checklist for I-864 - household size: thoughts?

[mtlguy 59]

howdy,

So I made a mistake, and NVC sent me a checklist concerning my I-864; here's my story:

My wife is petitioning for me and my 3 kids. ( IR 1 & IR 2). she has 3 kids, and I have 3 (yes, modern day brady bunch), so 6 kids in total, a mom and and dad; that makes the household size = 8.

I thought filing one I-864 form would be enough (and sending it for each case) would be enough. I was wrong.

the NVC sent me a checklist for all four I-864 forms I have submitted asking me to correct the following:

1) on my form (the dad):

- they asked me to exclude the names of my kids on part 3 (family member 1...3) as they will each have their own form.

- they asked to indicate the total number of immigrants in this form to : 1 (only me)

As for the household size, according to their instructions (and later confirmed by a phone call to NVC) the household size would be

my wife + me (the immigrant) + her 3 kids = household size of 5 [my kids are not to be included] !!!

2) on my kids forms

- they asked me to exclude the names of siblings and father (family member 1...3) as they will each have their own form.

- they asked to indicate the total number of immigrants in this form to : 1 (the child)

on these forms the household size would be:

my wife + her husband (me) + her 3 kids + the immigrant (one child on the form) = household size of 6 [the 2 other kids are not counted]

Although this is what the NVC representative told me to do, it just doesn't make any sense.

one form would declare the household size to be 5, and 3 other forms would declare it to be 6.

isn't this a classic case of misrepresentation ?

my wife doesn't claim my kids on her taxes (so she cannot claim them as dependents) and there's no place on the form to add the missing kids.

any thoughts??

thanks.

[Rlelle09 28]

howdy,

So I made a mistake, and NVC sent me a checklist concerning my I-864; here's my story:

My wife is petitioning for me and my 3 kids. ( IR 1 & IR 2). she has 3 kids, and I have 3 (yes, modern day brady bunch), so 6 kids in total, a mom and and dad; that makes the household size = 8.

I thought filing one I-864 form would be enough (and sending it for each case) would be enough. I was wrong.

the NVC sent me a checklist for all four I-864 forms I have submitted asking me to correct the following:

1) on my form (the dad):

- they asked me to exclude the names of my kids on part 3 (family member 1...3) as they will each have their own form.

- they asked to indicate the total number of immigrants in this form to : 1 (only me)

As for the household size, according to their instructions (and later confirmed by a phone call to NVC) the household size would be

my wife + me (the immigrant) + her 3 kids = household size of 5 [my kids are not to be included] !!!

2) on my kids forms

- they asked me to exclude the names of siblings and father (family member 1...3) as they will each have their own form.

- they asked to indicate the total number of immigrants in this form to : 1 (the child)

0on these forms the household size would be:

my wife + her husband (me) + her 3 kids + the immigrant (one child on the form) = household size of 6 [the 2 other kids are not counted]

Although this is what the NVC representative told me to do, it just doesn't make any sense.

one form would declare the household size to be 5, and 3 other forms would declare it to be 6.

isn't this a classic case of misrepresentation ?

my wife doesn't claim my kids on her taxes (so she cannot claim them as dependents) and there's no place on the form to add the missing kids.

any thoughts??

thanks.

This is the same way mine were filled out...sorta. My son and I are the beneficiaries, so on his i-864 I am represented as the wife, he is the immigrant (son), and then we have 2 dependents + my husband making the household size 5. On my i-864 I am the immigrant, I did not put anything in the area for spouse, and then added 3 dependents. My son was added as a dependent on my i-864 plus my husband keeping our household size at 5 on both.

Can someone a little more experienced weigh in on this please?