Scenario: No Job, RFE Issued

[mavishka]

Consider this scenario:

No job for past 3 months, RFE is issued for 3 months pay stubs, employment letter and past 2 years tax returns.

Assuming one has past 2 years tax returns, what steps should one take and what will BCIS do, if:

- No pay stubs for past 3 months, but employment letter available from future employer.
- No pay stubs for past months and no employment letter.

People who have similar experience or expect to be in that situation, please post your response. Thanks in advance.

 

[eternity]

Mavishka, How about avoiding all that to begin with !

You can sort of "Pre-empt" the situation by asking your employer to withold the Payslips till a future date. Now you always know approximately when your RD will be processed by INS as and when your RD gets near. So for example a Feb or Jan filer could expect to get approved in about 3-6 months from now, hence if you want to play it safe just ask your employer to Post-pone your Paycheck by that time period. Once you have accrued your required no-of paylips you dont have to worry. Lets say 3 months from now you get RFE for 3 payslips then you can ask your employer to cut 3 paylisps for the last three months (postdated) !

The incentive for Employers is they get "free money" to play with for that time and its perfectly OK to withold Money
for a "Rainy Day" scenario.

Ofcourse there is the huge inconvenience of living on your savings for 3-6 months, and you need co-operation from your employer. And first of all they should be trust worthy !

But yes once you are already in a "No-Job/No-Payslip" situation all you could ask your employer is to "co-operate" on hopes of a better future

Most importantly remember that you have 12 weeks to respond to a RFE ! and that INS has no "resources" to check your
Current tax witholdings and bank balance and so-on and soforth.

Let me know your opinions,