things needed for green card for spouse

[grdane131 0]

i just married a girl for Poland who is here on a work visa which expires in Feb. 2008. We are trying to get her a green card and then we will apply for citizenship. Getting her a work permit is VERY high on our priority list as she is ready to get back to work and the extra income would be VERY helpful. We have been talking to an impatient attorney who is the only one fluent in immigration law in our area, but he does not like to take the time to answer some of our questions. He has given us a list of things that we will need to file including copies of my last three years of tax returns. This is a major problem. Are these required? Can somebody point me in the right direction?

[pushbrk 13,073]

i just married a girl for Poland who is here on a work visa which expires in Feb. 2008. We are trying to get her a green card and then we will apply for citizenship. Getting her a work permit is VERY high on our priority list as she is ready to get back to work and the extra income would be VERY helpful. We have been talking to an impatient attorney who is the only one fluent in immigration law in our area, but he does not like to take the time to answer some of our questions. He has given us a list of things that we will need to file including copies of my last three years of tax returns. This is a major problem. Are these required? Can somebody point me in the right direction?

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[Sand 5]

i just married a girl for Poland who is here on a work visa which expires in Feb. 2008. We are trying to get her a green card and then we will apply for citizenship. Getting her a work permit is VERY high on our priority list as she is ready to get back to work and the extra income would be VERY helpful. We have been talking to an impatient attorney who is the only one fluent in immigration law in our area, but he does not like to take the time to answer some of our questions. He has given us a list of things that we will need to file including copies of my last three years of tax returns. This is a major problem. Are these required? Can somebody point me in the right direction?

Please start by clicking on the word "Guides" at the top of any page here.

[Elbereth 0]

you'll be in trouble if you can't present your tax returns

I was really close to hiring an attorney do help us, until i decided to do check online to see what do people who go through this process think about using lawyers and the likes... turns out most of what i saw was that everyone thinks the process is simple enough that you can do it yourself, and a LOT of people had serious complains about the lawers they hired, so we decided to do it ourselves.

so, i guess unless you have some complication like criminal antecedents and stuff, you could try do do it yourself

have a look around this site, read the guides, it's all very helpful and clear

[docchanka 0]

What exactly is the problem?

1. If not having original transcirpts from IRA is a problem that it isn't - you send copies of your W-2 forms and before the interview, you send a request to IRA to send you transcripts which you take to the interview (and from what I remember, they don't want to keep the original, if they even looked at it)

2. If you didn't work, you have to get someone, whom you could show as her sponsor (parents?) and you will need this person's tax returns. Of course, you cannot sposnor anyone if you do not have your income.

3. If you didn't file for tax return, then you should do it ASAP.

4. If there is yet another possibility, let me know if you wish so

They are required and they are very clearly listed as documents necessary for the interview and before, for AOS application.

As for the lawyer - we did everything ourselves although it took about 2 weeks. You need to be very careful and read instructions that proceed the application itself (which you download from the internet).

Hope this helps, let me know if you have other questions.

Good luck

[mojorisin 5]

I have done quite a bit a research and have realized an attorney is a waste of money for filing for a spouse a visa. Do it yourself and ask for help if needed on these message boards.

[radsr2002 0]

I had very good results with my attorney.

The end result is he got my I130 approved!!

Past that; all attorneys are not created equal! So results will vary.

Please tell us what your tax return problems are so we can instruct you properly

Rick