I have questions about our application (both forms and process)

[ladyynara 0]

Hopefully I am posting this in the correct place. Here is a quick low down of our situation:

I am a British citizen, he is a USC.

We married in the US in 1998. We went through the green card process for me, and I had my 10 year card, eventually. We foolishly decided on the spur of the moment to move back to the UK in 2003. I moved over while we sorted out his UK visa, and once I got here discovered I was pregnant.

We've been here 4.5 years now and have had two children.

This summer we decided to move back to the US, partly for financial reasons and partly to support his mother whom we intend to live with. Having been out of the US so long, I "abandoned" my green card. We have filed I-130 with the London Embassy and should get word on that any time in the next couple of weeks.

Here are my questions.

1) Yesterday I realised I could just download the next form to be filling out in the meantime, DS-230. I am filling it out and there is a part that tells you to list your children, which is fine. Then later on, it asks if the children will be accompanying to the US. Well, they are, but they are US citizens (we got them registered at the London Embassy and they both have their US passports), so they are not *immigrating* with me, should I still put them down?

2) I read yesterday on the Embassy site that I will need a police certificate to go with this form. Is this something I should be working on getting now to save on time once I have our I-130 approval?

3) Since being in the UK my husband hasn't filed any taxes in the US except for the partial year we both worked in the US before moving over. He earns under the threshold for foreign earnings, but I'm a little confused as to how we go about filing these. Is it something he definitely needs to have done as part of our application? Do we need to file these at the London Embassy or to the US Inland Revenue?

4) The DS-230 form asks for addresses in the US for the greencard to be mailed. I can use my mother-in-law's address as she is the one we plan on living with, but there is a strong possibility that she will be moving to another state next summer before we get to the US (we will be going wherever she goes) and her current house will be sold. Will I be able to change that address directly prior to my immigration closer to the time when I know where we will be going?

5) As husband lives here in the UK with me, I assume he cannot be my financial sponsor. This leaves my mother in law, which she is happy to do, but I'm confused by the requirements. She is a teacher and currently earns around $32k. I looked at the US immigration website for the guide on how a person would need to earn depending on family size. But should we include my children and husband in that, or her family size now (which is just her)

6) Shot in the dark, but does anyone know if I will keep my A number and SS number from before or issued new ones?

Thanks for any help.

[Elbereth 0]

I think this question should be asked at the DCF section amirite?

maybe a mod can move it there so you'll get better attention, although there are some very knowleadgeable people even here that can help

[ladyynara 0]

Ah thanks. I'm new to this site and my head is swimming a bit! I'll repost there, and hope a mod removes this one.

[pushbrk 12,881]

Hopefully I am posting this in the correct place. Here is a quick low down of our situation:

I am a British citizen, he is a USC.

We married in the US in 1998. We went through the green card process for me, and I had my 10 year card, eventually. We foolishly decided on the spur of the moment to move back to the UK in 2003. I moved over while we sorted out his UK visa, and once I got here discovered I was pregnant.

We've been here 4.5 years now and have had two children.

This summer we decided to move back to the US, partly for financial reasons and partly to support his mother whom we intend to live with. Having been out of the US so long, I "abandoned" my green card. We have filed I-130 with the London Embassy and should get word on that any time in the next couple of weeks.

Here are my questions.

1) Yesterday I realised I could just download the next form to be filling out in the meantime, DS-230. I am filling it out and there is a part that tells you to list your children, which is fine. Then later on, it asks if the children will be accompanying to the US. Well, they are, but they are US citizens (we got them registered at the London Embassy and they both have their US passports), so they are not *immigrating* with me, should I still put them down?

2) I read yesterday on the Embassy site that I will need a police certificate to go with this form. Is this something I should be working on getting now to save on time once I have our I-130 approval?

3) Since being in the UK my husband hasn't filed any taxes in the US except for the partial year we both worked in the US before moving over. He earns under the threshold for foreign earnings, but I'm a little confused as to how we go about filing these. Is it something he definitely needs to have done as part of our application? Do we need to file these at the London Embassy or to the US Inland Revenue?

4) The DS-230 form asks for addresses in the US for the greencard to be mailed. I can use my mother-in-law's address as she is the one we plan on living with, but there is a strong possibility that she will be moving to another state next summer before we get to the US (we will be going wherever she goes) and her current house will be sold. Will I be able to change that address directly prior to my immigration closer to the time when I know where we will be going?

5) As husband lives here in the UK with me, I assume he cannot be my financial sponsor. This leaves my mother in law, which she is happy to do, but I'm confused by the requirements. She is a teacher and currently earns around $32k. I looked at the US immigration website for the guide on how a person would need to earn depending on family size. But should we include my children and husband in that, or her family size now (which is just her)

6) Shot in the dark, but does anyone know if I will keep my A number and SS number from before or issued new ones?

Thanks for any help.

1. I would list the children as accompanying but also simply note that they are US Citizens.

2. Yes, you and you only will need this police certificate. Sooner is better.

3. Your husband needs to file one tax return with the IRS. He can do this online. He will owe no taxes.

4. You can change the address.

5. Your mother in-law needs to qualify to sponsor only the immigrant, you. US Citizens don't need visas or sponsors.

6. You have lifetime A and SS numbers. They will not change.

[MargotDarko 0]

Hopefully I am posting this in the correct place. Here is a quick low down of our situation:

I am a British citizen, he is a USC.

