I-864/864A, joint sponsor, joint tax returns

[sajori 0]

I just want to say thanks again to everyone on here, I really appreciate your help. I've spent the past hour searching for the answer to my question. I hate to post repeat questions, but I just can't find what I need.

I am a USC and my dad will be my joint sponsor for my foreign fiance (K-1 visa). We are currently doing adjustment of status (I-864) and I know that both he and I will need to fill out separate I-864s. I'm including my mom's income on his just to be sure the $$ will be enough and so I'm doing an I-864A for her. However, the I-864A asks for

#11. "My total income (my mother's) (adjusted gross income on IRS Form 1040EZ as reported on my federal tax returns for the most recent three years).

Question 10 asks for her individual income so what does #11 want? both her and my father's gross income? They don't fill out the 1040EZ. And it just seems redundant to put their gross income again. They also want her tax returns...since my parents file jointly, it'll just be what I'm sending in for my dad's I-864. I do understand that I need her W-2s and 1099s.

Thanks for your help in advance!

[christera22 8]

I dnt know why this query has`nt been replied as yet. !st of all i want to clarify , if your mother is filling up I-864A for you , I am presuming your mother stays with you. Right ??

Yes question 11# is asking for the 3 recent tax yr amounts (2008,2007 & 2006). Now question 10# is a bit tricky and at the same time simple to answer too. If she presumes that this year`s(2009) income will be same as the figure showed in adjusted gross income of 2008, then in #10 she can use the same figure as in 2008. Now she may have some extra income or lesser income or she may be expecting some bigger income, so she has the liberty of stating her My current individual annual income (#10) to be higher or lower.

Hope i answered your query. Let me know if I can be of more help. Thanks.

Edited July 20, 2009 by christera22

[christera22 8]

Also for to mention - if she putting higher than the last years income on line 10 or predicitng an income then she has to explain or show a kind of proof for it. There is no place to explain though. BUt she can just write a line under #10.