i-864: Which one was accepted?

[newkkteam 0]

Hi,

I am a US citizen and have applied for an IR-1 visa for my wife. She has been granted an interview.

When I applied for the visa, I submit two 1-864s:
1) Petitioner (me) i-864 — which only used assets (I was able to meet the poverty line requirements with just assets). I only used assets because I live and work overseas and my foreign earned income could not be used.

2) Joint Sponsor 1-864 — In case my 1-864 with assets was not accepted, I asked my parent's to become Joint sponsors

I am assuming that they only accept one of the i-864s. If that is true, is there a way to figure out which i-864 was accepted?

Thank you.

[mallafri76 1,012]

You as the petitioner would always have to do the i-864, so it's not a matter of accepting yours or not, it has to be there whether you have zero income/assets or a million. Since you sent in a second i-864, signed by a joint sponsor, I would think they used that as well and that joint sponsor, as well as you, now have a "contract" signed with the US government to support the intended immigrant.

I don't think it's a case of you having enough assets so then they don't need the joint sponsor. If you send in a joint sponsor, they will keep both. But that's just my opinion.

[newkkteam 0]

Thank you.

Yes, I understand that I was required to file an I-864 regardless.

So, I guess my assumption that they would choose one or the other might have been mistaken.

Thanks again.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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Hi,

I am a US citizen and have applied for an IR-1 visa for my wife. She has been granted an interview.

When I applied for the visa, I submit two 1-864s:
1) Petitioner (me) i-864 — which only used assets (I was able to meet the poverty line requirements with just assets). I only used assets because I live and work overseas and my foreign earned income could not be used.

2) Joint Sponsor 1-864 — In case my 1-864 with assets was not accepted, I asked my parent's to become Joint sponsors

I am assuming that they only accept one of the i-864s. If that is true, is there a way to figure out which i-864 was accepted?

Thank you.

To get the semantics out of the way first, you did not apply for a visa, your wife did (you filed a petition that once approved, enabled her to apply for a visa).

To answer your question, they won't choose one or the other, they'll either take both or only take yours and return the one your joint sponsor filled out.

[newkkteam 0]

Thank you for the reply. If they indeed only took my i-864, would the NVC return the joint sponsor's i-864 directly to me or would that be given back at the embassy or consulate during the interview?

Yes, you are certainly correct regarding the semantics. I suppose since the i-864 was so voluminous it felt like I was applying

[Ryan H 3,812]

The NVC won't make that decision on whether or not to keep your joint sponsor's I-864, the CO at the Embassy will. The NVC only receives documents and checks for completeness, the CO's are the decision makers.

[newkkteam 0]

Thank you so much. Very helpful.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi,

Here's an analogy for us.

With the I-864, you are guaranteeing to reimburse the government for any means tested benefit (welfare) the immigrant may receive. You will be the primary.

Your Joint Sponsor is like a co-signer on a loan. The JS is the co-signer on your guarantee to reimburse the government and is secondarily liable.