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The embassy wants a document showing sole custody of our child. When the birth was registered, the mother was alone and made up the name of the father (Ukrainian family law act 135) and used her family name as his last name) She has a document to this effect fron Central Registration. I am not sure this document is enough because the embassy asks for a court order. All the lawyers we asked about this tell us this is not done in Ukraine. This has been going on for months. In addition the wife has a document that shows she recieves a small amount of money evey month as a single mother. Am I worried about nothing?

Sh has made this name for the father because I am told in Ukraine the fathers name cannot be blank, even if it is ficticious.

Thanks much to everyone

These are not documents I am sending but rather documents I am taking to the interview. Multi page invoices and bills are mostly part of the package to prove relationship, receipts from calling card co, credit card bills to show purchase of the calling cards, telephone bills fron telephone co, electric and gas bills in both our names etc. I will hold these document together with binder clips, but the monthly bills I wanted to staple together so that page one and two stay together.

It may be a simple thing, but I know they can be picky about simple things.

Wondering if anyone has had any trouble in an interview if documents are stapled.I heard somewhere that staples should not be used but I have many multi-page invoices and bills and wanted to staple pages together to keep them from being mixed.

Thank you all

No need to report foreign income especially that of a foreign citizen, they are NOT a resident of the USA yet.

You can file a joint return but will need an ITIN from IRS to do so. OR it is easier to file separate return and amend it later.

I am told not so.. All I have read also tells me that if we file joint, which is what the embassy will want to see as part of the established mariage, she must sign a declaration requesting to be treated as a resident for tax purposes for 2008 even though she is not in the country, with the w-7 app and we must report wworldwide income for us both. She has been told by someone who works in the tax office that she does not have to report tips because nobody knows how much she really has, and of course most people do not, but that does not make it correct. Because of the tax treaty we have with Ukraine, I only wonder if this info will be shared with them because of the joint return.I think I am going to be honest with everything and take my chances. She works without documents at the restaurant, so as far as they are concerned she is not an employee. In Ukraine the employer is responsible for reporting income and payment of taxes. If a person does not have other income than that of the employer, they need not file a return. Trouble is I have already told USCIS that she worked there before I understood all of this and it is on her 325A so there is no changing employment history.

I took my wife's rings through the airport in my poocket and did not even give it a second thought. Maybe I was lucky. I have been constantly asked about how much money I had with me though.

My wife is a waitress in Kiev Ukraine, and of course she has tips which are not reported.

I wanted to file a joint return, and report them the best we can, but with a tax treaty with Ukraine, will it be known in Ukraine that she has this unreported income and will she get a visit from the tax man?

Would it be better for me to file married separrate and do an ammended return when she is here? This is my first time at this and any help would be appreciated.

Thanks all

I am sure we have all been to the point where it seems as if the information available from both USCIS and NVC is the same as calling the operator to find out if your phone is working. It seems the information they want to share is the information already known, but the questions I have always go unanswered, and of course the classic answers, probably, it's likely, usually and of course, I think.

I called four times to USCIS to ask the question, why my wife has an A number on her I-130 approval and our daughter does not. I got four different answers including, it is usual for the approval not to have the A number and unusual for it to appear there. Of course this could not be a mistake, and I simply cannot accept the answer "It is just something that happens sometimes". Because of the need to provide original documents to NVC and there are overlapping documents that affect the child as well as the wife, we have decided to go with the K-3 which also has the A number, and perhaps there will be an explanation somewhere down the road. Has anyone ever run into this before?

Documents have been sent to the embassy last Friday and I expect my wife will be receiving her package soon. I would have liked to go with the I-130 but the documents are too confusing I think without being presented at an interview like the K interview in person where questions can be explained and they understand the local laws.

Help if you can.

Thanks All

Just called NVC and operator told me she does not have access to the invoice id number. I will receive a letter from NVC which is supposed to be sent this week and the number will be on there. Does this sound right? Or just a bunch of #######?

Hello All;'

Thhis is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!

I am sure you all konow how much my head hurts until I found this info. One question though. I am doing the 2555ez to exclude her income, which is little compared to the limit, and of course the letter of choice that requests she be treated as a resident for tax purposes, but on the 2555 it asks for the dates her bona fide foreign residence began and ENDED? What should I use for an ending date since she is still not here??

Thanks a bunch

Do I still need the W-7 if I file seperate? The bummer is that seperate means I lose big time because by the guidelines, I cannot claim her as a dependent. I understand that with form 2555

she can exclude her foreign income because she has never been here and has a tax home in another country and did not work for the US government there. Its worth 2 grand to file jointly.

You have any idea how to find the tax threads on VJ?

But bear with those of us who go to the mountain for the first time. My wife who has had her I-130 approved, works in Ukraine, and because she is not here yet, I am sending along with the 1040 and the W-7 that goes to Texas, a letter of choice that states she wants to be treated as a resident for tax purposes. All of this so we can file jointly. Do I include any of her income and how would I do it?

I am sure that if her income is not taxable, the IRS will want to practice stupidity as they do, and at least report her income on one document, and show it to be excluded on another, but if it is to be taxable, how do I report it with a 1040 filing jointly?

I want to be correct as the State Dept will have a record of her employment for the last ten years and hopefully a copy of this completed tax return.

