May 2018 filer - How to use intended immigrant's income as Affidavit Support for I-86

[SMX]

Hi everyone,

Just received the RFIE today, apparently USCIS is saying the income didn't meet the 125% poverty guideline, and asked for more evidence.

Here is my situation: my spouse (US citizen) is sponsoring me for marriage-based green card while he is currently in a graduate program in the university. His stipend doesn't meet the poverty guideline, so we decided to use my income (intended immigrant) combining with his as a household income. I am currently full-time employed during OPT of my F1 visa. We have submitted both of our tax return, and my W2 for last year, my employment authorization letter and his school admission/stipend letter, leasing contract indicating we are living together for more than 6 month now.

However, we still got this RFIE asking for more supporting docs, I don't know what else we need to submit? Or have we missed anything?

Everything is moving really fast so far, however, the RFIE might be the first hurdle...Here is my timeline:



May 02 Documents received by Chicago Lockbox
May 08 Check cashed
May 10 Form 797 received for the receipt of documents
May 18 Fingerprint appointment letter received, schedule on May 30
May 29 RFIE received

[GCissues2018]

Hi everyone,

Just received the RFIE today, apparently USCIS is saying the income didn't meet the 125% poverty guideline, and asked for more evidence.

Here is my situation: my spouse (US citizen) is sponsoring me for marriage-based green card while he is currently in a graduate program in the university. His stipend doesn't meet the poverty guideline, so we decided to use my income (intended immigrant) combining with his as a household income. I am currently full-time employed during OPT of my F1 visa. We have submitted both of our tax return, and my W2 for last year, my employment authorization letter and his school admission/stipend letter, leasing contract indicating we are living together for more than 6 month now.

However, we still got this RFIE asking for more supporting docs, I don't know what else we need to submit? Or have we missed anything?

Everything is moving really fast so far, however, the RFIE might be the first hurdle...Here is my timeline:



May 02 Documents received by Chicago Lockbox
May 08 Check cashed
May 10 Form 797 received for the receipt of documents
May 18 Fingerprint appointment letter received, schedule on May 30
May 29 RFIE received

II?m in exactly the same situation. My biometrics is this week but I received the same notice asking for all the above and I also sent them everything you mentioned. My husband also didn?t make enough last year. What did you end up doing? Does anyone else have any advice?

[ember]

Same but no RFE

Hi everyone,

Just received the RFIE today, apparently USCIS is saying the income didn't meet the 125% poverty guideline, and asked for more evidence.

Here is my situation: my spouse (US citizen) is sponsoring me for marriage-based green card while he is currently in a graduate program in the university. His stipend doesn't meet the poverty guideline, so we decided to use my income (intended immigrant) combining with his as a household income. I am currently full-time employed during OPT of my F1 visa. We have submitted both of our tax return, and my W2 for last year, my employment authorization letter and his school admission/stipend letter, leasing contract indicating we are living together for more than 6 month now.

However, we still got this RFIE asking for more supporting docs, I don't know what else we need to submit? Or have we missed anything?

Everything is moving really fast so far, however, the RFIE might be the first hurdle...Here is my timeline:



May 02 Documents received by Chicago Lockbox
May 08 Check cashed
May 10 Form 797 received for the receipt of documents
May 18 Fingerprint appointment letter received, schedule on May 30
May 29 RFIE received

I'm in the same situation, only flipped. I'm a USC filing for my spouse. When we married & filed, I was finishing grad school & he was full-time on OPT. Since my summer jobs didn't meet the 125%, we used his income, both of our taxes, etc. We filed in Feb, did Biometrics, & he got his EAD. No RFE so far and no other movement/updates.

I'd be interested to know how it goes for you. What did your RFE ask for?

In addition to those docs, we submitted his employment contract stating his salary & a letter from his employer certifying that he would continue to be employed after becoming an LPR.