I864 for AOS

[Jun2580 27]

 

I am married to a USC spouse and I am currently working on OPT. 

I was trying to collect documents for AOS, specifically for I485 and I130. Since my USC spouse does not make enough income, we are planning to get help from my spouse's mother as she told us she is willing to become a joint sponsor. 

I was reading the instruction for I130 and I864, and I got confused.

 

1. If we are trying to get help from a joint sponsor, do we need to fill out two I864 forms? (One from my USC spouse, and one from the joint sponsor)?

2. Does my joint sponsor have to fill out I130 as well in this case?

3. I was always thinking we (myself and my USC spouse) BOTH have to submit tax returns of past 3 years, but some say we only need the most recent one. 

    Which is true? Also, do I, the foreigner side, need to submit my tax return too? 

4. When we use a joint sponsor's help, do I, my USC spouse, and joint sponsor, all three, have to submit our tax returns? 

 

Can someone please help me understand this? Thank you very much in advance. 

 

[Jrenoj 18]

Speaking from my own experience (IR1) we had a joint sponsor and both I (petitioner) and the joint sponsor had to provide 3 years of tax returns and complete the questionnaire for the sponsorship. 

 

For our case only the sponsor questionnaire was completed by joint sponsor no other documents were required from him. (I864 if I’m not mistaken)

Edited October 23, 2017 by Jrenoj