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    RFE I-864

    in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas

    Posted

    Hi Everyone,

    We are adjusting my husband's status from the K1, he's already had his biometrics. We received an RFE because (and I apologize, I'm at work and don't have the exact letter in front of me):

    - on the page where you mark how many people are in your household, I put the total as one instead of two. 1 is not a valid entry.

    - I did not make the minimum income requirements.

    - I need to provide additional assets/ joint sponsor.

    I originally submitted my tax returns for the last 3 years and letters from my two (now former) employers. I have switched jobs while this was all happening.

    I'm planning to submit:

    - tax TRANSCRIPTS from the last 3 years, which shows that my income in 2014 was $23,500

    - W-2 from 2015 showing that my income that year was $36,0000

    - proof of savings bonds (about $600 in total)

    - letter from new employe saying i make even more than i did in 2015.

    With all of this documentation, do I still need a joint sponsor? I clearly make well over the poverty line, there was just a small blip a few years ago when I was unemployed for a few months.

    any advice would be appreciated!

    Bank account help

    in Australia and New Zealand

    Posted

    Hi,

    I have recently moved over to the states on my K1 visa, but have not yet completely adjusted my status (in the process of getting married atm etc). I received a letter from my bank back in Australia (Citibank). I have pasted it below. How have you all handled this? All of the money in it was earned in Australia and it is only there temporarily until i open my US bank account and transfer it over. Why do they need this information? I can no longer send them a certified copy of my passport etc as I'm not in the country anymore. Would it just be easier to get the money out and close the account. It states if I don't send it within 30 days of getting the letter they will start to charge me backup withholding tax, which is ridiculous as all the money was earned in Australia and I paid taxes on it.

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    In accordance with our obligations under the Foreign Account Tax
    Compliance Act (FATCA), we have reviewed our records and identified that
    you may have an association with the United States (US).
    Citibank is required to collect the information on this form for the
    purposes of complying with US tax laws (FATCA) and our internal global
    policies.
    The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is a US law aimed at
    ensuring that income and assets held by a US person directly in accounts
    outside the US, or indirectly through ownership of entities outside the
    US, are reported to the U.S tax authorities (Internal Revenue Service -
    IRS) via the Australian Tax Office (ATO).
    US Person: A United States person is any of the following:
    ? a citizen of the United States
    ? an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence
    ? an unincorporated association with a substantial number of members who
    are citizens of the US or are aliens lawfully admitted for permanent
    residence.
    ? a corporation that is incorporated in the US.
    We require that you complete and return the W-8BEN to declare your
    status as a non-US person.
    Please also provide the following documentation to ensure our records
    are correct and up to date;
    ? certified copy of your current Passport
    ? certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States (if you are no
    longer a US Person)

    Self addressed envelope for K1 interview in Sydney?

    in Australia and New Zealand

    Posted

    Hey everyone!

    So my interview is finally almost here (29th Sept) and I just noticed going through the checklist that it says for every other type of visa that you need a 3kg self addressed envelope. But under the K section it doesn't say that. Do I need to have an envelope for the interview? I would have presumed so, since all the others need it and I thought they did take your passport on the day and send it back to you.

    Appreciate the help.

    thank you

    Grant

    What is Packet 4???

    in Australia and New Zealand

    Posted

    I got exactly the same letter , I have all my paperwork together and I figure you take it with you to the interview, if you had to send it beforehand then it would say so. Make sure you get your police check and go have your medical before the interview. Make sure you fill out your ds160 it takes at least an hour to do.

    In NSW they send the police check to you now. The medical is sent to the embassy from the medical centre. There is currently only one doctor that does the medicals in Sydney , so get onto that early, they will make an appointment about 2 weeks before your interview.

    Yes this is the same email I received. It doesn't mention anywhere that you need to send it in. I just gathered you brought it all with you to the embassy for the interview

    Please a solid answer on fingerprints for police check

    in Australia and New Zealand

    Posted

    Can any of you guys help me out.. I kinda have the same question and you are the only ones I have seen from Australia discussing this, so woo thanks! My fiance applied for a police certificate and I am not sure if he is getting the correct one.. He ordered #35, and I think that isnt the correct one...How do you know what form is a complete disclosure or not? Can I get some help? haha thanks

    Hey,

    I am about to do mine, so can't really say if I'm right or not :-P, but I think the code 33 gives a full disclosure. As it says its for all offenses and the code 35 says its just for unspent offences. That's my guess

    Please a solid answer on fingerprints for police check

    in Australia and New Zealand

    Posted

    I had my interview last Thursday and took a full disclosure without fingerprints and it was fine.

    As long as it names all aliases you've had you're sweet.

    They take fingerprints at the embassy anyway.

    Hi Kate43,

    When doing the online application on the AFP website did you select code 33 or code 35?

    It says code 35 is only for 'unspent offenses' and 33 is 'all offenses' so I presume code 33 is correct?

    Please a solid answer on fingerprints for police check

    in Australia and New Zealand

    Posted

    Hi everyone.

    I just got news about my petition arriving at the Sydney consulate.

    I am about to do the police check and this forum is confusing the hell out of me. Everywhere on the official consulate site, emails from them and on the AFP website says a fingerprint check is NOT NEEDED, it is only needed if you have had other aliases. The only condition is that it has to be full disclosure and include all aliases ever used.

    Can I get confirmation from anyone that has been denied because they didn't have a fingerprint check or rather accepted with just a name check? Because I don't really want to wait 4-6 weeks, pay over $100 more and have to physically go to a police station, when the name check alternative can all be done online very quickly.

    I just want some solid answers, as the dozens of posts about this on this thread give so many mixed messages.

    Question about Affidavit of Support

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted · Edited by mrpeters

    Hey everyone,


    We recently received our NOA2 and my fiance needs to prepare and send me her affidavit of support.

    She is worried because her bank is giving her challenges issuing a letter. We have read some stuff on the forums that you don't need the letter, and that 3 years of tax returns are fine.

    She makes above the minimum requirement, but she has only had her job for a year, so tax returns don't reflect it. Plus her bank statements don't look great because she is living paycheck to paycheck atm.

    So what documentation should she provide?


    Thanks for your help guys. Just want this stressful process to be over.

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