Joint Sponsor self employed, which income figure should be used? (split topic)

[BatmanFlow 481]

For self-employed, Adjusted Gross.

For everyone else, total.

Sorry to bring such an old thread back up, but i have the same question. joint sponsor is self employed and we are filling the I-864 form. I read the instructions on NVC site and i read a lot of threads on this site. Most of them says to use the Total income instead of adjusted income.

Would you know why in this case you advised adjusted gross? Not trying to state its wrong, I am just confused and wishing to get one clear answer.

Someone else can answer it as well if they know

Thank you.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Sorry to bring such an old thread back up, but i have the same question. joint sponsor is self employed and we are filling the I-864 form. I read the instructions on NVC site and i read a lot of threads on this site. Most of them says to use the Total income instead of adjusted income.

Would you know why in this case you advised adjusted gross? Not trying to state its wrong, I am just confused and wishing to get one clear answer.

Someone else can answer it as well if they know

Thank you.

I can answer this

For self-employed people, their income is taken into account after expenses when it comes to the Affidavit of Support. This is why they use Adjusted Gross Income instead of Total Income.

For people who are regularly employed, they don't have business expenses and thus can use Total Income.

[BatmanFlow 481]

I can answer this

For self-employed people, their income is taken into account after expenses when it comes to the Affidavit of Support. This is why they use Adjusted Gross Income instead of Total Income.

For people who are regularly employed, they don't have business expenses and thus can use Total Income.

hmm thank you. seem conflicting answers so am a bit confused. the I-864 instructions just says put total income. but what you said does make sense. gahhhh

[Ketsuban 1,034]

hmm thank you. seem conflicting answers so am a bit confused. the I-864 instructions just says put total income. but what you said does make sense. gahhhh

Yes it does, and that's what trips self-employed people up. The instructions also say to leave non-applicable answers blank, but users of the I-864EZ get checklisted for doing just that in one of the questions! It's unfortunate that they can't instruct their customers adequately at times.

[BatmanFlow 481]

Yes it does, and that's what trips self-employed people up. The instructions also say to leave non-applicable answers blank, but users of the I-864EZ get checklisted for doing just that in one of the questions! It's unfortunate that they can't instruct their customers adequately at times.

Thank you, I will put the adjusted gross then. I am assuming it doesnt matter that I am filing I-864 and not I-864 EZ

thanks for the clarification!

[Ryan H 3,812]

Posts split into separate thread as poster is asking about their own case and not replying to the OP of the other thread.