I-864, I-864a and Cosponsors question...

[HeatDeath 430]

hi my friend i have seen ur respond to someone about i-864 form and i think ur answer would be very helpful to me.

my parents in law are going to sponsor me my wife she has no income she is still a student. does she have to fill i-864 form and her mom i-864a and her father another i-864a ?

thank you very much!

Not a problem.

With your permission I will cross post this out to the main forums so others can benefit from it...

Your wife will definitely need to fill out an I-864. Only one of your parents can be the official cosponsor - usually the one that has the highest income. Whichever of your parents is going to be the official cosponsor will also fill out an I-864. If their personal income is sufficient, that's all you need. If they don't make enough to be a cosponsor by themselves, their spouse would fill out an I-864a, which lets the cosponsor include their income as well.

If the second parent fills out an I-864a, than the cosponsoring parent can include the second parent's income on their I-864.

In my case, my wife was the USC petitioner, so she filled out an I-864, showing she had no income. Her mother, our cosponsor, filled out another full I-864 showing her income. Because my mother-in-law made enough to be a sponsor in her own right, that was all we needed. If my mother-in-law had not made enough money on her own, my father-in-law could have filled out an I-864a, which would let my mother-in-law include his income with hers on her I-864.

Make sense?

[HeatDeath 430]

thank you very much for ur respond i really appreciate it!

a lot of people told us another way: is my wife have to fill out i-864 and her mom i-864a and her dad i-864a would that works ?

note: my mom is the first co sponsor and my dad in law is the second co sponsor and they all lives in the same house.

Thank you very much!

It looks like you can do this either way. In both scenarios, you are the primary sponsor, and fill out an I-864.

In your scenario, you are the only sponsor, and one or both of your parents [as necessary] fill out I-864A's, allowing you to include their income on your I-864, allowing you to qualify as a sponsor.

In my scenario, one of your parents is a joint sponsor, and fills out another I-864. Your other parent, if necessary, fills out an I-864A, allowing your cosponsoring parent to include their income on their I-864, allowing them to qualify as a sponsor.

Either scenario will work. The only limitation is that the person filling out an I-864A must be a member of the same household as the person they are pledging their income to. If you are currently in the same household as both your parents, your scenario will work fine. If your parents are in the same household, but you are living apart, my scenario would be necessary. If your parents are living apart, one of them would need sufficient income on their own to be a joint sponsor - your other parent would not be able to assist.

Edited August 20, 2012 by HeatDeath

[HeatDeath 430]

thank u very much on ur answers it really helped us!

we are going to do what u said my wife will fill ou i-864 her mom is the first co-sponsor she will fill i-864 and her that second co-sponsor will fill ou i-864a. but we have a question on i-864 part1 question1 does she have to mark a or e and what about her mom ?

Your wife marks A. Your mother in law marks D. Since your father-in-law is doing an I-864a, he is not a joint sponsor himself, he is just contributing his assets to your mother-in-law, who is your only joint sponsor.