Rosalea

I wasn’t worried about it I was hoping it’d be something positive haha. But this is uscis we’re talking about.

22 hours ago I got an email and text from USCIS saying, "we have taken action on your case" but there haven't been any updates to my case (I-485 standalone) online. I've read a lot about this happening so I know it's pretty common. Unfortunately it's the weekend so I can't talk to a live agent via Emma which is frustrating! The anticipation is killing me!! For people who have also had this happen, how long did it take before something updated or appeared in the documents tab? For reference here's a summary of my timeline: I-485 received: November 6th, 2023 RFE: November 20th, 2023 RFE sent/received: December 5th, 2023 Biometrics & active review: December 11th, 2023 Case transferred to FO: May 8th, 2024 Email/text saying action has been taken on case: June 8th, 2024

Ok I'll remember that! Thank you so much!

This is the conclusion I ended up coming to after thinking about it for a while! Thank you for your clarity! I'm not petitioning her and it's also her middle name so I figure it won't be an issue. Or, I won't get straight up denied for it at least haha.

I submitted my I-485 (through marriage) application in November and I just realised I spelled my Mum's middle name wrong in the form (there are 2 L's in the name and I only put 1) and doesn't match what it says on my birth certificate. Is this gonna matter or get DENIED? I already got (and responded to) an RFE but that was about the I-864. Not sure if I should redo the I-485 and upload it online (there's already like a million things on there for my RFE).

This is really thorough, thank you so much! I think omitting the payslips was the biggest error here. Also I'm not sure what type of tax reported income was used since my husband did it - I think his employment offer letter says an hourly amount if that indicates anything? I unfortunately don't know. I imagine they require almost the same supporting documents as the I-134 (which I submitted earlier in this process at the embassy stage), and with that I had included the same stuff as this time, but this time I didn't include payslips. So I think that's the main thing I needa include!

Ok so should I include the transcripts and 1099(s)?

What I included was: I-864 form (fully filled out, signed, with US citizen SSN and what I thought was the correct household size, which was 2 US citizen birth certificate Last 3 years of tax return transcripts Signed employment offer letter that shows hourly pay and start date

Also (and my apologies if this is a dumb question), is a tax return transcript and 1099 different things? Again, I'm not the US citizen so this isn't exactly my realm but I wanna understand is as best I can so I gather everything correctly.

Thank you! And yeah - I had asked on Visajourney if a tax transcript AND W2's were necessary and I was told that just the transcript was fine. The transcript was included so now I'm kinda confused about why USCIS is now asking for W2's (I don't fully understand it, I'm not the USC). And nah, the payslips weren't included (only an employment letter) so I think I definitely needed that too!

I can also see on my USCIS account under documents that they scanned the (signed!) I-864 which clearly includes the SSN and household size - how weird!? Anyone know why this might've happened! I hope if I just send it again the same thing won't happen haha.

Hi everyone! I just got an RFIE for the I-864 on my I-485 application - apparently they need a new form even though I had sent the entire form which was signed and included (what I'm pretty sure is) the correct household size (2). It was also the correct and only version USCIS has on their website so it can't be that it was an out of date version. Has anyone else experienced a similar RFIE? I'm gonna resent it all and maybe add payslips (and W2's? idk) for extra evidence. Just confused about if maybe they just lost the I-864 from my file haha. Just really hoping that if I resent it all that it'll suffice and it wasn't somehow something else we got wrong in the filing process that caused this.

Yes I know that now. That's all I wanted with my question. Didn't need all the extra stuff.

No, I was just asking what the norm typically is, which I've now realised is ambiguous and exactly what we're already doing and have already agreed on.

Yikes, I wasn't planning on doing that lmao. Like I said, I have my own money in savings so I'm good 😅 None of this is about me wanting all his money, seems like everyone's getting the wrong idea about my post.

The first five.

We did discuss it beforehand, we are on the same page, I was just curious.

Yeah I know, that's not what I even meant.

I have a pretty substantial savings and will be able to have it last another 10 or so months while still spending a little bit regularly. I'm not acting rude to him or wanting him to pay for everything (like I said before) haha, just curious about it.

Hi everyone! I've applied for AOS (came in on a K1) which obviously involves not being able to work and being 'financially supported' by my husband. I know as far as uscis and the us government is concerned, you have to be financially supported so you don't run out of money and then become a public charge. Obviously we've both discussed this but I'm still kinda confused about where the line is between: basic living expenses being covered, and, well, anything above that being covered. I figure it's the first of the two. And I wanna make it clear that I'm not wanting every single dollar accounted for and have everything (non-essential) bought for me! Just unsure of where the divide is. But, I also don't know if I'm being stingey by being hesitant to contribute to the costs of things like meals or gas, or if that should all come under 'financial support'. Or does it just vary massively between people? I'm not even sure what I'm asking now haha. I guess I just wanna get a vague feel for what everyone else does or has experienced.

From what I know in Colorado, the foreign licence is invalid after 90 days and it is possible to get one before EAD. I might look into if it could be a similar case here where they'll let me still drive on my NZ licence...

Ok good that's what I was thinking of doing!

Wow thank you all so much for your information! This is so much clearer now - I'll get him to get the IRS transcript and payslips from the last 6 months. I'm also still slightly confused about the W2 - is that what would be with the 1040? So is there no point including that since the transcript is best?

Wait what's the difference between an IRS transcript and a 1040? Are both necessary?

I have his birth certificate so that's fine. Also isn't that what a 1040 is?