i 864 no income

[con wheel 0]

Hi

I was born in the states and moved to ireland at the age of 8.

My fiancee has been approved her k1 visa and we are moving to new york in 3 weeks to get married.

We will be filing for adjustment of status straight away.

I have been looking at the I-864 form and am worried about it

. I have not worked in america and so have no US tax returns.

Will my tax returns from ireland count???.

We have savings but are unsure how much will be needed??

Thanks for any help

[Transborderwife 4,666]

You'll have to file back taxes.  Us citizens are required to do so regardless of where they live.  How did you meet the I-134 standards?

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

Did you have enough savings for the I-134 to get the K1?  if so, that should be enouhg for the next stage too.

Similarly, if you used a co-sponsor, use them for the next stage too.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

9 minutes ago, con wheel said:

Hi

I was born in the states and moved to ireland at the age of 8.

My fiancee has been approved her k1 visa and we are moving to new york in 3 weeks to get married.

We will be filing for adjustment of status straight away.

I have been looking at the I-864 form and am worried about it

. I have not worked in america and so have no US tax returns.

Will my tax returns from ireland count???.

We have savings but are unsure how much will be needed??

Thanks for any help

I am wondering how you were able to prove your citizenship without having filed your taxes meanwhile you were making income to file taxes in Ireland?

 

Anyway, you will need to catch up on your taxes.

if your I-134 situation hasn't changed then you only need to update the form and submit it again.

Edited May 17, 2017 by IcezMan_IcezLady

[con wheel 0]

I have dual citizinship in the US and Ireland so have two passports

[con wheel 0]

I had enough savings for i 134 but not sure how to find out how much is enough for i 864

[Transborderwife 4,666]

4 minutes ago, con wheel said:

I have dual citizinship in the US and Ireland so have two passports

That doesn't answer any of the questions 

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Just now, con wheel said:

I had enough savings for i 134 but not sure how to find out how much is enough for i 864

You need to file those back taxes asap regardless.  How many is in your household count?

[con wheel 0]

Just now, Transborderwife said:

You need to file those back taxes asap regardless.  How many is in your household count?

only 2 

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Just now, con wheel said:

only 2 

I believe about $60,000

[mallafri76 1,012]

We used pure assets for our I-864. It's three times the poverty guidelines plus some change for good measure. You need to be able to show through bank statements and/or stock portfolio analysis that you've owned the assets for at least a year. 

[Jojo92122 1,924]

If con wheel made more than $10,000 in the last three years, then US tax returns are required for the I-864.

[IcezMan_IcezLady 582]

17 hours ago, con wheel said:

I have dual citizinship in the US and Ireland so have two passports

You haven't done your citizenry duty by skipping on U.S. taxes but somehow the U.S. embassy  in Ireland didn't look into that. That is beyond me! how some embassies gloss over some things. ..<shrug>

 

[Patient 57]

1 hour ago, IcezMan_IcezLady said:

You haven't done your citizenry duty by skipping on U.S. taxes but somehow the U.S. embassy  in Ireland didn't look into that. That is beyond me! how some embassies gloss over some things. ..<shrug>

 

It is an IRS issue, when he files for back tax returns with income or no income stated, they will seek to know where any savings came from as you cannot report no income but have gifts or lump sum income.

 

The FBAR is important - any account over USD$10,000 including deposits and pension accounts per account or instance ....... non-filing can result in penalties and fines.

FATCA comes into play on accounts over USD$50,000

 

It is not the Embassy job to stop an application on wealth or non-filing, a note is passed to the IRS, many an Embassy has been known in the last 4-8 years to advise the IRS on passport renewals of the presence of US citizens abroad to the IRS leaving them to check on the status.  

[EG&XY 144]

2 hours ago, Patient said:

The FBAR is important - any account over USD$10,000 including deposits and pension accounts per account or instance ....... non-filing can result in penalties and fines.

It is not necessarily that any one account is over $10,000 USD. It is if you have a net holdings of over $10,000 USD. If you do then you must declare all of the foreign accounts (even if individual accounts fall under $10,000 USD). Also, it is not only at the end of the year but a combination of maximum account value or balance at the end of the year.