RFE

[happyandgay 0]

Hi. New here. We received an RFE this week. It said, 1. submit latest tax return and underneath it, 2. a box was checked saying my husband does not meet the sponsorship's support financially. How come? He earns 56K a year for 7 years? Please help what shall we do?

Thank you.

Edited February 19, 2010 by happyandgay

[Darnell 8,480]

create a new I-864, give 3 years of tax return data.

I'm guessing the I-864 was scant.

It may be he is 'supporting' people , and wasn't noted somewhere, but USCIS caught it. (that's a wild guess).

[Anh map 2,098]

It sounds like they want the 2009 return.

What does line 22 on his tax returns show for income? Does that meet the requirements for your spouse's household size?

[Dakine 26]

Hi. New here. We received an RFE this week. It said, 1. submit latest tax return and underneath it, 2. a box was checked saying my husband does not meet the sponsorship's support financially. How come? He earns 56K a year for 7 years? Please help what shall we do?

Thank you.

I'd have hubby call IRS and have him get his last 3 years of tax transcripts and send them in.

Free. Call 800 829 1040.

He can have them faxed to him while he's talking with them.

Also he can have them mailed to him. Takes about 7 days if mailed.

[Nik+Heather 122]

Hi. New here. We received an RFE this week. It said, 1. submit latest tax return and underneath it, 2. a box was checked saying my husband does not meet the sponsorship's support financially. How come? He earns 56K a year for 7 years? Please help what shall we do?

Thank you.

So, did you submit the tax return for 2008? Or Tax transcripts (Both acceptable, I would thing transcripts are preferable)? This is required. If you have done 2009 taxes, you can send those in IN ADDITION to 2008. Be sure if you are sending in the return you send in a copy of all schedules, the 1040, all W-2s, 1099s, etc.

56k might not be acceptable if there is a large household size. If it's just the two of you, then he meets the qualifications, but you haven't proven his income very well.

Here are the ways to prove income:

- Tax returns (or transcripts) for the past 3 years (only latest is required)

- Employer letter (stating job title, when they started, permanent or temporary, their salary)

- Recent pay stubs (I included the math for how to get from one pay check to a whole year's worth)

Oh, I almost forgot, if you sent all of this stuff in already, and you still got RFEd, you may need to send it in again because they are notorious for asking for things you've already sent!

Edited February 19, 2010 by Nik+Heather

[happyandgay 0]

Thank you friends. Yes we've sent all, tax transcripts, w2s and even the 1040 and w2 for 2009 since we already filed tax electronically.

Do I really need to send a new 864 form together with what they want?

I decided to HIGHLIGHT the line 22 of the latest 2009 tax and the 06, 07 and 08 tax transcripts taxable income against the USCIS Income guidelines. Is this good?

We're only 2 in the household size...

[Nik+Heather 122]

Thank you friends. Yes we've sent all, tax transcripts, w2s and even the 1040 and w2 for 2009 since we already filed tax electronically.

Do I really need to send a new 864 form together with what they want?

I decided to HIGHLIGHT the line 22 of the latest 2009 tax and the 06, 07 and 08 tax transcripts taxable income against the USCIS Income guidelines. Is this good?

We're only 2 in the household size...

Yes, send that all in again, and include the other proofs of current income if you can.

Double check your I864. Here's a link to the example here. Yours should be pretty close...

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/INS-Form-I-864.pdf

[happyandgay 0]

Was able to talk to 2nd line customer service rep at their 1800 number. She said to highlight as they could have made errors to identify the qualifiers of the 864.

[happyandgay 0]

Oh, I almost forgot, if you sent all of this stuff in already, and you still got RFEd, you may need to send it in again because they are notorious for asking for things you've already sent!

I read your link, seems I got the same ARGH

[VanessaTony 3,567]

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