EMMO

1 minute ago, Mike E said:

Neither your CPA nor HR block have competencies in U.S. naturalization law.  
 

However we do.  
 

Regardless your CPA is not very good at taxes. I’ve lost count of the number of CPAs I’ve encountered are aren’t good at taxes. That’s why I don’t use CPAs for my taxes.  

absolutely! hence I am here trying to get advice on what the best course of action will be.

So, in terms of next steps, do you think this is the best solution? -   File the  2019 1040X and change it to MFJ?

2 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

This is the worst place to ever get your taxes done. Better to give a 3 year old a box of crayons and let them fill out your return. I have never had taxes done by them, and that is because of the horror stories I have heard and read about. A halfway competent CPA is half the price, and your much better off. The way they lure people in is they offer to give you your refund in advance ( At 29% interest minimum), and then screw up your return. Then you still owe them their money back no matter how bad they messed up. But i heard you can make payments from Federal prison if you get on a work program while incarcerated for tax fraud.

Fair. I have filed taxes with H&R Block for 20 and 21 and luckily havent had issues.

We went to a CPA for 2019 who advised my wife (USC) to file as Married filing separately and also told us that I did not need to file any returns since I did not have any income in the US from (Sep 2019 - Dec 2019)

I guess the best case scenario for both the OP and my situation might be to  file the 1040X  and change it to MFJ.

So, I am in the same boat. Although my 10 year Green Card was received in September 2019.

I literally came from HR Block like 15 mins back and they said I don't need to file my returns on change my wife's 1040 from MFS to MFJ.

We were both living a different country together till the Sep 2019.

Her 1040 shows my name and SSN on it.

Can i submit that as my 2019 return? 

Hey @JeanneAdil

Thanks for the reply, appreciated.

I will update my address to my NJ address.

Just checking - not having changed address to Nashville (where i lived for 2 1/2 years) wont be an issue right?

So 

1. Knoxville address = address on record

2. Nashville = lived there for 2 1/2 years (didn't change address to this)

3. NJ = Moving here now - so will change the address to NJ

Hello Everyone,

I was recently doing some research about the process for naturalization ( I can apply in June) and came across some change of address threads. I couldn't find an answers that I need, so asking the questions here

1. My address on file where I received my Green Card is in Knoxville, Tennessee ( my in-laws)

2. I moved to Nashville, Tennessee in March 2020, for a job, but didnt know/realize I had to change my address

3. Now, at the end of May,22 I am going to move to New Jersey as I got a new job

4.I don't have any documents/process pending at USCIS at this moment

Q1 - Do I need to update the address to reflect the Nashville address or can I update the address straight to the New Jersey address?

Q2 - If the latter, does that pose any issues when I eventually apply for naturalization?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

EMMO

Hi All,

Hope everyone is good.

We received our IR1 visa in June and will be moving to the US in September. As one does, we are doing extensive research on Health Insurance.

My wife, the petitioner and I have been living and working abroad

As such she does not have Health Insurance back home (Tennessee), She cant be added to her parents insurance because she is over 25. 

We will be of course looking for jobs, but that might not be an immediate success.

Is there any insurance, that we can both avail in the short run - maybe for 6 months.  I have read about ***removed*** - so digging deeper into that.

Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations?

Thanks

eMMo

Hi @twentyone21,

My Wife (US Citizen) and I are in the same situation. I am Indian, and we currently live in Myanmar. Indonesia and Uganda before that.

We are currently at NVC stage, and all our documents have been accepted. They asked us to provide her current job contract yesterday, which we did.

I130 and I130A Process -

Make sure you have all proofs ready, like photos together to show the development of the relationship, whatsapp/facebook chats, passport stamps of being in the same country at the same time of travel, flight stubs corresponding to those travels, and lease agreements with names on them together, joint bank accounts etc. you ll find the list of all that is needed in the guides tab up on the page

NVC Stage 

- Tax Transcripts for all year, more importantly last 3 years would be needed – whenever you get here

- line up a Joint Sponsor if the job from the same source will not continue

For the Beneficiary – Get Police Clearance certificates of all countries you have lived in since the age of 16 for more than 6 months (this will be needed when your case gets accepted to NVC as the validity for PCC is in some cases 6 months)

Domicile

- We sent job applications and interview emails, letter from my in-laws saying we will stay with them, valid driver’s license, valid voting registration, range of credit card letters showing US address, bank account maintenance – They have all been accepted

- We also wrote a letter of intent to re-establish domicile (if you search on Visa Journey you ll find it)

Cheers

20 minutes ago, RTLE said:

1. When logged-in NVC website, there is message notification if additional document/re-upload has been requested.  On the uploaded list of documentation, you will see rejected document(s). - Yeah the message only says to upload an additional document for the petitioner. no message of any rejected documents.

 

2. It was 4 business days for our case, although when we called they said it could be 3 weeks. - copy that thanks!

Hi RTLE - Thanks for your response

Hi All,

Hope things are good. We got an email from NVC, they asked to upload an additional document for the petitioner (current job proof) 

We live abroad. We immediately uploaded her job contract and 3 current salary slips.

They have accepted all documents for the petitioner and applicant.

