Affidavit of support question

[SecretAgent 0]

I'm a bit confused on the affidavit of support, I-864. Particulary, the household size. The form seems to guide me to "3" even as my household only consists of myself and my wife.

Part 5 looks like this:

Part 5. Sponsor Household size. - DO NOT COUNT ANYONE TWICE.

Persons you are sponsoring in this affidavit:

a. Enter the number you entered on line 10. [ 1 ]

Persons NOT sponsored in this affidavit:

b. Yourself. [ 1 ]

c. If you are currently married, enter "1" for your spouse. [ 1 ]

It says to not count anyone twice, but it's forcing me to do it! I'm sponsoring my wife to come over. Is this form telling me that my spouse is NOT sponsored in this form, when she is?

Does this mean my household size is "3" ? How can that be?

I appreciate any and all help. Thanks in advance.

[Otto 83]

The form (I-864) has multiple uses (such as co-sponsor) - in your case, for section "C" enter "0" (zero); this will give you a household size of 2.

Edited December 21, 2008 by Karin und Otto

[SecretAgent 0]

The form (I-864) has multiple uses (such as co-sponsor) - in your case, for section "C" enter "0" (zero); this will give you a household size of 2.

Ok, great.

I have another question too. I'll give some background first.

I was in the USMC from 2002-2006, and met my wife in Feb. 2003. We got engaged sometime in 2004 and were married in Dec. 2005 and she was officially sponsored by the military and lived on base with me. In 2006, I got out of the military and moved with her to the Philippines where we lived together for 2 years. We started the Visa process at that time and the I-130 was accepted. We pretty much waited until the time limit was nearly up to fill out the next paperwork because we were not in a hurry and our financial situation was pretty precarious (but hey, at least we were together). I was unemployed at the time and taking online college courses. In May 2008, I was recalled, but didn't end up going back to active duty - but I did have to leave the Philippines and my wife!

I stayed in the States and looked for employment, which I finially received a month ago. While I was looking for a job, I continuted to take college course and received an AA degree and also took out unemployment. I filed/payed for the Affidavit of support in May/June 2008. I received the paperwork a few months ago and my wife also received a $400 dollar bill for "IV Fee Agent" to her address. I've read that I can pay that online instead of her having to send out mail from the Philippines and have the postal worker steal it. (haha, but kind of serious. The PI postal service is questionable). Actually, everything in the Philippines is questionable, haha.

Can I pay this fee online while I send out the Affidavit of support or does she HAVE to take of it?

So, as of now, I don't have any Income tax returns for the last 2 years, and don't have paystubs for the last 6 months. I only have 2 pay stubs! I'm not making much (only ~33k) a year right now in a more-or-less entry level IT job, but somehow I don't think my "proof" is going to cut it. The best thing I can think is to have my father fill out a I-864A since he's been working for the last 25+ years.

Also, has anyone else been in a similar situation? The no job, the time out of country while filing, the waiting, and all that? They send me paperwork whenever I send them paperwork, and you can wait up to 1 year between contacting the agency, so this drawn out process hasn't really been detrimental to the application processes.

We're definately ready to get her over here now, especially because we/she live(d) near Iligan in Mindanao which I see as 25x more dangerous since I'm not there with her. T

The ironic part is that when they sent the initial approval 2 years ago, they said it would have taken 9 months to get her Visa!!! I kind of want to shoot myself in the foot now, but I guess I was on Philippine time when I lived there! lol.

We've been apart about 6 months now, talk on the phone about 30 minutes a day, and send email about once a day. It's really hard (but certainly bearable) after being together 24/7 for 2 years.

Anyway, Thanks for reading. This board is a godsend.