I-864 questions

[eveningcocanut 0]

We finally got notice of approval on our I-130!! YAY!! Now, I am starting to fill out the I-864. My mom is going to be the joint sponsor, so she will fill out an I-864 and my dad will fill out the I-864A. I still have to fill out an I-864 for myself because I am the petitioner, right? 3 Questions.

1. What do I put under Place of Residence? I am resident in Ireland (thus how we filed DCF) and my mailing address is here, but I have kept domicile in the U.S. (I still have bank accounts and bills there, and still get mail at my parents' address) Where do I put in that domicile address? Do I even have to on the I-864?

2. What do I put for my income and employment? I'm employed in Ireland as a bartender, making about 20,000 Euro annual (haven't filed taxes yet obviously so I won't know the exact amount). But, this income can't even be used to sponsor my husband anyways because it's not American-based. I will submit my W2s from the past three years, but those are from when I was living in the US so they won't match my current income either. Do they want my most recent filed tax year's income? Or my current income here in Ireland? Do they want it in Euro or Dollars? Do I need to prove my Irish income somehow even tho I am not using it to sponsor him?

3. My husband's income (also based here in Ireland, in Euro) is counted as part of my household income, correct? Does he have to then fill out an I-864A form? Do we need his tax returns as well? He also switched jobs about three months ago, so his tax forms from Ireland do not reflect his income from his current job.

Thanks for any help!

[trailmix 77]

We finally got notice of approval on our I-130!! YAY!! Now, I am starting to fill out the I-864. My mom is going to be the joint sponsor, so she will fill out an I-864 and my dad will fill out the I-864A. I still have to fill out an I-864 for myself because I am the petitioner, right? 3 Questions.

Congratulations! Yes, you still have to fill out the I-864.

1. What do I put under Place of Residence? I am resident in Ireland (thus how we filed DCF) and my mailing address is here, but I have kept domicile in the U.S. (I still have bank accounts and bills there, and still get mail at my parents' address) Where do I put in that domicile address? Do I even have to on the I-864?

Your place of residence should be the same as your mailing address - since it is. Question 15 asks for Country of domicile - that would be the U.S.

2. What do I put for my income and employment? I'm employed in Ireland as a bartender, making about 20,000 Euro annual (haven't filed taxes yet obviously so I won't know the exact amount). But, this income can't even be used to sponsor my husband anyways because it's not American-based. I will submit my W2s from the past three years, but those are from when I was living in the US so they won't match my current income either. Do they want my most recent filed tax year's income? Or my current income here in Ireland? Do they want it in Euro or Dollars? Do I need to prove my Irish income somehow even tho I am not using it to sponsor him?

For question 23 - my current individual annual income - you will put your current Irish income, coverted to U.S. dollars. This will be anticipated annual income, of course, since you haven't worked there a year yet - so 20,000 Euro converted. It doesn't hurt to note on the side the amount in Euros and the fact that you converted it using such and such a rate. I doubt they will ask you for any proof of your current income. The IRS provides links to sites for exchange rates here

3. My husband's income (also based here in Ireland, in Euro) is counted as part of my household income, correct? Does he have to then fill out an I-864A form? Do we need his tax returns as well? He also switched jobs about three months ago, so his tax forms from Ireland do not reflect his income from his current job.

No - his income (I assume) will not continue from the same source once he becomes a U.S. permanent resident. Do not include this on the I-864 (so question 24 B would be N/A).

Edited May 25, 2009 by trailmix

[Moosker 7]

Congrats on moving forward! The journey gets easier as you move along...

We had a similar situation, my father-in-law was our "co-sponsor" because my husband was finishing up school. So we were told my husband (U.S. citizen) was to fill out the I-864 and my father-in-law was to fill out the I-864A.

Good luck!