Kari AnnaMae

My husband has his interview for his CR-1 visa in two weeks. I am his primary sponsor but my mom is his secondary sponsor because I do not make enough money since I am a student. We filed all of our papers at the NVC in 2014, so they all have 2013 listed as the latest tax year. I got a checklist in May saying that my mom needed to give information for 2014, although the case was completed and they said to present this information at the interview. So my mom redid her I-864 with the new information and sent me the 2014, 2013 and 2012 transcripts to bring with me to the interview. So that is all in line.

But, my question is whether they will be expecting me to bring in my updated information to the interview. They didn't say anything about mine in the checklist from the NVC, but on the interview date letter, the "financial information" is marked "This form is incomplete. You must present a completed form at your interview." As far as I know, this refers to my mom's incomplete form since mine was not checklisted. I would just bring my updated information and not worry about it, but the problem is that I have a tax extension for 2014 and have not yet filed. I didn't file yet because I need to file joint with my husband, but in order to do that, I need to have his social security number or taxpayer ID. He won't have a social security number until his visa is approved, so I was waiting until he got his visa to file. I have all of my tax forms filled out, along with all of my W-2s and appropriate paperwork (self-employment, educational credits). I plan on bringing all of that to the interview also. I have read that if you wrote on your I-864 that you filed a tax extension, then you must show your tax transcript at the interview. However, I did not write that on my I-864 since when I turned it in, the latest year was 2013 and I had already filed those taxes. Will this be a problem?

Thanks,

Kari

Thank you!

Another quick question. I need to write my husband's apartment number on the I-864 but it is not clickable on the PDF, so I can't type it in. Should I fill the rest in and print it out, then write the apartment in by hand?

Thank you, my friend from the North!

My husband and I are trying to get his visa so he can come over here. Right now I am trying to assemble the Affidavit of Support (AOS) package. I am a student so I don't make enough money to sponsor him so my mom is helping out as a sponsor. I have a couple questions,

-Do we both need to fill out our own I-864 and print our own tax transcripts to send? I am particularly confused about this because I don't make enough to sponsor him. Am I just a sponsor by default since I am the petitioner, so that means I have to go through the motions?

-On part 6, it asks about my income. Should I write student? Or should I write what I do as a part time job?

I am a student, but I actually have 3 jobs in addition to that. 2 of them were on last year's tax transcripts (tutor, server), but one of them I started after submitting taxes. How could I include this mess? I read on VJ that I have the option to include pay stubs or an employment letter, but in the end I still will not even be above poverty line, so it seems like a lot for nothing.

-Just to be sure, my mom has more than one job. So she should just put her title in section 6, item 1 and then write the two employers in items 1a and 1b?

Thank you!

^Thanks! And congrats on the approval!

My Peruvian husband and I are doing the I-130 and G-325A right now but we are having doubts about the address. In Peru, they don't have states. The country is broken into cities, and he lives in Lima. So for the part on the G-325A where it asks for his address, there is a space for the city, then the state, then the country. What should I put for the state line? Similarly in the the I-130, in line 2, it asks for the "Town or City" and the "State/Country." How should I go about filling those in?

I am in a similar situation where I am living in the US and don't meet the financial requirements because I am a student and can only work part-time. I found this helpful. The last 3 paragraphs talk about joint sponsors.

www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/finance-marriage-visa-book/chapter3-4.html

I am getting my mom to be our joint sponsor but it says that some consulates don't even care about a joint sponsor because it isn't really binding. What do you think?

I am a student in the U.S. and my fiance is living in Peru. I only have a part-time job since I am a student so I don't think meet the financial support requirement. My mom has agreed to be a joint sponsor but I heard that some places don't really care about that. How will my situation effect his ability to get the visa?