Jerry & Fiona

Yeah, approved and didn't even require an interview. I love it.

I had the exact same issue. I had to file a paper return the first year for this reason. The IRS told me I couldn't get a PIN for someone who had never filed before.

Ok. I was beginning to think that might be the case since the information has eluded me.

Thank you very much. Hope you are doing well. We are doing fab and have a little boy due July 3rd. Exciting. What a year 2011 was and 2012 is turning out to be.

Hi,

My wife and I are e-filing together for the first time.

Summary:

She moved here July 2011 and only worked 1 week here.

We are filing jointly for the benefit of it.

I have entered all of our W2s etc and in the end (using TurboTax) it asks when filing electronically for our electronic signatures using the 4 digit PIN.

I have mine from prior years.

It asks for hers but she doesn't have one. It states that if she doesn't have a PIN, to enter the AGI (adjusted gross income) for her U.S. filing year 2010.

The gotcha is, she didn't live here the previous year, therefore she has nothing to enter there.

I've tried contacting the IRS but there is no live person I can consult with and I can't seem to find any information regarding this scenario.

I thought the next best place would be to see if any of you have been through this and do you know how someone new to the U.S. would go about getting a new PIN to file electronically.

All the best,

Jerry and Fiona.

Ok, we'll keep that in mind. I can check with my immigration attorney.

Remember your affidavit of support? Guess why they made you fill that out, so your spouse would not be a burden on the US taxpayer. This may disqualify you from public assistance, or trigger notification to USCIS that you are seeking public assistance in violation of immigration statutes that you agreed to in your affidavit. I wish you best of luck, but be carefull, there is a reason they are asking for immigration information.

Good point.

The A number USED to have a 0 at the front and then no other digits, then it switched to 9 at the front, and now I believe many have a C as the first digit. If i were you I would put A00000000. I assume you would be asked about it at which stage you can give the ACTUAL number.

Yes, that is what I did. I'm sure we will get to review with a real person later on. Yes, she has been here since July 5th. We were married and all of the fun stuff. We are now pregnant. So, excited. However, my company offers no insurance and I make too much to qualify for Medicaid.

For "Is **** a refugee or legally admitted immigrant' yes/no to NO.

However, I still have the same error with the Immigration registration number. It is perfectly 9 characters. I don't know why it's erroring out!

Update:

I hovered over the box and a pop-up stated: Be sure to enter correctly. Ex. (AXXXXXXXX)

So, I removed the last number and placed the 'A' at the beginning. Now it accepts the number.

What troubles me about this is the missing number on the end (the number I took away).

I would put not and see what happens.

For "Is **** a refugee or legally admitted immigrant' yes/no to NO.

However, I still have the same error with the Immigration registration number. It is perfectly 9 characters. I don't know why it's erroring out!

Well she's NOT a legally admitted "immigrant". The K1 is a NON-immigrant visa. Does her A number have a 0 at the start?

Her A number does NOT begin with '0'. Then it must be wrong for me to put yes, since the K1 is NON-immigrant. So, I should put NO there. Am I following you correctly?

Thank you so much.

It's the A number. What do you mean you tried the A number and it gives an error message... Error message on what? Online? How exactly are they checking it? I'm relatively sure they are NOT linked directly with USCIS..

https://yourtexasbenefits.com is the website. It require both of us to enter all of our information to see if we qualify for medical assistance.

On the page where it collects info on her there is a section that says...

Is **** a U.S. Citizen? Yes/No - Answer is NO

Then a section opens up and asks...

Is **** a refugee or legally admitted immigrant? Yes/No - Answer is YES

Is **** an unaccompanied refugee minor? Yes/No - Answer is NO

Date **** entered the U.S. - Answer is 07/05/2011

If **** has a sponsor, give the sponsor's name:

Sponsor first Name: My first Name

Sponsor last name: My last name

Is **** registered with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services? Yes/No - Answer is (YES - I assume)

Immigration registration number: Allows 9 characters only ( left off the A and entered the 9 numbers that follow in her Alien Registration Number)

Click 'Save and go to next page'. When I click that, the page refreshes with the message at the top of the page stating "Error! Fix the error below."

