Joint Sponsor Question for I-864 and I-864a

[BradLina 0]

I'm performing a joint sponsorship with my father. I want to know if I can have him just fill out another I-864 or should I have him fill out I-864a. I technically make more than the poverty guidelines as of right now around 28,000 a year. The problem is I haven't been working long enough and my 2013 tax return will be well below the poverty lines since I only worked for 3 months that year. So I won't have enough evidence to show I'm over the poverty guidelines. Also my wife and I are currently living with my father.

I don't plan on trying to combine salaries, so can I have him just fill out another regular I-864?

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Are you self-employed? If not, a letter from employer and or recent pay stubs is the proof of current annual income. If you still use your father as a joint sponsor, then he fills out his own separate I-864, it makes no difference that you live with him or not.

[sadafmemi 2]

I am the petitioner, i am a student with no income and my father will be my sponser. Do the each of us have to fill out a I-864 forms or does my dad just fill one out?

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

The petitioner/sponsor always has to fill out an I-864, even if they have zero income.

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-864instr.pdf

Specific Requirements

1. Who Completes and Signs Form I-864?

A sponsor completes and signs Form I-864. A sponsor is required to be at least 18 years old and domiciled in the United States, or its territories or possessions (see Part 4, Information on the Sponsor, Item Number 5. of these instructions for more information on domicile). The petitioning sponsor must sign and complete Form I-864, even if a joint sponsor also submits an I-864 to meet the income requirement.