I-485 Notification Requesting I-944

[Listen97 4]

We submitted our package last September and finally got letters about the missing information. I know we forgot the I-130A and the I-864 and will be submitting them. However there is a new section talking about needing a I-944 Declaration of Self-Sufficiency. I'm unclear if this is needed. It says it would be if the I-485 is deemed inadmissible, however my wife is not self-sufficient as she currently can't work in the US. Is it basically another financial support form that contains just my information for taxes and assets? Any advice is appreciated.

 

It does say that last year a waiver was in place from July 29th-September 22nd which we fell into, but anything after February 24th requires the form.

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The Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule requires applicants for adjustment of status who are subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility to report certain information related to public benefits. The form instructions for Form I-944 require the applicant to report and submit information about whether the alien applied for, was certified or approved to receive, or received certain non-cash public benefits on or after Oct. 15, 2019. See page 9 of the form instructions. Due to litigation-related delays in the final rule’s implementation, USCIS is applying this requirement as though it refers to Feb. 24, 2020, rather than Oct. 15, 2019. In other words, aliens subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility and the final rule need not report the application for, certification or approval to receive, or receipt of, certain non-cash public benefits on the Form I-944 before Feb. 24, 2020. Please read all references to Oct. 15, 2019, as though they refer to Feb. 24, 2020.

 

[Ayrton 965]

3 hours ago, Listen97 said:

We submitted our package last September and finally got letters about the missing information. I know we forgot the I-130A and the I-864 and will be submitting them. However there is a new section talking about needing a I-944 Declaration of Self-Sufficiency. I'm unclear if this is needed. It says it would be if the I-485 is deemed inadmissible, however my wife is not self-sufficient as she currently can't work in the US. Is it basically another financial support form that contains just my information for taxes and assets? Any advice is appreciated.

 

It does say that last year a waiver was in place from July 29th-September 22nd which we fell into, but anything after February 24th requires the form.

 

What visa are you adjusting from? If it's K1, no 130A is needed.

 

You also said you didn't submit a 864. If you didn't get a rejection, and they didn't issue a RFE for it, your case will most likely be denied. I've seen plenty of cases where they filed without 864, never got a RFE and just got a denial letter months later.

 

I-944 is mandatory for everyone that filed after Feb 24. It doesn't matter if it was blocked by a judge for some time.

[Listen97 4]

On 1/17/2021 at 7:48 PM, Ayrton said:

What visa are you adjusting from? If it's K1, no 130A is needed.

 

You also said you didn't submit a 864. If you didn't get a rejection, and they didn't issue a RFE for it, your case will most likely be denied. I've seen plenty of cases where they filed without 864, never got a RFE and just got a denial letter months later.

 

I-944 is mandatory for everyone that filed after Feb 24. It doesn't matter if it was blocked by a judge for some time.

Sorry I think I posted this in the wrong forum meant to put it in the Traveler Visa one. The reason we didn't send the i-944 is because we qualified under the waiver  that was in-place until September 22nd since it was received on September 11th.

 

Either way seems they are requiring it now since that is when they are working it. We did not get a rejection it is a RFE due by April 15th. So the questions still stand of what to put on the form as she has 0 information in terms of earnings, credit score, etc since she has not worked in the US and is a citizen of her country of course. The only household information would be mine which is what the I-894 is for and doesn't prove her Self-Sufficiency.

 

To me this form seems like it is made for individuals changing their status who have already been in the US working on a Green Card or Work Visa, not one that was just married and filing for Adjustment as we are.

[Ayrton 965]

3 hours ago, Listen97 said:

Sorry I think I posted this in the wrong forum meant to put it in the Traveler Visa one. The reason we didn't send the i-944 is because we qualified under the waiver  that was in-place until September 22nd since it was received on September 11th.

 

Either way seems they are requiring it now since that is when they are working it. We did not get a rejection it is a RFE due by April 15th. So the questions still stand of what to put on the form as she has 0 information in terms of earnings, credit score, etc since she has not worked in the US and is a citizen of her country of course. The only household information would be mine which is what the I-894 is for and doesn't prove her Self-Sufficiency.

 

To me this form seems like it is made for individuals changing their status who have already been in the US working on a Green Card or Work Visa, not one that was just married and filing for Adjustment as we are.

There are a lot of posts here explaining how to fill it out.

 

Most of the stuff she will fill out with information from her home country. Like education, debt.

 

For credit report there are also a lot of posts explaining how to get a letter saying she doesn't have one.

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