And the field for entering the Immigration Registration Number is highlighted with a red border indicating something is incorrect.

I have no idea.

I went to the USCIS page to see if there is even a place to register and I can not find one. You can see by my signature that we have filed all paperwork previously with USCIS, but I don't know if that deems her 'REGISTERED'.

My wife and I are trying to fill out a form for medical benefits and it is asking...

"Registered with USCIS?" (Yes or No)

"If yes, please provide Immigration Registration Number"

The empty field will allow a total of 9 characters with the first character being alpha-numeric and the next 8 numeric only.

Does anyone have any idea what this means? We tried the A# (Alien number) but it gives us an error message.

We filed all of our paperwork through USCIS, but does that not mean we are actually registered with USCIS?

Either way, when I google 'Immigration Registration Number' I can find no information to what that is or means.

Congratulations. We just found out last night that my wife is pregnant also. No insurance through my job and my wife isn't working. So, I need to sort this out also quickly.

Thank you for all of your replies. It gives me a rounded out idea of what to expect.

It seems to me that many people who come here from Vietnam have a difficult time finding work. The default, from what I hear, is the nail or salon job.

My wife wants a normal office type job. She is going to nail school just to have it as a backup. She took a job this passed week for Allstate insurance. This particular branch is VN owned and operated I suspect from what she tells me. I wonder if they are taking advantage of her. The other people in that office are VN also. I digress.

Anyway, her English is excellent and she was an Administrative Manager for an architectural firm in HCMC before coming here, and really smart and good with people.

I think we are finding that with her resume, American employers are unable to do background checks, check up on recent employment and personal references because they are all based in Vietnam. It isn't necessary for her to work. I make enough to take care of everything. But she doesn't like to stay home all day. I don't blame her.

I am curious to learn about your personal experiences with this and looking forward to your ideas. By the way, we are in Dallas, Texas.

All the best,

Jerry & Fiona

PS. We are so happy here together.

Maybe your cookies are messed up? ..... lol sounds weird, but ya i mean your internet cookies!

See if you have any luck http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uscis.gov%2Fg-1145&ei=RYVUTvOOD-npsQL3s5nLBw&usg=AFQjCNG5G5Lzuv8qSb6wns_6uK-Bi9wTJA

Crazy for sure. Luckily I found it on another website. Now I'm trying to download the G-1145 form and getting the same thing. It must be my adobe plugin.

Are you trying to open it in google chrome? if so, chrome uses its own PDF viewer which is likely why you are having a problem opening it.

I've tried it in different browsers and it still says the same thing. I downloaded the PDF and it says the same thing. Crazy.

Hey man! How are things with you SO with you? I've followed your posts and hope all is well. My SO will be here 9/2.

Best wishes!

Well, hello there. Things are amazing. We are so happy together. I am so pleased to come home from work to my wife.

Anyone able to access the I-765 PDF form? I tried the (USCIS - I-765, Application for Employment Authorization

www.uscis.gov/i-765.pdf) link but it always says:

"To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html"

I've tried this from 3 different computers with no success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jerry & Fiona

Wow, I can't believe I haven't been on here in a month. But you can understand why I guess. haha.

I bought hangers. My girl will be here in 12 days. So excited.

Dear all,

I'm so happy to bring you ours good news. My wife received a pinksheet after we both present to submit our 56 pages timeline and the 10 yrs residency. I landed in LAX at 11pm last night and I'm catching up at work and have a take home final to complete (due last week but was in vietnam) so i cannot write much right now. I will share with you my experiences in detail after Wednesday.

Thanks all again for the advices and suggestions.

Awesome. Congratulations.

All the best. Be natural.

Thank you so much.

So excited. Hope to stay busy so the next 4 weeks goes by fast.

We waited until she got the pink slip to make reservation. We were able to book the only remaining day for July 4th with Korean Air for $855. The next available was September according to her findings.

Visa in hand. Finally. 332 days from filing.