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My understanding of the purpose of a joint sponsor is to meet the minimum financial requirements (either through income or assets). I qualified for Direct Consular Filing due to a job relocation, but in the meantime, accepted a new job in the US. I know someone who recently went through this specific consulate, with a Direct Filing, who was being relocated and the consulate accepted the letter from the employer about continuing his salary in the US once they move. Similarly, I will be providing the signed copy of the employment contract in the US which, like the person I just mentioned, provides evidence of my expected income - which exceeds the minimum financial requirements. Additionally, I will have a second version of the I864 available which assumes my income is effectively $0 (ie in case they do not want to consider the employment contract at all.....which seems weird considering the purpose of the DCF process), and demonstrates sufficient assets to meet the minimum financial requirements in that way. Because I have two ways of demonstrating meeting the minimum financial requirements (income or assets), I'm not sure a joint sponsor is needed here.

Hello, My beneficiary has her appointment at the US Consulate in a couple of weeks. We live overseas and I have an extension for my 2023 tax return until later in the year. Regarding the questions about my Federal income tax returns, do you all think this proposed plan would pose any problems when the consulate receives/reviews my affidavit? Part 6 23a: Have you filed a Federal income tax return for each of the three most recent years. Response: No Additional Information page: State that I have filed in all previous tax years except for the most recent tax year (2023), and then explain that this filing due date extension exists and attach a copy. 23b: I would provide them copies of the tax transcripts for the 2nd, 3rd most recent tax years (2022, 2021) 24.a: Tax Year 2023: Leave Blank Additional Information page: Left blank because I have not yet filed this return as explained for 23a. 24.b Tax Year 2022: (Total Income value from tax transcript) 24.c Tax Year 2021: (Total Income value from tax transcript) Note 1: I HAVE completed a draft Form 1040 for the most recent tax year (2023), and I could provide a "draft" value for 2023 Total Income HOWEVER, because that value is based on my overseas job, and not the new one I will be starting in the US, I'm not sure there's any value in providing that information in an Additional Information page....it might just be confusing, non-relavant information. Note 2: I expect some advice might be that I should file my 2023 return now, despite the extension. The reason I am delaying is because my spouse had a small job under a work visa in 2023 which requires her to also file a return. However, because her work period was so short, the Social Security office could not issue her a SSN. If I file now, because she does not have an SSN, I will not be able to e-file...I'd have to mail from overseas, and that paper return might not get processed for 4-6 months. Once she receives her SSN upon entrance to the US (hopefully in May), we will be able to file jointly. Because the period is so short between my hypothetically mailing a return from overseas now and when we would be able to submit an amended joint return (once she gets her SSN), I am expecting that the initial paper return would not yet have been processed and it would cause problems when we tried to file the amendment. My hope is that consulates have no problem with most recent tax years not yet having been filed if the due date is far in the future. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

@Redro I don't think I'd ever be showing an I864 which I don't qualify: I think the key question is whether they will consider my accepted job offer as "current income" - if they do, then current income qualifies us and providing asset information is not needed. If they do not want to consider my not yet started job as my current income, then I would be able to show enough assets to meet the "gap". I do not see a need for a joint sponsor because there are sufficient liquid assets.

@pushbrk Thanks. The assets will be a combination of bank accounts (both US and the foreign one which I'll be transferring to the US) as well as investment account info (both retirement (eg Roth) and taxable)...accounts currently located in US and locally. So, I can probably send a couple of bank statements, but the investment account info will show amounts going 6-12 months ago. Figuring I would just print out the account summary at the end of the month prior to her appointment.

Hi. I am working on the I-864 ahead of my wife's consulate appointment. For the past 3 years, I have been working overseas and as a result, my Adjusted Gross Income is effectively nothing because my overseas salary was excluded under Foreign Earned Income exclusion. We started the process to obtain a CR1 visa as a DCF because my current employer wanted me to relocate to the US. Since then, I have accepted a new job in the US (different company). On the date that my wife will be going to the consulate, I will have left my current employer the week prior. I have a signed offer letter from the new employer and am expecting to start in August (although, currently there is no start date on the offer letter because they are giving me flexibility based on the international relocation. 1. For Part 6, Items (1-4), I plan to leave these blank and indicate the I've been unemployed for the past ~week. 2. For Item 7: It asks for current individual annual income, but in the instructions it in says, "You may include evidence supporting your claim about your expected income for the current year..... So, is the best answer for this question based on the offer letter for the new job? Or should I put the tiny number (~$1,000) of my US AGI from the past few years? 3. Part 7 Instructions say to, "ONLY complete Part 7 if you need to use the value of assets to meet the income requirements." I have assets the should well exceed these requirements. It seems I almost should send my wife to her Consulate interview with two versions of the I-864, and see which they are good with: a) Version that indicates the NEW salary, include a copy of the offer letter in the package, do not fill out Part 7. b) Version that shows the ~$1,000 US AGI from my W2, and fills out Section 7 with documentation of the assets. I apologize for the convoluted nature of this question.....if it was more straightforward, I don't think I would've needed to ask for advice...TIA!

Hello - I (Petitioner) have been working on the electronic DS-260 on behalf of my wife. I believe I have all of the information in the system, I go through the Review, but then the button for "Next: Sign and Submit" just doesn't do anything. All of the other buttons will work. Last night, I was able to get past that part and we clicked to submit however it was like the site froze (the wheel kept turning and turning and turning) until we gave up. This morning, when I tried again, I came across this issue of the "Next: Sign and Submit" button not working. I have tried signing in as Petitioner as well as the Applicant. I've tried Microsoft Edge (including deleting cookies), and Google Chrome (on PC and Mac). Another thing I note, which I don't know if it's related: I indicated Yes, I assisted my white in preparing this application. Filled out my information, and indicated the relationship as SPOUSE PETITIONER. However, now, it does not appear I can update or change this information. It shows up in the Review stage, but there's no longer a page in the COMPLETE phase of the application which gets me back to that input. I'm not sure if there's an easy fix or if the website is broken in some way. I tried calling NVC - they no longer have telephone support. I put in a request for help in the online form....am really hoping it doesn't take 1-2 weeks to hear back from them, and then it's an extended back and forth by emails, 1 week in between responses at a time. Is this familiar to anyone?? Thank you!

Dashinka - Thanks for your response. Wasn't sure if: 1) The existing K-1 request existing, 2) A super recent (or even online, per your suggestion) would cause a consulate to reject, or 3) If a job relocation request from an existing employer needs to be within a certain amount of time to be deemed urgent enough to trigger the DCF requirements. To answer your question: The only reason was because we already had these plans to go back to US for a couple months, including time in my hometown. Didn't know about the Utah Online thing. Looks like it might be something to consider! Thanks!

Hi! I have lived overseas for the past 4 years. Have shared an apartment with my partner for over a year have been with her for almost 2 years. We've received our NOA1 from our I-129F for a K-1 a couple weeks ago. I recently learned that I may be able to qualify for DCF? We will be traveling to the US shortly for ~2 months on her existing B2 visa and could get married in my hometown while there. Additionally, there has been talk about me relocating to North America (I.e. US) for work. If we get courthouse married next month and my work provides me a letter saying that they want me to relocate to the US in the next (6?) months, do we seen any reason why I should not be able to apply for DCF for a CR1 visa? Thanks!