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21 hours ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Thinking that is your mistake. 

CURRENT income is paramount, the totality of the financial situation is what they look at secondary.

That's why the box on the form in Q8 is called Current income and not the amount from your tax return. 

You INPUT Tax reported amounts for all three years only in 24a,b,c. PROOF of it is only required for the most current year.

Read the instructions carefully for those VERY different sections.

The tax return is not a high value as per current income. That's why as the instructions state you can provide other evidences of current income.

 

Okay thank you that gives me hope. We will try without a joint sponsor as his current income will be above poverty guidelines. Thank you so much for your help! 

36 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Please look at the tax return and not the W2. You are using the wrong amounts.

Only self employed use GAI.

Employed uses GTI.

I have looked at the tax return too.

all i see when it comes to income is this and they are all the same number as his w2: (see images)

Note: he is in fact employed.

36 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

36 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

No, you will file in Oct 2024 and meet the guidelines for 2024.

I’m sorry i keep forgetting we are in 2024 already. Yes that’s what i meant.

36 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

That doesn't make sense to me but okay. Remember IF you are using an Employment Verification Letter, it must state the predicted income for the whole year as an annum (x will make $ much per year NOT x will make $ much for 2024) and not from when he got his job until the end of the fiscal year and the 6 months of paystubs will prove that too.

Yes i am aware that it needs to state the amount he makes per year. Thank you.

36 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Sounds like you understand what financial documents you need for your particular situation to prove he meets the guidelines. Hopefully you understand that just because the taxes prove he has not met the guidelines doesnt mean his other financial documents don't. 

Sounds like you think taxes are the only thing they look at maybe????

Not sure. Your post is quite confusing whether you understand or not. 

I do understand but i am just worried that because he didnt meet the 2023 guidelines that i will still need a sponsorship despite the fact that i can prove that he will meet the 2024 guidelines.
 

Because i think that the tax return is high in value. 
 

I made this post to ease my worries and to know if with what i have said before, if it will cover my grounds and if it will be enough proof to show that he will meet the 2024 guidelines if i DONT file with a joint sponsor.

8 hours ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Correct

8 hours ago, K1visaHopeful said:

You're thinking about this too much. 

How can it be required that you provide a 2024 tax proof if 2024 isn't over yet?

2024 taxes aren't the most recent year for proofs until after the filing deadline date in April 2025.

2023 taxes are the most recent tax year until April 2025.

The reason why im thinking about this too much is because we have now found out bc of his insurance, he did not meet the 125% 2023 poverty guidelines. We are short by a couple hundreds. So i am trying to figure out if maybe we are still fine going without a joint sponsorship.

As you have mentioned before. When i will file approximately around october 2023, i will have to meet the guidelines of 2024.

For the evidence i will have to include employment letter, recent tax return 2023 and other documents. 
 

If I file with those, will they give me an RFE saying he didnt meet the guidelines? Because the reason why he didnt is because he got promoted mid 2023. His income for his position now would have made enough for 2023 if he didnt got promoted mid 2023.

He will also make enough for the 125% poverty in 2024 when it goes up.

I would be able to prove this with the employment letter.

10 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

The guidelines are updated every year. Sometimes they go up and sometimes they go down. 

 

You have to meet the guidelines that are posted at the moment you file I485.

And as well, you'll be required to prove you still meet whatever they are at the moment you are interviewed, if interviewed.

The former (meeting them at the time you file I485) is the policy. 

The latter is a common practice that an adjudicator will sometimes expect from sponsors. 

Keep in mind that the AOS process can be two years plus before anyone opens your file and can be scheduled for an interview which is why:

1. if you aren't scheduled for one and is been a long time since you filed, they send out RFEs for current proof of meeting the guidelines.

2. if you are scheduled for  interview, you'll bring an updated Affidavit of Support and financial proofs, just in case they want proof of still meeting the FPGLs.

So bc i will file for AOS after they have posted the new 2024 guidelines, i will need to meet the 2024 guidelines. But how about 2023? Cause i will have to attach a recent tax return and if i will file for AOS in approximately October 2023, the tax return for 2024 obviously wont be available yet (as the year hasn't also ended).

5 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

PS. The 2024 I864P will likely be released shortly anyways with this year's FPGLs.

It usually comes into effect Feb/Mar.

 

If i file for i 864 in October 2023, do i need to meet the guidelines for 2024 only or for 2023 as well? 

7 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Gross Total Income comes before the Adjustments section. I cannot and won't quote line numbers because every year they seem to change it and I'm not about to go searching for this year's copy as I haven't filled yet. 

 

Look at the paper copy of the ACTUAL tax return that you are to keep for your records for 7 years. 

 

Are you using this info to fill something out?

Your timeline says you haven't been approved for a K1 visa but you've posted this in the K1 AOS forum. 

