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Can anyone please answer my second question re: the cover form I need to supply with I-130a redo? And is OK if I resubmit a typed out and signed copy of the I-130a form or should I rewrite by hand so it matches my original paperwork? Thanks in advance.

Thank you; will certainly do! FINAL daft questions of the night -- 1.) For Part 1, 2: Do I put our online USCIS Account number now hat we have one or just leave it 'n/a' as it would have been at time of original filing? 2.) For the USCIS cover slip I have to submit w/ my revised I-130a form, do I check 'additional forms' or 'other' or neither? I'm just submitting our redone I-130a. If no address change, do I just write 'n/a' in both boxes? Thank you again SO much for all your help and insight on this late Sunday evening! 🙏🥺

Oh, wow. You just saved me from potentially making another COLLOSAL blunder. Obviously now, I also check and fill out my name here since I am preparing it on her behalf?

Do I still check this box off for her, confirming that she understands English and has read all questions and instructions clearly? Or leave it blank since I, her husband, is officially filling it out and signing on her behalf? Thanks again.

Also — for things like drop down boxes: write ‘n/a’ in them as well or just leave them be? Thanks in advance.

Thank you for sharing your experience. Did you include any note that your spouse was out of the country at the time of filing or just merely signed as preparer?

Thank you; will do! And I'm from Louisiana, too! ☺️

Thank you so much for your reply! I am starting to get antsy; I have until July 28 to submit reply but don't wish to wait a moment longer than necessary TBH. If it's all the same, I think I just may sign as 'preparer' on her behalf so I get get it mailed out ASAP. According to everything I understand, that should be totally acceptable, no? Or would you still advise to wait for my wife to mail me her copy of the filled out and signed forms? Thanks again for your feedback!

Officially giving this another go (re-filling out my I-130A for my wife's petition), I received an RFE due to me leaving various n/a fields blank instead of actually writing out 'n/a' in them. A few remaining (perhaps knucklehead but burning) questions: for 2.) USCIS online number -- do I put ours since we have one now since we submitted our petition a year ago? Or does that mean something other and I just put 'n/a'? What's the rules with n/a dates, again? Just put a 'n/a' or '0'? For n/a Interpreters' signatures: 'n/a' there, too, will do it? And lastly: does it make any difference if I fill this out on her behalf and sign under 'preparer' or should she fill it out and sign and mail me? She needs to mail me some documents for her ITIN anyhow. Any insight would be GREATLY appreciated. This #$%^ is officially starting to stress/affect me and make me second-guess myself on everything. I just want to make sure I am getting this right on the second pass as to not waste any more time. Thanks!

Weird. They show up on my PC, but not on my phone.

Just got off the phone with her ha — I believe we are going to try to do just that. Just a little anxious if I’m wrong about all this and MUST file ‘MFS’ then I’ll owe all that additional interest. 😓 Or would all that just be a moot point once I DO have an ITIN for her and can officially just file ‘MFJ’?

So, in other words -- bare with me please as I'm somethin' of a dumb dumb clearly lol -- submitting my return 'MFJ' along with a W-7 ITIN request (for her), *I can still qualify for the some kind of credit?

According to IRS.gov, I can't though: https://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw7#en_US_202112_publink10002180 "The ITIN can’t be used to claim certain federal tax credits. Individuals filing tax returns using an ITIN aren’t eligible for the earned income credit (EIC)." Am I understanding this wrong? Thanks.

Oh, I'm so OCD I make copies of my copies haha. Will do though; thanks for the recommendation!

Dangit. That is such lateral thinking I would have never thought of that haha. They say an ITIN can take up to seven weeks to process. My worry was what if my wife is approved before then (not too likely maybe) and I cannot move on to the next part of the process -- which entails me showing USCIS proof of my tax return. Last processing status estimate showed '3 months' wait time. But now we also have to resubmit her I-130a as I left several boxes blank on the form as I wasn't aware I had to fill in every single box (please see my other thread if interested). Hmm.. I think I have until October? I already filed the extension. Do you think it's worth submitting the ITIN request *now and finishing my taxes AFTER we get one back? Perhaps this officially a question for the IRS ha? Thank you for your reply!

I cannot file 'married jointly' while applying for an ITIN for my wife and still receive the tax credit, though. I'm going to file 'married separately' and still apply for an ITIN for her to avoid confusion and pay the amount owed to prevent any further interest. I was asking if anyone knew if I could later amend it to MFJ to see about getting something of a refund for the 2022 tax year. No biggie if not, just thought that's what SteveInBostonI130 was suggesting was possible.

