Confused on Household size

[kennygu 0]

Attaced is the picture of part 5, household size, of I864. Please take a look and tell me if I did it correctly. My situation is that I have been living with my father, mother, and brother ,so here is 4 people. In addtion to that, my grandmother's name is on my parent's tax return, so add one more ending up 5 people. Lastly, of course, adding my little cutie wife, ending up 6 people in total in my family. But I am confusing on item e of part 5 of I864, since I don't have any other dependents rather than my wife.

Plese look at the pic, and tell me. Thank you.

Kenny

Edited September 12, 2007 by kennygu

[pj1959us 0]

Your I-864 should read as follows:

Line a is 1 (I am assuming this is your wife, from Line 10)

Line b is 1 (yourself)

Line c is 0 (your wife is already counted in Line a, I'm assuming; you don't count anyone twice)

Line d is 0

Line e is 0 (if this is your grandmother, she is not your dependent and should not appear on your I-864)

Line f is 0

Line g is 3 (as long as all 3 of the others in your house are submitting an I-864A with your I-864)

Line h would be 5

PJ

[kennygu 0]

Your I-864 should read as follows:

Line a is 1 (I am assuming this is your wife, from Line 10)

Line b is 1 (yourself)

Line c is 0 (your wife is already counted in Line a, I'm assuming; you don't count anyone twice)

Line d is 0

Line e is 0 (if this is your grandmother, she is not your dependent and should not appear on your I-864)

Line f is 0

Line g is 3 (as long as all 3 of the others in your house are submitting an I-864A with your I-864)

Line h would be 5

PJ

In my house right now, actually not my house, but my father's, there are 5 people living there including my father, mother, a brother, my wife, me.

No one appeared on my tax return of 2006 except myself, so you are right, line e should be 0.

But my grandmother is a dependant on my parents joint tax return of 2006, but she doesn't live with us. as you said Pj, no need to include my grandmother as a member of my household? I heard that dependants on tax return should be counted in Household Size section of I864.

[rebeccajo 14]

Yep, count Grandma.

[pj1959us 0]

Your I-864 should read as follows:

Line a is 1 (I am assuming this is your wife, from Line 10)

Line b is 1 (yourself)

Line c is 0 (your wife is already counted in Line a, I'm assuming; you don't count anyone twice)

Line d is 0

Line e is 0 (if this is your grandmother, she is not your dependent and should not appear on your I-864)

Line f is 0

Line g is 3 (as long as all 3 of the others in your house are submitting an I-864A with your I-864)

Line h would be 5

PJ

In my house right now, actually not my house, but my father's, there are 5 people living there including my father, mother, a brother, my wife, me.

No one appeared on my tax return of 2006 except myself, so you are right, line e should be 0.

But my grandmother is a dependant on my parents joint tax return of 2006, but she doesn't live with us. as you said Pj, no need to include my grandmother as a member of my household? I heard that dependants on tax return should be counted in Household Size section of I864.

ARGH! So sorry...I had to look at the I-864A again. I thought you filled out the same Lines on it as you do on the I-864 and that the grandmother would be included there. Yes, the grandmother should definitely be included and since you don't fill those same Lines out on the I-864A she would have to appear on your I-864. My apologies!

PJ

[kennygu 0]

Your I-864 should read as follows:

Line a is 1 (I am assuming this is your wife, from Line 10)

Line b is 1 (yourself)

Line c is 0 (your wife is already counted in Line a, I'm assuming; you don't count anyone twice)

Line d is 0

Line e is 0 (if this is your grandmother, she is not your dependent and should not appear on your I-864)

Line f is 0

Line g is 3 (as long as all 3 of the others in your house are submitting an I-864A with your I-864)

Line h would be 5

PJ

In my house right now, actually not my house, but my father's, there are 5 people living there including my father, mother, a brother, my wife, me.

No one appeared on my tax return of 2006 except myself, so you are right, line e should be 0.

But my grandmother is a dependant on my parents joint tax return of 2006, but she doesn't live with us. as you said Pj, no need to include my grandmother as a member of my household? I heard that dependants on tax return should be counted in Household Size section of I864.

ARGH! So sorry...I had to look at the I-864A again. I thought you filled out the same Lines on it as you do on the I-864 and that the grandmother would be included there. Yes, the grandmother should definitely be included and since you don't fill those same Lines out on the I-864A she would have to appear on your I-864. My apologies!

PJ

So, my grandmother should be on which line?

[kennygu 0]

Yep, count Grandma.

So how to fill out those lines?

[pj1959us 0]

I don't see any other pertinent Line except e.

PJ

[kennygu 0]

I don't see any other pertinent Line except e.

PJ

PJ, you mean I need to put 1 for line e although my grandma was not on my 2006 tax return?

I am doing the following again:

Line a 1 my wife

Line b 1 myself

Line c 0 even I am married now, but I still put 0 for this line becuase the form emphasizes DO NOT COUNT ANYONE TWICE

Line d 0, no children yet

Line e 1 in doubt ???

Line f absolutely no one here

Line g 3 my father, mother and brohter

Ends up 6 people

[pj1959us 0]

There are 6 total in your household, correct? You, wife, parents, grandmother and brother. Since the I-864As don't have any lines for you (like I thought originally ) to include the grandmother you do need to put her on your I-864 and the Line e is the only one that I can see that would be the appropriate one.

The I-864A is the contract signed between you and the others in your household so they should see that the grandmother is a dependent on the parents' tax return to justify the entry there.

[sugarbob 0]

STAY WHERE YOU ARE.... I AM ON MY WAY

Edited September 13, 2007 by sugarbob

[kennygu 0]

There are 6 total in your household, correct? You, wife, parents, grandmother and brother. Since the I-864As don't have any lines for you (like I thought originally ) to include the grandmother you do need to put her on your I-864 and the Line e is the only one that I can see that would be the appropriate one.

The I-864A is the contract signed between you and the others in your household so they should see that the grandmother is a dependent on the parents' tax return to justify the entry there.

Okay, I will go ahead and put 1 for line e. Thank you very much !