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1 hour ago, Hamada91 said:

thank you

 

what kind of proof should my wife submit to prove she had no income ????

also what about my income ? I'm working and we have a joint bank account by our names and her SSN on it , would that be considered as an income ( my own income ) ?

Like I said, In our case, CO said provide tax return of someone who is claiming her as a “dependent” as this would indicate she has no income. 

No one was claiming her as a dependent and she didn’t file anything such as “zero/nil tax return”. So I just wrote the above letter, printed it, she signed it and I submitted it as a declaration.

For the rest of your query abt your income thing, I can’t say, I don’t have relevant information, perhaps someone experienced will share the facts.

perhaps a tax return filed as "Married filing separately" will be the only financial document as "more proof" in my opinion.

""United States Embassy,

(Relevant city / country)

___________________

Ref: Affidavit of Support I-864,

Sponsor: --------------------

Beneficiary: -------------------

To whom it may concern

I have not submitted copy of my Federal Income Tax return for the year 2016 because I don’t have one. I did not work during the year 2016 and had no other income. Since my income was zero, I was not required to file Federal Income tax return for 2016. I was not claimed as a dependent in 2016. My uncle is the joint sponsor for the beneficiary and his I-864 and tax return documents have already been submitted.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at ---------------------

Sincerely,""

I was asked at the interview stage for bringing any evidence to prove that my wife had no income and she never worked (although we had a good joint sponsor). The options CO gave was to provide her zero tax return (not sure if IRS issue one) or tax return of someone showing her as a dependent. Instead, i typed this letter, printed it on a simple white paper, she signed it and i sent it back to embassy along with the 221G paper. It was accepted and visa was issued within a few days.