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  1.    bck86 reacted to a post in a topic: can I really do this on my own....and a couple of questions I am worried about
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  3. bck86
    Thanks for sharing the processing status link, I hadn’t seen it before. I now see they’re currently processing W-7s from April and seeing as how mine was delivered in May, I’m feeling better.
  4. bck86
    I calculate 5 weeks from your delivery to CP565. I’m currently waiting for my CP565, which was delivered on May 3. There’s no indication on the IRS website that they even received my tax return, I only have my delivery confirmation to indicate it was delivered on 5/3. I’m a little nervous about it.
  5.    top_secret reacted to a post in a topic: Can I delay filing Married Filing Jointly with NRA spouse?
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    As promised, I’m here to follow up on my situation. I filed for a tax extension in the first week of April, as suggested by members in this thread, though I was told both by tax professionals and during the process itself that if I don’t owe taxes, it wasn’t necessary. I did it anyway, and my online IRS account reflects my extension: “You have an extension to file your 2023 tax return.” I contacted an IRS CAA in Thailand who met with my husband to certify his passport so we could file the W-7. The CAA made the process extremely easy and once the proper documents were signed, he sent them to me by DHL. After I received the documents, I filed the W-7 along with my tax return (prepared by Turbo Tax online) on paper to the ITIN operation in Austin, TX. I did this all by the end of April, then made a copy of the entire tax packet to take to our interview and show that we had filed our taxes. Our interview was today (June 11), and though we were prepared with both 2022 tax return (the same that I submitted to the NVC back in January when we were DQ) and 2023 tax return (submitted last month, still processing), they did not ask us for any of the financial documents at all. We were approved and though it turns out we weren’t asked for them, I’m glad we had everything prepared on the chance they did ask.
  7.    Chivita33 reacted to a post in a topic: I-130
  8. bck86
    It’s $675 if you file by paper (mail) or $625 if you file online which is the recommended way. But keep in mind, that is just the I-130 filing fee and there are several other costs and fees associated with this process.
  9. bck86
    After nearly 4 months, we've received our interview date for June. 😀
  10.    bck86 reacted to a post in a topic: 2 K1 denials to IR1 interview soon, questions
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    I know it's been a few weeks since you asked this, but thought I'd pop in to say that I've been DQ since Jan 2 and waiting on the Cambodia embassy for an interview going on 3 months this week. 😓
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    I have read dozens of posts and see that the common advice is to file Married Filing Separately if your spouse is still abroad. In my case, there is a significant tax liability difference in filing MFS and MFJ. Here's my conundrum: If I file MFS, I will owe a couple thousand If I file MFJ, we will get a refund of several thousands My spouse is abroad, has never been to the US, and we are currently DQ and just waiting for our interview letter I read that if you are owed a refund, you can file your taxes up to three years after the filing deadline for the tax year. In this case, I would theoretically have until April 15, 2027 to file and get the refund. However, of course, if you owe, you must file by the regular deadline. There is obviously a risk in waiting until he comes to the US to file the taxes, but is it a legally viable option for me? Do I have a correct understanding of the rules? I'm really hoping for our interview letter any day now, and at least if we had that I'd feel more comfortable with the decision to wait. Am I being silly, and should I just file separately and pay the thousands, even knowing I should actually be owed several thousand more? The other thing is I'll be visiting him this summer, so an alternative option would be to file MFJ at a CAA when I see him, but it would be after April 15. Thanks in advance!
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