I-864W, Request for Exemption for Intending Immigrant's Affidavit of Support

[maxy 2]

You filed an I-130 Petition for an Alien Relative and the applicant has earned or can be credited with at least 40 qualifying quarters under the Social Security Act. Please submit your Social Security Administration (SSA) Earnings Statement.

If you qualify for another exemption, you are not required to submit any additional documentation.

 

I am a US citizen sponsoring children under IR2. Do I need 40 SSA Points to file  I-864W?

[pushbrk 12,882]

4 hours ago, maxy said:

You filed an I-130 Petition for an Alien Relative and the applicant has earned or can be credited with at least 40 qualifying quarters under the Social Security Act. Please submit your Social Security Administration (SSA) Earnings Statement.

If you qualify for another exemption, you are not required to submit any additional documentation.

 

I am a US citizen sponsoring children under IR2. Do I need 40 SSA Points to file  I-864W?

Not if the children will become US Citizens upon arrival.

[maxy 2]

3 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Not if the children will become US Citizens upon arrival.

Yes they are still under 6 years old.

[jan22 3,053]

Are they your biological or adopted children, or are they your step-children? 

 

If they are your biological or adopted children, they will acquire US citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act when they enter the US to live with you using their IR-2 visas.   You can file the I-864w for them.

 

If they are your step-children, they will not acquire US citizenship under the Child Citizenship Act and you cannot use the I-864w for them. 

[pushbrk 12,882]

20 hours ago, maxy said:

Yes they are still under 6 years old.

Their age is not the issue.  If they will become US Citizens upon entry, then I-864W is fine and your SS quarters are not relevant.

[Chancy 6,241]

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