Greetings all. I was told by my lawyers at FASTK3.COM that they lost any tax information I had sent them early on. Currently I am at the stage where I need to send in my IV Fee bill and my I-864 AOS form for myself and co sponsor. Here is my dilema:

I am in Cebu with my wife. I do not want to leave for various reasons everyone here can understand. Any tax information I have is back in the United States without possibility of anyone able to aquire my information for me. I have no tax data for the year because I have been in Cebu pretty much all year. I have little to no tax data for the subsiquent two years (well under min requirements to sponsor) for the prior 2 years because I had spent the time traveling.

I DONT WANT TO GO HOME! Do I have to go back to the US even just to get the little information I have? My co sponsor is well qualified to co sponsor. My lawyer at FASTK3.COM wants me to fill out the I-864 and send it with the co sponsor to the NVC with my tax information. What do I do? At all costs I want to remain here with my wife. I am almost in a panic and livid with FASTK3.COM.

Thank you.

orimai

Can't you get your tax info from the IRS website?

Will they send it to the Philippines? Whats the turn around time for that though. I said at all costs but I dont want to add another month or two to the wait just to receive a w2 form or 2.

orimai

You should be able to order all your tax information through the IRS website or phone; I don't know how long it would take to mail it to you. But for the I864 you have to provide a lot more than just tax returns, including pay check stubs. And even though your co sponsor more than qualifies, you still MUST FULLY complete the I-864 even if you don't qualify, because of previous years. If you do not, or you leave some portions blank, you will receive a "Request for Further Evidence" You petition will not be approved until both YOU and your co sponsor fully fill it out. You can't just put it on the shoulders of your co sponsor to take care of your financial responsibility forms.....good luck.

Ok *sigh* I will order 3 years of transcripts tomorrow and have them sent to a relative in the states. Thank you fastk3.com for making further mockery of our case and delaying us a further 4-6 weeks!

orimai

And on a personal note, in my opinion, I would have NEVER filed for a K3...I would have, and did, just stay with the CR1 (I-130)....honestly, a K3 isn't much faster, and when it comes to our spouses, whether it's a day apart or year, it feels like the same damn sucky thing....

Yeah your absolutely right and even hours seem to take that long at times. One of them is now with this delay. We are definately going for the CR1. The rep at fastk3 is the one who submited our K3 to Chicago then. *sigh* saying whatever we get we go with. At the rate they are handling our case (fastk3) the K3 will be done before the CR1. *grin*

orimai

Cant you have copies of your tax transcripts mailed to the FastK3 office since they'll be the ones sending in the forms? It would skip the middle man and maybe some unnecessary wasted time.................?

Orimai, just a suggestion, but if you had someone prepare your taxes for you ie; a private CPA or a branch firm like H&R Block. I would try ringing them and explaining the situation. They can either send a copy of your W-2's or have them picked up by a trusted relative or friend. Some places will do this for you especially if your a regular client. I would say that it should be a copy of your W-2 as I sent my tax return and was given an RFE. When I asked why I was given the RFE for my W-2 the NVC stated that since I was using a joint sponsor I had to furnish W-2's for the last tax year along with the return. It doesnt make sense, I know, considering the joint sponsor more than covers the need, but that is why I was delayed. Just hope to help you out and not let you get caught up in further delays. Good luck and I hope things go smoothly for you.

Sherry

Well I had sent fastk3 all my tax information and letter etc. But they claim I never sent it, which means they lost\misplaced it all. It came to them in my I-130 packet initially so I know they received it. I really dont want to send them it again. As far as the I-864 goes, they are making me fill it out, which, I hired them to do all document prep etc. sigh.

orimai

Well IRS only has tax information for 2004 and 2002. Part of 05 I spent traveling but IRS doesnt have any tax info for me for some reason the rest of 05. They dont have W2's at all. I do have some W2's from 05 and 04 at home in the US, but I dont want to go home at all costs. I assume I can leave it as unemployed in 05? 2006 I have been in Cebu. I ordered a transcript from the IRS today, I believe that is all they need, as long as I enter the information on the I-864 as it appears on the transcript?

This confuses me, this whole situation. I dont want to get any of it wrong. But only with the transcript I should be ok right? And the amounts shown on it. The rest of the time I can leave as unemployed, however I did work part of 05 before traveling. IRS just doesnt have any info for some reason and I do have THOSE 05 W2's and 04 W2's in the US. I just dont want to go home to retreive them. Any help is greatly appreciated!

orimai

from the instructions for the I-864;


"If you provide a photocopy of your tax return(s), you must include a copy of each and every Form W-2 and Form 1099 that relates to your return(s). Do not include copies of these Forms if you provide an IRS transcript of your return(s) rather than a photocopy."

Ok from what I gather that is good news since I am getting a transcript, sounds like thats all I need.

orimai