Nelly_M

Hi, did you send any tax forms or schedules with tax transcripts or just the tax transcripts?

Wish someone who filed recently could provide some update on this. Also, the I-751 form available for download from USCIS has expiration date of 12/31/2019. I hope that’s the one we are supposed to be using as I don’t see any other forms available for download.

Did you file recently? The amounts are still the same, but I am not sure if I understand this part correctly. Are they saying that we cannot combine any fees or is this only for combining different forms fees? https://www.uscis.gov/i-751

When it comes to fees, is it still ok to send one check combining filing and biometric fees (total $680), or do I need to submit one check for each?

I was advised earlier not to worry about those as they do not hold a lot of weight comparing to other types of evidence that you mentioned, but it wouldn’t hurt to include a few. We live in the same house as my parents, so a letter from them might be helpful as they get to see us pretty much every day. I am just not sure how to handle the language barrier situation.

Hi! Since I couldn’t find anything on this, I am creating a new thread. My parents are US citizens with limited English proficiency, and they wanted to write us an affidavit letter of support. Would it be better if they wrote it in their native language and then have it translated? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Hi! I have a question pertaining to number 7 listed under examples of required documents. If we are sending tax transcripts instead of tax returns, do we still need to send them copies of tax forms or schedules such as w-2? I know we send them with tax returns, but I am not sure if they are required with tax transcripts.

I know they do not hold a lot of weight comparing to the other types of evidence, but I still wanted to include them just in case. Yes.

My parents wanted to write us an affidavit letter of support. I wanted to know if we can have one letter from both of them or should each write a letter individually? Also, since their English is very limited, would it make more sense if they would write it in their native language and then have it translated?

Ok. When I looked up some samples of affidavit letters, they all had USCIS address listed in the upper left corner of the letter, that’s why I wanted to check if that’s necessary to include.

For affidavit of support letters, is it necessary to include the USCIS address in the top portion of the letter? The reason I am asking is that the address where we mail the package is is different depending which carrier we use for delivery, and at this point I am not sure if I will go with FedEx, UPS or something else.

Thank you.

Got you, but would it be awkward to file now? We are talking about year 2021. Is it even possible to file at this point for that period? In the past, I would always file my taxes timely with exception to that year.

Yes, citizens and GC holders are required to file taxes every year if they make more than certain amount for the year per IRS website. They provide certain thresholds for income required to file taxes based on filing status. I could have posted a screenshot, but I am not sure if I am allowed to, so I’ll just include a link. The way I understand it, if you make below certain limit you are not required to file taxes. Even if my husband reports the income earned while he lived overseas, it is still below that income threshold required to file taxes. I am a bit confused when it comes to this. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/who-needs-to-file-a-tax-return

Well, he paid taxes in the country where he was living and working until he came to the United States. I am not aware that he had to report and get taxed for that income again here. Since he didn’t earn anything here for that year, we didn’t even think that we had to file a tax return. You seem to be very knowledgeable about this. I was not able to find anything on this online. Is there a link you can possibly provide on this topic that I can reference?

Thanks for your response. Is it necessary that we file it? My understanding is that we are not required to file taxes if we had no income.

Hi everyone 🙂 I am putting together evidence that I need to mail with I-751. I have a couple of questions: For tax returns, I see that everyone is sending the last two years, but in our case we only have 2022 year filing together. For the previous year 2021, I was not working due to health issues and husband arrived in December and got the job a month later so we had no income to report and therefore didn’t file tax return for that year. I hope this is not going to be an issue. I was going to include a letter explaining this, and I hope that is going to be an issue. Any suggestions or insights on this would be greatly appreciated. Also, for the year that we filed together I was going to send a tax transcript from IRS as I understand that these are more preferred. Are we required to send any tax forms with it or the tax transcript alone is sufficient? Thanks in advance.