skparker

My husband (UK) and I (USA) will be filing for the I-751 in mid July 2011. His 2-year green card expires 10/6/2011.

In August 2010 my husband was arrested and received a DUI. He has not been convicted of this yet. His attorney keeps postponing his court date, so as of right now the DUI is currently pending on his record. We know this is not good for us by any means for this to be on his record and we can possibly be denied for this because this changes his moral character to the USCIS. My husbands record is/was completely clean in the UK. The only thing on his record now is the pending DUI case that happened in August. A lot can happen between now and July in regards to his case actually getting a conviction.

We have read that it is a good idea to hire an immigration attorney for this.

We would like any persons advice in regards to if they had a DUI, their outcomes, their own attorneys advice?

We do not need anyones comments on how this was a stupid thing to happen...etc. We both understand that he can get deported based on this and would like to try and get this off his record or down to at least reckless driving. Any advice from people in this same situation or were in this situation would be appreciated.

Thank you fellow visajourney members!

skparker

no one has a answer????

when i put how much he made in the uk and put that amount in the exclusions...what we were supposed to get back from federal went down exactly $300....i dont know if its a turbo tax problem or just how im entering things....

but im not going to send it in and lose $300.

please help

My husband is originally from the UK. He moved here in March of 2009 and started working in July of 09. He received income from the UK from Jan-March while he was still living there until he offically moved here.

We are filing, jointly, married (he has a green card & ss#) with the 1040.

I have called the IRS numerous times with questions, but this one I hope someone could help....

I first called and found out when filing 2555 on line 7 you are to report all income (I am using Turbo Tax by the way) (all income in my case would be mine, my husbands-usa, and my husbands-uk). On line 21, or reporting your foreign earned income (his wages, salaries, etc.), I reported how much he had earned in the UK from Jan-March 09. Now on line 22, this is your total adjusted income (which would be line 7 minus 21). So you are technically adding your foreign earned income to your total income so that you can adjust it off.

He passed the physical presence test, therefore qualifies for the foreign earned income exclusion. From what I read...doesn't the foreign earned income exclusion mean that we WONT get taxed on our UK earned income??

In the beginning of filing the 1040, we didn't know anything about filing the 2555, so we did our taxes as normal and i wrote down the amounts we were supposed to get back from federal and state. Now when I did the 2555, it said we are supposed to get about $300+ less on our return....

are we supposed to getting taxed on his foreign earned income when he qualified for the exclusion?????

please help! thanks!!

skparker

I have a question....we did the k-1 visa, got approved...he moved here in march 2009. he got his green card and ss#. he started work in july of 09.

we are filing taxed jointly, married of course.... he earned income from the uk from january 2009 until he moved here, march 26, 09. i read that we need to report that, though we will not be taxed on it.

am i right in assuming this? we are using turbo tax and i upgraded because we have this ''foreign income''. im stuck on the part thats called ''trips to the us or possessions........im hoping im on the right track so far.

please let me know

thanks,

skparker

Ok so previously I had posted a question. I was denied in customs about 7 months ago due too not having enough ties to Canada. So the customs agent took my fingerprints and told me to try again in six months.

Now this six month ban does this usually happen when you are denied at the border?

Thanks

If you are going to get denied, you are going to get denied at the POE (port of entry), ie-traveling from Canada to Chicago....when you arrive in chicago, they can deny you when you are trying to enter the country.

Bring as much ties to Canada as you possibly can....if you own a house, show your mortage, get a letter from your boss (that is signed by him/her) stating that you are employed full/part time and are leaving from date to date for a vacation and are expected to return on a certain date. make sure that you put in this letter the title of your boss and possible contact information. if you are in school, show a class schedule.

bring a copy of your return stub back to your foreign country. hope that helps.

skparker

My husband and I were married in April of 2009. He started working in July of 2009 and therefore we have his W-2 forms for that. We are filing jointly. Of course he has a SS# by now. I was using TurboTax but have come up on a important question in my mind. On Step 6 (if viewing the print out of your State Taxes), #13, this section says, "Residents: Multiply line 11 by 3%. Enter the result here. Nonresidents and part-year residents: Enter the tax before recapture of investment credits from Schedule NR...."

