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Greetings and Salutations all

I would like to thank everyone on the forums for helping me and my wife in the process.We started May of last year and now we have a interview date in June.The NVC stage was a breeze thanks to God,you all and early preparation.God speed to all of you in the process,keep your eyes on the road and you will be fine. Sorry I have to find time to fill in timeline.

I finished amending my taxes today.I ended up paying more to the state.Nevertheless again I say thanks to all .

I've tried to give advice on this before as I have 2 accountants in the family but the bottom line is there is not exactly a "correct" filing status in immigration situations. It depend's on what your personnel financial situation is at the end of the year and that you payed your due tax obligation regardless of status.

If your taxable income was $25,000 for 2013 and your foreign spouse had no income you would pay 15% tax no matter what status you filed. The IRS gets the correct tax money that is due to them so they won't care about your status; it wouldn't even trigger a red flag.

My own personnel situation I'll be in the same bracket as single or married filing jointly. My wife is still overseas and has no income as she is a homemaker. I looked at getting an ITIN but that seemed more trouble than it's worth for my situation. This year I've decided to file as single status as it wouldn't matter for tax purposes and it simplifies my return filing for the 2013 tax year. My accountant family members told me I could do this as well as my over paid expat accountant. In the end make your own decision on how you wish to file your taxes; if you feel the need to get an ITIN for a lower tax bracket do it. In my case it doesn't matter. To just say married is married and that's it is ill informed. There must be a lot of stupid accountants because I've seen at least a dozen posts from other VJ members that were told to file single while married.

For those of you that will angrily reply that I'm wrong and doing it the "incorrect" way I don't care as I've made my choice so I won't respond; to each his own and good luck in your case. If the IRS gives me a problem at a later date I'll file an amended return. If I go 3 years without any issues from the IRS it's a non issue.

As far as what the USCIS and Consulates have to say about your filing status it's been posted on here many times that they don't care what your filing status is and are only using this information to see your above 125% poverty level.

Marginal Tax Rate^[13][14][15] Single Married Filing Jointly or Qualified Widow(er) Married Filing Separately Head of Household 10% $0 – $8,925 $0 – $17,850 $0 – $8,925 $0 – $12,750 15% $8,926 – $36,250 $17,851 – $72,500 $8,926 – $36,250 $12,751 – $48,600 25% $36,251 – $87,850 $72,501 – $146,400 $36,251 – $73,200 $48,601 – $125,450 28% $87,851 – $183,250 $146,401 – $223,050 $73,201 – $111,525 $125,451 – $203,150 33% $183,251 – $398,350 $223,051 – $398,350 $111,526 – $199,175 $203,151 – $398,350 35% $398,351 – $400,000 $398,351 – $450,000 $199,176 – $225,000 $398,351 – $425,000 39.6% $400,001+ $450,001+ $225,001+ $425,001+

The Red Flag was my main concern.

Thanks all for the help.I called the preparer and we set up an appointment for tomorrow.Hopefully I will get the amended return soon.

I will call the preparer and try to fix this.She is still overseas at the moment.If not amended in time could I just send 2012's transcript ? We haven't receive our case # yet.

I just filed my taxes,but the preparer said I had to file single because my wife didn't have a SSN.How do I amend it?

IV PDF, the DS-230, is predicated now by the DS-260

Similarly, the DS-3032 is predicated now by the DS-261

Both of these are 'online forms' - to be filled out online, no need for printing and submitting via postal mail into NVC.

Thanks Darnell

Ok cool thanks Krispy Kreme

Greetings all

Where I obtain IV pdf ? My wife and I wanted to complete the forms in advance and send them at the requested time.Thanks in advance.

Nevermind,I thought the IV package was similar to the Aos package where you sent with a form.I see you just send the the documents with the IV receipt?

Greetings all

Where I obtain IV pdf ? My wife and I wanted to complete the forms in advance and send them at the requested time.Thanks in advance.

^You are welcome.I was worried too but I looked on the forums and found some May filers getting approved.

^The USCIS agents will let you know.They told me they were working on late Feb early March ,but that info wasn't accurate.

Cool,because in the message they sent me they put "or" in between the two.Thanks all.

I never heard of cases being sent to the Dept of State.I only heard on them being sent to the NVC.

Why not the NVC?

We have been approved.Our PD was May 28 and we transferred Nov 21.The office we were transferred to was Nebraska.They sent our case to the State Dept(?).Nevertheless Praise Jesus.Finally!!!!!

I think the time can be seen as both painful and beneficial in some cases.On one hand I miss my wife so much and it hurts to be apart from her.On the other hand if the process was quicker I probably wouldn't be as financially ready.Working and focusing on preparing a stable place for her is doing wonders for my sanity.Also thank God for the VJ forums among other things.

Are they expediting cases with beneficiaries in the Philippines only or abroad too?

Hello everyone

My I 130 petition is in California service center ..I got letter about my transfer on 23 December ..but didn't get approval letter yet..

It takes an average 1-2 months for them to make a decision.That is what I gathered from the other updates,but case times varies.

I see

^For some odd reason I can't see your post.

Where r all these approval coming from what service center?I was transfer to nsc

I was transferred there also.From the spreadsheet the approvals have coming from the NSC and CSC mainly.Not to say that is the trend though.At first from what I have gathered from talking with the USCIS agents is that they are working on late February cases.Thank God that is not the case.

They told me three months as well because they were on the Feb filers.

congrats

I have received another transfer update today after the first one which was yesterday.This time they said it has been transferred to the local USCIS office.