Do I need to fill out a i864 for my household members wife if they filed taxes jointly

[yourboy911 0]

 

CR1 US CITIZEN ISLAMABAD EMBASSY

 

PLEASE HELP, ANYONE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS

 

Im beyond confused right now. After around 3 months of waiting for my documents to be reviewed and approved at NVC, they were finally reviewed.... but I was given an RFE  

 

The summary of the issue is, I added my brother as a household member to combine his income with mine to meet the requirements. My brother is married and filed taxes jointly with his spouse the past 2 years. His spouse has little to no income as she is a stay at home wife, but JUST TO BE SAFE i added her as a household member as well because I did not want to have any issues at the time of an interview in the future. I did not want the embassy to be able to say where is your brothers spouses info since her name is also on his tax transcripts. 

 

The RFE was given because they said that my brothers wife does not qualify as a household member and to add her as a joint sponsor. 

 

My question is a few things:

 

1. All my other documents were accepted and submitted, so do I just leave my brother as the household member and add his wife as a joint sponsor even though she technically doesnt have much income? Does it make sense for her to be the Joint sponsor and my brother to be the household member even thought he is the one with the income?

(I feel like i should have added my brother as the joint sponsor and his wife as the household member but its too late for that)

 

2. Should I just not include my brothers wife in this since I dont need her income to meet requirements? The only reason i added her was because my brother has filed jointly with her so I did not want any issues in the future from the embassy in case they as us for her info since her name is also on his transcripts. Is it necessary or not necessary to have her added as well?

 

3. Or is there any other option I have that anyone would recommend that makes sense? 

 

 

THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

[pushbrk 12,822]

1 hour ago, yourboy911 said:

 

CR1 US CITIZEN ISLAMABAD EMBASSY

 

PLEASE HELP, ANYONE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS

 

Im beyond confused right now. After around 3 months of waiting for my documents to be reviewed and approved at NVC, they were finally reviewed.... but I was given an RFE  

 

The summary of the issue is, I added my brother as a household member to combine his income with mine to meet the requirements. My brother is married and filed taxes jointly with his spouse the past 2 years. His spouse has little to no income as she is a stay at home wife, but JUST TO BE SAFE i added her as a household member as well because I did not want to have any issues at the time of an interview in the future. I did not want the embassy to be able to say where is your brothers spouses info since her name is also on his tax transcripts. 

 

The RFE was given because they said that my brothers wife does not qualify as a household member and to add her as a joint sponsor. 

 

My question is a few things:

 

1. All my other documents were accepted and submitted, so do I just leave my brother as the household member and add his wife as a joint sponsor even though she technically doesnt have much income? Does it make sense for her to be the Joint sponsor and my brother to be the household member even thought he is the one with the income?

(I feel like i should have added my brother as the joint sponsor and his wife as the household member but its too late for that)

 

2. Should I just not include my brothers wife in this since I dont need her income to meet requirements? The only reason i added her was because my brother has filed jointly with her so I did not want any issues in the future from the embassy in case they as us for her info since her name is also on his transcripts. Is it necessary or not necessary to have her added as well?

 

3. Or is there any other option I have that anyone would recommend that makes sense? 

 

 

THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

The solution is to completely redo and replace ALL your affidavit of support/financial forms.  You are the sole primary sponsor.  Your brother is your joint sponsor with his own I-864 and his wife is HIS household member doing an I-864a whether she has income or not.  This assumes your brother qualifies without combining HIS income with yours.

 

Just because people live in the same house does not make them household members and even if they are, that doesn't mean it is proper to combine income with them.  

[yourboy911 0]

Just now, pushbrk said:

The solution is to completely redo and replace ALL your affidavit of support/financial forms.  You are the sole primary sponsor.  Your brother is your joint sponsor with his own I-864 and his wife is HIS household member doing an I-864a whether she has income or not.  This assumes your brother qualifies without combining HIS income with yours.

 

Just because people live in the same house does not make them household members and even if they are, that doesn't mean it is proper to combine income with them.  

How do I redo it when they already accepted the documents for my brother as my household member. I definetly think that makes sense to redo it but I just dont know how to since they already accepted his docs??

[pushbrk 12,822]

31 minutes ago, yourboy911 said:

How do I redo it when they already accepted the documents for my brother as my household member. I definetly think that makes sense to redo it but I just dont know how to since they already accepted his docs??

Remove and replace.

[yourboy911 0]

5 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Remove and replace.

I dont see an option next to the documents to remove and replace. the only thing i see is "accepted" next to each document?

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