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My husband sorted out his tax return. I emailed the documents and my status changed from refused to ready. Is this normal? 

5 minutes ago, dwheels76 said:

So other than his business he has no income coming in to file personal taxes? There's no such statute you are to file every year regardless.
He would be writing this statement to send to embassy. I would assume you have a joint sponsor.

He has no other income coming other than from the Business. I’m the joint sponsor but they still need some kind of clarification about his tax. 

Yes. US taxes.

I got a call from the embassy saying my husband need to provide a letter why he didn’t filed tax in the past three year. He a new business owner since 2020 and he have a 3 year grace period to filed his tax for the business. How do I write a letter explaining this information? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

6 minutes ago, Nesuoh said:

Are you sure it isn't the 2021 w2 that they require? I had my interview on the 14th and they were asking for the most recent year's (2021) tax information from persons.. since its tax season now. 

 

Also, it may take up to 90 days or more to receive a response. The embassy is moving extremely slow.

 

If you like, you can join the fb group "Jamaica NVC Process" to follow along with other persons who were told to submit additional information and see the timelime for their case to change to issue from refused.

They ask for 2021 W2 and I submitted it through the email that was given to me the same day of the interview. I really hope I get an update before 90 days. 

No new update on my case yet. Status is still saying refused. 

1 hour ago, pushbrk said:

That's great, but still, the petitioner was "allowed" to attend, not "required" to attend.  Sounds like things went well.

My husband was told to stay outside the embassy due to not enough space. He was then call back in to answer a question they asked both of us which is how long we’ve been married.

4 minutes ago, Marie504 said:

What did they ask in the interview? Were the kids approved?

They didn’t asked much questions. They did the swearing, fingerprints and then was asked to sit.  They ask how long me and my husband have married and that was the only question for us. The Kids were approved but they asked for W2 which I didn’t take to the interview. I was giving an email to submit the W2 and now I’m just waiting to see what happens.

8 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

Is it a past w2? If so, have you contacted your employer about a copy?

2020 W2. I already send it to the email they provided.

3 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Refused does  not mean refused 

it is the term they now use while waiting for the AP to be done

relax  when they get and review the W2 they will make the decision

 

Thank you!

My husband and I did the interview with my two children last week. On the letter from NVC said we should bring all original documents that was submitted. I brought my 2020 tax return and they asking for my W2 which I didn’t have and now the visa application is refused. They gave me an email to send the W2 to and taken both my children passport. Has anyone been through a similar situation?

On 2/9/2022 at 5:40 PM, pushbrk said:

You attend the interview with your children.  Your husband is the US Citizen who petitioned for the children.  His attendance is not required.  Not sure whether Kingston would allow both parents to attend.  Where did you get the idea your husband would attend a visa interview?

My interview was on Wednesday and we both went in together with the children. 

I went on Wednesday for the interview with my two children and I brought 2020 tax return and they were asking for my W2. The visa application is now in refused  because I didn’t have my W2. They gave me an email to email the W2 so hopefully the status change soon. 

2 minutes ago, Cathi said:

Filed what?

I didn’t  realize my post have an error. He filed all the necessary documents for the immigrant visa for my two children and he got a date for the visa interview. My question is should I attend the interview with him ? 

My husband filed my my children who are not his biological children. Should I attend the the interview or is it just my husband and the children should attend?

1 minute ago, accumbyte said:

March 21st?

March 21st. Sorry for the error.

I finally received my green card in the mail. It was issued on May 21... 

19 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

The visa itself was valid to use for six months, but once you enter the US and it is stamped, then it functions as a GC for 12 months.

 

As to the SSA, our cousins recently arrived with DVs, they did receive their GCs in a few weeks, but no SSC. We went down to the SSA and even though they checked the box for an SSC, the clerk at the SSA could not find any evidence in their system, so they promptly applied for one and received them a week or so later.  A couple of suggestions, if you go to the SSA before you get your GC, take the information that shows your stamped visa is in fact a GC, for some reason there are clerks at the SSA that don’t understand that.  Additionally, if going to the SSA, go in the afternoon as they don’t seem to be too busy.

 

Good Luck!

Thank you so much for that information

1 minute ago, Distanttravelers1 said:

That is exactly what happens to me, so what I did is just went to the social security office near me and apply for social security even tho I opted to do it at the same time I was applying for my visa. And just for less than a week I then got it.  

For my permanent resident card, it just arrived today, and I've been here for almost 3 months now.  Just make sure you already pay your immigration fee. 

 

You can also click this link https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do to check the status of your case.

 

The same thing happened to a lot of people. I did pay my immigration fee before I traveled, I will go to the social security office on Monday. I’m hoping for the green card soon so I can travel for my daughter graduation.

16 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

Did you mark the box on the ds260 for immigration to apply for the SS card?

if not,  you have to take your passport showing the IR1 stamp to ss office and apply yourself

 

green card came here in exactly a month from day he arrived

SS card was also fast but can't remember the date

I did mark the box. 

25 minutes ago, LilyJohansen said:

The visa you used to travel and enter the US on was valid for 6 months. The stamp in your passport that you received when you arrived in the US is valid for 12 to act as a green card while you wait for your actual green card.

Thank you for that information. I didn’t realized that information was right there in my passport.

3 minutes ago, accumbyte said:

Immigrant visas usually say "UPON ENDORSEMENT SERVES AS TEMPORARY I-551 EVIDENCING PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR 1 YEAR"

I didn’t realized lol. It’s good to read the fine print.

5 minutes ago, Tevaughn1998 said:

Yes,  you need to 

We both from the same country and in the same state lol

1 minute ago, Tevaughn1998 said:

I did go to the social security office March 1, 2018 and they told me that i will get it within 10 working days.

Ok. I will definitely go there on Monday.

1 minute ago, Tevaughn1998 said:

My dad filed for me to come to the USA to live am 20 years old . I arrived on February 28 and yesterday which is a week and 1 Day I received my Social Security card am still awaiting for my green card in the mail

I arrived on February 10. I will just to the office on Monday to find out what’s going on.