US Immigration from Ireland

Hi all,

Submitted for AOS paperwork on 5/01 and just received a letter yesterday 5/30 with an RFE. The RFE states:

"Why We Are Writing You

On May 1 , 2023, you submitted your Form I-485. We are writing to inform you that we need more information from you to make a decision on your case. Please read this letter carefully and follow all of the instructions below.

What You Need To Do

You must provide het following information in order for us to make a final decision on your case. Please include a copy of AL pages of this letter with your response.
Based on the documents submitted, we could not determine that the petitioning sponsor on Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, is qualified. In order to be a qualified sponsor, the petitioning sponsor's Form I-864 must be properly completed and signed, and the supporting documents must establish that the petitioning sponsor's income meets 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor's household size. See Form I-864P for information on the Federal Poverty Guidelines."

I am very confused cause I believed that we did all the paperwork correctly and my total income was above the poverty guidelines. I looked over the submitted papers and everything looks fine however my initial submission included a 1040X (amended return) as my accountant messed up the numbers when he submitted my tax return. I see now that the transcript for 2022 includes a different number than what was under total income in 1040X. Could this have been the issue? Do the agencies share this info to confirm and flag if the number is off (it's off by like $300).

I will resubmit today but I have some questions:

- is it better to submit online than by mail?

- this time I will not include my tax return but rather the tax return transcript (with no additional paperwork 1099, etc.)

- I am self employed and this year (because of the writer's strike) I have been affected financially. Should I just write last year's total income on taxes as my "annual income?"

- how many times can you be RFE'd before you get denied?

Thanks all.

Hey all.

I am a non citizen. My wife is usc.

She previously petioned a K1 for me and was successful. Adjusted status, got a 10 year green card.

We then moved back to my home country to work.

Since then, I have only re-entered the US on an ESTA as a tourist to visit my inlaws.

We are now thinking about moving back to the US.

When reading up on how to approach it I found the below. Does anyone have any info on this type of visa? You think we'd qualify? Amy success stories out there?

Thanks!

"If you remain outside of the United States for more than 2 years, any reentry permit granted before your departure from the United States will have expired. In this case, it is advisable to consider applying for a returning resident visa (SB-1) at the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. An SB-1 applicant will be required to establish eligibility for an immigrant visa and will need a medical exam."

Hi guys!

I just had my interview today. I everything went smoothly until the consular started reviewing our documents. We missed one part on the i-134, but apart from that he said everything looks fine and he doesn't see any problem. However, he returned my passport and gave me a 221-g slip that has instructions for us to send back my passport and a fully completed i-134 form. So as soon as I got out of the embassy, me and my fiance were Facetiming and we had the documents express mailed back to the US embassy on the same day.

I wonder if anyone has had the same experience and if so, how long did it take for the embassy to process your documents?

My fianc and I are in the process of getting our K1 visa. We just received our approval of our petition (NOA2) and are waiting for our application to be sent to the US embassy in London. My fianc happened to stumble upon a thread here on visa journey from 2019 where an individual was denied their K1 after having a no live trace on ACRO and a minor possession of marijuana (one joint) on his subject access report from 2011.

My fianc lives in Scotland and remembered when he was 17 or 18, he got a ticket for having a single marijuana joint on him. This was about 12 years ago, he was a teenager, and he truly didn t even remember until seeing this post.

All that said, we don t have his ACRO report yet, so we don t even know what it will say. But we re both just really anxious - we are definitely planning to consult an immigration lawyer if he does have this on his subject access report. I m waiting to pay for a lawyer consultation until I have details about the ticket/fine as I m sure that would affect their advice. In the meantime- has anyone had experience with getting approved with no live trace and a marijuana charge on their SAR? Is this an automatic refusal? Does the fact that it was 12 years ago matter?

I really appreciate any insight - I know we have to wait to see what the ACRO actually says but given the wait times on those right now, it would be nice to have some peace of mind.

Hi everyone! Quick question on filing time for adjustment of status for my brother.

I am a USC, and my brother travelled from his own country in Europe for a vacation about 6 weeks ago. (ESTA Entry) Weather was pretty bad for the first couple of weeks so he decided to extend his stay here so we could do more things together that we originally planned. Recently, his girlfriend broke up with him and he really has nowhere to go back home so I floated the idea to him that maybe he should think about staying here if it s possible and that I could sponsor him for a green card. He is interested and so I started to look into it.

I understand the AOS process, as its something I have been through before after I met my wife and we got married in 2017. My question is, when is the ideal time to file? There seems to be some variance with 60+ days and some either say wait until after 90 days but his ESTA only lasts for 90 days and we don't want to break any rules if he overstays. He did not come here with any intent to stay, but life threw him some lemons and myself and my family would be happy to help him out if at all possible to help him get on his feet and start over.

Any advice or links to guides/previous threads will be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much.