I-864 again

[Chr0no 0]

I have a question regarding the I-864, i didn't send the affidavit of my wife in the original package, because i thought it was not necessary since my co sponsor by herself exceeds the poverty guidelines required for the affidavit. My wife didn't have income from the previous years, and after i sent the package i received a letter telling me that i have to send her affidavit, basically i don't know how to fill the information of the Sponsor's income and employment. She is currently working since February but the thing is that she get paid cash and we don't have a record of how much she has earned so far. I thought putting no income in the form, but i already fill the other form with the information about her job. Can i fill the form with not income or O (zero)? Will that cause me trouble? which is the best way to fill out the information based on this?

[ELW 5]

It is very tricky, because she is working "under the table" and taxes are not being taken out of the salary, right? She needs to declare her earnings on her taxes this year, or else it is tax evasion and a crime.

You already declared what she is earning, and to change it now (putting "0"), all sorts of questions will come up.

Maybe others will have some helpful advice.

[Turboguy 6]

The best thing is to not work illegally in the first place. At this stage if you declare it you are probably looking at some potential big problems for yourself as well as whoever she worked for on a cash basis. If you don't you are involved in tax fraud and income tax evasion. My suggestion would be don't list it and get a real job for her.

[Chr0no 0]

The thing here is that we are going to declare taxes based on what we think she has earned, because for the same fact to not to get in taxes problems. Now the real deal is what information do i have to put on the form, do i have to put an estimate of what she earned so far, that is my real question, i do not want to lie saying that she has no income when in fact she had on this year., and because the I-130 form specifies clearly that she has a job. what can i do?

[ELW 5]

Doesn't it say "current annual income" on the forms? I used an approximate for the entire year's income for 2007, though since sending in my forms (June), i got one promotion and one cost of living increase in salary, so what I put isn't true anymore. But it didn't cause me any problems. You can get a letter from her employer estimating her annual income this year, and send that in, putting the same amount on the application. Good luck!

[Turboguy 6]

You could show it as self employment income. That would probably not raise too many questions. particularly with a low income. It would have you paying taxes and showing the income and keep the person out of it that she is working for. I do suggest she get a real job soon though.