearly says do not count any person more than once.  Item 3 should be "0". 

2.  No, you cannot count his income. 

3.  Joint sponsors must submit a separate I-864.

4.  You are not exempt from paying taxes just because you are a dependent on someone else's taxes.  On your I-864 or in a letter, you must indicate why you are not required to file. 

5.  I-864

Can you please this attached file from IRS Interactive Tax assistant? It says I shouldn't file taxes, is this true or I should file?

 

And if not, how long does it take to file taxes and get a tax return to be submitted? Like we need to submit today or tomorrow the documents that's the point.

IRS_Interactive_Tax_Assistant_Interview_Summary_Merryhan.pdf

March 19, 2022: Submitted I-130
April 19, 2023: I-130 Approved
April 25, 2023: NVC received file and NVC case number assigned
May 31, 2023: Submitted Documents
June 20, 2023: Case complete at NVC
?? ??, 2023: Interview Letter - WAITING.

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Also another question, sorry for asking too many questions..

 

Do I need to send the submitted civil documents for me as an applicant to NVCElectronic@state.gov? or just submitting and uploading them in the website is enough?

March 19, 2022: Submitted I-130
April 19, 2023: I-130 Approved
April 25, 2023: NVC received file and NVC case number assigned
May 31, 2023: Submitted Documents
June 20, 2023: Case complete at NVC
?? ??, 2023: Interview Letter - WAITING.

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1 minute ago, AhmadHamouda said:

Can you please this attached file from IRS Interactive Tax assistant? It says I shouldn't file taxes, is this true or I should file?

 

And if not, how long does it take to file taxes and get a tax return to be submitted? Like we need to submit today or tomorrow the documents that's the point.

IRS_Interactive_Tax_Assistant_Interview_Summary_Merryhan.pdf 90.39 kB · 0 downloads

If your income is below the filing requirement (after converting it to USD), then just write "below filing threshold" on the I-864.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

If your income is below the filing requirement (after converting it to USD), then just write "below filing threshold" on the I-864.

Yeah but sometimes it's confusing cause I'm married filing separately but my spouse is not filing taxes cause he's Egyptian and he lives in Egypt.

 

So I'll attach this result to explain that yes I'm married filing separately but my threshold is not 5$, I have another threshold cause I'm dependable on my brother taxes.

March 19, 2022: Submitted I-130
April 19, 2023: I-130 Approved
April 25, 2023: NVC received file and NVC case number assigned
May 31, 2023: Submitted Documents
June 20, 2023: Case complete at NVC
?? ??, 2023: Interview Letter - WAITING.

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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~~~Similar topics merged~~~

Our journey:

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

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