Numbers on any Affidavit of Support must be supported and match financial documents. It's best you wait for the actual financial document that you can use as proof before you go inputting numbers incorrectly. 

I have found the number on the tax return. Thank you! 
 

I am getting ahead to know more information. 
 

10 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

You find it on your actual income tax forms that you filed or your return tax transcript after you file taxes not an earnings statement (W2 or 1099).

Gross income for employed. 

Gross adjustable for self employed.

He has filed taxes last week. The tax transcript takes a couple of weeks to generate. That’s why i’m using w2 at the moment. But from what I see is that the income on w2 and tax transcript is the same. 
 

Where do you see gross income tho? Like i only see total income and what i have mentioned previously. 

Hi

I have a question for the poverty income guidelines for 2023: Where do you find the income that needs to meet the guidelines on the W2 form?
Is it: 1 wages, tips, other compensation?
If so is that legit just that box or do you also have to calculate in other boxes?
If so also isnt that then the taxable wage? And not gross income? I thought you had to look at gross income? Idk 😩

I want to add that my fiancé (petitioner) pays for insurance through his work.

14 hours ago, Summer melody said:

Deeply concerned about how things are going with our application processing timeline.

 

Received NOA1 in October 2022 (K1). Now I see that cases that were filed in December 2022-January 2023 are getting approved without any expedition requests (beneficiaries the same nationality as me), while our case is moving very slowly in the queue. Using a case tracker app.

 

I don't understand how this whole system works but it seems a bit unfair. Or could it mean that our case somehow got lost or stuck?

 

Please advise me if there's anything I can do about this whole situation at the moment.

You can write a letter to your congressman

Thought there would be more activity here haha since they have started december a couple weeks ago, but i will say i kinda forgot about this website. But haven’t received my noa2 yet and im not mad about it bc it’s too soon for me anyways. But i would like to receive it before December 2022 reaches 80% processed cause i feel after that God knows how long it would take. 

On 11/15/2023 at 6:46 AM, M and Mike said:

Hi guys, whe  is the right to do my police check and fill the DS-160 form. Thanks December community 

I’d say for DS-160 i would wait till you received your case number and your status shows ready.

For police certificate depends on the country or countries you need to request it from. Meaning if you know it will take several weeks from request till you actually receiving it, then you can request it now but if it’s just a few simple  clicks on the government’s website (as it is for me) then i would wait. Keep in mind they also have an expiration date.

On 7/12/2023 at 11:05 AM, M and Mike said:

I-129F Sent -  December 12, 2022

I-129F Received - January 15, 2022

I-129F - Notice Date - January 15, 2022 (NOA1)

 

Good luck to everyone 🙂

 

Wow took them that long to receive it! 

13 minutes ago, PakistaniRussian said:

This might have been answered, but I couldn't find it by searching through the forum.

 

Question: When should we take our medical examination if our interview is in June? What's the earliest we can take the medical examination? How long is the medical examination valid for? 

Definitely leave 2 weeks in between your interview and medical exam. Don’t book it too early cause as soon as you have your  medical exam done, you have six months to come to the usa. 

When the earliest availability is for your medical exam is something you need to call for yourself. Call the doctor that is approved by the US for your country tomorrow to see the availability. I would not wait long with this because there might be long waiting times.

6 hours ago, kcpaty said:

Hello everyone! Hope you all are moving along in the process. Our petition is in transit to embassy now. The notification says we have been given a date for interview but in the email I didn't see that. 

NVC does not schedule interview dates for K1 visas. They only do that for spousal visas so ignore that. Its the embassy that schedules it for you or  you have to do it on the embassy site. It depends which embassy you have. 

On 3/9/2023 at 6:15 PM, Ok-Mix said:

Yep!

 

We are December 2022, and I already have created steps of what comes next, along with links and anecdotes, and examples, so hopefully we can hit the ground running when it's time (less the new waiting that comes with the NOA2).

SAME! Hahaha im glad im not the only one 🤣

7 hours ago, bspnmi said:

Thank you all. We got the SSC. 

Im glad!! How did it go? Did you wait two weeks before going to the SSA office?

7 hours ago, selember said:

Thank you for this tip! I contacted NVC via their public inquiry form this past Friday; a few hours ago, they sent me my case number. However, I discovered I still need an "invoice ID" to be able to login to CEAC and do anything. Does anyone know how/when NVC sends their welcome letter? Is that physically in the mail or via email? I'm assuming I need the welcome letter to arrive to get the invoice ID, too...or should I send a public inquiry again? 

