Hello,
My I-864 as the petitioner is done, and I am including:
- 2020 IRS Tax Return Transcript (filed single)
- 6 months pay stubs, letter of employment
- Birth Certificate
- Explanation that I made no income for 2018 and too little for 2019 so no tax return (included W-2 for 2019)
However, I m concerned about the joint sponsor. For them we have:
- 2020 IRS Tax Return Transcript (filed jointly)
- 2020 W-2/1040
- 6 months pay stubs
- Birth certificate
Do they need to include the 1040 and add the 1099s? Or is it enough to add the W-2 to the joint transcript? It should be noted that the sponsor is the sole breadwinner of the family, so the spouses income is 0.
Also, a significant portion of the sponsors income comes from their bonus, but in either case their income is healthily above the poverty threshold.
So for their annual individual income, should they put the annual salary on their paystub as their salary, or project it based on their actual paystub amounts, which would end up much higher? Estimating their annual income will come out to about 10% less than last years tax return, so I m hoping that would be okay and not raise questions.
Any help would be appreciated, as I am close to filing.