Reporting Freelancer employment on I-130A

[hzlf 0]

So I've been freelancing on and off for the past couple of years with different companies doing different jobs (voice recording, online tutoring, etc). I don't know how to put that information on the I-130 and I-130A. There's a lot of gaps in between so I don't know if I should say I'm unemployed, self-employed, etc or even what dates to put down. I was thinking maybe I could put down self-employed but then I don't know what occupation to put down since I do a bunch of different things. Does anyone have any experience reporting freelancer as a job for this? Thanks

[EatBulaga 407]

1 hour ago, hzlf said:

So I've been freelancing on and off for the past couple of years with different companies doing different jobs (voice recording, online tutoring, etc). I don't know how to put that information on the I-130 and I-130A. There's a lot of gaps in between so I don't know if I should say I'm unemployed, self-employed, etc or even what dates to put down. I was thinking maybe I could put down self-employed but then I don't know what occupation to put down since I do a bunch of different things. Does anyone have any experience reporting freelancer as a job for this? Thanks

Do you have 1099s or W2s from each of your freelance jobs?

Do you have IRS tax transcripts from the past 3 years?

 

[hzlf 0]

2 hours ago, EatBulaga said:

Do you have 1099s or W2s from each of your freelance jobs?

Do you have IRS tax transcripts from the past 3 years?

 

I'm Canadian so no, I don't. I'm the beneficiary, will they need my tax assessments as well?

[EatBulaga 407]

6 hours ago, hzlf said:

I'm Canadian so no, I don't. I'm the beneficiary, will they need my tax assessments as well?

What earnings documentation or tax assessments does Canada require of you to tax your earnings?

 

You won't need to worry about US taxes until you get a Social Security Number. 

 

Beneficiary’s job description is not as important as the petitioner's job description to prove financial support for I-130. Without more documentation, you can just label yourself something like "freelance contractor" (if you work by contract) or just "freelance services" unless you have earnings documents or tax assessments with more specific job labels?

Edited January 23 by EatBulaga

[pushbrk 13,173]

20 hours ago, hzlf said:

So I've been freelancing on and off for the past couple of years with different companies doing different jobs (voice recording, online tutoring, etc). I don't know how to put that information on the I-130 and I-130A. There's a lot of gaps in between so I don't know if I should say I'm unemployed, self-employed, etc or even what dates to put down. I was thinking maybe I could put down self-employed but then I don't know what occupation to put down since I do a bunch of different things. Does anyone have any experience reporting freelancer as a job for this? Thanks

Sounds to me like you have been self employed, from home, as a "freelance something" the whole time, or any time you were not directly employed during the last five years.