house-hold member or not ?

[smerfb23 0]

hey guys,

we are dealing with the NVC actually, so just fast question that really confused my wife(petitioner):

can she use her dad as her house-hold member eventhough she just comes to live with him 5days ago ? or she needs to live with him for enough period of time for she can use him as a house-hold member ?

thank you guys very much

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

Being a household member for the affdavit of support has little to do with living in the same house- it means being financially dependant. Did her dad list your wife as a dependant on his last tax return, or the other way around? If yes, she can list him even if they do not live together.

[smerfb23 0]

my wife who is the petinioner doesn't make enough income to sponsor me (she is still student and she works a part-time job).

she was living with her dad for the most last 3 years and she moved to live with her mom for couple months... she moved to live with her mom right after i filled the DS-3032 choice of agent, so i put her mom's address as her current residence (it was about 3 months ago in december 2012)

and now she moved back to her dad's house, so she is living with him now as usual since a week.

so my question is:

her dad who will fill I-864A form as her house-hold member, and the address used in her tax is her dad's one.

she comes to change her address from her mom's one to her dad's one 2 days ago with the NVC.

my question is:

what is the minimum if time for the person to live with a person to be able to use him as a house-hold member ?

so what about my wife's case ? can she use her dad as her house-hold member eventhough she comes to move to live with him ?

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

There is no minimum. Does the dad make enough money to sponsor you on his own? Because really, he should be filling out a I-864 as joint sponsor, not a I-864A as household member as there is no mingling of finances/ financial dependancy.

[smerfb23 0]

but my wife and her dad used the same address in both of their tax return, so it means that they are living in the same house which is her dad's house, so do you think this is a good proof that she can use him as a house-hold member since they live together (their Tax returns is proof showing the same address.

so what do you think ?

note:

i've read a lot of topics that people used their house-hold members without the need for the financial dependence