I-864 and I-864a are different tax years...

[greenmandarin 0]

I've filed for my husband and I used my father as a joint-sponsor. He filed an initial I-864 for 2010 tax year and my step-mother filed an I-864a for 2010 as well.

My stepmother's papers were fine, but I got an RFE (twice! haha) for my dad because he's self-employed and that kind of confused him on lines 23/24. We call the NVC and they said that my husband can bring in the corrected I-864 with the correct income amount to the interview.

During this time my dad/step-mom filed their 2011 taxes. So my dad's I-864 has the 2011 tax info and my step-mom's I-864a has 2010.

Is this a problem?

Between my I-864 an just my dad we meet the 125% guideline. The RFE never mentioned anything for my step-mom. But my concern is that it's 2 different tax years.

Also on the I-864 we have the bring to the interview should i check the box about the above family member having filled out the I-864a or leave it blank ( this question seems obvious however...I'd like to double check)

Should i put a note on the I-864 mentioning that my step-mom has already filed the I-864a and check the box?

Worst case scenario is that I need to have my dad overnight some information to Nairobi and hope that it arrives while my husband is there.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

You and your father are not combining incomes, so it doesn't matter if you reach the 125% between the 2 of you. Your father and his wife are combining their incomes to be your joint sponsor. They need a combined income that meets or beats the 125% requirement for their own household size plus your husband. Have your father fill out a new I-864 and his wife do a new updated I-864A and use their 2011 tax returns. I think it would be best to have both of their forms and incomes up-to-date for the interview. Make sure their tax returns(or single return if they filed jointly) are complete copies of the returns with 1040 forms, all schedules, attachments and any 1099s and/or W-2s.

Line 22 of the most recent 1040 is the amount used for current income for those that are self-employed.