Hey there 😊
Been a while since I started my own topic. But now I'm a little lost and could need some guidance.
So, any help will be appreciated!
I have to file for ROC in a couple months and already started to get everything together. Problem is, we still haven't received anything from the IRS about our jointly filed 2020 taxes. And this would be the only joint tax return I could provide to the USCIS.
We paper filed in February 2021.
Unfortunately, we don't know the exact day because the only copy we kept wasn't signed or dated yet, as well as it was send without a tracking number or anything. So, we don't have a receipt either (stupid, I know). Both of us have called the IRS multiple times throughout the past year and requested inquiries. They tell us, they received the tax return, but haven't worked on it yet. In our online accounts or in the "where's my refund" section is no information at all. Not even that it was received.
Now it's been four months since either of us talked to the IRS because it's not possible to get anyone on the phone anymore.
I got a little desperate and nervous, so I thought, I'm gonna try a different strategy... I sent another 2020 tax return about a month ago. Hoping it would either trigger an error message and the IRS tells me they already received one and start working on it... or start working on the new one.
Well, neither has happened yet. But at least I kept a signed copy and also sent the letter with a tracking number, so I have proof and a receipt.
I'm still hoping, I will get ANY response by the time I have to file for ROC. But I've been wondering...
What happens, if I don't?
I was thinking that I could write a letter explaining the situation and also send the first unsigned copy, as well as the new signed copy and the receipt of the new one. But other than that, I have no idea what to do. Especially, if they're gonna send me an RFE for it. I most likely can't provide anything.
I'll be more than thankful, if someone with experience and knowledge can help me out! I'm starting to panic a little over here 😰
I just wanted to give an update... The IRS processed the second tax return, which I sent in April 2022. I'm starting to think that the first one we sent in February 2021 belonged to the over 30,000,000 unprocessed tax returns that got destroyed in March 2021. Well, but anyway. At least I finally got SOMETHING 😁