Sponser eligibilatiy for I-864

[orgcu 0]

After having my university education in a foreign country I came back to US on Feb 2011 together with my parents. I'm an USC and my parents are in US as tourists. I will file for them I130 together with I485 as they are my immediate relatives. I rented my house, bought my car and as of April, I have a part time job which I make around $15.000 and I saved money while education and have $20.000 in my savings account. I think these two will work to reach the $23.163 poverty level. I never filed any thing about tax and I don't have a tax background. So my question is: Will this be a problem when I will be filing the I864. Am I eligible enough to sponser my parents an when will I fill the I864. Thanks for the answers.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You are eligible to sponsor your parents, and, in fact, you are the primary sponsor, even if you made no money and had a co-sponsor.

You are correct: you need to show that you make at least 125% of the poverty line for a party of 3 (you and your two parents). The basis for this is your US tax return. If you made $15K in 2010, your US tax return has to show that. If you failed to file in time, you need to do that now. You can make up for the balance between the income and the required amount at the ratio of 1:3. So if you made $15K, you have to have 3 x $8,163 in assets, which is $24, 489.00, ideally a bit more. If you can't do that, you'll need a co-sponsor. But in any case, you need to file an income tax return as well.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

You don't have enough. You need x3 the shortfall in income as assets, which in your case would be around 24'000.

Did you work while abroad? if so, you needed to file taxes.