I-864 Joint Sponsor Question

[Kharkov_Natalie 0]

I have what I hope to be an easy question.

I want to use my mom as a joint sponsor. However, she files joint taxes with my father. Both my parents make enough money individually to be a joint sponsor.

So, can I use my mom only and then just show her W2s and they will understand that her salary is just a part of the Income Tax return that she shares with my father?

OR ... since they file jointly, do they both have to fill out I-864s?

Please answer if you actually know. Lots of people try to be helpful on here and speculate and it just gets confusing.

Thanks in advance, Natalie

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I have what I hope to be an easy question.

I want to use my mom as a joint sponsor. However, she files joint taxes with my father. Both my parents make enough money individually to be a joint sponsor.

So, can I use my mom only and then just show her W2s and they will understand that her salary is just a part of the Income Tax return that she shares with my father?

OR ... since they file jointly, do they both have to fill out I-864s?

Please answer if you actually know. Lots of people try to be helpful on here and speculate and it just gets confusing.

Thanks in advance, Natalie

Our joint sponsor also files taxes jointly with his wife, but used only his income to qualify, so we just needed one I-864 (you can only have one joint sponsor anyways I am pretty sure). I would think you are on the same boat as long as you mom's income meets the requirements - otherwise you dad can fill in an I-864A (agreement between sponsor and household member), but perhaps a wiser members can bring in more precise information.

Good luck, L.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Natalie -- That's exactly what we did. My mom and dad file jointly, but only my mom was a joint sponsor. She attached her W-2s only to show what she made, and we didn't need to tease out on the I-864 exactly what was her part of the joint income reported as the W-2s did that for her. No need for my dad to do an I-864A.

I remember when I was trying to figure this out last year, I had NO idea what I was doing! But with a little steering from a veteran VJer I sat down and really, and I mean REALLY read the I-864 again and again and again... and then it all became a lot clearer. Good luck!

[tobben15 0]

Natalie -- That's exactly what we did. My mom and dad file jointly, but only my mom was a joint sponsor. She attached her W-2s only to show what she made, and we didn't need to tease out on the I-864 exactly what was her part of the joint income reported as the W-2s did that for her. No need for my dad to do an I-864A.

I remember when I was trying to figure this out last year, I had NO idea what I was doing! But with a little steering from a veteran VJer I sat down and really, and I mean REALLY read the I-864 again and again and again... and then it all became a lot clearer. Good luck!

We did the exact same thing too. As long as you have the transcripts and the W-2s, you are good to go.

[Kharkov_Natalie 0]

Thanks for your responses. We file everything tomorrow!