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How to fill out the I-864 if I need a joint sponsor

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My husband and I are trying to get his visa so he can come over here. Right now I am trying to assemble the Affidavit of Support (AOS) package. I am a student so I don't make enough money to sponsor him so my mom is helping out as a sponsor. I have a couple questions,

-Do we both need to fill out our own I-864 and print our own tax transcripts to send? I am particularly confused about this because I don't make enough to sponsor him. Am I just a sponsor by default since I am the petitioner, so that means I have to go through the motions?

-On part 6, it asks about my income. Should I write student? Or should I write what I do as a part time job?

I am a student, but I actually have 3 jobs in addition to that. 2 of them were on last year's tax transcripts (tutor, server), but one of them I started after submitting taxes. How could I include this mess? I read on VJ that I have the option to include pay stubs or an employment letter, but in the end I still will not even be above poverty line, so it seems like a lot for nothing.

-Just to be sure, my mom has more than one job. So she should just put her title in section 6, item 1 and then write the two employers in items 1a and 1b?

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My husband and I are trying to get his visa so he can come over here. Right now I am trying to assemble the Affidavit of Support (AOS) package. I am a student so I don't make enough money to sponsor him so my mom is helping out as a sponsor. I have a couple questions,

-Do we both need to fill out our own I-864 and print our own tax transcripts to send? I am particularly confused about this because I don't make enough to sponsor him. Am I just a sponsor by default since I am the petitioner, so that means I have to go through the motions? - Yes to both

-On part 6, it asks about my income. Should I write student? Or should I write what I do as a part time job?- both

I am a student, but I actually have 3 jobs in addition to that. 2 of them were on last year's tax transcripts (tutor, server), but one of them I started after submitting taxes. How could I include this mess? I read on VJ that I have the option to include pay stubs or an employment letter, but in the end I still will not even be above poverty line, so it seems like a lot for nothing. - don't bother with the pay stubs since you have a joint sponsor

-Just to be sure, my mom has more than one job. So she should just put her title in section 6, item 1 and then write the two employers in items 1a and 1b? - Yes. :)

Thank you!

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They ask for proof of current employment even if you have a joint sponsor. It happened to us and to my cousin more recently, so I would submit those, or the letters of employment. I for example, had to submit a letter even though we had a joint sponsor. I didn't submit it because I assumed it wasn't required, I sent just the taxes, especially since I'm self employed, but we got a checklist.

As for the I-864, the petitioner always has to submit one, regardless of income and/or employment status. You submit two separate I-864's with separate documentation, one for yourself and one for your mother.

For part 6, I would put the jobs in which you make the most since the form has room for two employers. I would write in no. 1, job title and job title, and then list the employers in the boxes below. It's unnecessary to list yourself as a student if you have at least one job, even if it's only part time. A student status typically means you have no job because you only go to school.

If your mom is going to be the joint sponsor, how many people are part of her household according to the I-864?

Does she claim you in her taxes? Does she have other dependents, or a spouse? If so, she has to make enough for any of those people, herself, and your husband.

Assuming it's only her, she would be a household of 2 including your husband and has to make at least $19,662 a year. If she doesn't make that or has a bigger household and doesn't make enough she can't be your joint sponsor.

If she doesn't make enough, but lives with you, you would be able to combine your income with hers if she submits an I-864A, and it may bring you above the poverty level.

Edited by Ian H.

This does not constitute legal advice.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Peru
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Another quick question. I need to write my husband's apartment number on the I-864 but it is not clickable on the PDF, so I can't type it in. Should I fill the rest in and print it out, then write the apartment in by hand?

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Yes, that's fine. You can do that with any other field that doesn't have enough space as well. It's not required that the form be typed.

Another quick question. I need to write my husband's apartment number on the I-864 but it is not clickable on the PDF, so I can't type it in. Should I fill the rest in and print it out, then write the apartment in by hand?

This does not constitute legal advice.

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