Unemployed and worried!!

[beckib21 0]

We are super close to the interview and now Im starting to double guess everything ive done. I have been unemployed almost throughout this whole process and Im worried that my husbands visa will be denied becuase of it. I have my father who makes well above the poverty line as a household member so he filled out a 1864A but I have no tax return for 2006 becuase I wasnt working and I was living at my fathers. And I cant find anything that officially states why I didnt need to file taxes for evidence. I am freaking out so ANY help/advice would be great!

Becki

[waiting06 0]

Im also in the same boat as you !

and also worried.

waiting a reply.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

We are super close to the interview and now Im starting to double guess everything ive done. I have been unemployed almost throughout this whole process and Im worried that my husbands visa will be denied becuase of it. I have my father who makes well above the poverty line as a household member so he filled out a 1864A but I have no tax return for 2006 becuase I wasnt working and I was living at my fathers. And I cant find anything that officially states why I didnt need to file taxes for evidence. I am freaking out so ANY help/advice would be great!

Becki

I would think your dad should act not as a household member of your household, but as a cosponsor. This should solve the issue.

And file that return, even if late my friend, even if you had no income...

Don't know if my advise is any good, but my good wishes are 100% proven

good luck, L.

[Jigi 0]

hi

as long as you have the sponsor who meets the poverty lines.... then just dont worry... just oen thing to tell you.. get a job soon

jigi

[radsr2002 0]

use your dad a co-sponser

but you need to file that late return at once..

lower income or not, it is a required paper

[Elphie 0]

Just out of curiosity...were you unemployed b/c you were in school or something?

[seattleguy 0]

Just out of curiosity...were you unemployed b/c you were in school or something?

Does it make any difference? b/c I was out of country for five months and went to school fulltime and made less than poverty line. Thankyou

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Does it make any difference? b/c I was out of country for five months and went to school fulltime and made less than poverty line. Thankyou

Does not make any difference at all why (besides that was a rude question). What does matter is that you HAVE TO file those returns ASAP. Otherwise it is highly possible that your petition will be denied. So file my friend, file!

L.

[seattleguy 0]

Does it make any difference? b/c I was out of country for five months and went to school fulltime and made less than poverty line. Thankyou

Does not make any difference at all why (besides that was a rude question). What does matter is that you HAVE TO file those returns ASAP. Otherwise it is highly possible that your petition will be denied. So file my friend, file!

L.

I didn't mean to be rude. Sorry. I was out of country for five months and came back went to school full time so I made little money. Do the NVC people consider this? There was no way I (someone could but not me) could make $17500.

Another question, this is for year 2005. Could I still file for that year?

Again, I just don't know how I can file for year 2005 so please give me some information if there is a way. I would really appreciate it

Thankyou

[Elphie 0]

Just out of curiosity...were you unemployed b/c you were in school or something?

Does it make any difference? b/c I was out of country for five months and went to school fulltime and made less than poverty line. Thankyou

My question was for the OP thanks.

[radsr2002 0]

There was no way I (someone could but not me) could make $17500.

Another question, this is for year 2005. Could I still file for that year?

Again, I just don't know how I can file for year 2005 so please give me some information if there is a way. I would really appreciate it

Thankyou

Yes you can file back 5 years.

With it being that low on the income,

You might get a unearned income credit and make out doing that.

Edited September 2, 2007 by radsr2002

[mike & elena 0]

You can pick up forms online at the IRS website or any tax preparer can help you with the form. You indicated you made some money. Therefore you must file. Most likely, you will have no taxes and you will not have any problems. If you do owe there will be penalities and interest. But filing and sending a copy of the filing to the NVC is the most important. If you owe you can always work that out with the IRS. A second thought is that if your parent declared you as a dependent in 2005, then submit that return showing you name and social security number as a dependent to the NVC.

[endless 0]

At NVC they check if you are going to be unemployed forever or if the sponsor always lived on social support, that might cause some problems (i can't recall the thread where we talked about this...) but if there is a good reason for being under the poverty line (like going to school) than no problem at all (with a cosponsor)

[Chica Yeyé 41]

You can indeed file late tax returns no problem. So go ahead!!!! Attach a letter to your return explaining why you didn't file before (i.e. the taxpayer was unaware of his requirement to file while studying abroad at Cha-cha-cha University of whatever). We had to do that and did not have any problems with the IRS.

L.

p.s. See you in Seattle if things go cool for us in Montreal!!!!

[greeneclipse 0]

from the I-864 instructions:

"If you were required to file a Federal income tax return during any of the previous three tax years but did not do so, you must file any and all late returns with IRS and attach an IRS-generated tax return transcript documenting your late filing before submitting the I-864 Affidavit of Support.

If you were not required to file a Federal income tax return under U.S. tax law because your income was too low, attach a written explanation.

If you were not required to file a Federal income tax return under U.S. tax law for any other reason, attach a written explanation including evidence of the exemption and how you are subject to it...."