patriot10

or perhaps a bit more elaborated.....?
                                                         
 
                                                                                           To Whomsoever it may Concern


 
My name is 'xyz', spouse and petitioning sponsor of 'abc'. I have not filed income tax returns for the relevant years 2015,2014 and 2013 because I did not earn enough income nor held any financial assets that exceeded the threshold levels which would require me to file taxes with the Internal Revenue Service.

     My spouse was the  earning member of our family and duly paid relevant taxes on his income in his country of residence and all necessary expenses and maintenance of our family  were taken care of by my spouse through his own income and savings since our marriage in the year xxxx while I brought up our children and performed my duty as the homemaker for our family.

 

Got my visa approval....to answer my own question for the benefit of others....
 
the 864 i submitted had country of domicile of petitioner as U.S.A.
Mailing address was proposed address in the U.S.A
Physical address was present address in the country where we filed dcf.
 
Seemed to work fine for us.
 
hope this is of some use to anyone reading this.
 
rgds.

Do not worry, this is just a passing phase, just as everything else is also a passing phase. You are new in the family and if some decided not to make you feel comfortable, then be strong and do not depend on it. Buy a walkman and get some great music, exercise and become fitter than everyone you know, take some course and increase your calibre which in turn will help in getting you a better job as time goes by. Friendships happen when they happen as you correctly said, it takes time and lots of hits and misses, its all very normal. Sometimes best friends for years become enemies or let you down in the worst possible way.
Just depend on yourself, become comfortable living with yourself ie do not seek out any friendships...let it happen, when it happens.
Be strong and do NOT let yourself feel lonely...its an artform that you need to pick up as an hobby ie being happy and content with no dependence on anyone.
You are just vulnerable as you are new...its natural, happens to almost everyone...do not feel you are singled out.
smile and just go on and tell yourself its no big deal and just carry on....it will soon be a thing of the past.
 
Best Rgds.

your dad will file the I-864 as the only joint sponsor.
you are the petitioner as well as the primary sponsor on your I-864, but you dont have income above 125% poverty line/us derived income and hence the need for the joint sponsor.
 
Joint sponsor could be anyone, living domiciled anywhere in the USA as long as they have the requisite income and tax transcripts to substantiate the same.
 
Along with the I-864 , he needs to send you his 1040 for the previous relevant year definitely (but if he send for previous 3 years that while not necessary, may come in use). In case he sends the 1040, then he needs to send every document he used to file the 1040 , which includes all w2s and 1099s.
OR
He can simply send you the tax transcripts for the relevant year. This is preferred and simplest.
 
NOTE: In case he files married filing jointly, and this i say from personal experience as it was brought up in my case by the interviewing officer, then even with the transcript, you will have to submit his w2s/1099s to demonstrate, that he-the sponsor signing does indeed have the necessary income individuallly and its not derived from his spouse and also a plain statement of the spouse saying the she is aware that her spouse is filing an i-864 using their common returns as proof and that she has no objection.
 
Seems complicated, but is actually quite logical and easy to put together.
Best of luck.

To make things right, you can simply file an amended return.
 
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Taxes-101/How-to-File-an-Amended-Return-With-the-IRS/INF14402.html
 
Keep in mind, 
In most cases, you have three years from the original return's filing deadline to submit an amended tax return. 2014 is ok to file an amended return. Just file the return, pay the tax and be in peace.
 
My humble opinion.
 
 

To make things right, you can simply file an amended return.
 
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Taxes-101/How-to-File-an-Amended-Return-With-the-IRS/INF14402.html
 
Keep in mind, 
In most cases, you have three years from the original return's filing deadline to submit an amended tax return. 2014 is ok to file an amended return. Just file the return, pay the tax and be in peace.
 
My humble opinion.
 
 

There are two ways your returns could be filed.
 
first way... married filing jointly. 
if you did this, you and your spouse's entire income for the whole year irrespective of where earned needs to be added. Once this method is elected for, the spouse's income is treated same as if he was a normal resident the whole year and hence all rules apply as they would to any us citizen.
 
In your case, it seems you used this method and your spouse's income needed to be included in the return that you filed.
 
