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Thank you! Do I leave the fields blank for the 2nd and 3rd previous years and just include an explanation why only the most recent year is entered even if it's low?

Regards,

Ron

I'm an October filer and I got my welcome letter last Saturday.

Hi all,

ME and my wife are currently preparing our AOS documents. Can anyone answer the topic question? My wife is already earning enough this year but the form i864ez has fields for 3 consecutive years gross income.

Regards,

Ron

It is not really necessary to include employment letter with your AOS, You just need to put your ITR, W2 and paystubs i think 3 months worth.. If you will include it and date is different with what you put on the papers you may have issues with it in the future. If it is possible to have another letter from her employer that states she already worked per diem since aug 2013, it would be great.

Do you mean your wife did not file income tax return few years back? if so, you may include letter of explanation stating she was unemployed between those date that is why she did not file itr. It is better to be overly prepared.

I hope i was able to help.

Thank you for your response! We're including her employment letter since her salary last year is low and would not reach the income requirement in the poverty guidelines which is also reflected in the ITR and W2 if I'm not mistaken, do correct me if I'm wrong. This your though, she is already earning more than the income requirement and the only way to prove it is using the employment letter and the paystubs.

She did not file income tax return 2 years ago since her net income was very low (around 300$) since she was only per diem that time. We'll probably just include a letter of explanation for that. With that in mind, do we leave the fields blank in the I-864EZ part 5, numbers 6.b and 6.c? This is the part where total income as reported by federal income tax returns for the 3 most recent years should be placed. We can only fill up the most recent year and the income she got last year is less than the income requirement so should we also include that and also provide an explanation for it?

Regards,

Ron

A few more questions

My wife started working per diem Aug 2013 and that's what we indicated in the I-130. Right now we're gathering docs for AOS and that includes the employment letter. Her employer indicated there she started May 2014 since that's when she got transferred to the department where she worked more hours (like 3-5x a week for 8hours). Would that be a problem in NVC? Do we have to put an explanation in the AOS package?

In the i-864EZ form, part 5 to be specific, there are fields there for the 3 most recent income tax returns, does that mean it is required for the petitioner to be working for 3 years? Do we just leave the other fields blank if she only worked for a year? If we leave it blank, do we have to provide an explanation for that as well?

Thank you in advance,

Ron

paystubs doesn't need to be original.

1040 is the income tax transcript, she can request it from IRS website and can be printed out online or have it send to her by mail, here's the:

link http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Get-Transcript

Proof of relationship: marriage certificate, pictures, remittance receipts and others that proof you can think of that shows your relationship

Here's a link that show what kind of documents you need to submit to NVC, for both petitioner and beneficiary

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents.html

Thank you for this.

Follow up questions hehe.

My wife started working per diem Aug 2013 and that's what we indicated in the I-130. Right now we're gathering docs for AOS and that includes the employment letter. Her employer indicated there she started May 2014 since that's when she got transferred to the department where she worked more hours (like 3-5x a week for 8hours). Would that be a problem in NVC? Do we have to put an explanation in the AOS package?

In the i-864EZ form, part 5 to be specific, there are fields there for the 3 most recent income tax returns, does that mean it is required for the petitioner to be working for 3 years? Do we just leave the other fields blank if she only worked for a year? If we leave it blank, do we have to provide an explanation for that as well?

Salamat mga kapatid hehe.

Regards,

Ron

-A photocopy is fine.

-You can either send form 1040 with W2's or just the IRS transcript will do.

- I was petitioned through a parent so I am not sure, but if it's the financial documents section then maybe it's cashed checks from western union, a bank account in common or something like that. You might also want to send a couple of pictures of you together, not a lot.

-Marriage certificate is only sent once in the supporting documents, but you don't lose anything by sending it twice.

-Petitioner documents I am guessing is their green card.

Thank you alefonck, this is really helpful.

Hi All, just want to ask the following especially to those who have finished their AOS and IV packages

We will be sending my wife's paystubs for proof of income, does it have to be original or a photocopy would do?

Regarding the federal income tax return requirement, is that the form 1040?

In the checklist, a proof of relationship (Financial documents part) and marriage certificate (Supporting documents part) is needed, what's the difference between the 2? Should the proof of relationship be pictures, etc, or can we just use 2 marriage certificates (1 for aos package and 1 for IV package)?

What is 'petitioner documents' in the checklist?

Thanks in advance,

Ron

Hi All, just want to ask the following especially to those who have finished their AOS and IV packages

We will be sending my wife's paystubs for proof of income, does it have to be original or a photocopy would do?

Regarding the federal income tax return requirement, is that the form 1040?

In the checklist, a proof of relationship (Financial documents part) and marriage certificate (Supporting documents part) is needed, what's the difference between the 2? Should the proof of relationship be pictures, etc, or can we just use 2 marriage certificates (1 for aos package and 1 for IV package)?

What is 'petitioner documents' in the checklist?

Thanks in advance,

Ron

hi

no, just state how much you she makes by the hour or by month or pay period

Mrs so and so is employed or has worked at xxx since as an xxxx and earns xxx an hour

We'll take note of that. Thank you!

That is all correct. Regarding your other question, the amount of money on the poverty guideline is the annual salary before deduction of taxes.

I see so it's gross income. Thank you!

Another question, in the letter of employment, should the salary stated there be gross salary? Also, the Salary Requirement in the poverty guidelines is in gross or net?

