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I can't log in to use online services without going through one of two verification methods. Either ID.me or Login.gov (names might be slightly wrong, but they are the only 2 options to log in). I am able to log in and see a dashboard, but can't do anything there without verifying myself with a valid ID through one of those two sites. I have tired this with both to no avail. >> One of those, I forget which one, should accept your passport as an ID. Once you are logged to SSA you can verify if they really have your SSN matched to your correct name and spelling. If that is the case, it proves your issue is just a matter of establishing a credit history. That has been discussed before how you can do that, for example, open a secured credit card, joint with Amex, etc.. You can also try some credit reporting apps, like Credit Karma, Experian, etc.. but I don't think that will help since you have no credit reord at this point.

Are you saying when you try to login to the SSA webpage, it does not find a match for your SSN and name?

This is really strange. You filed the I-130 just a month after the marriage, and you said you included evidence and such. They can't possibly expect you to co-mingle everything while she is still overseas and only married for a month. That is one reason it is a CR-1 and not an IR-1. It almost seems like the adjudicating officer was new and got confused that this is a CR-1 and you were just married. Hence, it could just be a simple mistake. Or else there is something very suspicious and odd about what you submitted that made them think this is fraudulent. If that is the case, you need to figure out what that is to overcome it. Or maybe they lost all the evidence you submitted and got angry that you submitted nothing? Or maybe you didn't include it properly, for example, did you write the names, dates, and location on the back of all photos? Did you include photos with her family? Usually people put 4 per sheet and add a caption with minimum names, date, locations. I would suggest including a very clear letter explaining your relationship timeline, your Wife is overseas and you just got married, and how you have been preparing for her arrival in usa to start your life together. Unfortunately, at this point, you should submit the kitchen sink with this. Include an inventory letter for all the different evidence. I would suggest you take your package and review it with a top immigration lawyer to make sure. You don't want to cut any corners, need to overkill it, and cover every possible angle

OP needs to answer the question if he received an RFE before the NOID, and if so what did he send it? It would be odd if he is married in May, then filed in June they would expect so much .. seems like there was a RFE that he didn't reply to.

Wow, that is all so incredibly wrong 1) You absolutely can file taxes without an SSN for your foreign spouse. You just need an ITIN which can be requested by filing form W-7 the first time you file jointly (even without an SSN or ITIN). 2) She can't simply file as head of household for many reasons, including: - There are requirements such as paying at least 50% of the cost of keeping up a home. She may not qualify if she is spending 6 months+ overseas and getting money from her husband. - You need to have a dependent parent that you pay for, or a dependent child living with you that is not taken as a dependent on anyone else's tax return. There is no mention of of this in the thread that she qualifies for this. - You must NOT be married per the IRS rules, which is not going to help your case with the USCIS especially if you don't qualify. - The IRS considers you married if you were legally married before the end of the tax year. So per the IRS rules, they are considered married Hence, For the same reasons they can't file as single, they can't file as HOH. If you have been filing as HOH without meeting the above qualifications then you have been committing tax fraud and should amend immediately.

Its impossible for anyone to know why the CO might have been suspicious of you. I bet its not from the tax return, but no one knows. It may even have nothing to do with anything you submitted. In anycase, the CO will look at the totality of all the data they have to judge whether your marriage is real or not. They are very good with their vast databases and experience at determining fraudulent VISA and marriage based applications. So don't worry, they won't decide just on one ignorant tax error.

True, sorry, I went on an tangent. I thought that was clear when I said "this will not work for the PSA or CFO:. But the reason I thought it was important was for those who are in different shoes and searching for "ROM", they could get confused. It is really frustrating when people in my shoes give or get so much mis-information about the ROM. But you are right, I admit, the tangent didn't belong here and only made things confusing for the point at hand,