We married in the US in 1998. We went through the green card process for me, and I had my 10 year card, eventually. We foolishly decided on the spur of the moment to move back to the UK in 2003. I moved over while we sorted out his UK visa, and once I got here discovered I was pregnant.

We've been here 4.5 years now and have had two children.

This summer we decided to move back to the US, partly for financial reasons and partly to support his mother whom we intend to live with. Having been out of the US so long, I "abandoned" my green card. We have filed I-130 with the London Embassy and should get word on that any time in the next couple of weeks.

Here are my questions.

1) Yesterday I realised I could just download the next form to be filling out in the meantime, DS-230. I am filling it out and there is a part that tells you to list your children, which is fine. Then later on, it asks if the children will be accompanying to the US. Well, they are, but they are US citizens (we got them registered at the London Embassy and they both have their US passports), so they are not *immigrating* with me, should I still put them down?

2) I read yesterday on the Embassy site that I will need a police certificate to go with this form. Is this something I should be working on getting now to save on time once I have our I-130 approval?

3) Since being in the UK my husband hasn't filed any taxes in the US except for the partial year we both worked in the US before moving over. He earns under the threshold for foreign earnings, but I'm a little confused as to how we go about filing these. Is it something he definitely needs to have done as part of our application? Do we need to file these at the London Embassy or to the US Inland Revenue?

4) The DS-230 form asks for addresses in the US for the greencard to be mailed. I can use my mother-in-law's address as she is the one we plan on living with, but there is a strong possibility that she will be moving to another state next summer before we get to the US (we will be going wherever she goes) and her current house will be sold. Will I be able to change that address directly prior to my immigration closer to the time when I know where we will be going?

5) As husband lives here in the UK with me, I assume he cannot be my financial sponsor. This leaves my mother in law, which she is happy to do, but I'm confused by the requirements. She is a teacher and currently earns around $32k. I looked at the US immigration website for the guide on how a person would need to earn depending on family size. But should we include my children and husband in that, or her family size now (which is just her)

6) Shot in the dark, but does anyone know if I will keep my A number and SS number from before or issued new ones?

Thanks for any help.

1. I would list the children as accompanying but also simply note that they are US Citizens.

2. Yes, you and you only will need this police certificate. Sooner is better.

3. Your husband needs to file one tax return with the IRS. He can do this online. He will owe no taxes.

4. You can change the address.

5. Your mother in-law needs to qualify to sponsor only the immigrant, you. US Citizens don't need visas or sponsors.

6. You have lifetime A and SS numbers. They will not change.

Can you explain about filing the tax returns online? I didn't realize it was possible with the 2555.

[pushbrk 12,881]

Hopefully I am posting this in the correct place. Here is a quick low down of our situation:

I am a British citizen, he is a USC.

We married in the US in 1998. We went through the green card process for me, and I had my 10 year card, eventually. We foolishly decided on the spur of the moment to move back to the UK in 2003. I moved over while we sorted out his UK visa, and once I got here discovered I was pregnant.

We've been here 4.5 years now and have had two children.

This summer we decided to move back to the US, partly for financial reasons and partly to support his mother whom we intend to live with. Having been out of the US so long, I "abandoned" my green card. We have filed I-130 with the London Embassy and should get word on that any time in the next couple of weeks.

Here are my questions.

1) Yesterday I realised I could just download the next form to be filling out in the meantime, DS-230. I am filling it out and there is a part that tells you to list your children, which is fine. Then later on, it asks if the children will be accompanying to the US. Well, they are, but they are US citizens (we got them registered at the London Embassy and they both have their US passports), so they are not *immigrating* with me, should I still put them down?

2) I read yesterday on the Embassy site that I will need a police certificate to go with this form. Is this something I should be working on getting now to save on time once I have our I-130 approval?

3) Since being in the UK my husband hasn't filed any taxes in the US except for the partial year we both worked in the US before moving over. He earns under the threshold for foreign earnings, but I'm a little confused as to how we go about filing these. Is it something he definitely needs to have done as part of our application? Do we need to file these at the London Embassy or to the US Inland Revenue?

4) The DS-230 form asks for addresses in the US for the greencard to be mailed. I can use my mother-in-law's address as she is the one we plan on living with, but there is a strong possibility that she will be moving to another state next summer before we get to the US (we will be going wherever she goes) and her current house will be sold. Will I be able to change that address directly prior to my immigration closer to the time when I know where we will be going?

5) As husband lives here in the UK with me, I assume he cannot be my financial sponsor. This leaves my mother in law, which she is happy to do, but I'm confused by the requirements. She is a teacher and currently earns around $32k. I looked at the US immigration website for the guide on how a person would need to earn depending on family size. But should we include my children and husband in that, or her family size now (which is just her)

6) Shot in the dark, but does anyone know if I will keep my A number and SS number from before or issued new ones?

Thanks for any help.

1. I would list the children as accompanying but also simply note that they are US Citizens.

2. Yes, you and you only will need this police certificate. Sooner is better.

3. Your husband needs to file one tax return with the IRS. He can do this online. He will owe no taxes.

4. You can change the address.

5. Your mother in-law needs to qualify to sponsor only the immigrant, you. US Citizens don't need visas or sponsors.

6. You have lifetime A and SS numbers. They will not change.

Can you explain about filing the tax returns online? I didn't realize it was possible with the 2555.

I guess I'm not sure you can file online using the 2555 but otherwise simply Google "Filing tax returns online" for multiple options. Looks like its too late to use the IRS site for 06 but it can be used for 07 later. Turbo Tax online will probably generate the 2555.

Edited November 29, 2007 by pushbrk