Joint sponsor household size?

[Thomas9876 0]

Hi all - have searched through various posts but struggling to figure something out, here goes:

My wife is a USC petitioner. I am the UKC applicant. We are into the NVC stage of IR1/CR1 for spouse, and as we are both temporarily living overseas, I understand and have been prepared for the fact that our overseas income does not count towards my wife's I-864, and that we need a joint sponsor. Her mother will be fulfilling this role.

My question is about question 5 (household size) on the I-864 with reference to both my wife's and my mother in law's I-864 forms:

- On my wife's form, I initially thought the household size would be the two of us (1 "person being sponsored", and 1 "yourself" i.e. the applicant)

- On my mother-in-law's form, I have 1 "person being sponsored", 1 "yourself" and 1 spouse (she is married), so 3 total, or if we include my wife (which I'm not sure we should?), it would be 4. I would note that we are not planning on living with my in-laws.

Does it matter that the two forms show different household sizes? Or have I filled something out wrong? As usual the instructions are just confusing. I just don't want to flag an error check somewhere that flashes a red light if the two household sizes don't match.

Thanks very much!

[teeak 224]

Yes, on your wife's form it is the two of you.

Yes, it is 3 if she is married and if she has any dependent children, you need to include them as well.

Nope, it doesn't matter that the household sizes are different because they are two different households.