Question about the Affidavit of Support form

[spicer650 0]

Hello, my wife and I are filing our AOS but as it is we're a young couple and currently I can't file for her Affidavit of Support under just my income so in the meantime we're using my mother who is a speech therapist as the sponsor. My question is when filing this in the AOS packet do we need to do anything special? We marked under part 1 that my mother is the petitioner. I filed or am filing for the immigration of my relative. Is this correct? Otherwise I wasn't sure if I needed to file it under myself and then list her as a joint because when we were first applying for the K1 visa we tried to use mine but were denied so then my wife had to return to the embassy with my mothers information. We're just a little confused, some clarification would be great, thanks.

[pushbrk 12,154]

Hello, my wife and I are filing our AOS but as it is we're a young couple and currently I can't file for her Affidavit of Support under just my income so in the meantime we're using my mother who is a speech therapist as the sponsor. My question is when filing this in the AOS packet do we need to do anything special? We marked under part 1 that my mother is the petitioner. I filed or am filing for the immigration of my relative. Is this correct? Otherwise I wasn't sure if I needed to file it under myself and then list her as a joint because when we were first applying for the K1 visa we tried to use mine but were denied so then my wife had to return to the embassy with my mothers information. We're just a little confused, some clarification would be great, thanks.

Your wife is the "applicant" in this context. You are the "petitioner" and your mother is the "joint sponsor".

[spicer650 0]

Hello, my wife and I are filing our AOS but as it is we're a young couple and currently I can't file for her Affidavit of Support under just my income so in the meantime we're using my mother who is a speech therapist as the sponsor. My question is when filing this in the AOS packet do we need to do anything special? We marked under part 1 that my mother is the petitioner. I filed or am filing for the immigration of my relative. Is this correct? Otherwise I wasn't sure if I needed to file it under myself and then list her as a joint because when we were first applying for the K1 visa we tried to use mine but were denied so then my wife had to return to the embassy with my mothers information. We're just a little confused, some clarification would be great, thanks.

Your wife is the "applicant" in this context. You are the "petitioner" and your mother is the "joint sponsor".

Okay so then just to clarify, on the Affidavit of Support, I fill it out as in I am the sponsor (even though I know my current earnings aren't what meet the guidelines and on the same support form my mother should fill it out as a joint sponsor?

[pushbrk 12,154]

Hello, my wife and I are filing our AOS but as it is we're a young couple and currently I can't file for her Affidavit of Support under just my income so in the meantime we're using my mother who is a speech therapist as the sponsor. My question is when filing this in the AOS packet do we need to do anything special? We marked under part 1 that my mother is the petitioner. I filed or am filing for the immigration of my relative. Is this correct? Otherwise I wasn't sure if I needed to file it under myself and then list her as a joint because when we were first applying for the K1 visa we tried to use mine but were denied so then my wife had to return to the embassy with my mothers information. We're just a little confused, some clarification would be great, thanks.

Your wife is the "applicant" in this context. You are the "petitioner" and your mother is the "joint sponsor".

Okay so then just to clarify, on the Affidavit of Support, I fill it out as in I am the sponsor (even though I know my current earnings aren't what meet the guidelines and on the same support form my mother should fill it out as a joint sponsor?

Yes, two I-864 forms. You are the sponsor and she is the joint sponsor.

[jhunjhun 7]

Hello, my wife and I are filing our AOS but as it is we're a young couple and currently I can't file for her Affidavit of Support under just my income so in the meantime we're using my mother who is a speech therapist as the sponsor. My question is when filing this in the AOS packet do we need to do anything special? We marked under part 1 that my mother is the petitioner. I filed or am filing for the immigration of my relative. Is this correct? Otherwise I wasn't sure if I needed to file it under myself and then list her as a joint because when we were first applying for the K1 visa we tried to use mine but were denied so then my wife had to return to the embassy with my mothers information. We're just a little confused, some clarification would be great, thanks.

Your wife is the "applicant" in this context. You are the "petitioner" and your mother is the "joint sponsor".

Okay so then just to clarify, on the Affidavit of Support, I fill it out as in I am the sponsor (even though I know my current earnings aren't what meet the guidelines and on the same support form my mother should fill it out as a joint sponsor?

You shoud fill out and submit one (1) form I-864 for petitioner/sponsor which is yourself even your income is zero ($0.00) and your mother must submit one (1) form I-864 for co-sponsor/joint petitionerwhich is your mother. Hence, you must submit two(2) affidavits.

Edited November 25, 2008 by jhunjhun

[spicer650 0]

Hello, my wife and I are filing our AOS but as it is we're a young couple and currently I can't file for her Affidavit of Support under just my income so in the meantime we're using my mother who is a speech therapist as the sponsor. My question is when filing this in the AOS packet do we need to do anything special? We marked under part 1 that my mother is the petitioner. I filed or am filing for the immigration of my relative. Is this correct? Otherwise I wasn't sure if I needed to file it under myself and then list her as a joint because when we were first applying for the K1 visa we tried to use mine but were denied so then my wife had to return to the embassy with my mothers information. We're just a little confused, some clarification would be great, thanks.

Your wife is the "applicant" in this context. You are the "petitioner" and your mother is the "joint sponsor".

Okay so then just to clarify, on the Affidavit of Support, I fill it out as in I am the sponsor (even though I know my current earnings aren't what meet the guidelines and on the same support form my mother should fill it out as a joint sponsor?

You shoud fill out and submit one (1) form I-864 for petitioner/sponsor which is yourself even your income is zero ($0.00) and your mother must submit one (1) form I-864 for co-sponsor/joint petitionerwhich is your mother. Hence, you must submit two(2) affidavits.

Sorry one last question but when my mother goes to file her form, should she just use another generic I-864 or should she use the I-864A for a household member? I just saw that there was an A form and didn't know which would be best :/

[imailin 0]

Hello, my wife and I are filing our AOS but as it is we're a young couple and currently I can't file for her Affidavit of Support under just my income so in the meantime we're using my mother who is a speech therapist as the sponsor. My question is when filing this in the AOS packet do we need to do anything special? We marked under part 1 that my mother is the petitioner. I filed or am filing for the immigration of my relative. Is this correct? Otherwise I wasn't sure if I needed to file it under myself and then list her as a joint because when we were first applying for the K1 visa we tried to use mine but were denied so then my wife had to return to the embassy with my mothers information. We're just a little confused, some clarification would be great, thanks.

when we did our papers, my husband was the petisioner and we were young as well with little income, so we had a friend as a joint sponsor....

[spicer650 0]

Yes thats what we're going threw now, it's just a matter of which paper to use at this point. I just finished my 864 for myself (lol after work expenses my income is measly) and filed it as the main sponsor/petitioner now we're just waiting to hear what the VJ forums say about if we should just use the 864 for my mother who is going to joint sponsor or if we should use 864A and file as a household joint sponsor