Second way is married filing separately,
In this case, the us spouse would file for entire year , filing married filing separately.
The new resident would file a two 1040, one of them for NON RESIDENT ALIEN or form 1040NR for upto the period he/she was in the home country. Here, tax needs to be paid only on US based income but if there is no us based income and only home country income, then no tax needs to be paid.
From the time the spouse entered the us or become a resident alien, a separate 1040 would need to be filed as married filing separately, which would include worldwide income and taxes would need to be paid as per IRS rules relevant to the period. The two 1040s submitted will be marked ''dual status return''.
 
Useful links...
 
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-spouse-treated-as-a-resident
 
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxation-of-dual-status-aliens

While filing I-130, the I-864 is not asked for while filing DCF.  
Rest assured, once your petition is approved and an interview is schudeled, the I-864 is MUST.
Either the petitioner can file it, if he/she has US based income above certain thresholds as specified on I-864P and IRS tax transcripts to prove it and if one does not, then you will have to get a joint petitioner who qualifies for the same.
 
I-864 is hence a must better to convince your father in law to help you out. 
The liability of having filed an affidavit of support for a beneficiary remains UNTIL the beneficiary attains US citizenship, dies or gives up the green card.
As long as the beneficiary does not become some sort of public charge or does not use/misuse any government aid (like medicaid or other social benefits) the sponsor has not much to worry about.

I am hoping that someone will confirm, that if
 
Petitioner and sponsor is living abroad to qualify for DCF for spouse/family,
 
Then on form 864, should country of domicile be USA or the country where one is resident.
What should be the mailing address?
What should be the physical address?
 
Actually, physical address is clear, cause that will be the country in which one is filing DCF.
 
But what about country of domicile and mailing address.
If one writes USA, its wrong cause one is abroad.
On the other hand, if one writes a foreign country than one cannot be a petitioner/sponsor.
 
Hoping for an authoratative reply on this.
 
Thanks.

An address is required where you will be staying initially as that is where they will mail your green card and social security etc.
You could use your sponsor's address? Or some close relative nearby to where you are going to rent a place eventually?

Although not explicitly in the question . . . this might be a 'classic' case of immigration fraud.  I would make sure early on that the Feds know that she has no intention to remain your wife.   It really sucks that this happened . . . good luck.
 
Mark

That is just crazy and sounds like a fishy marriage for a greencard when the wife won't share your expenses. You are eligible for any insurance that she is. If she has a family policy for her and kids, it may not be any additional if there is a spouse on it as well.
If you file separately, then your wife will take a hit on her separate taxes...several thousand dollars. So in the end, the penalty you don't pay costs her way more in taxes than what you saved. and if you are uninsured and get in a bad car wreck, a $250,000 medical bill is her responsibility because she sponsored your affidavit of support.
You are both being very short-sighted with failure to have insurance. And you are trying to find an angle to get out of it. Get a divorce, then you are poor and qualify for health insurance subsidy.

Only income in US counts...not income that you have in another country...unless that income would continue as normal even after move to the US.
Photocopies of tax returns work but having transcripts are foolproof.
Transcripts do not take long to arrive...about 10 days or so by experience.
Best of luck!

