I-864 question 21 problem

[paul. 0]

Hi guys, I tagged on to the end of another thread a few days ago and am afraid no one saw it, so I'm making a thread in the right forum, I hope!

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Issue:

My wife, the petitioner, moved back in with her parents to save cash while we go through this process. Her mother is going to be a joint sponsor and so we are filling an I-864 for the petitioner and an I-864A for the joint sponsor as we all live under the same roof. We also have our Grandmother-in-law living in the same house, so with me, the immigrant, included, the total household size is 5.

So I am putting the following, please can anyone confirm that I am correct.

21a. 01 - immigrant

21b. 01 - petitioner

21c. 00 - although married, I assume 0 is correct.

21d. 00 - no kids, no siblings under 21.

21e. 02 - Father-in-law and Grandmother-in-law.

21f. 00

21g. 01 - Mother-in-law is co-sponsor

21h. 05 - total household size

A further question is that because the father-in-law and grandmother-in-law has enough income to sustain themselves, they don't consider themselves "dependant" on the co-sponsor or the petitioner, so does that make a difference? I wouldn't think so, but I need to satisfy their worries.

[VerGo 0]

Hi guys, I tagged on to the end of another thread a few days ago and am afraid no one saw it, so I'm making a thread in the right forum, I hope!

old thread

Issue:

My wife, the petitioner, moved back in with her parents to save cash while we go through this process. Her mother is going to be a joint sponsor and so we are filling an I-864 for the petitioner and an I-864A for the joint sponsor as we all live under the same roof. We also have our Grandmother-in-law living in the same house, so with me, the immigrant, included, the total household size is 5.

So I am putting the following, please can anyone confirm that I am correct.

21a. 01 - immigrant

21b. 01 - petitioner

21c. 00 - although married, I assume 0 is correct.

21d. 00 - no kids, no siblings under 21.

21e. 02 - Father-in-law and Grandmother-in-law.

21f. 00

21g. 01 - Mother-in-law is co-sponsor

21h. 05 - total household size

A further question is that because the father-in-law and grandmother-in-law has enough income to sustain themselves, they don't consider themselves "dependant" on the co-sponsor or the petitioner, so does that make a difference? I wouldn't think so, but I need to satisfy their worries.

I have a similar situation, so I have the same question, I hope someone who has already filled this out can give you a positive answer, that's how I was thinking of doing it..

[SraCastillo 0]

I did the same thing as you guys i was told by a friend of mine who is a lawyer to put on 21c 0 as on the instructions says that don't count someone twice.

[wowswift 3]

The way i did mine, and it made it thru, was I and my mother filled out a I-864 each even though that is my residence. The way i understand the I-864A is that it means that my mother makes her income available to me to be able to support my husband, which isn't the case and i am not dependent on her at all.

[paul. 0]

Thanks for replying guys, that has helped me relax a little.

I am putting 21c. as 0 as stated above and as my wife is dependent on her family, her mother is filing an I-864A for joint support. I am putting both Father and Grandma on as dependants too, as technically they are and they earn enough to cover it all, so better safe than sorry I hope.