Help with I-864 (Few Questions)

[ThatFunDad 0]

Hi All,

 

Hoping someone can help with my current situation:

 

My wife is a US citizen who has lived most of her life in South Africa. (Since the age of 7) We have been married for almost 2 years and we have a 10 month old daughter. My wife has filed the I-130 petitions for the 2 of us, which have been approved.

 

We are now entering the second phase of the immigration process. My questions are pertaining to the I-864 form.

 

My wife has never worked in the USA and is currently a stay at home mom taking care of my baby girl. Her father and sister currently live in the USA and she would like to return to the USA with myself and our daughter so she can be reunited with her family. 

Does she qualify to be my sponsor?

 

She does not own property in the USA, nor have a job. I however have assets which far meet the minimum poverty guidelines. Will this suffice when filling out the I-864 form to meet the requirements?

Do we need to fill in the I-864A? 

Would be she the sponsor on the I-864?

 

 

Any tips for filling out this form? 

 

I believe we need to have domicile in the USA which we do not currently have, any tips on this? 

 

Our plan is to move to The USA once we get granted our Visas where we will then look for a home and jobs.

 

[Roel 7,193]

Your wife, as a main sponsor, needs to establish domicile in the USA or you have no chance for a visa. She needs to show that she filed US taxes, find a job or an apartment- anything that ties her to the USA need a to be done. She probably will have to travel to the US before you to take care of things. You can have a US co sponsor but wife needs to have domicile anyway. Your assets don't matter here. Domicile cannot be done after you get visa...

Edited July 28, 2017 by Roel

[ThatFunDad 0]

Thanks Roel,

 

I have received conflicting views here when chatting to the Visa department in my country. How sure are you about the above. Apparently if she hasn't been living in the states she wouldn't have any tax returns.

[visaqueries 111]

Here's the information from the IRS which states any US citizen or resident alien has to file taxes in the US.  https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayers-living-abroad

 

I don't have any information on the other parts of your question, however.  Best wishes.

[ThatFunDad 0]

Thank you so much for your help.