I-864 Part 6 and 7 questions

[tintinmar]

Hello all,

I'm sorry if this question has already been asked (i think it has but it didn't 100% help me).

My wife is sponsoring me through adjustment of status as we got married last month. She lived abroad all of her life and only spent a year studying in College in the USA back in 2009. She moved back last July 2014 and have been on and off work, but she never made more than 1.5K a month. She now has a part time job since april but does not meet the poverty guidelines and hasn't filed her tax return for last year and still hasn't filed it.

We have a joint bank account with enough money to meet the poverty guide lines gap * 3. Is that enough?
Also how should we proceed about the tax returns? Do we really need one?


Thanks!

[inadmissible]

If you have three times the income shortfall as cash in the bank, you are good.

If she earned less than $10,150 - gross - in all of 2014, she does not need to file a tax return, and she can write an affidavit to that effect.

Many people in her situation pleasantly find out that they are entitled to a refund. It is probably worth the effort in filing the return.