Thanks all

Daughters I-130 approved but no A number applied. Wifes approval and K-3 has this number. Anyone have any explanation? USCIS doesn't. Called c/s line and they told me to wait for two weeks and call back?????????

Here is something a little strange..........

Daughter approved Feb 11, wife Feb 13, called today and have wife's NVC number, but nothing for the daughter. When I arrived home, I found the NOA2 for the wife and I compared to the daughter's.

My wife has an A number and my daughter does not.

I called USCIS and the agent told me the number has not been generated yet because they are so busy, and I should call back in two weeks. Maybe then it will be available. This does not sound right to me. Knowing USCIS, they would not have sent the I-797 without the A number if she is supposed to have one. She is 6 years old.

Anyone run into this before???????

Dazed and confused

Hello Everyone;;

The reason I was excited about the I-130 was because the adjustment of status is not needed later and she should have her EAD and SSN very quiickly. If I do elect to go with the K-3, can someone fill me in on the timeline for her to be able to work?

This is something important for her and I thnk being able to interact with othe people will help her adjust as well. I am at the crossroads and must decide soon.

Thanks much

I would like to find out what happened at the interview, if you received your original documents

at the embassy, and if you needed to take more documents with you.

Thinking of doing the K-3 because I am not sure I trust them to return originals

and keep them safe. Going through Kiev and my wife is thinking she wants to go with

the K-3 because it is not only faster, but wife and daughter will surely interview

together, and I will be there with all documents.

Your comments are welcome/

Thanks everyone

We have decided to abandon the K-3 and go forward with the CR-1

I think it will be better for her when she arrives because she will not have to

wait to adjust status and get her EAD

SO>....... will I need documents for the CR-1 affter NVC tells me they will forward

originals and copies to the embassy in Kiev?

I was prepared to do all of this with the K-3 but with the K-3 the NVC does not get that involved

as I understand

Hi Folks;

I hate to be redundant, but am I to understand I will not have to take a ton of paper to the embassy since I send originals and copies to NVC?

Getting a little shook thinking about how close I really am

Thanks Everyone;

The anxiety begins anew with the NVC trip. Special circumstannces seem to make ouiur trip a little different. The absence of a father and having to write unknown on the form with an attachment along with the documents from Ukraine explaining she is a single mother which I understand is a common occurance there, and I hope the NVC will understand. My wife is afraid to explain this to those who do not know or may not understand, but it is needed if she is to come. I wait for the numbers from NVC (closed today) and begin collecting the documents. I can only hope I am complete enough to avoid the dreaded RFE.

The photos of Ukraine make me wish I was there even with the weather they have now. I have sent the ds230 and 3032 to my wife in preparation for her signature and waiting for some of the originals to be translated. By the time I have numbers this should be done and on its way to me FedEx.

Any suggestions anyone may have for me would be appreciated.

It would be nice to meet everyone sometime. Till then, chin up everyone.

MMW;

When I applied, I sent a petition for my wife and our child. Now today I am approved for her K-3.

My wife is a litle freaked about sending me originals because they are all she has, ie birth certificates etc.

She is thinking the K-3 would be better because we take the originals to the embassy, and of course I would be there, but I understand th I-130 would be better for her when she arrives.

I have tried to explain that the difficulty must be either now or later, and that the I-130 would be better for her when she arrives, but of course she is thinking about quickly being together.

Now that the K-3 is approved (actually dated late friday) what should I do with one petition.

She got a little shook about the possibillity of different interview dates.

I did not anticipate this mess

Thanks MMW I will do that. You have any idea what I should do

when and if the K-3 petition is approved if I am already in the

CR1 process?

Thanks everyone. It seems I waited so long, and now there is much to do in a short time.

Of course there will be "wait again, but I hope it will be short.

Gary, how is everything? Belated congratulations to you and your wife on your marriage.

I hope everything is going well for you and your family.

Has anyone here gone through the interview process? And still trying to find out if wife

and daughter can be scheduled together. I was planning so much on the K-3 that

I did not think about the I-130 process before. From everyone's experience I planned for the K-3 first.

It seems all that I did with the K-3 petition was a waste of time and money.

Thanks again

I just thought about this after reading the shortcut through NVC

Since my wife and our daughter were approved on different dates, and the

NVC schedules the interview date, can they be scheduled together?

With the K-3 I can schedule the date and of course we would be together,

but I would like to be there and two different dates would make it nearly impossible.

Anyone have this problem before?

How can I get my original documents back from NVC?

will they ask me for them at the embassy when we go for the interview?

Some of them are special to us like the Marriage cert.

Thanks to everyone here for all the information they share

Some of the people here have already gone this far, and bless you all for the assistance

and help you provide for those of us who follow in your footsteps. I hope I am able to help

someone as those here have helped me.

I now begin the journey through NVC because the K-3 has not been approved in spite of the I-130 approvals for wife and child, but if I understand correctly, I have to again send a copy of everything I sent for the I-130 in addition to the originals? Including the original police certificate for her and the original marriage certificate? She has the original with appostille.

If I am going to be correct I think I need some guidance. No.....I know I do.

I thought most of this was going to be forwarded to them by USCIS?

Thanks to all

I was thinking t was best, but things usually dont happen for me that way.I will be reading the shortcut and preparing my documents agan so I am ready. I think I wiill call NVC on Monday

Thanks again everyone