Question about sponsoring parents. (SPLIT)

[MBA098 0]

On 12/7/2022 at 6:47 AM, nastra30 said:

Op, bottomline is you don't have sign or commit to anything. Now that she's a citizen and wants to sponsor her parents it's all on her. Let her go about her own way proving current income. It doesn't matter if her parents are wealthy or not; keeping your conscience clear is much more richer imo.

I have similar situation. I am on F1 status and I married citizen and all of my cases are approved (i-130, i-131, got EAD card) and just waiting on 1485 interview. So im not resident yet. My husband sponsored his parents with his friend as co sponsor. Now his parents appeared in visa interview and everything went well, and visa officer asked for my i-864A with proof of citizenship or residency.

My question is do I have to submit I-864A? Im not even a citizen or resident yet. My own case is in progress from last 2 yrs. Should I wait for my green card and then i do I-864A for then?As we do joint taxes and thats why they are asking for my I-864A? I dont want any trouble for my immigration status. Plz advise

(my case first got declined as we choose wrong category on i-130) so making sure whats safest way to proceed.

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1 hour ago, MBA098 said:

I have similar situation. I am on F1 status and I married citizen and all of my cases are approved (i-130, i-131, got EAD card) and just waiting on 1485 interview. So im not resident yet. My husband sponsored his parents with his friend as co sponsor. Now his parents appeared in visa interview and everything went well, and visa officer asked for my i-864A with proof of citizenship or residency.

My question is do I have to submit I-864A? Im not even a citizen or resident yet. My own case is in progress from last 2 yrs. Should I wait for my green card and then i do I-864A for then?As we do joint taxes and thats why they are asking for my I-864A? I dont want any trouble for my immigration status. Plz advise

(my case first got declined as we choose wrong category on i-130) so making sure whats safest way to proceed.

For tax purposes, since you filed joint returns with your husband you are automatically a household member. One difference between the main I864 and I864A is that a household member (for I-864A) doesn't necessarily have to be USC or LPR; one just has to be a household member. So yes, you'll have to provide a copy of form I-864A if you want husband's parents to get their visas. Haha, you realized you suddenly have some power to determine your husband's parents faith. Welcome to the some of the nuisances of the behemoth called USC immigration.

BTW, both the sponsor(your husband) and you will have sign the I-864A.

 

NB: I'll ask admins to move your question to a thread on its own.

Edited December 17, 2022 by nastra30

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33 minutes ago, nastra30 said:

My husband sponsored his parents with his friend as co sponsor.

@MBA098I didn't catch this when I initially read your post. So it seems that even though your husband provided I864 from a joint sponsor, the consulate wasn't still convinced based on the totality of the circumstance. That's why they are probably asking for your I864A. Did your husband use your combined income to sponsor his parents or only his income?

Edited December 17, 2022 by nastra30

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@MBA098But sometimes regardless, the consulate will just ask for the I-864A if sponsor is married and filed taxes filed jointly.

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24 minutes ago, nastra30 said:

@MBA098I didn't catch this when I initially read your post. So it seems that even though your husband provided I864 from a joint sponsor, the consulate wasn't still convinced based on the totality of the circumstance. That's why they are probably asking for your I864A. Did your husband use your combined income to sponsor his parents or only his income?

He used only his income to sponsor his parents. His friend is a co- sponsor (100k+)

Not sure why they are not convinced with both of those sponsors so asking for mine aswell. If I say I want to wait for my green card and then I will submit I-864 A then is that a selfish approach? Offcourse my husband may not like this approach. But Im so done with delaying of my case, (and once wrong category entered by my husband and it got denied) and my job requires me to be greencard holder and I expedited my case but nothing happened yet. In this scenario I cant open more doors for me that may or may not delay my case.