Need help with Affidavit of support

[shaw 1]

Hello All,

My father-in-law has applied for his wife and children by using i-130 for each (his wife and each of his children). Now the NVC has asked him to send affidavit of support and I believe is i-864, but his income is like $15,000 which is way below poverty line for six individual (his wife and his kids).

Now, i am thinking to help and fie the affidavit of support by using my wage and asset which is a little above the poverty line. Now my questions is can I file affidavit of support instead of my father-in-law or do we both need to file a joint affidavit of support?

Please let me know.

again my father-in-law incomes not sufficient to .... as son-in-law do i need to file the affidavit of support and would NVC accept that if I file the affidavit of support?

By the way, father-in-law is a green-card holder, not citizen.

appreciate the help.

Edited January 15, 2014 by shaw

[aaron2020 11,651]

As the petitioner, your FIL needs to file his own I-864 no matter what.

You as the Joint Sponsor would file your own I-864.

[shaw 1]

As the petitioner, your FIL needs to file his own I-864 no matter what.

You as the Joint Sponsor would file your own I-864.

I did not file for anything... My father-in-law did himself. But I know for fact that his income won't be sufficient to cover his kids and his wife. So I was thinking to file Affidavit of support. My questions was, do I need to do it myself only or include him as well.

Thanks.

[aaron2020 11,651]

I did not file for anything... My father-in-law did himself. But I know for fact that his income won't be sufficient to cover his kids and his wife. So I was thinking to file Affidavit of support. My questions was, do I need to do it myself only or include him as well.

Thanks.

Ok. I know your FIL filed and you have not file for anything. However, you stated that his income is insufficient and you want to file te AOS.

Let me state it this way: your FIL must file an I-864 as the petitioner. Since he does not make enough, he can use you as the Joint Sponsor because you do meet the financial requirement. The JS files his own separate I-864. The JS does not include the petitioner in the JS's household count.

It's like your FIL does not qualify for a loan, but you can help him get it as a cosigner. The Joint Sponsor is essentially the cosigner for the I-864.

This is as simple an explanation as I can give you.