Affidavit of Support Questions

[Kiki ElSharif 0]

Hello Everyone,

I have a couple questions regarding the Affidavit of Support. My husband and I were married in Dec. 2010 and i have lived here in Egypt since Nov 2010. I called to make my appointment when the 6 months were up in May...the soonest appointment was Sept. The embassy is only letting you file here in Cairo if you made your appoitment before Aug 15th..otherwise you have to file with the Chicago Lockbox..which i'm sure most of you know. Anyways, we went to our appointment recently and after being asked a few questions the lady said our I-130 was approved. She said in a few weeks my husband will get the package from DHL. Can somebody please tell us what exactly is in the package and exactly how this process works. Also, we will be using a cosponsor which is a member of my family in the US. Will the embassy send her the form to fill out and she sends it back to them or does she have to fill it and send it to me here? And my last question is do they go by what she made on her 2010 taxes or on her current income? I'm hoping somebody can help me out with these questions...Thanks in advance!!

[Navyk 78]

Hello Everyone,

I have a couple questions regarding the Affidavit of Support. My husband and I were married in Dec. 2010 and i have lived here in Egypt since Nov 2010. I called to make my appointment when the 6 months were up in May...the soonest appointment was Sept. The embassy is only letting you file here in Cairo if you made your appoitment before Aug 15th..otherwise you have to file with the Chicago Lockbox..which i'm sure most of you know. Anyways, we went to our appointment recently and after being asked a few questions the lady said our I-130 was approved. She said in a few weeks my husband will get the package from DHL. Can somebody please tell us what exactly is in the package and exactly how this process works. Also, we will be using a cosponsor which is a member of my family in the US. Will the embassy send her the form to fill out and she sends it back to them or does she have to fill it and send it to me here? And my last question is do they go by what she made on her 2010 taxes or on her current income? I'm hoping somebody can help me out with these questions...Thanks in advance!!

The current wages matters and 2010 tax return is a must. Current wages are what one gets at the time of filing I-864 multiplied to show annuallly - meaning a weekly wages of 500, will have to be multiplied by 52 to get annual wages of 26000.

[Kiki ElSharif 0]

The current wages matters and 2010 tax return is a must. Current wages are what one gets at the time of filing I-864 multiplied to show annuallly - meaning a weekly wages of 500, will have to be multiplied by 52 to get annual wages of 26000.

Ok so do you do it like that...by a week or by a month? Cuz if you multiply 500 by 52 you get 26,000 but if you multiply 2000 a month by 12 months you get 24,000....so which way do you do it?

[elkhris 7]

Ok so do you do it like that...by a week or by a month? Cuz if you multiply 500 by 52 you get 26,000 but if you multiply 2000 a month by 12 months you get 24,000....so which way do you do it?

You do it by the week because is more accurate than monthly, given some month have more than 4 week. In the case the person receives the payments every month, you will do it they way you stated.

[Tim/Mav 305]

Trying to calculate your Current Gross Income and what to write on the Forms can be confusing.

Some would say 52 weeks X Your weekly Gross Income to amount to a total.

Some would say 2080 Hours X your Hourly wage to a total.

It is a mistake to times you weekly Gross X 4 weeks per month X 12 months due to as the above post mentioned; There are months when you receive 5 Paydays.

Another problem is some people work part-time and cannot use these figures or may have 2 part-time jobs.

SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE YOUR YEARLY GROSS INCOME ?

I found a Link that I will share with you.

http://www.freebiecreditreport.com/incomecalculator.php

This takes into account months that have 5 paydays and is converted annually. It also computes part-time and full -time and overtime.

But remember, your paperwork and Pay-Stubs are more important when Proof is submitted.

Hope this helps.

[D~J 0]

So do they want adjusted gross income or Gross income?

[Tim/Mav 305]

So do they want adjusted gross income or Gross income?

Gross Before taxes.

[D~J 0]

Thank you! That is awesome news.

