mannybluejay
New Member
Hi,
Long time lurker on these forums and first time poster.
I submitted a I-130, I-485, I-693, I-864, I-765, and I-131 as a package to the Chicago lockbox. My spouse is a USC.
My spouse is a recent college graduate and did not have much income in the past three years (since she was still in school) but she started work about a month ago and is currently making $50k per year, which would easily pass the income requirements set in form I-864.
Despite my spouse's current job, I received a Request for Initial Evidence yesterday regarding my I-485. It stated that my spouse's most recent tax return (2009) did not meet 125% of the poverty guideline and is asking for her to submit three pieces of information:
1. Her most recent tax return (which we already did, the EZ version)
2. Evidence of current income
3. Submitting evidence of assets or obtaining a joint sponsor
I have a few questions:
1. Does the EZ version of her tax return suffice as a tax return in the eyes of USCIS? That is what she filed and that is what we included, so I do not understand why they are asking for her tax return again.
2. She started working her full-time job in June, 2010. USCIS wants pay stubs for the previous six months, which she obviously does not have. Would a letter of employment from her employer and her pay records for the past month suffice? Or is one-month's worth of employment too short in the eyes of USCIS?
3. USCIS is asking for evidence of assets or obtaining a joint sponsor, is this really necessary in my case? Can I just omit this if you guys feel that a letter from her current employer and her one-month pay stub would suffice?
4. I would rather not have to find a sponsor and would prefer to answer the request for evidence by submitting my spouse's employment letter and one-month pay stub. If after receiving this, USCIS does not feel that is sufficient, will I have another chance at that point to present a sponsor or will my application be completely rejected?
Thank you very much for your help guys!
Long time lurker on these forums and first time poster.
I submitted a I-130, I-485, I-693, I-864, I-765, and I-131 as a package to the Chicago lockbox. My spouse is a USC.
My spouse is a recent college graduate and did not have much income in the past three years (since she was still in school) but she started work about a month ago and is currently making $50k per year, which would easily pass the income requirements set in form I-864.
Despite my spouse's current job, I received a Request for Initial Evidence yesterday regarding my I-485. It stated that my spouse's most recent tax return (2009) did not meet 125% of the poverty guideline and is asking for her to submit three pieces of information:
1. Her most recent tax return (which we already did, the EZ version)
2. Evidence of current income
3. Submitting evidence of assets or obtaining a joint sponsor
I have a few questions:
1. Does the EZ version of her tax return suffice as a tax return in the eyes of USCIS? That is what she filed and that is what we included, so I do not understand why they are asking for her tax return again.
2. She started working her full-time job in June, 2010. USCIS wants pay stubs for the previous six months, which she obviously does not have. Would a letter of employment from her employer and her pay records for the past month suffice? Or is one-month's worth of employment too short in the eyes of USCIS?
3. USCIS is asking for evidence of assets or obtaining a joint sponsor, is this really necessary in my case? Can I just omit this if you guys feel that a letter from her current employer and her one-month pay stub would suffice?
4. I would rather not have to find a sponsor and would prefer to answer the request for evidence by submitting my spouse's employment letter and one-month pay stub. If after receiving this, USCIS does not feel that is sufficient, will I have another chance at that point to present a sponsor or will my application be completely rejected?
Thank you very much for your help guys!