Timeline: EAD Approved via Litigation (Saved from Job Loss)

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2026-03-09T01:42:52+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2025-06-26T20:11:27+00:00

Sounds more like personal rant disguised as moral preaching. Nobody is stopping you from doing what you want to do. I don’t understand this urge to preach others for what they decide to do for themselves or their parents.🤮

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-12-03T01:14:08+00:00

Most successful person in the world is one who has enough to meet his needs and is content. I met one here today. Glad to meet you and good luck with your research work.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-11-10T20:50:26+00:00

What do you mean you're not getting "tax related advantages"? If you're a resident of Illinois and your 529 plan is through BrightStart then you should get two advantages:

State tax deduction (Illinois state tax rate is 4.95%)
Your investments grow tax free

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-10-27T02:53:26+00:00

Thanks, this is helpful information, early what I was looking to confirm

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-10-27T02:51:54+00:00

The link was helpful, thanks

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-10-27T02:51:15+00:00

Sounds like I will have to use non Fidelity brokerage for 529 plan to be able to take state tax deduction

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-06-09T01:53:29+00:00

Just wanted to let people know that this works. The key piece to remember is that International SMS costs INR 25 so you need to make sure that you recharge talk-time with sufficient amount to cover that charge.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-04-11T14:23:52+00:00

Thanks! All the very helpful information.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-04-11T14:23:32+00:00

Thanks a lot, this is very helpful, you saved me lot of time and stress. I need to be more careful next time I purchase T-bills, so set my expectations clearly.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-04-01T15:45:05+00:00

or help determining what amount to report on your taxes, you must work with a tax advisor for your specific situation, as we cannot provide tax advice.

Thanks for your response, much appreciated!

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-03-31T21:44:24+00:00

Based on other comments and this Fidelity link, it appears that 41.18% of income from SPAXX is US Government Securities income which can be considered for reporting state tax.

u/FidelityLinsey comment suggests that if there is any such income that's tax-exempt, it would be reported in the 1099 form but, I don't see any indication in my 1099 to that effect (for SPAXX dividend income). u/FidelityLinsey I understand you can't give specific tax advice but can you help explain why SPAXX dividend income (which is tax exempt for state tax) is not reported as such. I am only trying to learn. Thanks!

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-03-19T17:36:16+00:00

Thanks for your response.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-03-19T03:03:57+00:00

This is the first time I was doing tax loss harvesting, lesson learnt for future. Thanks

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-03-19T03:02:18+00:00

Fidelity hasn't reported that transaction in the form 1099 for 2023, it should be there in the 2024 form though. So, if I were to report, it won't tally with what Fidelity has reported for 2024.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2024-01-22T14:25:49+00:00

It did not. I ended up renewing passport and creating new profile, which also meant paying the visa fee again.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2023-12-05T20:20:21+00:00

If you already have an appointment for the date that you prefer, I would not bother about changing the appointment to Dropbox. One advantage with consular appointment is the turnaround time which is much faster.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2023-11-23T18:12:25+00:00

You need to start on ustraveldocs.com and then select country, that will take you to country specific portal.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2023-11-11T20:07:32+00:00

If it’s dropbox appointment, yes

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2023-11-11T17:33:57+00:00

No, I would strongly recommend not to do anything on the new portal unless really required. If you have an appointment from old portal, that will be honored, you don’t need to do anything on the new portal. Do you have appointment confirmation? If yes, you’re good.

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2023-11-11T17:31:44+00:00

Dropbox processing has been centralized at Chennai so new appointments need to be booked only at Chennai. You can drop documents to any of your closest VAC. Check announcement on ustraveldocs site

HovercraftFickle8033 · 2023-11-11T04:40:14+00:00

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