Should I claim my disability

[martinbr 1]

I was off 3 months on state disability insurance from 09/08 thru 12/31/08. My base gross income subtracting these months came just under $27,000.00. I had around $4,000 in disabilty claims. This would give me around $31,000.00 for my current gross income. Should I include this in my current income for my i-864 packet?

I take it also that the disabilty is taxable income. Is this correct? I want to add as much as I can and be as accurate as possible since I don't want any problems.

thanks,

martinbr

[pushbrk 12,969]

I was off 3 months on state disability insurance from 09/08 thru 12/31/08. My base gross income subtracting these months came just under $27,000.00. I had around $4,000 in disabilty claims. This would give me around $31,000.00 for my current gross income. Should I include this in my current income for my i-864 packet?

I take it also that the disabilty is taxable income. Is this correct? I want to add as much as I can and be as accurate as possible since I don't want any problems.

thanks,

martinbr

I would state annual income in present tense terms. If your salary is $35K, that's your income. If you're hourly, multiply the gross hourly rate by 2080 and claim that. If directly asked for last year's income, it's $31,000.

[martinbr 1]

So are you saying to put what is ever on my W2 stub minus the disablitity for my total income? Because what it seems to me is that the disabilty benefits would also count since I was out due to a illness. So this should be added to the W2 stub for the year 2008.

thanks,

martinbr

I would state annual income in present tense terms. If your salary is $35K, that's your income. If you're hourly, multiply the gross hourly rate by 2080 and claim that. If directly asked for last year's income, it's $31,000.

[pushbrk 12,969]

So are you saying to put what is ever on my W2 stub minus the disablitity for my total income? Because what it seems to me is that the disabilty benefits would also count since I was out due to a illness. So this should be added to the W2 stub for the year 2008.

thanks,

martinbr

Please read carefully and interpret literally. That goes for my response and the questions on any affidavit of support. Your 2008 income is not necessarily your current income. What question are you answering? I'm unfamiliar with the income documentation for the "N/A" visa.

[martinbr 1]

Sorry sir, but your answers are very abstract. It is not even answering the question that I asked. But that is a shame on me. I guess I will have to just call NVC like i should have in the first place. I thought I made it clear was to add the disability or not. I understand about 2008. This would be the current since there is only 11 days left to file taxes, so I will have to use 2008 as my current income.

Thanks for trying anyway.

martinbr

So are you saying to put what is ever on my W2 stub minus the disablitity for my total income? Because what it seems to me is that the disabilty benefits would also count since I was out due to a illness. So this should be added to the W2 stub for the year 2008.

thanks,

martinbr

Please read carefully and interpret literally. That goes for my response and the questions on any affidavit of support. Your 2008 income is not necessarily your current income. What question are you answering? I'm unfamiliar with the income documentation for the "N/A" visa.