CharlieAndCece1

We mailed out our response to the RFE today. Fingers crossed they will be happy with the response and we have smooth sailing from now on! In the meantime my wife had her biometrics appointment on January 7th. After that, according to the USCIS website her I-765 was now approved! That only took 1 month! Also the progress on the I-485 jumped from step 2 biometrics, skipped over step 3 that an interview might be needed and now is on step 4 saying USCIS is actively reviewing the case. This seems very fast!

Hi Lee, I was just over sharing hoping that this form was going to breeze through so I gave them multiple sources so they would not question anything. Unfortunately that didn't work out for me since I still got the RFE but I'm pretty sure the error on household size is really causing a lot of this now that I keep looking at it. I'm sure your birth certificate is fine to prove citizenship. I added my retirement and bank balances to go "above and beyond" not needing them to be over the 125% poverty level but again hoping it would keep them happy and not want more info delaying the process. The I-864 form version I filled out said that section was "optional" so I did it. The newest version specifically says if you meet the requirement on income don't fill out section 7 and go right to section 8. I hope this helps!

Thank you everyone for your help so far! I double checked and yes I did submit the IRS return transcripts with the form. Attached is the RFE with my personal info removed.

I did not check anything about a joint sponsor....I assumed the joint sponsor talk was generic because they could not confirm I met the poverty requirement?

Thank you for removing the RFE...I didn't think about the personal info still being on it! I will obscure it and reload when I get home from work. I made sure my SSN was on the form. I filled it out in Adobe Acrobat and then hand signed the form. That is how the household size got messed up. Now that I think of it, I should probably list my son as a dependent as well because I can put him on my taxes even though he is 18 and in college and not living at home all the time. Maybe that is why they wanted to see my full federal tax documents? The tax transcripts I sent were direct from the IRS website. I did over send information. I made sure the adjusted gross income amounts were what I used to show as the income for each year. Attached is the cover letter I sent. I have worked at my job over 25 years and make 80k/year so I am qualified just based on income even though I sent them extra financial information. I even included a letter from my employer and 6 months of pay stubs. I864 cover letter.pdf

Hi, I have been lurking on the forum and this is my first post after having trouble getting my account set up! I was curious if anyone filing AOS in December received a RFE for their I-864? I did even though I make consistently more than 125% for the poverty level. The RFE had generic verbiage on the first page about meeting this guideline and then the second page was more specific stating the form needed to be signed (which I did) and of the latest edition date. They also want a copy of my entire federal tax return for last year even though I sent them IRS transcripts for the last 3 years. I did screw up the household size because the form self populated #1 when it should have done the math and made it 2. I will have to correct that by hand. Finally they mention making sure the petitioner's SSN is on the form which I know mine was. Any thoughts on this? Attached is the RFE. They received my I-864 on 12/10/2024. When I went online to fill out a new one, I see the latest form came out 12/17/2024! I think they are holding that part against me. Other than giving them a new I-864 signed in the latest version, with my SSN and copy of my last year Federal Income tax, do you think I need to do anything else to satisfy the RFE? Thanks in advance! (I'll fill out more of my timeline when I have time to pull out my paperwork 😉 )