No Sponcer help! UPDATE

[J. Bernal 0]

Ok a few days i posted about not having a sponcer for my husband but we have talked with my parents and they are planing to help me sponcer him.(household member support) so the NEW question is

My dads in come and my income is MORE then what we need (if combined) does my father have to make enough to Support All of his Dependents PLUS me my hubby and our daughter or is it ok if we just Combine the 2 incomes????

Thanks guys and Gals

[BOS_LHR 829]

Your joint sponsor has to meet the 125% income requirement alone -- you can't combine your income with his to meet the requirement.

But if you and your daughter are USCs and aren't currently your father's dependents, he'd only have to add your husband to the number for his household size. So it would be 125% of the FPL for household consisting of your father + his dependents + your husband.

[caly 48]

Your joint sponsor has to meet the 125% income requirement alone -- you can't combine your income with his to meet the requirement.

But if you and your daughter are USCs and aren't currently your father's dependents, he'd only have to add your husband to the number for his household size. So it would be 125% of the FPL for household consisting of your father + his dependents + your husband.

Hopefully someone else more knowledgeable than me will chime in..

While the above is true, assuming the OP lives in the same household as her father (ie as a dependent or some such thing), he CAN use the I-864a to combine his income with hers in order to meet the income requirements.

Information about the I-864a from USCIS here: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextoid=0c7e8875d714d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD

Edited May 8, 2013 by caly

[caly 48]

Just re-read the I-864a instructions a couple of times.

It states that "a relative who shares the same principal residence as the sponsor and is related to the sponsor as a spouse, adult child, parent or sibling" is considered a "household member" for the purposes of the I-864a.

So it seems as long as the OP shares the same principal residence as her father, he can combine his income with hers in order to qualify.