Question about Affidavit of Support

[Ericka Womack 33]

Hello! This question has been answered before in some capacity but not in a way specific to my current situation so I will explain in more depth below:

 

 

We are finally in the NVC stage and it is time to submit the Affidavit of Support. 

 

We will be a household of 2 and I have already made enough to not need a joint sponsor. 

 

Here are the questions that I have:

 

1. I am a professional singer and due to Covid my industry shut down completely so I was on unemployment only from about April until July and then claimed weeks here and there when I was not able to find work. I did work for theaters and voice over stuff that would pay but not enough to get taxed so those things are not on my tax return....I got a contractor job around July and that is the money that was able to be taxed...So now my 2020 tax return of course shows that I did not make enough to support my husband and I but with unemployment, new job and side jobs I did make more than the $21,000. Can I include pay stubs and proof of unemployment with my 2020 tax return to show them that I did get income that will not be on my Gross Adjusted Income on my tax return?

 

2. I currently still remotely working my new contractor job and as stated above have made enough to be the only sponsor. However I just started a new contract with another company and will not get my first check until September 17th. Will a copy of my contract with a breakdown of payments be enough to show I will be making this money through November? I just want to show them I will continue to make adequate income.

 

Last bit of information is I made more than enough in 2019 and 2018 so covid is the only reason my income was affected last year. I really do not want to include a joint sponsor so any advice, thoughts or help with this is greatly appreciated  

[Crazy Cat 41,850]

3 hours ago, Ericka Womack said:

We will be a household of 2 and I have already made enough to not need a joint sponsor. 

What you have already "made" this year is not important.  CURRENT annual income is king.  For self-employed sponsors, follow the instructions for the I-864 and use past 1040 information to show income.  If not self-employed, use most recent pay period gross income X number of pay periods per year = CURRENT ANNUAL INCOME.  In other words, you will use what you will make in the future to support the new immigrant (example below).  

If in doubt, find a joint sponsor.

 

Example:  If a sponsor earned $100,000.00 so far, this year, but suddenly became unemployed.  Their current annual income, for immigration purposes,  would be $0.00 since they would have no income to support the new immigrant in the future.  

Edited September 10, 2021 by Crazy Cat