Dear All,
I'm curious if anyone has experience themselves or can provide any guidance for my situation. I've searched the web and can't find any answers for this:
Background:
1) My wife (Taiwanese) of over 10 years and myself (American) live in Taiwan.
2) I'm unemployed and wife has internet business with annual income beyond poverty level, but she has never filed US taxes since she is a Taiwanese citizen so we can't claim that on form I-864, however her income WILL continue when she moves to the USA since it is online based, but I that still doesn't help show that we can financially support ourselves, so we'll need my parents to sponsor.
3) My parents have a retirement income beyond the poverty level around 70-80k per year, and are willing to be sponsors. However dad's income is not taxable (retired on disability from gov job) and so they haven't filed taxes in years.
4) My address/residence in the state of WA is with my parents.
Question:
1) What evidence, letters, explanation do you suggest I include in the I-864a that my dad will file to give USCIS enough proof without having any tax returns over 3 years?
2) I believe my dad's retirement income ~70k-80/year should be enough to qualify, but they (mom and dad both retired) file joint taxes, so does that mean I should file two I864a forms, one for mom and one for dad, or file one for my dad and include both of their incomes together since they file jointly?
My Initial Answers/Thoughts:
1) I'll include a written explanation for why they don't file taxes (I'll need to chat with their accountant and get the reasoning behind this, she may even be willing to write a letter of explanation)
2) I'll include the last year they did file taxes (maybe 5 or more years ago, I'm not sure at the moment)
3) I'll include a photocopy of the deed to their house (approx value $700k)
4) I'll include a bank statement showing their monthly deposits of their retirement (approx 5~6k per month for dad alone and mom has her own retirement plus social security I could add as well)
Thanks so much for any all and advice or experience you could lend me, I'd really like to get this filed within the next few weeks as I'm sure there will be a long waiting period : )