US Immigration from England

Hi all, just wanted to post that even if your driver license is expired. They will accept it as long as it has not expired more than 3 years. Figured I'd post here since a lot of us have extension letters etc. And sometimes these things happen. No questions were asked and they knew exactly what to do.

This question is often asked when interviews fall in April or May, right after a new tax filing season deadline. The guidance for interviewing officers is found in the Foreign Affairs Manual. It indicates that the most recent tax return is the one filed prior to signing the I-864. It does not indicate a newer return must be supplied at the interview if a new tax season has closed before they got around to interviewing you.

Here is the whole document for reference:

9 FAM 601.14 AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT https://fam.state.gov/search/viewer?format=html&query=I-864&links=864&url=/FAM/09FAM/09FAM060114.html#M601_14_13

Selected excerpts include:

9 FAM 601.14-6 REQUIRED SUPPORTING EVIDENCE

b. Required Documentation: The sponsor(s) must provide the following documentation to satisfactorily complete Form I-864:

(1) Sponsor's Federal income tax returns for the most recent tax year:

(a) Each sponsor must submit with Form I-864 a photocopy or Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-generated transcript of the most recent income tax return that the sponsor had filed prior to the time of the AOS signing.

9 FAM 601.14-16 CHECKLIST FOR PREPARING THE AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT

d. Documents for the Principal Immigrant and Accompanying Dependents:

(1) Principal Applicant:

(a) Original or copy of Form I-864 and Form I-864A, Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member (if needed); must be signed (not required to be notarized).

(b) The sponsor's most recent Federal income tax return filed prior to the time of Form I-864 signing is needed for each principal immigrant.

Hi all. Me and my partner have decided to go the CR1 route.

We are worried about processing times. We will be filing from Texas, the times are not too bad there, but we are worried it will be transferred to California or something. Is there any reason why our case would be transferred if Texas is processing those forms? Surely there is no reason for it to be transferred, but we don't want to start the process expecting a 12 month wait only for it to be 24 instead.

Any help is much appreciated.

Hello all it has been 10 years since I have needed advice and that time has come for my green card to expire. It expires in March, and I am wondering which is the quickest route renewal or citizenship? I plan to travel outside of the country in July and I am wondering if this effects my decision. Can I travel while one is pending and not the other? Or both, or neither?

thank you.

Hi, I had my interview on friday and was given the yellow 221g slip and was told that I needed to call acro to give the embassay permission to accsess my police record just to check there is nothing else on there. On my record i have 1 arrest when I was 15 for getting in a fight at school. I called them as soon as i left the embassay and sorted that all out.

I looked at the form i was given and the box that was ticked said it was refused because further documentation was needed and written at the bottom of the form was 'NLT check'.

The text on the form underneath the 221g refusal says to submit documents and a sworn statement. They already have my police report and subject accsess along with a statment I wrote so do I need to write another statement explaining what happened again but make it sworn and attach the subject acsess again or not.

I was so nervous I didnt even ask, all i asked was if there is nothing else on there will it be aproved and i got a thumbs up.

If anyone could help I would really apreciate it.