Hello,
I helped a friend file her AOS papers adjusting from a Student Visa (F1). She received an RFE for their I-864 and we are struggling to figure out A) what was wrong and B) have questions on how to respond. I attached the RFE. Any help/insight is greatly appreciated!
About the situation:
- Petitioner (US Citizen) is a military veteran looking for a job. He receives 26k/year for disability. Since these are tax-exempt, they do not show on his tax return. So we had to put a reported annual federal income of just $5k down, that showed on his tax returns (previous years are similar). Because of this considerable discrepancy, we added a letter of explanation that talked about where his money is coming from and why it is not showing on his tax returns
- Beneficiary (Immigrant) is on OPT and makes $44k a year, so also well above the 125% poverty guidelines.
These are the documents we provided:
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Letter of Explanation for I-864
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Copy of U.S citizen birth certificate
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Transcript of federal income tax return of most recent year
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Petitioner VA Letter of disability
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Petitioner Copy of GI bill pay stubs from the past year
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DD-214
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Past 12 months of Bank Statements from the Account that receives the Direct Deposits
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VA ID Card
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Beneficiary employment letter
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Beneficiary Copy of most recent pay stubs
Now they received an RFE and we are not sure what is wrong. We did notice that we forgot to enter a sum in Part 6.
Do they want them to get a sponsor? Or is just the sum that is missing and that is what the RFE is for?
Thank you!

