HELP

[ak3 0]

I need to understand some things in regards to our Affadavit of Support. I am a college student and will have my Associate's Degree in July. My family has well over the amount needed to act as our sponsors, but I have some questions. Right now I live at home. I am accepted into a university where I can complete my Bachelor's Degree in 2 years. Can I go ahead and move there and work part time while attending college, and attend my husbands interview in August? Will moving to our own apartment change our affadavit of support? I know that while living at home, with my brother, me, and husband the guideline is liek 40 something thousand. But my issue is: If I were to move, would that cut it down to just 17 thousand because it would just be me and him? Or would it still be the same? PLEASE HELP

[akim oda 0]

I don't think the amount for a household of 3 is 40 thousand. Last year it was something like 25 thousand. It could have gone up though this year, but I can't imagine it going up that much. But if the amount is 40 thousand for a household of 3, I would move to my own place, to bring the amount down.

[Mononoke28 135]

Whoever is sponsoring the beneficiary needs to make 125% above the poverty line for his/her household. If your dad is the co-sponsor, then he needs to make enough for his household, including your fiancée. Ex.: your dad, your mother, your brother, you and your husband, that's a household of 5 people so he needs to earn $30,163. Moving to your own place will not change this because again, the co-sponsor needs to make enough for his/her household plus you and your husband.

Here is a link for the 2007 Poverty Guidelines in the US, as per the DOS.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1327.html

Edited April 19, 2007 by Mononoke28

[Yodrak 7]

Mononoke28,

The sponsor does not have to have income sufficient to cover their entire household unless all household members are dependents of the sponsor. Adult children still living with their parents, for example, who have their own incomes and are not dependent on the parents would not be counted.

In ahmkri's case, whether she lives at her parents home or in her own apartment, her father will show her as a dependent only if she is dependent on him. If he claims her as a dependent on his income tax return he will be hard pressed to explain why she should not be shown as a dependent on his affidavit of support, but if he does not claim her as a dependent on his tax return it will be easy for him to leave her off his affidavit of support as well, especially if she is living in her own apartment.

ahmkri needs to provide more information about her financial situation.

Yodrak

Whoever is sponsoring the beneficiary needs to make 125% above the poverty line for his/her household. If your dad is the co-sponsor, then he needs to make enough for his household, including your fiancée. Ex.: your dad, your mother, your brother, you and your husband, that's a household of 5 people so he needs to earn $30,163. Moving to your own place will not change this because again, the co-sponsor needs to make enough for his/her household plus you and your husband.

Here is a link for the 2007 Poverty Guidelines in the US, as per the DOS.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1327.html

[Mononoke28 135]

Since she is living at home right now without a job the household seems to be her father, her brother, her husband and herself, four people. If she moves out, without a job, the co-sponsor is still monetarily responsible for his/her household plus the husband and the petitioner, since no extra income is provided, right? Or is it just the co-sponsor and the petitioner + the husband, only 3 people?

If she does get the part-time job she is talking about, the amount of money will change since she will be partly responsible.

Here is my question though, even if she does get a part-time job now, how can she prove how much she makes since there are no tax returns for the past year? What if her employer is unable to provide her an employment letter?

[Yodrak 7]

Mononoke28,

You appear to be going by the interim guidelines for I-864, which were replaced by final guidelines, which included some changes with regard to the definition of a Household Member, a year of so ago. See How Do I Count Household Size in the instructions for the current I-864.

Yodrak

Since she is living at home right now without a job the household seems to be her father, her brother, her husband and herself, four people. If she moves out, without a job, the co-sponsor is still monetarily responsible for his/her household plus the husband and the petitioner, since no extra income is provided, right? Or is it just the co-sponsor and the petitioner + the husband, only 3 people?

If she does get the part-time job she is talking about, the amount of money will change since she will be partly responsible.

Here is my question though, even if she does get a part-time job now, how can she prove how much she makes since there are no tax returns for the past year? What if her employer is unable to provide her an employment letter?

Edited April 19, 2007 by Yodrak

[meauxna 15]

Since she is living at home right now without a job the household seems to be her father, her brother, her husband and herself, four people. If she moves out, without a job, the co-sponsor is still monetarily responsible for his/her household plus the husband and the petitioner, since no extra income is provided, right? Or is it just the co-sponsor and the petitioner + the husband, only 3 people?

If she does get the part-time job she is talking about, the amount of money will change since she will be partly responsible.

Here is my question though, even if she does get a part-time job now, how can she prove how much she makes since there are no tax returns for the past year? What if her employer is unable to provide her an employment letter?

Petitioners are USCs and do not need to be sponsored.

Tax returns are not used to prove current income; they are a snapshot of the past.