Basti

@trymypi Thanks a lot for your input. If I get you right, you don't have any tax reports in/from the US for the period you worked abroad? 
Did that have any impact on your reply to the rfe?
This US tax info is the most confusing part to us. During my wife's time working outside of the US we were told by a tax accountant that she doesn't have to file anything with the IRS. We provided tax reports+employment contracts+bank statements from abroad, but we just don't have any W2s etc. Now this seems to be a problem. 
The other problem being our assets, we will get a relative to help out as a joint sponsor, so that should be fine.

Thanks guys! We'll see a lawyer this week to figure out what to do.
 

We received a request for initial evidence supporting our i-485 application.
1st request:
Tax statements, W2 etc from the most recent tax year etc.
My wife(sponsor)lived and worked abroad for the most part of the last 5 years. For the last 3 we lived together in Taiwan. That's where we paid our taxes.
Accordingly she does not have any IRS tax statements/reports etc.
We provided this information incl. her Taiwan tax reports and working contracts (in english) to USCIS. 
>What's the problem here? What do they actually need/want to see?? 
She obviously does not have any relevant US tax reports to show for.

2nd request:
Our assets and income (my wife was still unemployed when we filled out the i-485) are not 125% of the FPG (= $20,300 for a 2p household).
By now she has started a new job - but our assets that used to be above 20,300$ have shrunk to just about that limit.
What's the problem here: Not enough assets to exceed 20,300?
Stating "unemployed" or "no current income" in the i-485?

Do we need to get a joint sponsor?  If we do, does USCISA still require to get all the requested evidence from us/my wife anyways?
We'll probably have to go see a lawyer this week...
 

Yes, all good! I received the notification of action a few days after this post. Just got the biometrics scan done with. 
Now we're waiting...

I sent it via ups to

USCIS
Attn: FBAS
131 South Dearborn- 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-5517

It was received 11/21/2017 ...but I still haven't heard back from them though there's an e-notification form as front page.
How long is the usual delay before they acknowledge having received AOS applications?
How to follow up if I don't hear anything in time?

Thanks,

Bas

Hi,
my fiancee and I got married 3weeks ago. Now we're in the process of filing  I-485 to adjust my status from K1 non-immigrant visa to resident.
For this process I had to go see a physician today to get the I-693.
I learned that I don't have to get  another medical exam, since  my health check to get approved for K1 was just 6 months ago - and obviously all results came back fine.
Nevertheless the phd is telling me I have to get tested for STDs again.
Furthermore they're also testing me for TB and tell me I need a flu shot.
I feel like the guy either doesn't know that it's not mandatory if my health check has been as recent as 6months OR he's just trying to make an extra buck?!
I already paid $175 but need to pay additional fees for a flu shot and the STD test.
Can anybody help me out and let me know if this is really mandatory?
I not, where can I find proof that it isn't to show to the phd and get the I-693 filed/approved based on the negative test results from my recent K1 health check?
Thanks a lot!!

Thanks guys!

Thanks!
Just to be sure, as US citizen my fiancee doesn't have to provide any police records, right?

Is there anybody here who had to get a police record from China as a non-chinese no longer living in China?
...seems to be a bummer. I might even have to go back there just to file for that record.

Me and my fiancee have been living in several countries over the past years.
I'm from Germany she's from California.
We re both in Taiwan for 2years now and have met here pretty much right upon arrival.

We're planning to file for K1/i-190 while in Taiwan and hope to get approval latest by spring 2017.
She has lived in several paces like Thailand, UK and Austria for short periods of time (1year or less).
As she is UScitien I suppose she does not have to provide police records from those countries?

prior to Taiwan I have lived in china for ca 5years.
Do I have to get records from China and Taiwan?

Thanks!