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20 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

The following original signatures must be received for processing in Austin Texas 

• Tax return- both spouses
• Statement electing for the foreign spouse to be treated as a resident alien- both spouses
• Form W-7- Foreign Spouse

Plus you need the original certified ID (passport) of the foreign spouse.

 

You can mail those yourself to Austin or the mailing can be done by a certifying agent abroad or an IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center in the US.

tax return for both spouses even though it will be filed with the W7 as married filing jointly?

5 hours ago, top_secret said:

 Really you should make the choice based on financial grounds.  Everyone's circumstances may be different but there can be HUGE differences in how much taxes are paid/returned based on the difference between Married filing separately and married filing jointly.  Also there is differences in how much effort it takes to to file a W7 depending on where the overseas spouse is from.  In some countries they can easily obtain a certified copy of their passport from the issuing agency and then it is just the one page W7.   Not difficult at all.  Other countries may be more difficult requiring the use of acceptance agents and such.

 

In our case my wife in the Philippines had to take 2 trips down to the local DFA office to get a certified copy of her passport.  I submitted that with the W7, letter, and 1040 and we got over $10,000 greater return than if I had filed separately.  Very much worth it for a trivial effort in our case..

Can the certified copy of passport be faxed or emailed and printed. Or does it have to be original and mailed over from overseas? And same with the W7 that requires a signature, can it be emailed or have to be original signature form?

Curious, do most people file a W7 when filing taxes to show proof of married filing jointly? Seems like a lot of paperwork and wondering if most people do it or not?

6 hours ago, totta said:

Hi everyone.

Today i got notification from Case tracker which said that we are now being  actively reviewed,155 days after submitting our I130 and 18 days after submitting K3.

 

i130 NOA1 said Texas SC while K3 receipt said California SC

So you must have I-130 filed around August? I am also Texas and filed my K3 about 18 days ago as well. Happy for you, hopefully we get approvals soon. Mine still says case has been received

52 minutes ago, DutchGuy said:

What is your Service Center?

A lot of the approvals amongst September filers come from the Nebraska Service Center. I can tell you with great assurance that the majority of September files (and probably July filers) are still waiting.  

it was nebraska, then i asked emma and it said texas

I don’t get it. Everyone is getting approvals… im a july filer and still nothing. I just sent a k3 request

Will they automatically move it to islamabad if i put karachi on the I130?

On 11/4/2021 at 12:54 PM, zellahy said:

shuttle

Are they conducting interviews in karachi? I put down karachi on the i130, would they change it to islamabad if karachi is closed?

Ok

Just sent I-129F. Didn’t print name on the back of passport photo. Could this cause problems, RFE?

Hi,

Do most people applying for their spouse do the process themselves or through a attorney. I believe me and my wife have a fairly simple case and I’m leaning towards doing it ourselves.
 

Furthermore, I see a lot of posts talking about proof of a bona fide marraige. Does that mean sending our wedding pictures and any other pictures of us together and screenshots of our calls/messages, time frame etc.? What else would/do they require?
 

Thanks in advance!