Thanks for the feedback. I took a video of me slowly going through the visa petition packet page by page before I submitted it last June. I absolutely included them (I-130a pgs 4 - 6), but alas certainly left many fields blank. Thought I was using common sense at the time. 😓

That's absolutely the situation haha. Filing 'married separately' -- I owe $1K, filing 'married jointly' I GET $1K. Am I able to file 'married separately' now, pay, apply for an ITIN, and once received, amend my 2022 taxes as 'married jointly' to hopefully receive some kind of refund? I have never sought to amend a tax return before, so please pardon my ignorance on the matter.

Lol. You think I can get an 'Alf' stamp?? Real (embarrassing) question -- since I was able to save a PDF of my Form 1040 when I went to go file w/ TurboTax, it should just be as simple as copying what I put in those fields onto the printed blank copy I just printed, no? Yes, I know this is another tax, non visa, question but you seem like "good people", so I thought I'd ask! 😊 Thanks in advance, newbie

Haha, fair enough. Just have never filed by hand; afraid to screw something up and not realize it weeks, months later. But y'all are right; time to ADULT UP I guess. Thanks for the replies.

You mean file single online now, then amend it later, after I've filed for and received an ITIN for her?

That I cannot file online married w/ a spouse that does not have a SSN or ITIN. I'd have to print, fill out by hand, file by mail, write a check, etc. and I'd much prefer, if possible, to file/pay electronically now and just be done with it/know that they have received it.

Long story short – when I went to go file my taxes last month on TurboTax.com, hit a snag when filing ‘married separated’ due to my wife, who is awaiting a decision on our CR1 visa petition for her, obviously not having a SSN or ITIN. Talking it over with a CPA, I was advise I’d do better filing ‘married jointing’ as I’d qualify for a tax credit. I was recommended to just file for an extension and fill out a W-7 form to acquire an ITIN for my wife. Cut to a week later, I discover you CANNOT in fact qualify for a tax credit when filing ‘married jointly’ if also filing for a ITIN. *eye roll* So, now I just want to file my taxes and be done with it as I am now late and I owe by filing ‘married separately', so every day in theory I am accruing interest. My only option now is either file by mail, which I’ve never done, or just “fudge it” and file ‘single’ so I can be done with it and file and pay online right now. Thoughts? Recommendations? Would it look bad come CR1 visa tax review if they see that I filed ‘single’ when I was obviously married all year (she absolutely never lived here at all during 2022, only visited for 50 days). I mean in the end, I’m doing so to pay the damn government money… Does it really even matter the status, given the roadblock presently in place? Anyone have experience going through this? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated… Okay, I guess I lied; wasn’t quite so short – sorry.

Hello, First time posting! I am seeking clarity on an RFE I received from USICS the other day. I received a message, and then letter, stating the following: “FORM I-130A REQUEST The Form I-130 Instructions indicate that the petitions filed on behalf of a spouse must be accompanied by a completed and signed Form I-130A, Supplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary. Although you submitted the required Form I-130A, it is incomplete and is missing page 4, page 5, and page 6. Submit a fully completed and signed Form I-130A, Supplemental Information for Spouse Beneficiary, for XXXX. If your spouse is overseas, Form I-130A must still be completed, but your spouse does not have to sign Form I-130A.” I believe my mistake was, feeling that the last pages mostly didn’t apply to us, I merely left the fields blank and just stuck a post-it on the pages that read ‘N/A’, along with my signature. Obviously, now I realize that was a dumb move. So now, obviously, I just have my wife refill out the form, write ‘N/A’ in every box and put a ‘0’ for any numerical questions that do not apply to us? For boxes like ‘Interpreter’s Signature’, she just leaves that blank or should she write ‘N/A’ in that box as well? And lastly, for the coversheet that I must mail back on top of completed I-130A, where it says: “Please check the appropriate box regarding if there is a new Form G-28, Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative, additional fees, additional forms, etc. Please place the new Form G-28, additional fees, additional forms directly under this sheet.” Do I leave those boxes empty or do I check ‘additional forms’ or ‘other’? Thank you in advance so much for taking the time to read through all of this and answering my (most likely incredibly daft) questions!