my USC fiance just started his job so he doesn't have any tax returns yet. he has a co-sponsor which is his mother but doesn't have any tax returns too...because they both just started working...just a few months ago... will that be a problem for the I-134? eventhough the co-sponsor meets the 125% povertyline?

thanks...

help needed here please....

Well, of course, your sponsor and co-sponsor can always qualify with assets as opposed to income. You only need to provide the tax information is they want to qualify with income.

Let me just ask a question or two. Are you saying that neither your fiance nor his mother-in-law have filed a tax return over the past three years? Or are you saying that their income would not be sufficient, regardless of whether a tax return was filed? If their current income is sufficient (based on current jobs), then they can both get a letter from their employer with the required information (see instructions to I-134). Then they can both write a letter explaining why they do not have any tax returns. I would think, however, that even if they have the necessary income now, it might be a safer route to use assets to qualify.

Just my opinion.

my USC fiance...studied & worked in the philippines for a while...he just came back to the US permanently last May '06..so no income tax was filed yet. & also his mom - was a housewife back then...when his father resigned from work...her mom applied for a job & got hired...

rUsSeLL&fAyE,

That is not sufficient reason for not having filed an income tax return.

Yodrak

why so? he hasn't been working in the US ever since??? how could be file one? & his mother? how could she have one if she just worked for just a few months?

If his mother is married, shw would have filed a joint return with her husband. If single, she would have received something in order to live which would also require a tax return if above the federal minimum.

rUsSeLL&fAyE,

He could file one by filling out the form and mailing it in the the IRS, which a US citizen is required to do if their income exceeds a specified minimum level - no matter where in the world the income was earned, even the Philippines.

Yodrak

i understand now what you're saying but isn't it that filing will still be on APRIL? i am not sure though..correct me again if i'm wrong:-)

rUsSeLL&fAyE,

You are correct, income tax returns are due by April of the following year.

So what is you fiance's legitimate excuse for not filing a 2005 tax return in April of 2006? You write in your 3rd post that "my USC fiance... .... worked in the philippines for a while".

Yodrak

he will file for one i am pretty sure but what i am concerned about is that...what if my inetrview will fall on march for example...what will happen to our I-134? what if the embassy askes for federal tax returns & he has not filed yet because it's not april yet? you kow what i mean?:-(

That is his problem. While April is the due date, a taxpayer can file his/her tax return at anytime beginning in January.

Uh oh. I am probably going to have the same prob. My man was stationed in Japan for 3 years and during those years he hadn't filed for his tax returns. Damn....... dunno what will happen.

Detty,

What will happen is he will file late tax returns if he had any income during those 3 years.

Yodrak

The main concern for the OP is that her sponsor and co-sponsor meet the poverty guidelines requirements and if so then they can try filing late taxes (you pay a fee) which is what my husband did for our K1.

Haha..yeah, William has just told me the same thing through PM. Thanks a lot, buddy.