Affidavit of Support, I-134 & I-864

[Heysofia 6]

Ok so when filling out the I-134 for the income stuff, they ask for your household size, ours will be:

Mom - Co-Sponsor

Dad - wholly dependant(partially dependant at the moment, MAY become wholly so putting this here)

Daughter(fiance sister) - partially dependant

Fiance - wholly dependant

So if my sister-in-law-to be is only partially dependant, does she not get counted in the poverty line size? Like so when I'm there it will be a 5 person household, but if she is ticked as partially(On Question 8) do they only count the household as 4 people(mom,dad,him & me)?

Also on the I-864 it says that for assets, it needs to be 5x they amount or 3x the amount if spouse of a USC. So since my fiance and I will be married when we file the I-864(AOS process when I move there after K-1), would we need only 3X the amount of assets? Or 5x still? That bit confuses me haha

Thanks

Edited October 1, 2012 by Heysofia

[Heysofia 6]

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[JesWe 1]

I don't have the answer for you, at all, but I do have to tell you that I'm just as confused! lol

[Pinkrlion 2,725]

Ok so when filling out the I-134 for the income stuff, they ask for your household size, ours will be:

Mom - Co-Sponsor

Dad - wholly dependant(partially dependant at the moment, MAY become wholly so putting this here)

Daughter(fiance sister) - partially dependant

Fiance - wholly dependant

So if my sister-in-law-to be is only partially dependant, does she not get counted in the poverty line size? Like so when I'm there it will be a 5 person household, but if she is ticked as partially(On Question 8) do they only count the household as 4 people(mom,dad,him & me)?

Also on the I-864 it says that for assets, it needs to be 5x they amount or 3x the amount if spouse of a USC. So since my fiance and I will be married when we file the I-864(AOS process when I move there after K-1), would we need only 3X the amount of assets? Or 5x still? That bit confuses me haha

Thanks

It is very confusing what you are asking because it is not clear to us who is the US Citizen (USC) that is filing the petition.

Who is being claimed on your parents taxes? For the i 134, the co-sponsor does not include the petitioner(USC) in the count. Only their household plus the beneficiary (foreign fiancé/fiancee) are counted. The USC petitioner completes their own I 134 with their information.

I would not worry about assets for I 864 since you are in need of a co-sponsor now, you will need one for that as well.

[KayDeeCee 4,902]

Forget about the wholly/partially dependent stuff on the I-134. Any spouse, dependent children and anyone else claimed on their most recent tax return is counted in their household, no matter what you check off on the I-134.

As for when it comes time for the AOS and the I-864, the assets for a spouse would only need to be 3 times, and not 5 and you could include the assets of the intending immigrant spouse as well. If you use a joint sponsor for AOS too, and they need to use assets, their assets would need to be times 5. See page 9 of the I-864 instructions.

[Heysofia 6]

Sorry for confusing people To be clear I'm the Beneficiary, my Fiance is the USC Petitioner and his mother is our Co-Sponsor. My fiance doesn't have a job at the moment so he's wholly dependant, his dad has some money coming in and his sister has a job, but lives at home. Thats why I was wondering if she was "partially dependant" if it made any difference, like if she would be counted in the household size and stuff But it's cool, I'll ask my fiance when he wakes to ask his mother if she lists his sister on her tax returns

And ohhhhhh, so if we had an income shortfall of $3000 to meet the household size for 5 people, if me and my fiance use my assets(Cash I will have), then we would only need $9000(3x), but if we were to use my fiance mothers(co-sponsor), then we would need $15,000(5x)? Have I got that right?

[KayDeeCee 4,902]

Sorry for confusing people To be clear I'm the Beneficiary, my Fiance is the USC Petitioner and his mother is our Co-Sponsor. My fiance doesn't have a job at the moment so he's wholly dependant, his dad has some money coming in and his sister has a job, but lives at home. Thats why I was wondering if she was "partially dependant" if it made any difference, like if she would be counted in the household size and stuff But it's cool, I'll ask my fiance when he wakes to ask his mother if she lists his sister on her tax returns

And ohhhhhh, so if we had an income shortfall of $3000 to meet the household size for 5 people, if me and my fiance use my assets(Cash I will have), then we would only need $9000(3x), but if we were to use my fiance mothers(co-sponsor), then we would need $15,000(5x)? Have I got that right?

Anyone that his mother did not claim on her taxes last year is not included in the household count, even if they live together. So her household count is herself, her spouse, any dependents she claimed on her taxes last year, plus you.

And yes, for the spouse, it is 3 times, and for a joint sponsor it would be 5 times, since the person they would be sponsoring is not their spouse or child. You got it right now.

[Heysofia 6]

Anyone that his mother did not claim on her taxes last year is not included in the household count, even if they live together. So her household count is herself, her spouse, any dependents she claimed on her taxes last year, plus you.

And yes, for the spouse, it is 3 times, and for a joint sponsor it would be 5 times, since the person they would be sponsoring is not their spouse or child. You got it right now.

Thankyouuuu, made my life so much easier now with that answer haha