RFE (Form I-485) Questions

[speedsteryou 1]

Hello!

 

We just received a RFE (form I-485) for my wife's AOS. This is asking for a federal income tax return for the most recent year (2018). We are recent graduates so (as many of you may know), my first year of employment (actually only 1/2 a year) was pretty low on annual income - ~21K. The RFE is also saying that we can get a joint sponsor. We are considering using my father as a joint sponsor, and he has some questions:

 

1. Can a cosponsor be my parents combined, or does it have to just be one? We want to provide the strongest case possible, obviously.

2. Should I be refilling out documents to resubmit as well, even though I already sent the large amount of documents for her AOS?

3. What is the income gap they’re talking about on the RFE? What is the accepted amount of income needed to be a petitioner?

 

Thanks!

 

[K1visaHopeful 2,662]

1 hour ago, speedsteryou said:

Hello!

 

We just received a RFE (form I-485) for my wife's AOS. This is asking for a federal income tax return for the most recent year (2018). We are recent graduates so (as many of you may know), my first year of employment (actually only 1/2 a year) was pretty low on annual income - ~21K. The RFE is also saying that we can get a joint sponsor. We are considering using my father as a joint sponsor, and he has some questions:

 

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1. Can a cosponsor be my parents combined, or does it have to just be one? We want to provide the strongest case possible, obviously.

Do your parents live with you?

If not, one will be your JOINT SPONSOR and the other will be THAT PERSON'S CO-SPONSOR as a household member of theirs.

 

If they live with you, they can both (or one of them) be YOUR CO-SPONSORS as a household member of YOU.

 

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2. Should I be refilling out documents to resubmit as well, even though I already sent the large amount of documents for her AOS?

What documents?

What does your RFE ask for?

Documents from you too?

 

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3. What is the income gap they’re talking about on the RFE?

We would need to see the RFE to understand what you are talking about.

 

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What is the accepted amount of income needed to be a petitioner?

 

Thanks!

 

Depends on state, military status and how many members of the household are dependent on the sponsor.

 

This is still your resource that you used for your prior visa process.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p

 

 

EDIT: however we would not know what that visa process is or if even a visa process was used to enter the US as your timeline is blank.

 

Guess what? VJ has made a emoji to emphasize the importance of filling out your timeline. Do that. Then ask. 

Edited October 24, 2019 by K1visaHopeful