More I-864 questions

[Mollusk 2]

Hi folks

Summary: I'm sponsor but have no US income as have lived in the UK for years. My mother is therefore co-sponsor. My father is family member (so I-864a) as they file a joint tax return.

My questions:

1. Under part 6 of my I-864, do I say that I am employed and give my UK employer, or say that I am unemployed (as I have no US employer yet)?

2. As my parents file a joint tax return and have joint declared income, do my mother and father put the same "individual" annual income on their I-864 and I-864a forms respectively? Their 1040 doesn't list their incomes separately.

Thanks again.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

1. You are one of the folks that the form does not fit. If it was me, I would type in the box something like United Kingdom employment. Will not continue. You effectively have zero income for the purpose of this form.

2. If they are doing it that way (I-864 and I-864a), then their individual income is what each makes separately at their job. And they need to document it.

Your mother's I-864 will list dad as her Person 1 in Part 6 and what his separate income is. On the section of both forms that asks tax return info, they just copy the number straight off the joint tax return as is, making no adjustments for his and hers.

If Mom makes enough by herself, she does not have to involve Dad at all. But she has to clearly prove her separate income is enough with other documentation because, as you said, the tax return does not show her separate income.

Don't forget proof of US citizenship for Mom (and Dad of he participates,)

[Mollusk 2]

Thank you!