Sharing my experience at the USCIS office New Delhi.
Background:
Before 2004 - Acquired US Citizenship through Parents' naturalization.
2004 - Came to India
2006 - Met my future wife
June 2012 - First job started
2013 - Married my wife
Mid-January 2014 - Visited InfoPass site to schedule an appointment at the USCIS office, New Delhi. System showed appointments up to 3 weeks in advance. Appointment booked for Wednesday, February 19th, 9:30 AM
Feb 18 2014 - Flew to New Delhi. Evening flight. Took an EasyCab to reach the hotel (Hotel Ashok, Chanakyapuri). This hotel is perhaps the closest one to the Embassy complex. Cab fare was Rs. 380 (Rs. 270 + 90 for airport parking)
Feb 19 - 8:45 AM - Walked to the Embassy from the hotel. Took about 10 minutes. Entrance is from gate number 6 (here). Though they said on the website that they don't have any mobile storage facility, there is in fact a mobile collection center right outside the gate.
There was a long line of visa interviewees, but we were let in immediately through an adjacent entrance for US Citizens. It was about 9:10 now, and the guard said there were people inside so we would have to wait. After about 20 minutes, we were escorted by the guard to the USCIS office. They took our passports, made entries in a register and gave them back to us after a few minutes. Inside there are two windows, but only one agent was manning one of the windows when we were there.
After a few minutes, she called my name. We explained that we were there to file an I-130 petition. She collected the following documents:
1-130 Petiton G-325a for each of us Copy of my US Passport Copy of wife's Indian passport Copy of my OCI card A single photo for each of us (US Passport size, doesn't matter if it is matte or glossy) As proof of residency in India-
Copy of my 6 month's salary slips Copy of latest Indian tax return Copy of 1 year's bank statement showing the salary being credited to my account She then asked for the tax return for the year before that - I explained I was a student, and she asked for my degree certificate. I asked if I could scan and send it later, and she said that would be alright. Advice: Take 2 years' proofs if you have them, as 1 years' seem to be insufficient for a quick and certain approval. As proof of our relationship -
Marriage certificate A few photos of the wedding ceremony (ours was registered so she took photos of the registrar and us along with our parents and of the wedding reception as well) She also took a copy of my job offer letter in USA.
Then she asked us to be seated and went inside to get the documents checked by her seniors. She was gone for about 45 minutes. This was a rather tense 45 minutes. Then she came back and called us to the window. She gave me a small paper, and asked me to go and pay the fee to the Embassy cashier. I went with the guard to the cashier, who was not there at the window. After a few minutes, a white guy also got in line behind me. After another couple of minutes, he asked me if I was being attended, and then banged loudly on the glass. The Indian cashier showed up, and as expected, asked if he could help the white guy. The guy said that I was there before him, and only then did the cashier take the slip of paper and my draft, and after almost 10 minutes, came back with a large receipt.
I took the receipt and went back with the guard to the USCIS office. There, I gave the receipt to the lady at the counter, and she made a copy of it and attached it to the petition. She gave the original back to me. Then she asked my for my email address which she wrote down on the petition, and reminded me to scan and send my degree certificate as soon as possible. She gave a sheet with contact details, and asked us to get in touch if we didnt hear anything after a month.
11:45 AM: We left the office and hurried back to the hotel. Luckily, I had a scan of the certificate in my email account, and quickly forwarded that to the USCIS address, and asked them to acknowledge the By 1 PM, I got an acknowledgement saying documents were received.
After this the wait began. I had read stories of people who inquired getting to know that many petitions were approved in a week (and it also says so on the website). So after 2 weeks, I sent them an email asking about the status. They replied saying it is "pending under administrative processing" and that they would update me regarding any further developments. I got a bit tense after hearing the words "administrative processing" - no idea what that meant. Did it mean that my petition was not straightforward? Or had it been sent back to the US for a more senior official to review? No idea. Decided to wait.
Finally, On March 13th (22 days after filing at Delhi) I got an email from the US Consulate Mumbai. The email had the following text:


At the bottom it had the case number BMBXXXXXXXXXX, which you need to complete the online application.
So, we will now wait for the PCC, get the medical done and then schedule the interview! In my opinion, the USCIS guys did their job pretty well. The Indian lady at the office is quite courteous and informative, and you will definitely notice the difference if you have been interacting with Indian officials for PCC, passport etc! (Both Indians, but surprisingly the one working for the US Govt is way more polite and helpful) Now lets see what kind of an experience we get at Mumbai.
Other notes-
If you decide to email them, send the email in the morning (before 12 PM). They usually reply in the afternoon (1 PM to 4PM). Cell phones can be stored outside the entrance to the Embassy There are very few autos around the embassy area, and no place to park cars. If you live far away, a radio cab is your best bet. Otherwise, book a hotel like The Ashok which is within walking distance Take excess records.. if they ask for 6 months, take 1 years' worth. They are mainly concerned with the residency requirement, rather than anything else, so take as much proof covering as long a timespan as possible. Following the residency condition, they want to make sure your marriage is bonafide, so also take proof of that We made a last minute scramble to arrange the translated birth certificate for my wife, as well as her LC, but the agent didn't look at any of those.