InfoPass appointment for questions regarding an RFE

[CowBoE 429]

The RFE says :

1. Submit evidence of the petitioner/sponsor's current income:

We have my wife's (petitioner) letter from her employer stating how much she makes and how long she has been with them, we also have her pay stubs from the last 6 months. She doesn't have any other sources of income.

2. Submit all supporting tax documents submitted to the IRS:

We have her most recent W2, her copies of tax return transcripts, tax account transcripts, wage and income transcripts from IRS since 2012, also we are getting all the filed forms from our CPA for the last three years.

3. Submit evidence of assets or obtain a joint sponsor

(This seems strange considering my wife's income is > 125% poverty level. But anyway, the RFE says " Submit ALL documents requested below at one time. Failure to do so will result in a denial")

So we have my father-in-law as joint sponsor, he is filing a separate I-864, he has provided a letter from his employer, his last 6 months pay stubs, his most recent W2, tax return transcripts from IRS for the last 3 years, and also copies of all the forms filed for taxes for the last 3 years. Not to mention, he has his copy of his birth certificate and copy of his US passport.

Few comments:

1) In the "current income" column, be sure to include the projected total earning

for the entire 2015. Some people make the mistake of only entering

what they have earned up to the filing date.

2) I've seen RFE like yours probably close to a dozen times on VJ site in the past 18 months,

and they were clearly due to not sending in income evidence such as 6 months pay stubs and

employment verification letter. On the employment verification letter, be sure that it includes

a (HR) person that they can possibly contact.

3) Asking for asset or joint sponsor is a result of them not knowing whether your sponsor's

income is insufficient (since you didn't provide the evidence), so it's giving you an option

to make up the difference in an alternate way...ONLY if needed. In your case, it's not needed,

though it will probably not hurt...except for some confusion it may create in why you are

sending in unnecessary joint sponsor.

4) There is nothing wrong to double and triple check, but just realize that...

- the person you will talk to during InfoPass meeting won't be able to assure you of anything

and even if they gave you any verbal assurance, it has no direct influence on decision of your case.

- no matter what, you bear the burden to submit correct info...even if you were using an attorney...

- there are thousands of watchful eyes on this site, and rarely misled advice or guidance goes unnoticed,

so looking back at your previous posting and answers...the correct answers were there all along.

In short, if you submit correctly filled I-864, 3 years of tax transcripts, letter of employment,

and 6 months of pay stubs, at least this financial part should be all good.

Just one final thing, ideally, the letter of employment should include the following:

1) date of hire

2) job title

3) annual income

4) HR (or equivalent) contact person's name, email, telephone, and hand written signature

5) date of the letter

6) this should be printed on the company (logo) letterhead

7) make a copy and send in the original (with the signature)

[nbanik1987 0]

Few comments:

1) In the "current income" column, be sure to include the projected total earning

for the entire 2015. Some people make the mistake of only entering

what they have earned up to the filing date.

2) I've seen RFE like yours probably close to a dozen times on VJ site in the past 18 months,

and they were clearly due to not sending in income evidence such as 6 months pay stubs and

employment verification letter. On the employment verification letter, be sure that it includes

a (HR) person that they can possibly contact.

3) Asking for asset or joint sponsor is a result of them not knowing whether your sponsor's

income is insufficient (since you didn't provide the evidence), so it's giving you an option

to make up the difference in an alternate way...ONLY if needed. In your case, it's not needed,

though it will probably not hurt...except for some confusion it may create in why you are

sending in unnecessary joint sponsor.

4) There is nothing wrong to double and triple check, but just realize that...

- the person you will talk to during InfoPass meeting won't be able to assure you of anything

and even if they gave you any verbal assurance, it has no direct influence on decision of your case.

- no matter what, you bear the burden to submit correct info...even if you were using an attorney...

- there are thousands of watchful eyes on this site, and rarely misled advice or guidance goes unnoticed,

so looking back at your previous posting and answers...the correct answers were there all along.

In short, if you submit correctly filled I-864, 3 years of tax transcripts, letter of employment,

and 6 months of pay stubs, at least this financial part should be all good.

Just one final thing, ideally, the letter of employment should include the following:

1) date of hire

2) job title

3) annual income

4) HR (or equivalent) contact person's name, email, telephone, and hand written signature

5) date of the letter

6) this should be printed on the company (logo) letterhead

7) make a copy and send in the original (with the signature)

Thank you so much!