Co-Sponsor - better safe than sorry?

[texcal 9]

Hey everyone,

First of all thank you for this super helpful forum! For allll of you participating and creating such a broad platform. This is pretty much my first thread so excuse and please correct me if my terminology is not right. I am afraid this will not me my last question but for now I only need some opinions on this:

Me (beneficiary) and my husband (USC - retired military) are in the DCF process and currently waiting for the NOA2. We want to have everything ready when its time so we are trying to gather all the documents possible already.

My husband receives a retirement from the US military, that's barely over the poverty 125% line along with some other benefits (all from the military as well). He has proof of it but it is all tax-exempt therefore it does not appear on his taxes (that he of course files every year nonetheless).

Because of that we would like to have my mother in law as a co-sponsor. Can we do that even though he would theoretically be over the poverty 125% line? Does it hurt a case? We just really don't want to risk anything and drag the process out more than it has to, so should we just send in his affidavit of support as well as our co sponsor's?

Thanks a lot!

[Ryan H 3,812]

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To get the semantics out of the way, joint sponsor is the proper term when referring to an I-864, not co-sponsor.

To answer your question, having your mother in-law as a joint sponsor will not adversely affect your case.

[aleful 1,905]

hi

he can have a joint sponsor, but they can't combine income, so his mom has to be above the poverty guidelines on her own

[7Ken 15]

If he files a 1040 all his income should be in the form. It may not be on line 22 but it should be in his return.

If he files a 1040 use whats on line 22 as income and the make a notation on page 12 (Part 11) explaining his full income.

If he files a different form that doesn't show his full income then use his adjusted gross and provide proof of his full income and as long as it's over the 125% you shouldn't have a problem.

I have / had a similar situation with Social Security.

The amount on Part 6 lines 2 and 15 weren't sufficient but the total income was provable so no problem.

[texcal 9]

Thanks everyone for the quick responses!

***Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to DCF Discussion.***

**Moderator hat off**

To get the semantics out of the way, joint sponsor is the proper term when referring to an I-864, not co-sponsor.

To answer your question, having your mother in-law as a joint sponsor will not adversely affect your case.

Yesss...alright. Joint sponsor! Thanks a lot...so we'll just hand her paperwork in with everything else right away

If he files a 1040 all his income should be in the form. It may not be on line 22 but it should be in his return.

If he files a 1040 use whats on line 22 as income and the make a notation on page 12 (Part 11) explaining his full income.

If he files a different form that doesn't show his full income then use his adjusted gross and provide proof of his full income and as long as it's over the 125% you shouldn't have a problem.

I have / had a similar situation with Social Security.

The amount on Part 6 lines 2 and 15 weren't sufficient but the total income was provable so no problem.

I don't remember since my husband did the taxes etc but we've ordered the IRS transcripts and I ll look into those lines as soon as we get them. Thanks a lot