Dear All,
My wife's I-130 was approved on July 31st. I am a graduate student in Shanghai and so have had no income for a few years; however, I have been filing my taxes and have my bank statements issued to my brother's address in the US. He will be our financial sponsor, and I know his wife will be filing the 864A regardless since they file jointly and are household members.
My issue is that I am not aware if my brother should file the I-864 or the I-864A. One suggestion was to combine our household since we do plan to stay there for a short while upon arrival. Their individual finances are substantial; combined, they are quite a deal more than the necessary amount, even including our daughter.
We have one daughter who is less than a year old and has already obtained her CRBA. She doesn't have an SSN, and since I have no income, I felt no reason to add her as a dependent on my tax returns. From above, I was writing household size as follows: 1 for intending immigrant, 0 for spouse, 1 for dependent child, and 2 for optional relatives in the household contributing income with I-864A, making the total household size to 5.
Otherwise, I would make our household 3 and have my brother file an I-864 and his wife file an I-864A with a household size of 2.
Please, suggest an optimal option for us. We appreciate any and all assistance in this matter.
Best Regards,
Braden
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I-864: Brother as Joint Sponsor or Household Member
Dear All, My wife's I-130 was approved on July 31st. I am a graduate student in Shanghai and so have had no income for a few years; however, I have been filing my taxes and have my bank statements issued to my brother's address in the US. He will be our financial sponsor, and I know his wife will be filing the 864A regardless since they file jointly and are household members. My issue is that I am not aware if my brother should file the I-864 or the I-864A. One suggestion was to combine our household since we do plan to stay there for a short while upon arrival. Their individual finances are substantial; combined, they are quite a deal more than the necessary amount, even including our daughter. We have one daughter who is less than a year old and has already obtained her CRBA. She doesn't have an SSN, and since I have no income, I felt no reason to add her as a dependent on my tax returns. From above, I was writing household size as follows: 1 for intending immigrant, 0 for spouse, 1 for dependent child, and 2 for optional relatives in the household contributing income with I-864A, making the total household size to 5. Otherwise, I would make our household 3 and have my brother file an I-864 and his wife file an I-864A with a household size of 2. Please, suggest an optimal option for us. We appreciate any and all assistance in this matter. Best Regards, Braden