First of all, my husband moved here in March of 2009...therefore he was not a full-year state resident. Since that is the case, I am not sure if this question should get answered differently then how I did. I'm not sure if his part-year residency makes this tax return need more forms filled out other then the 1040 and 1040A. Our taxes are pretty straight forward, nothing to add complications, no kids, no house, just had some interest payments for my school loan for me.

I am not sure if this is a big deal or not, but I'm thinking that this part might pertain to our situation or it's pertaining to thinking that if you were a part-year resident last year and lived abroad and brought back earnings for the US and therefore should get taxed on what you brought back over. I don't think my husband should be getting taxed on any of the money he brought over when he moved, since in the UK they already tax all of the money you earned for each paycheck.

Maybe my question is a little or hopefully someone understands my ordeal and can help us out???

Please let me know who needs more, if any, clarification

Thanks a bunch,

skparker

So me (usa) and my husband (uk) are going to visit his family end of november. he received his green card last week and i have already sent out my passport to be corrected to my new last name. so we will be all set with papers.

my question is...when we get off the plane in manchester, do we go to the visitors line (usa) or the uk line? i mean do i stick in my usa line and he goes in his uk line or now that he has his green card does he go in the 'usa' line with me??

and for when we go back to chicago...does he go in the visitors line or since he has his greencard does he go in the usa line

thanks for your answers,

skparker

It took just under 4 months but today I got a text message from USCIS saying that our card production was ordered for our GC. Just in time for our trip back home in november.

Anyone else going back to the UK end November?? (manchester area)

So its been a while since I have posted anything on here....kinda getting worried as to why we are still waiting on a green card. We did biometrics back in june and it was transfered the same day as we had the biometrics. We have had one touch since then (look at our timeline....) but its been quiet since we have started this whole process.

Should we call them at all???

I mean we started back in end of May and I really think we are the last ones left in May without a green card yet. :/

Any suggestions as we have been waiting for 4 months now (and yes I know 6 is the norm but I've seen everyone else in May get their green cards)

Thanks,

Skparker

So its been a while since I have posted anything on here....kinda getting worried as to why we are still waiting on a green card. We did biometrics back in june and it was transfered the same day as we had the biometrics. We have had one touch since then (look at our timeline....) but its been quiet since we have started this whole process.

Should we call them at all???

I mean we started back in end of May and I really think we are the last ones left in May without a green card yet. :/

Any suggestions as we have been waiting for 4 months now (and yes I know 6 is the norm but I've seen everyone else in May get their green cards)

Thanks,

Skparker

Hello fellow VJ'ers, its been a while since i have posted anything on here, been very busy with work and everything that goes with it, which im not complaing about because im one of the lucky ones that has a job.

Anyway, i just have a question for anyone who is trying to build up their credit from absolutely nothing.

I have applied for a few credit cards and i keep getting denied, all i get as a response is that they have no trace of credit from me what so ever. So how the hell am i suppose to build credit if i have to qualify with credit to obtain a credit card?? Is it just me or is everyone as confused as me??

Any input from anyone who has ideas/knowledge on this subject would be much appreciated.

Basically i guess im asking is how can i bulid my credit up from having no credit at all and what is the best way to go about it??

thanks for your replies in advance

Stuart

Hey everyone. congrats on most of you getting your interviews/green cards.

we got a touch on ours on the 17th...so maybe that is them sending over the card?? we got transfered the same day we had our biometrics done back in june. and there was no interview for us.

I havent received any interview date yet...but I'm not all worried about it.

Our case was forwarded to CSC the same day our biometrics apt was done...still says that they have received and the case is pending.

