Households number question for affidavit of support

[cedrichadjian 7]

- My fiance lives with his sister, mom and his grandpa, soon he and his mom will move out

- His mom is retired and gets paid $500/month

- He makes $21,840/year before tax cuts, $19,440/year after tax cuts

- He doesn't own anything (house, car, etc)

How many households should he consider while applying for AoS? He, his mom and me (3) or he and me (2)?

Edited June 1, 2018 by cedrichadjian

[barashka 97]

 

6 minutes ago, cedrichadjian said:

- My fiance lives with his sister, mom and his grandpa, soon he and his mom will move out

- His mom is retired and gets paid $500/month

- He makes $21,840/year before tax cuts, $19,440/year after tax cuts

- He doesn't own anything (house, car, etc)

How many households should he consider while applying for AoS? He, his mom and me (3) or he and me (2)?

If he doesn't claim any of them, it would be just you and him. I would guess 2?

Edited June 1, 2018 by barashka

[cedrichadjian 7]

4 minutes ago, barashka said:

 

If he doesn't claim any of them, it would be just you and him. I would guess 2?

What do you mean by "claim"?

[barashka 97]

6 minutes ago, cedrichadjian said:

What do you mean by "claim"?

Like, on his taxes. Even if he lives with them, he doesn't need to claim them. So, if you are going to live with him and he only claimed himself until now, then it would be you and him eventually, so I believe you would put 2. I don't think he claims his mother on his taxes, does he?

[cedrichadjian 7]

2 minutes ago, barashka said:

Like, on his taxes. Even if he lives with them, he doesn't need to claim them. So, if you are going to live with him and he only claimed himself until now, then it would be you and him eventually, so I believe you would put 2. I don't think he claims his mother on his taxes, does he?

Ah, I see. I'm not quite sure, I just texted him. I'll get an answer tomorrow, thank you for taking your time to answer. 

[Crazy Cat 41,888]

21 minutes ago, cedrichadjian said:

- My fiance lives with his sister, mom and his grandpa, soon he and his mom will move out

- His mom is retired and gets paid $500/month

- He makes $21,840/year before tax cuts, $19,440/year after tax cuts

- He doesn't own anything (house, car, etc)

How many households should he consider while applying for AoS? He, his mom and me (3) or he and me (2)?

I would ask @pushbrk

[pushbrk 12,898]

1 hour ago, missileman said:

I would ask @pushbrk

No reason to obligate Mom if he qualifies on his own.  He would only do so, if he claims her as a dependent on his tax return.  If she IS his dependent, he would need to combine their incomes to qualify as sponsor.  State his gross income as his current income.  That would be the gross pay for one pay period, time the number of pay periods in a year. Remember if he's paid every two weeks, that's 26 times.  Weekly is 52, but twice a month is 24.  Get it right, as the numbers are close to the minimum.

 

Aside, the OP is a foreign spouse, so using shorthand to talk about US Federal Tax returns is counterproductive.  

[aleful 1,905]

1 hour ago, cedrichadjian said:

- My fiance lives with his sister, mom and his grandpa, soon he and his mom will move out

- His mom is retired and gets paid $500/month

- He makes $21,840/year before tax cuts, $19,440/year after tax cuts

- He doesn't own anything (house, car, etc)

How many households should he consider while applying for AoS? He, his mom and me (3) or he and me (2)?

hi

unless he claims his mom on his taxes, it's only the 2 of you, having a lot of people living in the same house doesn't mean they are part of the household

 

 

[cedrichadjian 7]

7 hours ago, pushbrk said:

No reason to obligate Mom if he qualifies on his own.  He would only do so, if he claims her as a dependent on his tax return.  If she IS his dependent, he would need to combine their incomes to qualify as sponsor.  State his gross income as his current income.  That would be the gross pay for one pay period, time the number of pay periods in a year. Remember if he's paid every two weeks, that's 26 times.  Weekly is 52, but twice a month is 24.  Get it right, as the numbers are close to the minimum.

 

Aside, the OP is a foreign spouse, so using shorthand to talk about US Federal Tax returns is counterproductive.  

That's correct, I'm having some trouble understanding how taxation works in the US.

Regardless, I will show this topic to my fiance, he'll understand more. Thank you so much.

[cedrichadjian 7]

@pushbrk He doesn't claim his mom, makes $21,840/year, so for 2 households ($16,460), it's more than enough, correct?

Also, he started working around September 2017 and said he gets his tax returns around February 2019, should he still apply for I-129F form around 15th of June (13 days from now)?

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[JoannaV 174]

11 hours ago, cedrichadjian said:

@pushbrk He doesn't claim his mom, makes $21,840/year, so for 2 households ($16,460), it's more than enough, correct?

Also, he started working around September 2017 and said he gets his tax returns around February 2019, should he still apply for I-129F form around 15th of June (13 days from now)?

Yup more than enough. For adjustment of status 125% is needed (so $20,575) and some embassies will want to see that at the visa interview too, rather than just $16, 460.

The 2018 tax return isn't a necessity, you can prove income by pay stubs etc, however yes it will be nice to have that by the time of the interview. I would be happy to apply this month, yes.