Affidavit of Support

[TennMike7 8]

I'm getting ready to prepare my documents for the affidavit of support. I preferred to do this without a co-sponsor. I'm not sure what the best way to go about this is.

 

-I made enough to qualify last year but some of that income was while I was still living in Brazil, so not a US based job. Another portion of that income was through a temp agency. So these are some things about that income that would probably cause me to get an RFE. I decided to not file the I-864EZ based on my tax returns, but rather to file the I-864 based on meeting the minimum income requirements...

 

-I just started going through a career change and have recently started an electrical apprenticeship through the IBEW union. It's work and school and won't be an issue to get a letter from the school/employer saying how much I am guaranteed to make each year of the apprenticeship.

 

Since I'm only just starting the program and expect to be getting sent out to work soon (only going to my fourth day of class tomorrow), should I just get a letter from the (school) employer or would I also need to send in check stubs as proof of meeting the income requirements?

 

It's a union job and you're guaranteed so many hours a year, basically super stable employment in a veritable career and growing industry. It's considered a pretty big deal and not the easiest thing to get accepted into after months of waiting, plenty of drug testing, aptitude test and graded interviews before the committee...

 

What should I need to know to not panic about doing my affidavit of support based on the info above?

 

Thanks everyone that takes the time to give me valuable info.