 

NOA1: Nov 1

NOA2: Jan 25

NVC Inquiry: Feb 24

 

Edit: As part of my inquiry, NVC discovered that USCIS also bungled my fiancé's birthdate, so NVC told me to send a passport scan to correct their documentation. USCIS continues to be mind-boggling bad at everything, even though we thought we finally escaped from them...Docs submitted today, fingers crossed this doesn't hold us up even more. 

Invoice ID is not needed. The letter NVC sends is called K1-FTP and will be emailed to the petitioner. NVC emails the letter when your case will be transferred to the beneficiary’s embassy. If you want you can ask NVC for your invoice ID but it’s not really needed.

10 hours ago, grumpypiggy said:

I think FB group is scanning different case number range compared to vj, so the number might differ as well.

Oh you should try to scan monday again bc i saw a lot of people had low numbers when they scanned but after a second time they had more. I know the scanner in january had that issue. But obviously you don’t need to do that ofc. Only if you want or have the time.

On 2/14/2023 at 7:11 PM, Emmaa said:

Ok, thanks the information once again.. one more question. Is there any ways for me to confirm if my case has been sent NVC online?

 

Thanks In advance

You can send an inquiry to NVC to ask if they have received your petition yet from USCIS. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html
 

What is your NOA2?

22 hours ago, Lil bear said:

1. You could have checked the boxes 

2. You didn't have to check the boxes

3. Checking the boxes MAY have saved you a trip to SSA if they actually followed through and sent a new card .. hit and miss

4. Your SSN remains the same. Go to the SSA with your paperwork and get an unrestricted card issued 

Okay noted. Thank you!

I find the answers very confusing. Should you or should you not check the boxes?

16 hours ago, Cheddy said:

Hey all! Not sure if anyone is still following the July updates as we have mostly tapered off into nothingness, but I'll be pretty absent this week. My fiancé's interview is in Poland on Friday and I'm flying out tomorrow (Tuesday) to go meet her. I'll probably not be posting anymore updates this week. Wish us luck!

 

Monday Updates:

115000: 1 Denial (0 new / 1 in progress)
116000: 1 Approval (1 new / 0 in progress)
02/13/23: 2 Total Updates: 1 Approval, 1 Denial

Definitely still following your updates! But have fun!!

49 minutes ago, SA21 said:

Updated just means new date and signed again, we didn't change any wording

Okay thank you!!

4 hours ago, Keithn85 said:

I sure can!  

"l, (My full name), am still legally able and willing to marry  (my then fiancee's full name) and intend to do so within 90 days of her arrival into the United States using the K1 Visa. I have been engaged to Anna since December 11, 2020. Our original hope was for her to have the K1 visa and already arrive to the United States in the fall/early winter, but this did not work out due to the delay in the l-129F petition approval. Hence, I am restating my original intent in this letter as my goal for us as a couple has not changed and neither have my feelings for Anna as my future wife."

I pretty much stated when we were engaged, when we hoped to marry per our intent for the I-129F and what our plans are now.    well now as in during that interview process.  I took out full names for privacy reasons but kept first name as we have that in our profile.  This is basically what they are looking for.

*NOTE* that I stated how the delay affected us without being too specific.    I know that did not sway their opinion much as for Ukraine, it was more about my tax documents and whatnot.  But still, it felt great to express this.

Thank you very much!!! I appreciate this!

On 12/11/2021 at 5:46 PM, Keithn85 said:

Well, we found our interview times.  I talk like I am there.  I found interview times for both of them (her and her son) for next week Tuesday.  We were going to do ASAP, but the only times this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.  Both of them have their medical Monday morning so between that and the COVID vaccination, it is better to wait 1 week.  Appointments are scarce in December now (which makes sense because we are approaching the halfway mark of the year) but January is not lacking in appointment days.  The appointment should be scheduled within the next 2 hours today and then it will be me emailing all the paperwork to her, including my reaffirmation with an updated intent to marry.  I am definitely excited about this and I know she is also.  We both are just concentrated on taking this one step at a time but Friday was awesome for her.  We submitted both corrected DS-160s (we had to complete another app for her because I put official for her passport.  It is regular by the way unless the beneficiary or child are diplomatic or government people) with pictures and 1 hour later she went to the banks to withdraw and pay for the MRV.  She provided me the receipt numbers at my lunch break (which was 8 hours later) and I attempted last night (almost 20 hours after she visited the bank) to put in the receipt information.  She told me the bank said the next morning.  I read on the site for 10am the next morning, but I thought it was 10am weekdays only.  I checked this morning, put in the receipt numbers for both of them, and the system accepted them as valid numbers and showed me the available appointments.  So for the appointment thing, just check following morning after the MRV is paid.  Just as with other computer systems, it works 24/7/365 so it does not wait until Monday to open appointments if you pay on a Friday.

Hi can i ask you what you said in the UPDATED intent of marry? Did you write something different then the first intent to marry you included in your i 129f packet?