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My wife entered the US with a CR1 visa on February 2nd, and we paid the USCIS Immigrant Fee on March 12 (we didn't notice it was needed). She also received a letter and then went to a biometrics appointment inside the US. Since then, her status says that they are "actively reviewing" the case. Does anyone know how long this can last?

No, I didnt, that is the issue. Since I didnt know, I didnt submit taxes. Anyways, I already had the interview. The consular officer said that I need the tax transcript, I said that IRS still didnt process my return, she took a look at my 1040 and asked me if I was working abroad. I confirmed and she accepted the document without additional questions.

I am not worried about the income. I moved to the US after submitting the I-130 and I have a US job with enough income. My issue is that the tax return for the last year is a requirement for the I-864.

I am in the process of getting a visa for my wife through DCF in Madrid. Before submitting my I-864 I noticed that I had to submit my taxes as US Citizen living abroad. I paid a CPA to prepare the taxes and apply for streamlined compliance procedures submitted them, and attached Form 1040 to I-864. They gave me an appointment for my wifes interview, but they included a note saying that form 1040 is not valid, that I need the IRS tax transcript. I submitted my taxes by physical mail, but they didnt arrive to US yet. Did anybody had this experience? Is it possible to explain to the interviewer that I still dont have a tax transcript and it is not likely I am going to have them in the near future? According to I-864 instructions, I have to provide either an IRS transcript or a copy of my own records. anyways, I compiled the following documents regarding my tax submissions: 1- Letter with explanation that I submitted taxes for Streamlined compliance procedures. 2- Printout of instructions from IRS webpage stating that to apply for Streamlined Procedures you need to file by physical mail. 3- Copy of my submission (3 years of taxes and 6 years of FBAR) 4- Payslips of my foreign job for last year 5- Printouts of websites saying that streamlined filings take 8 months to be processed 6- Invoice of the CPA for preparing the taxes 7- Mail conversations with preparer 8- Receipt for delivery with tracking code 9- Packet tracking?? (This will show the document didnt arrive)

I sent all documentation requested after the first I-130 interview last thursday December 29th and today they answered by mail confirming they received all information and that they scheduled an interview for January 31st. In this mail, they told that the form 1040 that I provided along the I-864 is not valid, they require the IRS transcript. Does anybody have experience in this? I delivered my IRS returns for the last 3 years with the streamlined procedure by physical mail to the IRS, but they told me that they take months to process it, I will not have a return at the time of the interview.

Hi all, I am opening this thread to document Direct Consular Filing (DCF) of a CR1 visa for my spouse in Madrid embassy so it can be useful for anyone that needs to do this in the future. I am a US Citizen and my spouse is an Ukrainian citizen. We are residing in spain and I got a job offer in the US, we applied for DCF of form I-130 so she can move with me within a short timeframe. I will be updating the thread to document the whole process and to ask any questions that may arise as I prepare all documents. These are the steps I took: I sent a mail to American Citizen Services of Madrid embassy asking about how to apply for DCF of form I-130. They provided me the mail of the Inmigrant Visa Department in Madrid and asked me to write them a mail explaining my case. The Inmigrant Visa Department asked me to send them a mail with scans of the following documents so the "visa chief" can check if we meet the requirements. They asked for a scan of our biographic page of passport, our marriage certificate and the job letter stating the starting date. November 15th, 2022: I sent a mail to the Inmigrant Visa Department with the requested documentation: Scan of biographic page of passport for both of us, marriage certificate (in Spanish) and a job offer letter stating that I will start working on November 28th. November 22th, 2022: They confirmed that the DCF request was accepted and they scheduled me an appointment to present I-130 on December 13th, 2022. They requested the Petitioner (the US Citizen) to come personally for this appointment. They provided the following checklist of documents to provide. They also asked that the beneficiary (spouse of US Citizen) has to be in Spain as they cant send the passport outside Spain. Form I-130 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-130) Form I-130A completed by your spouse Original passport and a copy of the biographic page. Beneficiary's original passport and a copy of the biographic page. Original marriage certificate and a copy. If any of you have been married before, original and copy of the marriage dissolution documents. Job contract with the date of being moved to the U.S. One photo of each (white background, no glasses, 5 x 5 cm.). Payment fee, $ 535. I will be updating this post as we progress through the process. I was surprised that they talk about sending the passports to Spanish address. Do they keep our passports when we provide file I-130? Although my job offer states that I begin working on November 28th, actually, I agreed with the company to start in January, and I already asked the company to provide a letter stating this. We were planning to travel together to the US at the start of January (she would initially enter the US as a tourist), and we were planning to go back to Spain for the 2nd interview. We will adapt to whathever process they have, but I would like to know about this so we can plan accordingly.