Danova

On 6/25/2020 at 7:40 PM, JenIE said:

Wow, almost 6 years -- glad to see your journey is almost at an end!

Yeah thank you 🙏 

Thanks all! Finally i was able to get the tax transcript. Do I need to upload all the three year transcripts or just the 2019 transcript? 

7 hours ago, NikLR said:

Possibly.  It should just say w2 with numbered boxes. Have his name and address, his ssn, his company name and address, earnings etc.. 

ok thank you so much 

1 hour ago, Enie said:

I believe so, as long as that was what reflected in the tax return he gave you. Just ask him to scan or give you the W2 form he used to file the tax return. 

Ok thank you so much 

38 minutes ago, NikLR said:

A tax return INCLUDES a w2 for non-contract employees. For some odd reason the NVC has you upload them separately. 

So it means the w2 summary I saw in some of the tax return he filed is what I need ? 

54 minutes ago, Enie said:

Yes, tax return and W2 forms are totally different. That's why there are separate 'boxes' for uploading both. You can Google W2 to have an idea of how it looks like. 

Yes I heard getting tax transcript is hard now. Just trying to make sure you don't get Rfe like I did cos it causes delay in approving. But make sure you upload both forms (tax return and W2) simultaneously. 

Ok can he use the w2 of previous job? Cause he just got a new job about a week ago. And the new job is what he stated in AOS form 

10 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Yes, you need to go through a verification process.  
It’s on the website

To register and use this service, you need:

• your SSN, date of birth, filing status and mailing address from latest tax return,
• access to your email account,
• your personal account number from a credit card, mortgage, home equity loan, home equity line of credit or car loan, and
• a mobile phone with your name on the account.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

Ok thank you so much 

10 hours ago, Loren Y said:

Usually in order to create an account, you still have to verify it is you by answering the same questions that are keeping you from getting your transcript now. You did get to the steps where it attempts to verify you by asking 2-3 questions? You can try creating an account and see what happens. The only reason I made an account is because years ago when I went to get my transcripts it gave me the option too. You are not the only one that has this problem, hopefully someone will see the post that had the same issue, and can help you out.

Thank you so much 

7 hours ago, Enie said:

From what I understand, W2 is being issued by the place of work for Tax filing. You can't file Tax without it. Since he has his tax return, your co-sponsor will definitely have the W2. Ask the person about it, he will understand. Tell him it's compulsory you upload it with the tax return. Better still, if he can request for tax transcript asap, he should. 

Ok thanks again. In some of the tax return pages, I saw w2 summary and w2 spreadsheet, does it mean they added it inside the tax returns? Or what I saw is different from the main w2? Getting tax transcript is kinda hard now 

4 hours ago, Calicolom said:

I just tested the IRS on line system, no problem getting my transcript. 11/12/2020

Really, so easy, why is it so hard on our end 

20 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

Just got one tuesday.

Oh really, how do we go about it? we don’t have a username or login details, we just tried to input card. 

4 hours ago, Loren Y said:

The problem a lot of people have with the IRS online verification system is that it uses your credit history to ask you questions to verify your identity. If you have been in the US a while, say over 2 years and have credit cards, loans, a car payment, or mortgage, it usually isn't too bad ( Granted it asked me what type of car I had a loan on back in 1991 as a question, had to think about that one) but if you don't have a established credit history you will not be able to self-verify in the system. I think that is why so many new immigrants have issues. If they filed with their spouse, usually not an issue as their spouse has plenty of verification options, and once you create an account, your good, I have never had a problem logging in and getting what I need. That is the main problem I believe people face.

Do we need to create account first on the site or what ? 

20 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

How would the pandemic affect an online process? I don’t understand that, I can understand it would be hard to get them mailed if IRS offices aren’t staffed. It took me maybe 5 minutes to go through the online process when I did mine (pre pandemic but again I don’t understand how the pandemic would affect you entering information online and then downloading the transcripts?)

It was filed by a preparer, and anytime he tried to login or obtain the transcript, it always come out with an error of no match or something. So was thinking probably because the irs office has close. I don’t know still trying to look for a way to get it 

20 hours ago, Lil bear said:

Have you asked the tax preparer if they can get you the transcript ? I know our CPA seemed to have access to it through a different channel than the public channel 

We’ve not, i will ask him to do that right away, 

4 hours ago, Enie said:

I used a co-sponsor as well. For co-sponsor, we submitted his AOS, passport photo page (for proof of status), poof of domicile/evidence of residence in US (we used his driver's license for that) and tax return. It's advisable to submit a Tax Transcript instead of tax return cos we got an Rfe to submit his W2 as well. 

