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I did yes Considering I have had no taxable US income for the last 6 years my I864 doesnt have a whole lot going on. But I sent of a I864, my mom's I864, and my stepdad's I864a. I'm wondering how much of that I am going to need to resubmit. Based on the contents of the RFE, I think I will send my i-864 unaltered (besides the signature dates) and hers with an updated house size and additional assets provided this time. And omit the i-864a since the RFE makes no mention of it. But if that is incorrect let me know. And thanks for the tip about the adjusted income.

For her that's line 11. It and line 9 (total income) are the ~200,000 amount. Yeah I will need to correct that about my brother. You would think they would have said that in the RFE though! Woukd have been helpful anyways.

The i-864 is to be honest what I struggled with the most on the entire AOS, EAD, AP etc process, and we unfortunately received a RFE from USCIS. I am going to try to outline what we provided and what I believe to be the best hints on what they sent and maybe someone can help me identify the issue. This is for my now wife, who I just moved back with from overseas so neither of us has qualifying income. Original form: Household size: 3 (immigrant, herself, her husband) She is retired current individual income: 51,000 current annual household income: 51,000 total income as reported on federal income tax returns: ~200,000 (different for the three years) Included evidence: 1099 form composite, 1040s, and additional forms all for 2022. Copy of passport. And additionally since my parents joint file, my stepdad did a i-864a. Quotes from RFE, in order of appearance: "Based on the documents submitted, we could not determine that the petitioning sponsor on Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, is qualified. In order to be a qualified sponsor, the petitioning sponsor's Form I-864 must be properly completed and signed, and the supporting documents must establish that the petitioning sponsor's income meets 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline for the sponsor's household size." "Based on the documents submitted, we could not determine that the joint sponsor, [redacted], on Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, is qualified." "The 'Total Income' line on IRS Form 1040 is used to determine qualifying income for a sponsor, not the 'Gross Receipts' line from IRS Schedule C or C-EZ" My theories on what could have been wrong: - On my moms 2022 tax return, my brother who doesn't currently live in the house is listed as a dependent. Maybe he needs to be added to the household size then? - Maybe I need to be added to the household despite not having lived there or been a dependent? - Maybe we should have included a birth certificate to prove relationship to me as the principle sponsor? - Maybe we filled out the I-864a incorrectly? Unless someone here finds something our plan is just to include more of her assets in a resubmission. I hope this is useful to a future reader who runs into the same problem.

It's honestly crazy how you can look at so many different links and see different things. I had just read one site that implied that if you don't yet have a SSN or green card then it would be allowed, but I suppose that could be true and this rule takes precedent. Thanks. Edit: Even the DMV page you linked contradicts itself with what it claims it requires until you download the International Driver checklist right below the bulleted list of documents required.

I am under the impression that she would be able to use her German license (with a translation) in SC for a year, and the EAD estimates I see on VJ – which is actually one of her bigger problems with this whole process and honestly ridiculous – are safely under that.

Thanks for the advice you both! So it will be ok on the forms to put no for "Has the SSA ever issued you a Social Security card to you" and yes to "Do you want them to issue a Social Security card to you" even if by some miracle they issued her one later this month?

Hi guys, I married my fiancee who entered on a K1 this Monday (11 days after entering the country) and all of our forms are nearly ready to be mailed off when I read on here for the first time that it is recommended to get a Social Security card and putting the number on the forms before sending them off instead of just having them requested through the AOS/EAD. Seeing that, I scrambled to apply online for her SSN, created a login.gov account, and scheduled the first available appointment which is at the end of the month. Panic over, I read later that you don't need a SSN to get health insurance, so as far as I can tell its main purpose would be a) opening a bank account b) getting a South Carolina driver's license, neither of which are immediately essential for us. Am I missing something, or would it be better to just kick off all the forms rather than wait until mid November to get her card? And if so do I just cancel the appointment at the Social Security Office?

We aren't quite at this stage yet, but I have seen that the Local CIS office in the city (across the bridge technically) we are moving to has pretty fast EAD processing times. Do I get to choose to file the forms to them? If so how? Maybe this is all obvious but we are more focused on the embassy interview and move at the moment 😆

To put it simply, we have scheduled our flight for mid September to move to the US but my fiance's working arrangement (its with German public media they have weird setups, I am trying to understand if she even has a traditional contract but she is currently occupied) has her scheduled until mid October. She will regardless get the remaining time off unpaid, and does not intend to work for a new employer until her EAD is approved. Will this cause any problems with the CBP agent on entry? Do they even contact beneficiary employers or is it just asking her if she is currently working to which she could essentially answer no? I hope this question makes sense. It often isn't so easy to leave a company outside the US, and we committed to this mid September timeline overlooking this (it is also hard to plan more than a month in advance with this opaque visa process anyways).

Checked back in with USCIS today because others in my FB group, including one that had their petition returned by NVC on the same day as me, have learned that their cases have been sent back to NVC days ago. USCIS gave me the copy/paste response to this question, so I am reaching out to NVC Research. Some learned that it had been sent in live chat with USCIS (seems to be up to the agent somehow), but others learned from contacting NVC directly even though the case status was never updated. Fingers crossed.

Look, I'm with you guys. And this is not normally how I would handle a customer service interaction by any stretch. There were just a few circumstances attached where I was considering it. But even though we mostly don't know for sure, I'm not calling them again.

Well again the reason I made the thread was if there was any evidence it could backfire, which you at least included in your first response.

Mainly because I feel like you get different levels of competency / information depending on the agent you reach. Then of course there's the whole distinction between Tier 1 and 2 agents. And also if us or our congressmen calling had no impact then why do we do it? I've just spoken to someone who got a very similar email to me within a day, and her case has advanced to NVC, which she only learned by contacting them. And it is most likely because not just her senator, but the White House's interaction that actually made the difference. So as unfortunate as it is, it seems like we have to contact them frequently. Especially when cases fall outside of the normal process. Edit: And again, I'm only wanting to contact that next day because I would potentially like to call them one last time before leaving the country indefinitely.

My i-129F petition was approved but then sent back to USCIS by NVC over a month ago. I have spent quite a bit of time since then contacting USCIS, my congressman, and the Obudsman because their request to not contact them before 180 days while I sit in the dark likely due a mistake they made themselves is frankly ludicrous. And many on here tend to believe the frequent check-ins is helpful in this process. Today I wrote into the live chat today and received this message, which fuelled a nagging doubt I have had about contacting them. I want to call one more time tomorrow to check on the case before I return to my fiance overseas. Is there any danger in doing so?

Heard back from my congressman, USCIS sent them an email where the brunt of the update was this: Spoke with someone in a FB group who received a similar message on the same day from their congressman and after following up with USCIS live chat learned that the case had been sent off to NVC already and that the case status will update in a few days. So I tried the same today and had this lovely interaction.