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Which figure to report on I-864 as "individual annual income": GROSS pay or W-2 wages?

9 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

All  i  can  say  is i  sent an original marriage and birth ceritficate

 

Thank you for sharing! Were those originals returned to you later by IRS?

The thing is I only have 1 (one) original of our Arizona marriage certificate (it's so called "long form", which is the marriage license+marriage certificate with the silver stamp). They won't give you more than one.

They would give you a certified copy if you ask (short form, only marriage certificate with a white stamp), no problem. Can it be considered as "original" though?

It's for this reason that I am not sending out the true original (long form) to anyone, no way.

42 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

you can  try going to IRS office/get them to make a copy  and initial  the officer saw  original

but an original birth and marriage certificate is adqueate 

the best advice on this comes directly from IRS instructions on the form

 

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw7.pdf

 

 

Thank you for the response! I hope IRS office will be open by March (fingers crossed) and the government shutdown is over.

In this case can we just show all the original documents required to the IRS person there?

I don't feel comfortable to mail any originals to IRS....Will certified copies do?

16 hours ago, NikLR said:

You have to mail it with the w7 to the IRS. 

Check out the w7 on the IRS website. 

To mail the passport to IRS? Really?

And how is my husband supposed to travel back without his passport?

I didn't find an answer to a question "Whom should I show my foreign spouse's passport to while applying MFJ?"

My foreign husband is expected to visit me here in the States early March. We got married in October 2018, and his CR1 is pending.

When he is here in the States in March, we plan to file for his ITIN together.

I found out that my previous I-864 is still in force. Looks like it is, anyway.

The story: I was married to a UK national and we did AOS for him, and his I-485 was approved in 2017 and he got a conditional green card.

The marriage was a good one but my husband died due to a massive stroke in August 2017.

It took me several months to realize I needed to notify USCIS of the death of a green card holder.

I did just that through INFOPASS in April of this year. Returned his green card, asked to close the case and withdraw my I-864.

They promised to do that, took the green card and copied the death certificate for the file.

So I assumed everything was fine, and moved on.

Boy, was I wrong. Yesterday I received a 120 Day Reminder in the mail for the deceased's name (Re: Removal of Conditions).

I checked his case online. It still has the old message dated 19 months ago that the green card been mailed out.

The problem is I recently got re-married, and filed for CR1/2 for my new husband and step-son, and received NOA1 for each petition.

In my new I-130 I mentioned my previous I-130 for the deceased but wrote "approved/withdrawn".

Now, what do I do? Evidently, I assumed too much and provided a false information. 

How do I get the deceased case closed?

I filed I-130 for my husband and step-son, and recently received NOA-1 for each petition.

I seek an answer from those please who went through bringing step-children on CR-2/IR-2.

My husband's 14 y.o. lives with him 100% of the time for the last 4 years. My husband does not have a sole custody after the divorce from the mother of the child. The ex-wife does not mind her son's emigration to the US and signed a no-objection letter. The child will get his passport soon with no problem.

Question: Will the mother's letter be enough for the US Embassy at the time of the interview to grant an immigrant visa to the child?

While they are waiting for their CR-1/2 visas to be approved my husband and his son want to visit me in USA on ESTA and stay here up to 90 days at a time. The child needs to be enrolled in school (he is 14 y.o.) I did a research through immigration websites. Technically, the answer is "no" - because ESTA is equal to a tourist visa and precludes work/study activity. But the child is eligible to a permanent resident status and his immigration petition is pending. Can it be seen as an exception to the rule? Did somebody have a similar experience?

Yes, I am aware of that. Along with correspondence between us I included in my application:

1) an auto-insurance for both names

2) health insurance for both names

3) life insurance for both names

4) photos of trips together, wedding photos, with our friends, etc.

5) 2 affidavits from my friends on the genuine marital union.

Do you think it would be enough?

I just mailed I-130 for my husband and step-son last week, waiting for NOA1.

As proof of a bonafide marriage, I included photos of our correspondence - without realizing it's all in French. 

Should I have had it translated?

Now I worry about getting a RFE over it.