For the Joint Sponsor and HH member they have not accepted the i864, i864a and both their proof of citizenship - it only says submitted. But all other documents like transcripts, proof of domicile, proof of employment etc. are accepted.

Questions -

1. Is this how it generally is if they request for additional documents?

2. Will it take another 3 weeks from here to review the additional document?

Thanks all

eMMo

Thanks @CarlosSeoanes

HI All,

We uploaded the documents onto CEAC on 26th March. All the documents status shows as submitted - do you generally get an email from CEAC/NVC confirming the documents have been submitted?

Cheers

eMMo

Thanks @pushbrk, fingers crossed!

Hi Pushbrk,

there is no question from them.

I filled DS 260 and when it comes to uploading the civil documents it asks me to upload for Indonesia and Zambia I dont have them because I lived for less than 6 months. The US embassy in Burma also says anywhere you stayed for more than 12 months.

So in order for them to process my DS 260 - what do I do since I don't have the PCC from Indonesia and Zambia.

sorry, my questions are as follows - 

For CEAC, its asked me to upload Police Clearance Certificates from Indonesia and Zambia

1. For Indonesia  - on the NVC website it says - Unavailable for applicants inside and outside Indonesia. - Can i write that in the comments after selecting NA or should i write a statement and upload it with the same msg?

2. For Zambia -Since I lived there for less than 6 months can I write a statement saying the same and upload it, where it asks for Zambia Police Certificate?

Thanks

4 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

What is the exact wording of the question that leads you to believe you need to mention Zambia with regard to a Police Report?

 

I checked on VJ here where someone mentioned that they were asked for a PCC from Austria inspite of living there for less than 6 months. They sent a letter saying

pasting the screenshot here. 

Hi All,

Hope everyone is doing well.

Finished the DS-260 yesterday and was about to upload the civil documents, when I saw they have asked for Police Clearance Certificates from 2 countries I have lived for less than 6 months. A couple of questions if someone can help answer - 

1. I thought it was 12 months?

2. Country 1 is Indonesia - on the NVC website it says Unavailable for applicants inside and outside Indonesia. When uploading onto CEAC do I - 

    2.a - select the Not Available Option and mention the NVC statement in the comments

    2. b - Do i write and sign a statement stating I lived there for less than 6 months and also its not available?

3. Country 2 is Zambia - I lived there for 5 months -  Do i write, sign and upload a statement stating I lived there for less than 6 months

Thanks everyone, appreciate any responses.

Cheers

eMMO

3 hours ago, Junior11 said:

I’ve entered my mom’s current address starting from her 16th birthday and saved.

That took me to next question. I went back to address question, corrected dates for current address and added one more address, starting from 16th bday until current address’s move-in date. Save, correct, repeat for all addresses.

Thanks @Junior11 - worked perfectly!! 

On 1/15/2019 at 9:13 PM, Nomi78666 said:

But on joint sponsor document required they asked for both proof of resident and domicile so we can upload passport for both ?

Hey, did you resolve this? We submitted Birth Certificate, can we do the same for Proof Of Domicile as well?

Hi All,

Hows it going?

I am currently uploading the Joint Sponsor and Household Member Documents on CEAC.

Have uploaded their birth certificates for proof of citizenship and their address in the I864 and i864A is their US address.

It's asking for Proof of Domicile for them as well. 

Do I need to upload their driving license or some other document as proof of Domicile or select Not Available?

Thanks

eMMo

Hey, I tried doing that, but it doesnt allow us to save.  It gives an error saying I havent put in all the information since I was 16, so I cant save it.

Hey all,

Just uploaded the sponsors I864 and other documents onto CEAC (didn't press submit yet)

We added the joint sponsor, and got a msg that it has been approved. But we can't click anything on the joint sponsor yet.

We are trying to add the HH member but it doesn't give the name of the Joint Sponsor in the relationship drop down

Tried to fill the DS 260 and got stuck at the addresses page - adding 11 of them. But when I try to press save or next it gives an error.

Anyone facing the same issues or is it the weekend  effect? :) 

Cheers

Mo

Hi All,

I know the instructions state N/A but has anyone in the recent past typed NA in the spaces not relevant and got a case complete?

We live abroad, and are about to submit the i864. We got the signature's from our joint sponsor and HH member, in December, on 3 different copies of the i864 and i864a, but we had typed down NA instead of N/A, leaving the date date below the signature empty to fill when we got our case number.

Any update from anyone who have done it recently and been accepted?

Thanks

eMMO

Hi All,

Hope things are going well. 

We are in the process of starting the NVC process having received the case number last week. 

For the I864a - the HH member's Passport expires March 2019 (they cant find their BC). They are of course going to renew it as soon as possible, but IF we had to upload their current passport copy - would that be ok or a strict no no?

Thanks and all the best to everyone

eMMo

13 hours ago, Maxifer said:

did you put all the numbers and letters from the Invoice ID and case number?

 

Yes. 

1 hour ago, KJ2 said:

have you tried to log into CEAC?  None of us can log in. Curious if cases given today can.

I received my Case number on 25th Feb 2019, and just logged in 5 mins back for the first time, without any issues.