Sorry, but I am going to both agree and totally disagree with that simplistic view. For a simple business, or maybe you could even say for "many" self-employed business owners, sure it can be simple and have only one way of doing things. They collect their pile of receipts, books, etc..and so forth, hand it over to the CPA. And its so easy to do that, I don't know why they just don't do it themselves with Turbotax home and business edition. Its not hard as you said. On the other hand, a top sophisticated and clever CPA can work with a more sophisticated business owner to do things in ways that are extremely complex. I know people who started their own small business, have only 1-2 employees, and the taxes they do are incredibly complex the way they handle everything .. They also setup LLC's and other complex structures to meet the unique needs of that business. And again, I am not talking about a large corporation, just a single owner .. So Yes .. there are so many many different ways to set up a small business and manage the income,expenses, and so forth ... It can be very simple as you said, to extremely complex and mind blowing with techniques that I can promise you that you never heard of (I didn't until this guy explained me all the things they are doing) ... Going back to this OP, we have no idea whether he has just a simple business or a complex setup that his CPA did .. But ok, I admit, this sounds like something very simple .. and I bet we don't have all the facts and truth's about what both the CPAs really said and whats really going on ... So all our speculating is just making a huge set of assumptions .. But I bet this is all about him trying to manipulate things to qualify ;...

Self-employment taxes are very complicated and very nuanced. There was a money article a while ago where, for an experiment, they took the taxes to many different reputable CPAs. Each one came up with a very different tax return, some where dramatically different. Even a simple thing like doing Amazon vine reviews (doing reviews in exchange for receiving the products) there are a dozen totally different professional opinions from CPA, and so forth on how you must declare the income (value of the free products that were reviewed). Most of them are totally wrong. No CPA is going to propose to amend 3 years of tax returns and pay interest and penalties. Therefore, this suggests that there was nothing wrong with his taxes, and this CPA was requested to come up with a solution to how to massage the tax return to meet the USCIS requirements. Nothing illegal about this since there are so many ways to do and file the taxes. But this is a very unwise choice that will cost thousands of dollars, and has a risk of failure, since you will now need to include the whole amended and previous tax return instead of transcripts. Its likely USCIS will not have a clue how to read the returns and figure out the mess. Or maybe they will just be so confused they will ask for joint sponsor anyways. Its not a good path to go in, and others have said, get a joint sponsor at this point.

What is your plan B if the mother is denied an expedited VISA appointment or if she (most likely) gets denied a visa?

And interest and penalties

We did not file a ROM and I had no issue at all in using our USA marriage certificate to recognize our marriage and get a Balikbayan visa on arrival to the Philippines. In addition, I had no issue at all using the USA marriage certificate for a local bank in Manila to recognize our marriage. Originally the bank asked me to get it notarized at the Phiippine embassy in USA. But they said no because the Philippines joined the Apostille convention, so all I needed to do was to run into Boston and get an Apostille stamp for it to get it recognized there. But of course, the PSA is not going to accept it if my Wife wanted to change her passport name. LIkewise, the CFO is not going to accept it without a fight.

Yes, that is the number I have too. Sorry, I don't remember the options I pressed. But i remember that I started calling them just before they opened, Manila time in order to try to catch them before they got swamped by calls. I estimated how much time to get through the menus so that they would just be opened by the time they tried to transfer me From the website: Pease contact the Customer Service Center for help in making these appointments.  English and Filipino-speaking customer service agents are also available at telephone numbers (02) 7792-8988 or (02) 8548-8223.  The call center is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Manila time), except on Philippine and U.S. holidays.  Callers in the United States should check the local time in Manila before they call (703) 520-2235.

Sounds like you will either need to wait for them to reply to you, or take the risk to start a new application and pay a new MRV fee. Also, have you checked your application by clicking "VISA Application Home", and checking every single tab to make sure nothing got corrupted, such as the DS160/260 ID, etc.. and all names in the application and passport still exactly match, Note, I found that after checking each tab, you need to reclick on "application home" to select a new tab

Are you implying that it was possible that USCIS and/or the embassy didn't read the letter or notice the marriage certificate in the I-129F package that he submitted? The letter added to his I-129F package was certainly very convincing, and pointed out the legal reasons why the marriage was not vaiid for USCIS purposes and still qualified for a K-1 VISA. I can certainly see how the USA embassy would have most likely missed that fact. This is going to be very weird .... - When they apply for the I-485, the marriage certificate will be dated before she arrived in the USA. You better enclose that same letter. Personally, I'd have a lawyer re-write it for you because you risk getting ithe AOS denied and then having to do an appeal, or having to file an I-130. Probably should consult with several attorneys about this.