I-864/I-864A confusion with K1 AOS

[LucyWasTaken 0]

Hey guys, I might need some help explaining some Affidavit of support stuff because we are starting to go into circles with our specific situation!

 

1. How do you count the household number? Me (beneficiary), my husband (petitioner) and his mother live together in one household. Both him and her are going to help sponsor me. Does that make us a household of 3 or a household of 2 (me, the beneficiary with my husband, the petitioner, as household of 2, and then me, the beneficiary, with his mom as a household of 2)? This leads me to to my next question:

2. My husband, the petitioner, does not meet the minimum income requirements - he is a contractor and annually is supposed to get around $17k-$18k. His mom will help us sponsor me for my AOS. She works part time, annually making around $10k-$12k, while she receives social security checks for her late husband (survivor checks), for around $21k every year. We understand that my husband will be filing an I-864 as the petitioner, but would his mom be filing an I-864A to be able to combine their incomes to make double sure we meet the minimum household requirements or does she file her own I-864 as a joint sponsor? I've read that if she filed her own I-864 as a joint sponsor, the incomes are unable to be combined - which if we were counting us as a household of 3, neither of them would be making the minimum to sponsor me ($32k).

3. Do social security checks for a survivor actually count as income that we can use in the affidavit? There's very vague information online and we'd rather make sure that his mom IS even able to help us! 

 

I apologize if this sounds messy, it's a lot of numbers and I'm getting lost in them myself at this point lol. Any help is appreciated!

 

Thank you very much in advance! 💕

[Dashinka 24,488]

If the mother is not a dependent of you husband, then you do not count her on his I864.  Since she is a household member, she should be able to fill out an I864A to support your husband's I864.  I do not know about social security income, you may try searching "social security income" in the VJ search bar, that may help.

 

Good Luck!

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