Thanks,

Ron

hi

she needs to submit last years taxes at least, no need for W2

they might approve her based on this years current income, she has to prove that this years income is above the poverty guidelines. I'm not sure

Thank you aleful! Alefonck said the same so perhaps we just really need the I-184EZ since my wife's income this year would reach the income requirement for a 2 person household.

i've just finished my case complete in nvc, gone through almost similar condition in AOS,

The docs we submitted

1. i864 for my wife,

2. I864A for her father (living in same address)

3. I864A for her mother (living in same address)

and other supporting documents for proving the income,

so far no issues with the forms i've submitted, but got a checklist for a signature that is missing in one of the forms, (i've the xerox of all the docs sent to nvc, in that version sign is present, may be it got erased while posting )

Thank you rony.rude! It seems like we'll be able to use the EZ form. I hope your process is doing fine.

Actually, my petitioner was short about $100 from the poverty line so I used a household member in order to make it. My household member had actually not even worked in 2013 and only filed his taxes for the first time in 2014 jointly with my petitioner. For the petitioner I sent last year's transcript which is also the household member's, W2's (which are not required if submitting transcript, but did it anyway) 1 paystub, letter of employment. For the household member I only sent one paystub apart from the transcript. I didn't send much and found no trouble whatsoever.

I see. So for my wife(petitioner), if her monthly salary x 12 (months) would exceed the poverty line, we would not need a joint sponsor right? If that is the case, we'll just send her IRS transcript, last year's W2 even if it's not required, 6 months of paystubs just to be sure, and letter of employment. That would be sufficient enough correct?

Regards,

Ron

You have to send last year's tax transcript, yes. But the poverty line issue is based solely on this year's income. I am telling you this from experience since my petitioner did not make enough money last year, only this year and got my case completed at NVC with no checklists.

Thank you so much alefonck! This is very much appreciated!

I would assume that your petitioner did not have to look for a joint sponsor right?

May I know what other proof of income you sent along with the AOS?

Regards,

Ron

Yes, sir.

Good luck with the rest of your process.

I just read I-864EZ instructions in the "Who May Use Form I-864EZ". It has 3 conditions on who can use that form. I am confused with the 3rd one.

Yes, that's fine as long as annually she makes more than that amount. Yes, that is enough evidence.

Thanks! With that in mind, we can file the I-184EZ right?

Regards,

Ron

It only matters that she made enough money this year, and this can be proved by attaching an employment letter and pay stubs of her current income.

Thanks! Will it matter if she earns per diem or not? If she has made $19912+ since January this year and provide all the pay stubs for it, will that be enough evidence of income along with the IRS Tax Transcript and employment letter since the income requirement for household size of 2 is 19912$?

Regards,

Ron

Yes we understand that he I184EZ is for her salary only. Her salary this year is much higher than last year.

Will her last year's W2 (which she will submit since its the one available) not be a factor since it has lower income and would not be enough to pass the income requirement?

Regards,

Ron

I was just testing it out. My wife will be the one to file it

Regarding the income, my wife is currently earning more than enough this year to pass the income requirement but our problem is her W-2 last year show's her last years salary which is lower than this year and wouldn't pass the income requirement. Can we use the I-184EZ and provide her most recent evidence of income for this and submit last year's W-2 too since it's included in the checklist?

Regards,

Ron

Thank you again aleful for clarifying this. I am in the Philippines which means my wife will be sending the document to NVC. No need to use OF-230 and I-485.

I am currently answering the I-864, regarding part 5, Sponsors's household size, correct me if I am wrong, the total should be 4 since her parents will be combining their income with her (so that's 3 of them) plus me

Since household size is 4, their(wife and both her parents) combined income should be 30312$?

Forms to be included in the AOS package (along with other financial evidence) are I-184 for my wife (primary sponsor), her mother (joint sponsor) and I-184A only for her father (household member sharing), so that is a total of 3 forms.

Sorry for being redundant, I just want it to be perfectly clear so we wont get any checklist.

Regards,

Ron

Follow up question.

In this website, http://www.uscis.gov/i-864, one point in the special instructions say this:

• Give the completed form and supporting documents to the immigrant you are sponsoring to file with their Form OF-230 or Form I-485.

Can anyone expound on this? Does this mean my wife needs to send me the I-864? What are the OF-230 and I-485 forms used for?

Thanks!

So all of these will comprise my AOS package right?

IV package next. lol thanks for all the answers!

hi

correct for mom and dad

your wife as the petitioner, MUST file and i864 regardless of how much her income is, some petitioners have $0 income but the have to file the i864

her income won't count but she files the form anyway

Hi,

Should her mom and dad also provide their financial evidence (IRS Tax Transcript, evidence of income, proof relationship, domicile, etc.) along with my wife's financial evidence?

Regards,

Ron

hi

your wife, the i864 as sponsor

her mom or dad: one files the i864 as joint sponsor, the other one files the i864A as his or her household member

Hi Aleful,

Thank you for your answer. I want to clarify though.

Her mom will file i864 as joint sponsor and her dad will file i864A as household member right?

This means that her mom and dad's combined income should qualify for the income requirement for a household of 4 (wife, me, and inlaws) which is 30312$?

Will my wife's income still be a factor?

Regards,

Ron

Hi everyone,

We are currently confused how to file the AOS. My wife(sponsor) does not meet the income requirement for a household size of 2 (me and her). We plan on making her mom a joint sponsor, her combined annual income with his husband can meet the income requirement for a household size of 4 (me, my wife, my in-laws). What forms are we going fill up for the affidavit of support for our case?

Thank you and regards,

Ron