US Immigration from New Zealand

Hi all,

My wife and I have received a message from the NVC in the message centre that says Please submit every 2020 W-2 form for petitionerName. and we re not sure what we need to do next.

My wife (the petitioner) was living abroad for the entire 2020 tax year and was not employed by a US based company, and therefore has no W-2 to submit. As part of our initial NVC package we submitted her entire tax transcript for 2020 which was generated by the H&R Block Expat Tax Services which includes a 1040 and 1116 (Foreign Tax Credit) form that clearly shows that all of her income declared in the 1040 was made abroad.

All of our submitted paperwork has been given a status of Accepted , including the 2020 Tax Transcript mentioned above, and there are no comments made on the documents directly - we just have that one line message to go off.

Do we just need to submit a letter explaining something to the effect of We have no W-2 because all income was made abroad for the 2020 tax year etc. ? Or should we provide a copy of her overseas tax transcript as evidence of her income? We re sort of at a loss as to what the NVC is expecting.

Thanks in advance for your help!

My Fianc and I are not doing great and im worried it might end. We aren t married just yet. Getting back into New Zealand is almost impossible right now with the COVID restrictions there ATLEAST until April-May.

Is there any other option anybody could suggest for me, changing status of some kind if that s even possible??

Thank you

Anyone from a Visa Waiver Program country on here experiencing issues trying to apply for ESTA today??
My husband has tried 4 times and every time he gets to the review section and clicks "next" (which should take him to payment page) it just goes to a blank page.

Anyone else? Assuming its just a website glitch, will try again tomorrow but wanting know if anyone else has encountered this.

Hi all,

Starting a new thread for I-130 updates - If you've received NOA2 recently please drop a comment with your PD & Service Center.

It's been 337 days since we submitted our I-130 & I'm feeling defeated by this wait. About to book my flights back to the U.S. for May & feeling unsettled about leaving my husband with such little progress in this process.

Hoping this thread gives me (and everyone) a glimmer of hope or a reality check.

PD Feb 9th 2021

Texas Service Center

I'm a US citizen planning to return to the US after living and working overseas since 2009. I have an excellent credit score but will probably not be employed for the first few months after we move. My husband hopes to transfer to a US office with his current company once he has a green card so he will be employed and have income, but very little credit history in the US. We actually have no idea what his credit score is (we will request his reports soon) but he hasn't had a bank or credit account in the US for over 10 years.

Are we likely to struggle to get a mortgage until either I'm employed or he has worked for several months? We should have at least a 50% deposit from selling our current house if that makes any difference. Thanks in advance