Please I will like to know if my in laws can use their retirement income to add up to sponsor me....

[ishmeal 4]

I will like to know if my in laws can use their retirement income to sponsor me if yes what kind of documents do they have to provide to meet the requirement of the poverty guideline...and i learnt retirement income is tax free..

[payxibka 10,044]

Income is income regardless of source

[ishmeal 4]

So if it is retirement income do we have to provide their tax returns

[payxibka 10,044]

23 minutes ago, ishmeal said:

So if it is retirement income do we have to provide their tax returns

What other method will you use to demonstrate?

[MahiAS 105]

You should call the NVC to inquire what kind of documentation they will require for retirement income. It must also meet minimum requirements because your in laws are retired with no other source of income, it should be high enough to take care of them and you if needed. I don’t know the exact cut offs though. 

[truelove29 218]

29 minutes ago, ishmeal said:

So if it is retirement income do we have to provide their tax returns

Yes you do...I provided both of my parents pension statements as well as there social security statements, along with their tax transcripts.

[ishmeal 4]

Well I ask my wife she said they didn’t file tax on their retirement income will that work out

[Ryan H 3,795]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process and Procedures.

[payxibka 10,044]

9 hours ago, ishmeal said:

Well I ask my wife she said they didn’t file tax on their retirement income will that work out

they still get annual reports

[pushbrk 12,184]

12 hours ago, truelove29 said:

Yes you do...I provided both of my parents pension statements as well as there social security statements, along with their tax transcripts.

Bingo.  This is where it is so helpful for the US Citizen petitioner to take charge of their own affidavits of support.  They are far more likely to understand how finances and taxes work in the USA.

[CEE53147 559]

Not all retirement income is tax free.

 

If they do not file taxes, they may not make enough to sponsor.

Edited April 15, 2018 by CEE53147

[geowrian 22,336]

Just now, CEE53147 said:

Not all retirement income is tax free.

True...I'd actually argue that most retirement income is not tax free. There's are certainly cases where retirement income is not taxable, or results in no tax liability if it's your only source of income, though.

At the same time, retirement-aged individuals with enough retirement income to pay their own living expenses + sponsor an intending immigrant usually don't fall into that area (barring some things like a military pension being the primary source of income).

[Rusty72 68]

If I remember correctly..( it has been almost 10 years since I did this part)

That if you need to add their income it adds them to the size of your family so the total income needed will rise too.

I could be remembering it wrong but I am pretty sure thats how it worked 

[ishmeal 4]

So can we add up the income to meet the requirement  and also I have asked my wife that if they do file tax for their retirement income she said no her parents don’t file tax they get a slip of their income

[CEE53147 559]

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

True...I'd actually argue that most retirement income is not tax free. There's are certainly cases where retirement income is not taxable, or results in no tax liability if it's your only source of income, though.

At the same time, retirement-aged individuals with enough retirement income to pay their own living expenses + sponsor an intending immigrant usually don't fall into that area (barring some things like a military pension being the primary source of income).

And one must consider state income taxes - not for affidavit of support but actually the ability to survive. 

 

I believe the level of income to sponsor is far too low. It should factor in paying for two households at greater than the poverty level.  Children qualify for free lunches at a higher income level than for sponsorship so people can bring in family members and their children become a welfare case.

 

The obligations for sponsorship are great. This is both for the government repayment and for providing the person/people coming a life in the US. You are unlikely to allow those sponsored to live on the streets and eat at food kitchens.  Many cities/apartments have occupancy limits for residences.  Many people with sponsorship level incomes are living in government subsidized housing that does not allow additional people to live in the unit.