 

If tax transcripts is not available, then submit tax return and W2 at the same time. 

Thank you so much for the full details. What is w2? Though he left his formal job for the current new job, he has not been paid yet, so please elaborate on it. And how can he go about the w2? 

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Yeah, just get the tax transcript.

It’s really hard to get the transcript now, because of the pandemic. Most people tried to get it online, no luck. 

5 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

This is why tax transcripts are preferred.

It’s hard to get now 

5 hours ago, WandY said:

I had the same issue and decided to remove most of the pages. You just need the summary/signed pages - just make sure the AGI is shown. I put all of mine into one pdf. They don't need all the itemization stuff. If prepared by a CPA, he/she will know what to give you.

5 hours ago, WandY said:

You just need the summary/signed pages - just make sure the AGI is shown.

Please how can I go about this? And yes it was filed by someone, I guess that’s what you mean by CPA right? 

I just got 2017, 2018 and 2019 tax return from both my sponsor(dad) and my co-sponsor. But each year tax return has many pages and it’s more  than 2mb in size. 

Question 1. Am I going to upload each year tax return separately, or I’m going to combine the three years tax return in one pdf file ? 

Question 2. Each year tax return has so many pages in it, some has 56 pages and some lesser, in some I saw w2 spreadsheet and w2 summary. Am I to remove some of the pages or I will just upload it just like that? 
 

8 minutes ago, Fidel said:

We submitted i864 and tax transcripts for the AOS

That’s all no other documents? 

4 hours ago, Fidel said:

I submitted all the documents on the 20th of April and got DQ two weeks later 

Please what documents did you submit for the AOS? I’ve a co-sponsor as well, what should they submit ? Apart from tax returns 

39 minutes ago, Ally&Axel said:

I believe you just have to refer how much she's miking on part 7 of i-864 and file i-864A.

Ok thank you so much. God bless you! 

11 hours ago, Ally&Axel said:

Hi Danova,

 

The household size should reveal the total number of people leaving in your household. It seems that your step mom does not fit in category 7 because she is not a "siblings, parents, or adult children" of the principal sponsor, whom I'm assuming is your dad. Instead she is your dad's wife so I would put her in category 3.

 

 

Ok. So where would I indicate her as a co-sponsor, since she’ll be filling form I864A? 

1 hour ago, arken said:

Simple, just do what it says, don’t count twice. She is already counted in 3, so 0 in 7.

Ok but since she will be the co-sponsor wouldn’t it be ok to tick the number 7? Is it safe to omit or put 0?   Cause she’ll be filling form I-864A

Hello, please affidavit of support part 5 is confusing. My step mom falls in two category, she falls in number 3 and number 7 cause she is a co-sponsor. And we are asked not to count one person twice, how do we go about it? 
 

Let me give you a breakdown of the number of Household: 

in states: 

1. My dad 

2. My step mom 

3. 4 siblings

4. Grandma. 

intending immigrants

1. One ( just me )

Base on above, how many household size should we put down? 
 

How can we not count step mom twice? She falls under number 3 and 7. 

23 hours ago, Quarknase said:

I believe so, yes. Maybe others know for sure. What surprises me is that you already received welcome letter. Isn’t PD for F1 currently January ‘14? That would make the wait naturally almost a year 😑 I hope I’m misinterpreting though

Oh really, I didn’t know that those fees last for only a year, please can someone confirm this? And yes current F1 PD is January 2014, and my Pd is November 2014. That’s about 10 months away. 

23 hours ago, aleful said:

hi

 

yes you can

Thank you so much. I heard if my priority date is not current within a year, I will have to repay the fees is that true ? 

On 4/1/2020 at 4:08 PM, two_black_cats said:

if you have to go the interview again after a year has passed since your first payment for DS260., you need to pay application fee again. from what i gathered the payment for DS260 (which is $325 though, not $350, maybe a typo of false memory of your friend? but I have not heard of any fees being 350) only valid for 1 year. if you do not go to the interview during that year , they want to be paid again. 

Wow! We received welcome letter from nvc 2month after our case was approved. In the letter, it state the nvc case number and invoice. My priority date is Nov 2014, I’m in F1 category.  My question: we’ve paid the fees and we’ve started submitting AOS form and tax transcript. does it mean if our case didn’t become current before 1yr, we’ll need to pay the fees again? 

My last question on this... please is ok to start submitting forms and tax transcript now? Since my priority date is NOV 2014, which is still kind of far. I’ve already paid the two 120$ and 325$ fees on nvc website. 

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