US Immigration from New Zealand

Does anyone have a link to the current processing times for the I-90 form please? Or can anyone that has applied this year able to weigh in with their experience please?

Thank you!

I sent my 2020 tax return on March 17th from New Zealand. I had to file via mail because I filed MFS as my wife is currently a Non-resident Alien (but hopefully not for much longer!).

Unfortunately, the IRS has not yet received my return according to the "Where's My Refund?" tool on their website, so I can't apply for a tax transcript, also because I didn't file taxes in 2018 or 2019 as my income was below the threshold.

If, by the time I send my I-864 form, the IRS still hasn't received my tax return, can I just submit my copies of the 1040 and 2555 forms? I'm not as concerned about not having the transcript; I know they are preferred but if I can't get one I can't get one. My bigger concern is that they see that my tax return hasn't been received. Because obviously anyone can fill out tax information through TurboTax and not actually send the return... I guess I'm probably being paranoid but I just want to make sure we won't get an RFE.

Also, I have two forms of income in NZ. I work part time, and I receive a "student allowance" from the government which is a program for students studying full-time in NZ. For my financial evidence, I plan to have my employer write a letter stating my dates of employment, wages paid and type of work performed. Would I need evidence of my student allowance also? If so, would a generic letter from the allowance provider stating my student allowance income suffice?

Thanks.

We submitted all our supporting docs to NVC on April 3rd and were just sent a notice this Monday (May 10th) that my portion of the application was incomplete and that I (the petitioner) needed to provide all my W2s/1099s from last year to support my I-864. I logged into the portal today and see that my portion is now labeled "Accepted". Does this mean I still need to provide 1099s or am I ok now?

It seemed strange they would even ask for them since I live and work abroad with my spouse (New Zealand), which should be very clear based on all the other supporting documentation and cover letter I provided. They have my tax returns that show I made a minuscule amount of dividend income from my savings accounts in the US, which isn't nearly enough to sponsor my husband's application I have a family member as joint sponsor. Why would they even bother asking for my 1099s if they're meaningless in this application anyway?

Here's the message they sent Monday:

And here's what it looked like today:

(Yes, we're aware of the Invalid Doc in my husband's file, it's sorted.)

Another thing: 2 of our joint sponsor's docs haven't been accepted... does this just mean they have yet to be reviewed?

They clearly just started our review on Monday so maybe they aren't finished? Or should I be concerned that 2/6 of the docs have no response?:

Any insight or clarity would be appreciated! Thank you!

I may have a joint sponsor lined up for my wife's application, but he (my grandfather) has always been very private about his income and assets. One of the conditions of him filing the I-864 is that the form could be filed directly to USCIS, rather than sent to me and uploaded through CEAC.

I know you're meant to bring a photocopy of the joint sponsor's I-864 to the visa interview, so I guess we wouldn't be able to do that, but in most cases it seems like they aren't actually needed anyway, is that correct?

I'm getting my information for filing the I-864 directly to the Chicago USCIS lockbox from here.

I have seen this same question asked on VJ before but I couldn't find the thread again, despite a lot of Googling!

Thanks.

I'm feeling frustrated. We had our AOS interview for me on the 8th of March - at the end of the interview, the person interviewing us said that he was approving us and that we would be getting the green card within 2 weeks. But since then, nothing.

How long does it typically take? My work permit ran out on the 23rd of March and I feel like I'm back to being in limbo again after waiting almost 2 years to crawl out of it since filing in 2019.