Returning to US, CR1 for spouse: foreign income tax problem

[mike85 0]

I recently moved back to the US from the UK, and got married.

We're at the final stages of the CR1 application: my wife just had her interview with a consulate.

We were refused because my 2014 taxes were marked as foreign income.

We were given two options:

- apply with a joint sponsor

- wait until 2015 tax forms are made available (W2, etc)

Is there any way around this?

It seems like this would be a common occurrence: an expat moving back with a spouse..

thank you,

mike

[Kastrs 723]

This is a common occurrence, and most people in your situation would apply with a joint sponsor. Although if you have enough assets you can use those as well. But yes you either need to demonstrate you are able to support your spouse with enough assets, with a 2015 tax return, or with a joint sponsor. There is no way around the AoS.

[mike85 0]

Thank you for the reply Kastrs! It sounds like the assets option could work. Do you have any more info about that approach?

The consulate seemed to disregard that despite providing bank statements with sufficient funds.

[kdc0224 7]

Certain consulates can be picky about assets. An NVC supervisor told me that it's better to have a joint sponsor than qualify with assets (even if it's a figure close to a million US dollars). My husband and I were in the same boat as you. He had foreign income but in his case, his income was insiffucient so we used a joint sponsor. I even went to my interview with a back up joint sponsor just in case. Make sure your joint sponsor makes well above the poverty line for his/her household size because they are picky with that.

I recently moved back to the US from the UK, and got married.

We're at the final stages of the CR1 application: my wife just had her interview with a consulate.

We were refused because my 2014 taxes were marked as foreign income.

We were given two options:

- apply with a joint sponsor

- wait until 2015 tax forms are made available (W2, etc)

Is there any way around this?

It seems like this would be a common occurrence: an expat moving back with a spouse..

thank you,

mike

[TBoneTX 48,055]

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