ShirlelyandRay

I just checked on the IRS web site about tax returns. It says that you have to pay $39 for each year that your requesting. So my question is ..... is their anyway around having to pay the $39 X 3 ?
It says that you can get transcripts for free. But when applying for a visa do we have to have the certified copies?
Thank you for you help,
Shirley

vinnic

For our K1 visa and AOS, we used the free tax transcripts provided by the IRS and attached photocopies of the actual tax returns that we had for both the I-134 & I-864 Affidavits of Support. We've had no problems along the way so far. Perhaps this may be different if you are applying for a different type of visa. Hope this helps.

KimJ

We used the transcripts alone and didn't have any problems.

Michael D. Young

ShirlelyandRay wrote:

    > I just checked on the IRS web site about tax returns. It says that you
    > have to pay $39 for each year that your requesting. So my question is
    > .... is their anyway around having to pay the $39 X 3 ?
    > It says that
    > you can get transcripts for free. But when applying for a visa do we
    > have to have the certified copies?

Well I paid the $23.00 for a copy last year of our 2002 tax return (since
jacked it up to $39.00) and checked the box that I wanted certified copies.
What I received were photocopies of the 1040 and W-2. The only difference
from photocopies I could have made was that each sheet had "Copy Do Not
Process" stamped in red and the 1040 had a control number in the top right
hand corner.

Did I get certified copies? I have no idea. I requested the transcripts
for 2003. I would say only pay the $39.00 if you have $39.00 to blow and
want to be extra certain your tax forms will accepted.

ShirlelyandRay

Thanks everyone for you quick replies to my question. Hope you had a Happy Easter!
Shirley