October 2019 Filers

[al0033]

Hello,

I am new in this thread and I would appreciate advice from any of you so much. I am adjusting status from immediate relative from F1 Visa. I passed the biometrics and I just received a Yellow RFIE. On it, they ask me to submit a copy of the birth certificate of the applicant (is it me, the beneficiary? or my USC husband, the petitioner?).
I already sent a copy of my birth certificate on my original package along with a certified translation (from Spain). Does anyone know why I got this RFIE? I seriously appreciate some help.
Thank you all and I hope your processes go smoothly

[mshaw]

PLEASE HELP!
I am on F1 status now for masters degree.
I completed a PAID internship (66 days) (within my field of study) in the Summer before graduation (undergrad) , I am realizing it was unauthorized because it was not under CPT.
Left the US after graduation, now I am back for grad school under new I-20 and sevis record. A company will start the h1b process for me soon.

Do I notify them of what happened?

Will I get automatically rejected?

Does the 245k apply to h1b?

Does the 180 day rule for unauthorized employment work under h1b?
I always worked on campus and this was my first internship. I never did CPT or OPT.

[al0033]

Hello,

I am new in this thread and I would appreciate advice from any of you so much. I am adjusting status from immediate relative from F1 Visa. I passed the biometrics and I just received a Yellow RFIE. On it, they ask me to submit a copy of the birth certificate of the applicant (is it me, the beneficiary? or my USC husband, the petitioner?).
I already sent a copy of my birth certificate on my original package along with a certified translation (from Spain). Does anyone know why I got this RFIE? I seriously appreciate some help.
Thank you all and I hope your processes go smoothly

[Username3]

Probably see if you can get a summary of call logs from your phone provider between the both of you. You have a lot already. Good luck & same day approval for you!

Thank you! But I prefer not to do that one bcz we text eachother every single day but no calling at all lol

[vic-k]

I received my RFIE. They are saying that I have to submit affidavit of support proving that my income is 125% of the federal poverty guideline. I filled application in December for my wife, she does not work because I do. I filled affidavit of support. We have been married for 3 year, and I submitted joined tax returns for the last 3 years and each of this years I made at least 85k per year. I submitted joined bank account that by itself has more savings that federal poverty guideline. So this request does not make sense to me. The only thing that comes to my mind is that I filled in December, which means that my most recent tax return was for 2018. I'm planning to submit 2019 tax return, once again print out for the joint bak account, all pay stubs from 2020, letter from the employer proving that I'm currently employed and mentioning my annual salary. Did anyone had such situation? Do I miss anything from the documents that I'm planning to submit?

[NYC/She]

85k is more them they are required. In December 2019 and January 2020 people are unable to provide a taxes for current year. It’s impossible!
21.138 FPG 125% for 2 people
26.663 FPG 125% for 3 people
When I sent my packages I provide 3 months current pay stub and letter from employer!

[Margo27]

I received my RFIE. They are saying that I have to submit affidavit of support proving that my income is 125% of the federal poverty guideline. I filled application in December for my wife, she does not work because I do. I filled affidavit of support. We have been married for 3 year, and I submitted joined tax returns for the last 3 years and each of this years I made at least 85k per year. I submitted joined bank account that by itself has more savings that federal poverty guideline. So this request does not make sense to me. The only thing that comes to my mind is that I filled in December, which means that my most recent tax return was for 2018. I'm planning to submit 2019 tax return, once again print out for the joint bak account, all pay stubs from 2020, letter from the employer proving that I'm currently employed and mentioning my annual salary. Did anyone had such situation? Do I miss anything from the documents that I'm planning to submit?

What income are you filing ? Self employment or a regular job?
also how many dependents do you have even if they dont live with you?

[ra0010]

I received my RFIE. They are saying that I have to submit affidavit of support proving that my income is 125% of the federal poverty guideline. I filled application in December for my wife, she does not work because I do. I filled affidavit of support. We have been married for 3 year, and I submitted joined tax returns for the last 3 years and each of this years I made at least 85k per year. I submitted joined bank account that by itself has more savings that federal poverty guideline. So this request does not make sense to me. The only thing that comes to my mind is that I filled in December, which means that my most recent tax return was for 2018. I'm planning to submit 2019 tax return, once again print out for the joint bak account, all pay stubs from 2020, letter from the employer proving that I'm currently employed and mentioning my annual salary. Did anyone had such situation? Do I miss anything from the documents that I'm planning to submit?

