I-485 RFE, Income did not meet 125% of the pov guideline

[happy_harrys 0]

I concurrently filed I-130 and I-485 for my mom who  is on tourist visa in USA. I am a US citizen and sole sponsor. I submitted last three years of tax transcript(filed jointly between me and my wife), last three months of my bank account statement and also a statement from my employer stating my current income is north of 160k. My spouses income is around 80k but she is not a sponsor. We have a household of 3(including me, my wife and my mom(whom I am sponsoring)). My income itself is way above the poverty guideline.

 

Now as per the RFE  

1) Submit all tax documentation (W2,1099s,schedules etc.) for for most recent tax year.

2) Based on documents submitted with I-864 the income did not meet 125% of the poverty guideline and then it goes on to say to either add a joint sponsor or show assets to surmount to make up for the lack of sufficient income.

 

Since I submitted my application in Feb 2018 I didn't have my 2017 taxes filed yet. Maybe they just wanted my recent tax returns and not the 2016 ones.

But the second item doesn't make any sense. Why do they say my income doesn't meet poverty guideline when all my tax transcripts in last three years have 200k+ of joint income and my current employer letter shows 160k+ income and my bank statement shows 200k+ balance. 

 

Any ideas ? 

[Peterrr 0]

On 3/21/2018 at 5:59 PM, happy_harrys said:

I concurrently filed I-130 and I-485 for my mom who  is on tourist visa in USA. I am a US citizen and sole sponsor. I submitted last three years of tax transcript(filed jointly between me and my wife), last three months of my bank account statement and also a statement from my employer stating my current income is north of 160k. My spouses income is around 80k but she is not a sponsor. We have a household of 3(including me, my wife and my mom(whom I am sponsoring)). My income itself is way above the poverty guideline.

 

Now as per the RFE  

1) Submit all tax documentation (W2,1099s,schedules etc.) for for most recent tax year.

2) Based on documents submitted with I-864 the income did not meet 125% of the poverty guideline and then it goes on to say to either add a joint sponsor or show assets to surmount to make up for the lack of sufficient income.

 

Since I submitted my application in Feb 2018 I didn't have my 2017 taxes filed yet. Maybe they just wanted my recent tax returns and not the 2016 ones.

But the second item doesn't make any sense. Why do they say my income doesn't meet poverty guideline when all my tax transcripts in last three years have 200k+ of joint income and my current employer letter shows 160k+ income and my bank statement shows 200k+ balance. 

 

Any ideas ? 

I just received a similarly worded letter, as the petitioner for AOS as father of a US citizen. I submitted my assets, two residential properties without mortgages, bank accounts with letters from the manager, 3 vehicles fully paid, and still they sent this letter. We used 50% of the same assets to successfully meet the required amount for my wife 3 years ago. I wonder if they part of it was misplaced between Chicago and Missouri?