About sponsorship

[Rogueabed 1]

15 hours ago, PGA said:

First things first and it seems you guys have quite a bit of work to do.

- She needs to file taxes for at least the last 3 years; she can file Married filing separate with you as NRA

- Maybe I missed it but I didn't see too much about about income. Does her income come from the US and will it continue once you relocate? Most importantly, does she have enough to meet the limits to sponsor 3? It sounds like you may definitely need a joint sponsor. 

- I would start establishing residence using mom's address (if mom approves), even if just "temporary." 

- Investigate whether or not she has that bank account still and see if it's been officially closed of if it's just dormant, if dormant I would try to make it active again with a deposit and make sure the address on the account reflects her mom's address.  

 

This is just a start and I'm sure I missed a few things and of course others may have better suggestions. In any case, good luck. 

Thanks for your answer, no, my wife doesn't have any income, she's a stay at home mom, we tried Activating the account but she needs to be on us physically to do that

[Boiler 46,086]

Sounds like you have close to nothing, now I do not recollect if there have been similar cases but she needs to think about going back first.

[Rogueabed 1]

13 hours ago, pushbrk said:

What I would add at this stage, is that if the wife's income was below the tax filing threshold, she does not need to file any tax returns.  No is the time for you both to forget about what you read elsewhere and become A-Students of the I-864, and it's separate instructions.  Sounds like Mom needs to be the joint sponsor.  Petitioner is going to need to provide some kind of evidence, not that they currently live in the USA, but that they have taken actions to show their clear intent to re-establish US Domicile.  One would think that filing the I-130 petition would be evidence enough, but it isn't.

Hahaha, so true thanks for you help

[S2N 7]

On 1/26/2025 at 11:40 AM, OldUser said:

Yes, even people with 0 income can file taxes. Filing taxes and paying taxes is not the same.

The usual advice given is to declare $1 in interest income since it makes it easier for the IRS e-file computer in $0 income cases.

 

If someone truly wants to put in $0 they have to paper file.

Edited 22 hours ago by S2N

[pushbrk 13,107]

20 hours ago, S2N said:

The usual advice given is to declare $1 in interest income since it makes it easier for the IRS e-file computer in $0 income cases.

 

If someone truly wants to put in $0 they have to paper file.

She has no income, so is not required to file.  There's box to check to indicate this is the reason she has no returns.  The petition has an employment history, that shows she hasn't worked in the past five years.  No need for US Federal tax returns in this case.