I-864 – Petitioner & Joint Sponsor Inquiries

[dayglan 17]

Hello, I hope someone can help me with this. My husband (petitioner) is self-employed and we have a baby. My mother-in-law agreed to be the joint sponsor. She gets $8000/m from her pension and lives in a different physical address from us (husband, baby and I).

 

Questions:

1) Does her pension of $8000/m enough to be the joint sponsor? If not, there is another possibility of combining with her husband – I-864A.

 

2) Can the joint sponsor have a different address? 

 

This is Part 5:

The joint sponsor lives with her husband in a different address from us. Should the household size be 3 (Joint Sponsor + Spouse + Immigrant)? or should I include husband (petitioner) and baby which adds up to 5?

 

Thank you.

Edited January 11, 2020 by dayglan

[Boiler 45,486]

Sounds plenty. just checking is the baby a US Citizen?

[dayglan 17]

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Sounds plenty. just checking is the baby a US Citizen?

Thank you for taking your time for this. Yes, baby is US Citizen.

[Boiler 45,486]

So just you needs sponsoring and her household is 2.

[SalishSea 17,827]

2 hours ago, dayglan said:

Can the joint sponsor have a different address? 

 

Yes

[dayglan 17]

17 hours ago, Boiler said:

So just you needs sponsoring and her household is 2.

Got it. Thank you!

15 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Yes

Thanks!

[pushbrk 12,881]

17 hours ago, Boiler said:

So just you needs sponsoring and her household is 2.

The mother is married, so household is 3.  Also best practice for the joint tax filing spouse to provide an I-864a whether they have income or not and whether their income is needed to qualify or not.

[dayglan 17]

6 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

The mother is married, so household is 3.  Also best practice for the joint tax filing spouse to provide an I-864a whether they have income or not and whether their income is needed to qualify or not.

Thank you! This helps.

[dayglan 17]

39 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

The mother is married, so household is 3.  Also best practice for the joint tax filing spouse to provide an I-864a whether they have income or not and whether their income is needed to qualify or not.

Will it be a problem if we don't provide the I-864a?

Thank you for taking your time for this.

[pushbrk 12,881]

Just now, dayglan said:

Will it be a problem if we don't provide the I-864a?

Thank you for taking your time for this.

NVC won't require it, so you won't know if it will be a problem until the interview.  That's why it is "best practice" to provide it.