In other news...my husband got his IL drivers license on the 18th and started his new job on monday. Yesterday they asked him to bring proof that he is a legal immigrant and can legally work. noooo problemoooo

SKparker

kristine

Kinda realized im a little slow..... since I was transfered to CSC I wont be getting a interview date....just figured that out. yet I've been sitting here waiting for them to give me one. Woops.

Anyone know the reason why some peoples gets forwarded to CSC and some people have to go through a interview process first???

Kristine

I havent received any interview date yet...but I'm not all worried about it.

Our case was forwarded to CSC the same day our biometrics apt was done...still says that they have received and the case is pending.

In other news...my husband got his IL drivers license on the 18th and started his new job on monday. Yesterday they asked him to bring proof that he is a legal immigrant and can legally work. noooo problemoooo

SKparker

kristine

Hope things start kicking into gear for you guys Hannah + Vito!

Haven't been on here in a little bit.... just a few updates.

Stuart went and got his IL Drivers License on 7-18-09 and started a job as an electrician on Monday.

Sucks because we only have one car and he starts work at 7am so we both have to be up at 6am so he can drop me off

at my parents house (me and my mom work together so she gives me a ride) and then he goes off to work and i go back

to bed for a hour. It doesn't bother me knowing that we now have two incomes though and his job has work for the next year

hope everyone is doing well

skparker

kristine

just wanted to happily note that my husband received his EAD card in the mail today

card production was ordered on 7-7 and 7-10 its at the house. fast fast woo hoo

time to go out and celebrate

just got home from work and opened our mailbox and low and behold was his EAD card

we are super happy and we are going to go out tonight and celebrate

Thanks for everyones advice and support.

I got my AP today!!!! :D I also had a touch on my AOS yesterday and today!

Congrats skparker on your husband's EAD

Thanks! and congrats to you as well!!

congrats magpie! the wedding looked real casual and fun!

as for our news- we had our EAD card production ordered 7-7-09. thank the Lord! we have been stressing with money...so hopefully stuart can start working sometime next week. yay.

So a couple hours after my husband posted questions on the EAD....we received a notice saying that the card production was ordered 7-7-09. Woke him up just a little bit ago and told him to go find a job

Now we are just waiting on AOS.

GL to everyone

Hey everyone, hope all had a great weekend and celebrated well.

Just to let people know, we received my AP in the mail yesterday, 2 pieces of paper with my photo on it?? Wierd i thought that they only sent 2? Anyway, we have it so thats a relief. Nothing on the EAD as yet tho, our last touch was 6/22/09 and we havent heard anything since, I am gettin kinda anxious now, I havent works for 3 months now and i have worked everyday since i was 17, so to wait this long to get back out there is very frustrating. Things are getting very tight here also with only one income, is there anything anyone reccomends doing??

Also is it normal to receive the AP before the EAD, i read that alot of people got the together, im getting a little worried that there was something wrong with the forms maybe? Ahhhhh i just want to be able to work and earn a living, any ideas/comments?

Congrats to all the people who have received better news and EAD cards, good luck on the job search

Thanks, Stuart.

just got approval notice sent today for the AP....hopefully they approve the EAD today too. heres to hopin'

our AP just got approved today and they are sending the approval notice to us. hopefully EAD is just around the corner. fingers crossed!!!!

Hi all.

Still ####### all happening on the job front, and I'm fast running out of cash. It's getting so bad, I'm having to buy 40oz bottles of Milwaukees Best to economise on beer.

No worries Damian...he ran out of money a longggg time ago (my husband). he went from coronas to miller lite, haha. today we got fantastic news that my best friends ex-fiance was looking to ask my husband if he wanted a job--to be a personal trainer/coach to kids for soccer. they said he would make $$$$/hour. thank GOD my husband has ate and breathed soccer since he was born, being from europe, and is a great soccer player. so us living paycheck to paycheck wont last too much longer yay

i don't see any update on my portfolio online...but just received my AP approval notice today in mail......

Congraduation!

Jeez...one day after you do your bio apt and you already have EAD approved....how the heck did you do that??!

i wish ours was approved that fast....

congrats to you though!