Affidavit of support - confusion household size

[Taygi 0]

Hi all, 

We've been looking through a lot of topic here on Visajourney but and filled it out accordingly but then we found other topics that said something slightly different and our situation is slightly different than those topics soooo- we're hoping you guys can help us out.

 

Me - applicant

Partner - Sponsor - Unemployed (full time student)

MIL - Joint-sponsor - Employed, meets the financial criteria - also supports my partner

FIL - ?? - Retired 10+ years

 

At first we set it to 2 households. 1) My partner and myself 2) MIL and FIL.

So my partner fills out the I-864

MIL fills out the I-864

FIL doesn't fill out anything because he doesn't contribute his income

 

However, my partner is MIL's dependent so he would be part of her household, yes? Which would mean we're all in one household together? 

This wouldn't change anything to who is filling out the I-864 though, that is still my partner and MIL.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

[Dashinka 24,508]

For your partner’s I864, it should be 2, for your MIL’s I864 it should be 4 since your partner is still a dependent child based on my reading.  As to your FIL, if he and his wife file taxes jointly, he may have to fill out an I864A, but I am not sure of that.

 

Good Luck!

[Taygi 0]

On 5/14/2020 at 4:47 PM, Dashinka said:

For your partner’s I864, it should be 2, for your MIL’s I864 it should be 4 since your partner is still a dependent child based on my reading.  As to your FIL, if he and his wife file taxes jointly, he may have to fill out an I864A, but I am not sure of that.

 

Good Luck!

Belated reply, but thanks! We've set the households like that

[pushbrk 12,895]

7 hours ago, Taygi said:

Belated reply, but thanks! We've set the households like that

And the best practice is for the FIL to complete the I-864a whether he has income or not and whether his income is needed or not.