Question about tax return

[piglet_14 0]

Hello to all I hope somebody can help me with my question.. I'm planning to file my N400 this june 2013, but my problem is for 2011-2012 me and my husband did joint filing for our tax, but this 2012 our accountant advised is to do married filed separately. And my cover letter includes:

· Check for $680.00 made payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

· Two passport-sized photo

· Photocopy of both sides of my Permanent Resident Card

· Photocopy of husband Birth Certificate & Passport

· Copy of our joint US tax return for the year 2010 and 2011

My question is:

1. Is it okay to include the 2012 tax even if its married filed separately??

2. Or should i include the 2012 tax and just include other proofs like bank accounts, insurance, mortgage payments??? or is too much to include...

thanks

[Inky 1,111]

You have to include the 2012 tax transcript. It is the current years transcript regardless of if you filed joint or sep.

You have to include bank account insurance mortgage etc if you are filing the N400 based on 3 years marriage, 3 years LPR. It is listed on the sheets USCIS sends you and in the instructions.

Make sure you read the instructions and the check list provided to you on the USCIS website.

[grrrrreat 110]

Hello to all I hope somebody can help me with my question.. I'm planning to file my N400 this june 2013, but my problem is for 2011-2012 me and my husband did joint filing for our tax, but this 2012 our accountant advised is to do married filed separately. And my cover letter includes:

· Check for $680.00 made payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

· Two passport-sized photo

· Photocopy of both sides of my Permanent Resident Card

· Photocopy of husband Birth Certificate & Passport

· Copy of our joint US tax return for the year 2010 and 2011

My question is:

1. Is it okay to include the 2012 tax even if its married filed separately??

2. Or should i include the 2012 tax and just include other proofs like bank accounts, insurance, mortgage payments??? or is too much to include...

thanks

I would include all of the tax returns (you and your spouse's) either way. Do the separately filed joint returns even refer to both spouses? If not, I would consider including an explanation plus other evidence regarding the marriage--bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children. I don't think it's too much.

[grrrrreat 110]

You have to include the 2012 tax transcript. It is the current years transcript regardless of if you filed joint or sep.

You have to include bank account insurance mortgage etc if you are filing the N400 based on 3 years marriage, 3 years LPR. It is listed on the sheets USCIS sends you and in the instructions.

Make sure you read the instructions and the check list provided to you on the USCIS website.

This is not correct. The instructions do not say you need to provide a current year tax transcript.

The instructions say that if you are applying based on three years marriage to USC, you must include documents referring to the married spouses, such as three years of tax returns OR the other documents you list. Not all naturalization applicants must include tax returns.

Please go back and read the N-400 instructions and USCIS's checklist yourself: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/attachments.pdf

[Inky 1,111]

This is not correct. The instructions do not say you need to provide a current year tax transcript.

The instructions say that if you are applying based on three years marriage to USC, you must include documents referring to the married spouses, such as three years of tax returns OR the other documents you list. Not all naturalization applicants must include tax returns.

Please go back and read the N-400 instructions and USCIS's checklist yourself: http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/attachments.pdf

It is correct.

I just had my interview, they expect to see the current year plus last 2 years for the 3 years of marriage filing. They require them. You cannot just hand over any random 3 years of tax returns that you want to when applying based on marriage and LPR for 3 years.

[piglet_14 0]

You have to include the 2012 tax transcript. It is the current years transcript regardless of if you filed joint or sep.

You have to includeif you are filing the N400 based on 3 years marriage, 3 years LPR. It is listed on the sheets USCIS sends you and in the instructions.

Make sure you read the instructions and the check list provided to you on the USCIS website.

oh do i have to include bank account insurance mortgage etc too. because some people said its only these:

· Check for $680.00 made payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

· Two passport-sized photo

· Photocopy of both sides of my Permanent Resident Card

· Photocopy of James Magat Birth Certificate & Passport front cover and signature page

· Copy of our US tax return for the year 2010, 2011 and 2012

and the other evidence just bring it during the interview just in case they ask for it.

[Inky 1,111]

If you are filing based on marriage yes. You need to include your marital evidence in the package. It is in the instructions. Please read them.

[immibie 23]

Inky, the instruction says OR not AND - this has been going on for a while now. There are people that don't include everything to simplify the package by including just the tax transcript, take other evidence to the interview, and got approved also.

But I am in agreement that the questioner need to submit the latest tax transcript year, which he does.

Edited May 31, 2013 by immibie

[Vishnya 4]

You have to include the 2012 tax transcript. It is the current years transcript regardless of if you filed joint or sep.

You have to include bank account insurance mortgage etc if you are filing the N400 based on 3 years marriage, 3 years LPR. It is listed on the sheets USCIS sends you and in the instructions.

Make sure you read the instructions and the check list provided to you on the USCIS website.

So you just passed the interview being 3years resident based on marriage. You had all the document with you ( basicaly almost all of them the IO alredy had) did they ask to provide any extra infromation about marriage, were your spouse sitting with you on the interview? Thanks

[Inky 1,111]

So you just passed the interview being 3years resident based on marriage. You had all the document with you ( basicaly almost all of them the IO alredy had) did they ask to provide any extra infromation about marriage, were your spouse sitting with you on the interview? Thanks

I had sent everything with the N-400. I brought more to the interview. I was not asked for anything extra he said they had everything they needed. ( Aside from the green card itself of course which I handed over in person ). My husband was in the waiting room, they aren't allowed into the actual interviewing room with you.

He attended the same day oath as well, sitting in the same room with me. Cameras were allowed for the oath but not the interview.