i-864 affidavit - turns out i didn't pay my taxes - help?

[chael777 0]

So I got an RFE requesting that I resend my i864 for my new wife's green card application.

 

In this process, I've learned that my cashier's check was never cashed by the IRS, so I did not in fact pay 2017 taxes. I have a photocopy of that cashier's check and the certified mail confirmation that it was delivered to the California IRS P.O box. I only have 83 days to send in the i864. I do not know if it's enough time to deal with this tax issue.

 

My question is this:

 

Can I send in my 1040 and schedules (since I worked both as a full time employee part of the year and as a freelancer), along with the prove of certified mail receipt and the cashier's check copy, and a letter explaining that I could not get a IRS transcript for 2017, and expect this to be accepted? I would also send the transcript for 2016 (paid), and for 2015 (I did not file, so this just says that there is not record), and I would add my father's i864 with all thre previous years' IRS transcripts (make make far more than I do, and well enough for this affidavit). Will this be enough?

 

Or must I at all cost show that my taxes in 2017 were verily accepted and cashed?

 

Thank you,

 

Cale

[usmsbow 796]

Send what you can. USCIS cares about verifying your income, not if you have paid your taxes or not. 1040 and schedules are better than nothing. 

 

Did you not send any tax info in your original packet? Or some of it? 

[TBoneTX 43,521]

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the main "AOS from K Visas" forum.

OP, if your wife is adjusting from a different visa, please so specify.

[sunshinelove 52]

As long as you can provide proof of your income it should suffice. I didn't make the income requirement so I got a co-sponsor and everything was fine. She looked at my co-sponsor's income as if it was my own and we moved on and left the interview approved. All they need is someone to be held financially responsible.