My mom is going to be a joint sponsor for my husband, would I also put her as a household member?

[Emma1984 1]

Hey everyone!

 

My husband, who lives abroad, got approved for the I-130. we're now at the NVC stage and since I make less than the poverty line, my mom will be my joint sponsor.

Our current situation is this: I live with my mom, along with my brother, both him and I are not dependent. My husband and I have no children and he will be joining me at my moms house (once we finish the immigration process).

 

My question is this: would my mom, as the joint sponsor, be filling a separate I-864? or I-864A? Since we live together, I wasn't sure what would be the right procedure, and what each of us (my mom and I) should put under household members.

 

From reading other forum posts with different cases, it seems that the prevailing opinion is that it's better to file a separate I864 rather then trying to combine income with household members, but I wanted to make sure.

 

Also, I wanted to make sure I was filling the I-864 household size section correctly, I'm assuming if my mom and I file separate I864's, we would each have a household size of 2? Ourselves and my husband? (as I stated before, my mom has no dependent children)

 

Thanks everyone!

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

Separate I-864.  She must be independently qualified as a sponsor.

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

29 minutes ago, Emma1984 said:

we would each have a household size of 2? Ourselves and my husband? (as I stated before, my mom has no dependent children)

Yes.

[Emma1984 1]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

Separate I-864.  She must be independently qualified as a sponsor.

 

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

Yes.

Thank you!

[pushbrk 13,011]

7 hours ago, Emma1984 said:

Hey everyone!

 

My husband, who lives abroad, got approved for the I-130. we're now at the NVC stage and since I make less than the poverty line, my mom will be my joint sponsor.

Our current situation is this: I live with my mom, along with my brother, both him and I are not dependent. My husband and I have no children and he will be joining me at my moms house (once we finish the immigration process).

 

My question is this: would my mom, as the joint sponsor, be filling a separate I-864? or I-864A? Since we live together, I wasn't sure what would be the right procedure, and what each of us (my mom and I) should put under household members.

 

From reading other forum posts with different cases, it seems that the prevailing opinion is that it's better to file a separate I864 rather then trying to combine income with household members, but I wanted to make sure.

 

Also, I wanted to make sure I was filling the I-864 household size section correctly, I'm assuming if my mom and I file separate I864's, we would each have a household size of 2? Ourselves and my husband? (as I stated before, my mom has no dependent children)

 

Thanks everyone!

Joint sponsor and household member are two separate "roles".  If your mother's income is sufficient to qualify on her own, it's best she be a joint sponsor.  Follow the I-864 instructions for joint sponsor.