I-864 Confused regarding household size

[sharpie11 6]

On 6/12/2022 at 11:57 PM, pushbrk said:

Neither is better than the other.  Chose based on your own priorities.

 

Hi there, I was unemployed all year and just recently got a job that starts from Sep 1.   I had a question Regarding "current individual annual income" on the I-864, I know the advice on this site is to put the annual salary rather than expected income for the months that I will actually be employed, however other sites seem to recommend only putting the expected income for the current year.

 

Would it be incorrect if chose to only put expected (for the months that I will work), rather than my annual salary (so far I have the offer letter that states the annual salary) in the "current individual annual income" field? In my case, that amount comes close to meeting the amount required to support my household size, plus I have savings that will cover the difference.

 

I will be attaching a letter from the employer stating my annual salary as well.

[pushbrk 12,877]

7 hours ago, sharpie11 said:

Hi there, I was unemployed all year and just recently got a job that starts from Sep 1.   I had a question Regarding "current individual annual income" on the I-864, I know the advice on this site is to put the annual salary rather than expected income for the months that I will actually be employed, however other sites seem to recommend only putting the expected income for the current year.

 

Would it be incorrect if chose to only put expected (for the months that I will work), rather than my annual salary (so far I have the offer letter that states the annual salary) in the "current individual annual income" field? In my case, that amount comes close to meeting the amount required to support my household size, plus I have savings that will cover the difference.

 

I will be attaching a letter from the employer stating my annual salary as well.

The correct procedure has already been explained to you.  It works every time it is used.

 

This is not horseshoes or hand grenades.  Close doesn't count.  

[sharpie11 6]

3 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

The correct procedure has already been explained to you.  It works every time it is used.

 

This is not horseshoes or hand grenades.  Close doesn't count.  

Ok thanks, will follow the advice on this site. I was unsure about putting my annual salary for "current individual annual income" because my job starts in September.

 

As far as being close, I do have enough in cash to cover 5x the difference even if I did enter my September to December income in that field.

 

[pushbrk 12,877]

1 minute ago, sharpie11 said:

Ok thanks, will follow the advice on this site. I was unsure about putting my annual salary for "current individual annual income" because my job starts in September.

 

As far as being close, I do have enough in cash to cover 5x the difference even if I did enter my September to December income in that field.

 

Just do it right.  Here is the logic.  If you lost your job last week, and you are asked for your current income, it is ZERO, not the amount you already made this year.  That's what "current" means.  By the same logic, if you started a new job last week making 1k a week, your current income is 52k, not what you'll make for the rest of 2022.

[sharpie11 6]

7 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Just do it right.  Here is the logic.  If you lost your job last week, and you are asked for your current income, it is ZERO, not the amount you already made this year.  That's what "current" means.  By the same logic, if you started a new job last week making 1k a week, your current income is 52k, not what you'll make for the rest of 2022.

I agree, this logic - the implication of the use of the word "current" in that field - does make sense. Thanks as always !