I-864 question about co-sponsor

[germangel 0]

hi guys,

I have a question about the affidavit of support form.

We are using a co-sponsor. Do we have to name him and his income in Part 4 C where it asks for "income of other qualifying person"?

And does our co-sponsor have to put my hubbie there even though he doesn't make enough?

And then, just to make sure: both the sponsor and co-cponsor have to fill out the I-864, not the I-864A, right?

do we have to list assets even if income is sufficient??

thanks in advance

[diadromous mermaid 36]

hi guys,

I have a question about the affidavit of support form.

We are using a co-sponsor. Do we have to name him and his income in Part 4 C where it asks for "income of other qualifying person"?

And does our co-sponsor have to put my hubbie there even though he doesn't make enough?

And then, just to make sure: both the sponsor and co-cponsor have to fill out the I-864, not the I-864A, right?

do we have to list assets even if income is sufficient??

thanks in advance

US citizen petitioner fills-in one I-864. Joint sponsor fills-in another I-864. Joint sponsor includes sponsored immigrant as a member of his/her household. USC petitioner includes sponsored immigrant as a member of his/her household. The only time an I-864A comes into play is if either a household member is assisting the USC petitioner in meeting the income requirement or if the sponsored immigrant uses his assets or income to assist USC petitioner in meeting the income requirements and family members (children) are immigrating with alien and ONLY if the soonsored immigrant has lived in the household of the USC petitioner for 6 months. Only time an I-864A comes into play for a joint sponsor is if the income of anyone in that household is being used to meet the joint sponsor's income requirement.

[scy 0]

It's called joint sponsor when you file I-864. Answers respectively are

1. You only name income in part 4C when you're using a household members' income, that household member then fills out the I-864A. A joint sponsor fills out his own I-864 and his income is not included on the sponsor's I-864.

2. Once again, a joint sponsor only includes income from a household member on his I-864 #4c, then the household member fills out I-864A. The joint sponsor can not include another sponsor's income on his I-864.

3. The sponsor and any joint sponsors fill out separate I-864. The form I-864A is only used when a sponsor or joint sponsor wants to include a household member's income on their respective I-864s.

4. There is no need to list assets if income is sufficient for the joint sponsor's total household size.

[Yodrak 7]

germangel,

As diadromous mermaid and scy indicate, there are two separate and distinct categories that fit the description of "co-sponsor" - a Household Member and a Joint Sponsor.

Which are you asking about?

Yodrak

hi guys,

I have a question about the affidavit of support form.

We are using a co-sponsor. Do we have to name him and his income in Part 4 C where it asks for "income of other qualifying person"?

And does our co-sponsor have to put my hubbie there even though he doesn't make enough?

And then, just to make sure: both the sponsor and co-cponsor have to fill out the I-864, not the I-864A, right?

do we have to list assets even if income is sufficient??

thanks in advance

[germangel 0]

my father-in-law wil be a joint sponsor as my hubbie's a student and doesn't make enough.

Sorry for using co-sponsor all the time, I did K3 and that was the term you use there if someone else fills out the I-134 to sponsor you as well.

So a joint sponsor it is, and it'll be 2 I-864s and nothing else. If income is sufficient, I don't need to list assets. Right?

I hope I got it right now, was just confused for a bit. Makes sense!

[scy 0]

my father-in-law wil be a joint sponsor as my hubbie's a student and doesn't make enough.

Sorry for using co-sponsor all the time, I did K3 and that was the term you use there if someone else fills out the I-134 to sponsor you as well.

So a joint sponsor it is, and it'll be 2 I-864s and nothing else. If income is sufficient, I don't need to list assets. Right?

I hope I got it right now, was just confused for a bit. Makes sense!

Yeap, you got it right.

[dollface41601 0]

yes, if income is suffiecient, no assets are needed....good luck

Kelly

[Yodrak 7]

germangel,

Does hubby live independently from his father? Many students may spend the majority of the year living away from home, but their primary, or permanent, residence may still be the family home. In which case, the father could alternatively be a Household Member. Some people may feel that being a Household Member is preferable to being a Joint Sponsor.

'Cosponsor' may be a term that people use with regard to K visas, but it's not really appropriate. K-visa applicants need a sponsor, but it need not be the petitioner. If the petitioner does not qualify to be a sponsor then someone else must be the sponsor, and that someone else is the sponsor, not a co-sponsor, becasue the petitioner is not a sponsor - they were not qualified to be.

Yodrak

my father-in-law wil be a joint sponsor as my hubbie's a student and doesn't make enough.

Sorry for using co-sponsor all the time, I did K3 and that was the term you use there if someone else fills out the I-134 to sponsor you as well.

So a joint sponsor it is, and it'll be 2 I-864s and nothing else. If income is sufficient, I don't need to list assets. Right?

I hope I got it right now, was just confused for a bit. Makes sense!

Edited February 14, 2006 by Yodrak

[germangel 0]

thanks everyone for your help. My hubbie doesn't live with his parents anymore so the household member won't apply. Thanks for pointing that out though, Yodrak, sometimes I am just blind for these things.

I guess I got it all now, thanks again for your help