Marriage Visa Income Requirements

[lucy 242 4]

Do you guys know if the minimum income requirements are before or after taxes?

And what if we only have one year of income and not 3?

[Khallaf 646]

38 minutes ago, lucy 242 said:

Do you guys know if the minimum income requirements are before or after taxes?

And what if we only have one year of income and not 3?

you only need to provide the most current year income tax returns they can however request to see the last 3 if you didn't have to file you just need to explain you didn't have to file.

 

as far as the income it goes on the tax return bottom line adjust gross income, I am not sure what line number it is on the taxes, but the income you use will be after all the tax deductions.

[Just Paul 4,591]

You need to show atl east 125% of the federal poverty line for the state you will be living in.  See the I-864 instructions.

 

Since you say you are DCF expect needing a joint sponsor unless the Petitioner has already moved back to the US and re established domicile.

 

Expect to explain why there are not 3 years of taxes.

[lucy 242 4]

My husband lives in the US but he was injured and couldn't work for 2 years, so he only has one year of income from his business

I'm just trying to figure out how much income he needs to show and if it's before or after taxes

[Just Paul 4,591]

4 minutes ago, lucy 242 said:

My husband lives in the US

So a regular CR1 spousal filing not DCF.

 

The household income needs to be 125% for the new family size.

https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines

[NikLR 13,220]

~~moved to IR1/CR1 process and procedures from DCF~~

[lucy 242 4]

So I checked and and we are good for this year but we have no tax returns for previous years, do you think we will need another sponsor? 

[Zangief 3]

1 hour ago, lucy 242 said:

So I checked and and we are good for this year but we have no tax returns for previous years, do you think we will need another sponsor? 

You can backfile tax returns for the previous years, and submit those afterward. Regardless of the CR1 petition, the US Citizen should be filing taxes each year anyway, so might as well bring that in compliance.

[John & Rose 7,237]

3 hours ago, lucy 242 said:

So I checked and and we are good for this year but we have no tax returns for previous years, do you think we will need another sponsor? 

I believe only the last full tax return and current pay stubs are all that is "required".  Past income doesn't matter but you can optionally include three previous years tax transcripts.

[lucy 242 4]

For a self employed person, we should only include the tax return right? is there anything else needed?

[geowrian 22,335]

19 hours ago, John & Rose said:

I believe only the last full tax return and current pay stubs are all that is "required".  Past income doesn't matter but you can optionally include three previous years tax transcripts.

It sounds like the OP is self employed. As such, there are no pay stubs to show. The most recent year’s tax return will show their current income (line 22 for 2017, or line 8 6 for 2018).

Edited January 18, 2019 by geowrian

[pushbrk 12,106]

21 hours ago, Khallaf said:

you only need to provide the most current year income tax returns they can however request to see the last 3 if you didn't have to file you just need to explain you didn't have to file.

 

as far as the income it goes on the tax return bottom line adjust gross income, I am not sure what line number it is on the taxes, but the income you use will be after all the tax deductions.

The above is misleading at best.  Really it is wrong.

 

Gross "current" income is how you qualify.  The affidavit of support asks for INFORMATION from three tax returns.  "Adjusted Gross Income" is used ONLY if you file a 1040EZ.  If you file a 1040 form, it's "Total Income" from line 22 of the 1040.  The qualifying income (for an "employed" person) comes from a pay stub, not a tax return.

[pushbrk 12,106]

2 hours ago, geowrian said:

It sounds like the OP is self employed. As such, there are no pay stubs to show. The most recent year’s tax return will show their current income (line 22 for 2017, or line 8 for 2018).

I haven't see the 1040 for 2018.  Has it changed so much it's now line 8, instead of 22.

 

If the OP is self employed, it would be best to choose between waiting to provide the I-864 until AFTER filing the 2018 tax return, or to supply an updated I-864 for the interview, that does include the 2018 return.

[geowrian 22,335]

6 hours ago, pushbrk said:

I haven't see the 1040 for 2018.  Has it changed so much it's now line 8, instead of 22.

That's what it looks like to me... https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf

 

NOTE: I edited my comment to say line 6 (total income), not line 8. Line 8 is definitely not the one to use...whoops.