An I-864 Joint Sponsor Question

[mayb 1]

Hello, I'm my husband and I currently live in the UK, I am the petitioner and he is the beneficiary. Our family friend is our joint sponsor since I have been living in the UK for the past 2 years.

Our sponsor is married and they have no children so his household size should be 3, correct? On Part 6. Sponsor's Income and Employment he has listed his individual, annual income as $50,000 which meets the poverty guideline requirements for a 3 person house hold size.

This means there is no need to list his wife's income, correct?

Also, on Part 6, 13.a-13.c where he needs to list his total income, it should just be what HE earned in those years and not he and his wife together?

Thanks for the help in advance!

[florida4life 29]

Hello, I'm my husband and I currently live in the UK, I am the petitioner and he is the beneficiary. Our family friend is our joint sponsor since I have been living in the UK for the past 2 years.

Our sponsor is married and they have no children so his household size should be 3, correct?YES On Part 6. Sponsor's Income and Employment he has listed his individual, annual income as $50,000 which meets the poverty guideline requirements for a 3 person house hold size.

This means there is no need to list his wife's income, correct?

But they may ask for the wife to do I-864a if they filed taxes together. Get the wife to do one just in case they ask for it and that want delay the decision. He may need to send his W2's and tax transcrpts if you are using his income alone because he needs to show what he makes.

Also, on Part 6, 13.a-13.c where he needs to list his total income, it should just be what HE earned in those years and not he and his wife together? They need total income before deduction do not look at AGI adjusted gross income.

Thanks for the help in advance!

Remember the wife is on the taxes so she will need to do I-864a sorry if you dont have that they may delay your approval until you get it. You probably dont need it but have it just in case and to be safe.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

This means there is no need to list his wife's income, correct?

Also, on Part 6, 13.a-13.c where he needs to list his total income, it should just be what HE earned in those years and not he and his wife together?

Those three lines want what is actually on his tax return. It isn't to be interpreted as modify my tax return numbers to remove my wife's share. I personally listed exactly what was on a tax return filed jointly with my former spouse. It was way higher than the current income I was listing. It didn't matter to USCIS because it was not questioned.

He does not have to include his wife's income and her I-864A. But he has to clearly prove his separate income with things like letter from his employer and/or pay stubs because the joint tax return lumps all the income together. The instructions say:

Annual Household Income.

This section is used to determine the sponsor's household income. Take your annual individual income from Item Number 5. and enter it on Item Number 6.c. If this amount is greater than 125 percent (or 100 percent if you are on active duty in the U.S. military and sponsoring your spouse or child) of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for your household size from Part 5., Item Number 8., you do not need to include any household member's income. See Form I-864P for reference on the Poverty Guidelines.

Don't forget the proof that he is a US citizen or permanent resident.

[mayb 1]

Ok thank you very much!!!

So, we will leave Part 6, 13.a - 13.c as it is because those are the numbers listed on his tax transcripts but he will send us copies of the past 6 months of pay his pay stubs.

Also, I'm getting him to send us a copy of his biographic page of his passport, should this be enough to prove his citizenship?

[florida4life 29]

let us know how it goes and if they ask for a I-864a because that is exactly what we had to bring back to the embassy. So i dont know if embassies work different but from my experience that what i know. IJS

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I would think yes that would be fine if he doesn't have a photocopy of his birth certificate. But I have also seen posts where petitioners on an I-130 or I129F who used a passport as proof of citizenship were asked to copy the entire thing. I don't really know if that is a VJ suggested caution or official from USCIS and people got RFEs for not copying the whole thing. The I-130 instructions say--

"4. A copy of your unexpired U.S. passport; "

I suppose that is interpreted to mean every page.