[Tim/Mav 305]

Hello Everyone,

I have a couple questions regarding the Affidavit of Support. My husband and I were married in Dec. 2010 and i have lived here in Egypt since Nov 2010. I called to make my appointment when the 6 months were up in May...the soonest appointment was Sept. The embassy is only letting you file here in Cairo if you made your appoitment before Aug 15th..otherwise you have to file with the Chicago Lockbox..which i'm sure most of you know. Anyways, we went to our appointment recently and after being asked a few questions the lady said our I-130 was approved. She said in a few weeks my husband will get the package from DHL. Can somebody please tell us what exactly is in the package and exactly how this process works. Also, we will be using a cosponsor which is a member of my family in the US. Will the embassy send her the form to fill out and she sends it back to them or does she have to fill it and send it to me here? And my last question is do they go by what she made on her 2010 taxes or on her current income? I'm hoping somebody can help me out with these questions...Thanks in advance!!

I missed the question! Forgive me. Any Member will tell you I don't read well.

I'm looking at your last few sentences and seem important. I'd wish another member to answer this.

I don't think the Embassey is going to send you anything. ( The 864) I think what they will be looking for is a 864 from the Co-Sponsor, tax records and currant income as well as yours.

I'm not well educated on these matters so another member should be able to answer.

You will get an answer from someone that knows what there talking about.

Edited September 11, 2011 by Tim/Mav

[Kiki ElSharif 0]

I missed the question! Forgive me. Any Member will tell you I don't read well.

I'm looking at your last few sentences and seem important. I'd wish another member to answer this.

I don't think the Embassey is going to send you anything. ( The 864) I think what they will be looking for is a 864 from the Co-Sponsor, tax records and currant income as well as yours.

I'm not well educated on these matters so another member should be able to answer.

You will get an answer from someone that knows what there talking about.

Ok so let me see if i'm understanding this correctly. So, if the cosponsor makes $9.02 per hour and works 40 hours a week that is 360.80 a week multiplied by 52 is $18,761.60...which is just over a little. Is that ok? And, also all year up until this week she worked 40 hours but it will change this week to 35 hrs a week which would be $16,416.40....so what should we count? The 35 hrs a week or 40? And, my last question was i am in Cairo and filed here...the I-130 was approved and we are waiting to get the package from DHL with all the forms we need to fill out..which i am assuming the AOS will be in there for me to fill as i am the sponsor. Will the embassy send her an I-864 and she sends it back to them or can she print it out and fill it and send it to me here in Cairo and i submit it when i send back the papers to the embassy? Thanks so much for replying...this is helping me out so much!!

[Kiki ElSharif 0]

Ok so let me see if i'm understanding this correctly. So, if the cosponsor makes $9.02 per hour and works 40 hours a week that is 360.80 a week multiplied by 52 is $18,761.60...which is just over a little. Is that ok? And, also all year up until this week she worked 40 hours but it will change this week to 35 hrs a week which would be $16,416.40....so what should we count? The 35 hrs a week or 40? And, my last question was i am in Cairo and filed here...the I-130 was approved and we are waiting to get the package from DHL with all the forms we need to fill out..which i am assuming the AOS will be in there for me to fill as i am the sponsor. Will the embassy send her an I-864 and she sends it back to them or can she print it out and fill it and send it to me here in Cairo and i submit it when i send back the papers to the embassy? Thanks so much for replying...this is helping me out so much!!

Also, if she had to use the lesser amount of $16,416 can she use an asset such as cash in her bank accout to make up for the rest...which would be $1,971??

[D~J 0]

^I believe the assets have to be 3 times as much as what you would need. She should have $6,000-7,000 in her savings to make up for it.

[Kiki ElSharif 0]

^I believe the assets have to be 3 times as much as what you would need. She should have $6,000-7,000 in her savings to make up for it.

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I thought thats only if you're using JUST assets to qualify...and do you know which amount i use...the 40 hr a week or 35 hr a week since she is doing it now?

[D~J 0]

I really don't know. Mine changed from 22 hours to 35 hours, so I'm using the most recent because it's in my favor. Depends on what the employer will write. Is there a possibility that she will go back up to 40 hours? If so tell her to explain the situation to her employer and maybe he'll enter the 40 hours. Good luck

[Kiki ElSharif 0]

I really don't know. Mine changed from 22 hours to 35 hours, so I'm using the most recent because it's in my favor. Depends on what the employer will write. Is there a possibility that she will go back up to 40 hours? If so tell her to explain the situation to her employer and maybe he'll enter the 40 hours. Good luck

yeah it is just changing this week so its not even on her paystubs yet...so i am thinking she can use the 40 hrs a week...and yeah she also said that she gets overtime sometimes and that sometimes they ask her to work more hours so it will go between 35 and 40...Thanks for answering and Good Luck to you also!