Hi, we had a similar RFIE. My husband is the petitioner and sponsor. First, we went back to our original package (we kept a copy of it) and we realized what we did wrong: instead of submitting tax RETURN transcripts we submitted tax ACCOUNT transcripts, so whoever was reviewing our file didn't like it because of that. I read somewhere that if you sent the wrong tax document, the USCIS doesn't have a way to prove that you qualify as a sponsor, so they send you a RFIE because of that.
Our RFIE asked for W 2s and any other tax schedule for the most recent tax year. We submitted our application in October 2019, so the most recent tax year for us was 2018, and it is still because we haven't filed 2019 yet.
They also requested for a joint sponsor, but we don't need that because my husband's income is well above the poverty guideline.
This is how we responded to the RFIE:
-sent w-2 AND IRS tax return transcript (online) for the most recent tax year (2018).
- sent a cover letter explaining that my husband is above the poverty guideline, so he does qualify as a sponsor. In order to prove that, we sent an employment verification letter+ four months of paystubs.
Our response worked because we were scheduled for the interview less than a week after they received it.
Let me know if I can be of any help.

[alondra]

I received my RFIE. They are saying that I have to submit affidavit of support proving that my income is 125% of the federal poverty guideline. I filled application in December for my wife, she does not work because I do. I filled affidavit of support. We have been married for 3 year, and I submitted joined tax returns for the last 3 years and each of this years I made at least 85k per year. I submitted joined bank account that by itself has more savings that federal poverty guideline. So this request does not make sense to me. The only thing that comes to my mind is that I filled in December, which means that my most recent tax return was for 2018. I'm planning to submit 2019 tax return, once again print out for the joint bak account, all pay stubs from 2020, letter from the employer proving that I'm currently employed and mentioning my annual salary. Did anyone had such situation? Do I miss anything from the documents that I'm planning to submit?

Hey vic,

Was your letter pink or yellow? If it was pink is because something was wrong with the former documents that you sent, if it is yellow they might have lost your documents and it is just a matter of resubmitting

[Octoberfiler2019]

I received my RFIE. They are saying that I have to submit affidavit of support proving that my income is 125% of the federal poverty guideline. I filled application in December for my wife, she does not work because I do. I filled affidavit of support. We have been married for 3 year, and I submitted joined tax returns for the last 3 years and each of this years I made at least 85k per year. I submitted joined bank account that by itself has more savings that federal poverty guideline. So this request does not make sense to me. The only thing that comes to my mind is that I filled in December, which means that my most recent tax return was for 2018. I'm planning to submit 2019 tax return, once again print out for the joint bak account, all pay stubs from 2020, letter from the employer proving that I'm currently employed and mentioning my annual salary. Did anyone had such situation? Do I miss anything from the documents that I'm planning to submit?

The same exact thing happened to us, but we submitted the tax returns with all the schedules, however no employment letter or pay stubs, our attorney handled it and he filed the response back, the response was recieved december 12th, still no update to this day! Which is worrying me!

[Octoberfiler2019]

Hey vic,

Was your letter pink or yellow? If it was pink is because something was wrong with the former documents that you sent, if it is yellow they might have lost your documents and it is just a matter of resubmitting

That's what our lawyer said , that they might have misplaced the documents we sent, we got a yellow on, but still haven't recieved a response since December 10th ( response to rfie recieved) which is making me very worried.

[alondra]

That's what our lawyer said , that they might have misplaced the documents we sent, we got a yellow on, but still haven't recieved a response since December 10th ( response to rfie recieved) which is making me very worried.

Have you tried calling a tier 2 officer?

[Letty23]

I received my RFIE. They are saying that I have to submit affidavit of support proving that my income is 125% of the federal poverty guideline. I filled application in December for my wife, she does not work because I do. I filled affidavit of support. We have been married for 3 year, and I submitted joined tax returns for the last 3 years and each of this years I made at least 85k per year. I submitted joined bank account that by itself has more savings that federal poverty guideline. So this request does not make sense to me. The only thing that comes to my mind is that I filled in December, which means that my most recent tax return was for 2018. I'm planning to submit 2019 tax return, once again print out for the joint bak account, all pay stubs from 2020, letter from the employer proving that I'm currently employed and mentioning my annual salary. Did anyone had such situation? Do I miss anything from the documents that I'm planning to submit?

Did you send job letter?

[vic-k]

What income are you filing ? Self employment or a regular job?
also how many dependents do you have even if they dont live with you?

W2. full time job. Only my wife, no more dependents

[vic-k]

Hey vic,

Was your letter pink or yellow? If it was pink is because something was wrong with the former documents that you sent, if it is yellow they might have lost your documents and it is just a matter of resubmitting

It is yellow. But I'm still planning to submit little more stuff on top of what I've sent originally just be sure. And I've got my w2 for 2019, and I have access to all my paystubs online