tax return vs tax transcript: which should I submit as my financial document? (tax refund not been processed yet)

[RidwanFaruq 1]

I mailed my tax return pretty late (approximately 1 month back) and my tax refund has not been processed yet.  Should i submit tax return as my financial document for the spousal visa process or should I wait for my tax refund to be processed and then submit the tax transcript? Which one would be faster?  I know nvc processes tax transcripts faster than other documents.

Thanks in advance

[Wouter 141]

When I submitted my documents to NVC in June my 2020 tax refund had also not been processed yet and there was no tax transcript available for 2020.

So I went with the alternative option that is indicated in the I-864 instructions: I submitted my federal income tax return for 2020 with all the schedules included (over 45 pages).

The instructions also say "If you provide a photocopy of your Federal individual income tax returns, you must include a copy of each and every Form W-2 and Form 1099 that relates to your returns" so I included a copy of my 2020 W-2.

I also included tax transcripts for 2019 and 2018.

Everything was accepted and we were recently DQ'd