I864 Petitioner's Employement

[SimAsh 0]

Hey all VJMembers, we are in the process of collecting/filling out Financial Documents for my Mother in Law's immigration visa.

I understand that one of the thing I have to submit is Affidavit of Support (AOS) form I864. However, since my wife does not work I will be supporting my in-laws. So, that means I will need to fill out I864A for myself.

I have couple of questions regarding this:

I am filling out I864 for my wife. In that, Part-6. Sponsor's Employment and Income section - my wife is house wife (and taking care of two child, actually lot more work than what I do:-)), so should I check as "Unemployed" in this section?

Also, do I need to fill out #3-17? My wife and I have filed joint tax return each year. I understand that #18a is yes for me because I have filed a federal income tax return for last three years. And I can provide all the information (and transcripts) but just not sure what to enter and what not to. Since I will be filling out separate I864A with my information. Since, I am the only one who works in our household. Any help would be greatly appreciated it.

[aayitrun 66]

i dont know what #3-17 is, but when you fill the i864, you use the household income of your wife, which is your wifes income and your income combined (assuming u filed joint tax returns) as the basis for income so as long as your income exceeds the minimum for all people in your household + mother in law, you are fine.

the i864 still needs to be her affidavit and not yours because she is sponsoring them. you just count your income in her household income.

[SimAsh 0]

i dont know what #3-17 is, but when you fill the i864, you use the household income of your wife, which is your wifes income and your income combined (assuming u filed joint tax returns) as the basis for income so as long as your income exceeds the minimum for all people in your household + mother in law, you are fine.

the i864 still needs to be her affidavit and not yours because she is sponsoring them. you just count your income in her household income.

Thanks aayitrum, so for the following question as far as Employment goes, what should I put? "unemployed"?

I am still little confuse because since the application is for her and it's asking your current employer and all that I don't know what to put there....Also, same thing with "My current individual income is:".....should I put there mine or what...? Thanks