KoreaninHawaii

Hello all, My wife is currently awaiting her I-485 to be approved and to get a GC. She already received her EAD and SS card ("VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION"). We are planing to visit my family in NY (We are currently in HI) I was wondering if there are any concerns I should be aware of? I am planning on getting her a state REAL ID since she has a valid foreign passport but the last name is different since we are now married though I am in the process of getting her passport update but it will take awhile and won't be done by the time we are planning on the visit. We will bring her passport and our marriage certificate and NOA just in case as well. WE are just worried with all the changes that is happening with USA immigration we feel maybe we overlooked something or over thinking something. Thank you to everyone that replies. 😊

I see. I was just organizing her paperworks and I noticed the i-94 had expired 2 days before USCIS had received and began processing her case so I was curious if that would affect anything.

Question, While awaiting approval for my wife AOS Does the expiration date on her I-94 affect anything? I already filed everything that I should of needed but I was just wondering if I needed to do anything about it.

My RFE for my I-485 says was delivered on march 11 but my case hasn't updated since then. Did anyone have to wait awhile too for any updates?

Hello, My wife EAD was approved in about 40 days. She received her EAD about 1 week after approval and her SS card (if you had asked for one) 2 days after that.

Sent out my RFE reply back yesterday via priority mail express so hopefully the case will continue processing.

It’s the opposite for me. If it takes 2 weeks to show up i’m lucky. Sometimes up to three weeks for some items for me lol.

Since I live out in the middle of the ocean sometimes stuff takes longer to come in go (here's looking at you Amazon lol) so I didn't want to chance it if it got super late.

I stressed a little too when I was sending in the wife's paperwork that's why I paid for priority mail express. Sadly I still had to pay for it twice and the second time it didn't get there in the time that I paid for it 🤣

Thank you so much for the info and help. 💓

Thank you for the reply. She wasn't working for a few years while in Philippines so there's no income to report. I filed married jointly so hopefully that is ok. For next year would I have to change anything resident or non resident when she gets (hopefully by end of this year) her green card?

Hello all, I am trying to do my taxes this year. I am currently married to my wife who came on a K1 visa. We got married on Oct 11 2024 and at the current time of this writing we are awaiting her I-485 case to be approved. I usually use turbotax to do my taxes but this year I need some help. My wife received her EAD card on Feb 26 2025 and her SS card on Feb 28 2025. She has not worked since arriving in the USA and she was unemployed for a few years prior to her arrival here to USA (she live in Philippines). I am filing jointly and there's a question asking: "is a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse". I am unsure if I should check the box for the question or not. Any help would be much appreciated thank you.

Trying to do my taxes now and I am filing married jointly but with turbotax one of the questions is if my wife is a nonresident alien or dual-status alien spouse. It's a checkbox. Do I check it or not since we filed for her greencard but she doesn't have one yet. Not sure the correct answer.

My wife SS card should be arriving later today. 😊 Hopefully everything will be all set so me and her can go visit my family on the East Coast later this year. 💓

Wife's EAD card arrived today! Now hopefully the SS card soon. 😊

I will probably wait to sent the 2024 then. I still have time. (May22) My wife EAD card is in state right now according to the tracking (since I live on another island the main USPS hub is on Oahu) so card should come tomorrow and SS card hopefully soon after. 😊

I only send the w-2 of the last 3 years so thats probably why they want a transcript.

My RFE for now they only want: The petitioning sponsor, ME, on form I-864 Affidavit of Support, must submit a complete Federal income tax return submitted to IRS for the most recent tax year. If he submits a transcript it must be a "Tax Return Transcript" from the IRS."

I use turbotax so in a sense e-filing. I think it would be better if my return was approved not accepted. Hate to send to USCIS then to find out something is wrong.

When they accepted my filings for my wife I have the tracking that says it was delivered on 1/11 but my notices from USCIS says they received it on 1/10 lol

When looking at the document online on MyUSCIS since I haven't received it in the mail yet they need to receive my response by May 22 so I have a some time to do everything. The SS card should be here by the end of this week or sometime next week. Should I wait though even if I file this years taxes I should wait till they at least accept them right? Be kinda weird if I sent them to USCIS and come to find out IRS says I filed wrong or something else went wrong.

Well I changed my filing status to married filing jointly and it was changed just before the end of last year so I went to go do my taxes and well it's asking me for my wife SS number too and we haven't received it yet lol. But it should be showing up soon.

Today I got my wife tracking number from USPS Informed delivery for her EAD card. 😊 But I also got a notice from USCIS for a RFE on her I-485. They are asking for a complete federal income tax return for the most recent year. I haven't finished this year tax return yet so would last years be ok or should I wait to finish this year one?

Good to know lol. How long did it take for you to go from approval to card produced? Just trying to estimate how long till it shows up.

Hello everyone. Hope everyone having a good weekend. 😊 Another quick update: My wife I-765 case has now gone to card produced on February 22 2025. 🥰. Unfortunately MyUSCIS currently shows the tracking for it as unavailable so maybe the card will be coming soon and the SS card soon after?