affidavit I-864

[brderenne 3]

hello! I filed the I-130 for my husband and I am trying to gather all the information for the I-864 for the affidavit of support. I ( the petitioner) will fill out the form for my husband, but I do not have enough US income so I will have my parents as the joint sponsor. My question is though, is if my mom and my dad have to both fill out I-864 forms. They are married and file their taxes each year together. So I am quite confused on the ammount of I-864 that needs to be filled out. I will file one as the petitioner and then my mom will need to file as the 1st joint sponsor and my dad the 2nd? Or can I file the petitioner and then my parents can just file as one 1st joint sponsor? help on this topic would be greatly appreciated!!!!

[aleful 1,905]

hi

 

no, she is your dad's household member, she will file the i864A

 

your dad files the i864 as your only joint sponsor and your mom the i864A

 

you will file another i864 as the petitioner

[Ryan H 3,791]

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[kalikala 32]

On 1/10/2019 at 1:38 PM, aleful said:

hi

 

no, she is your dad's household member, she will file the i864A

 

your dad files the i864 as your only joint sponsor and your mom the i864A

 

you will file another i864 as the petitioner

Would the mother only need to file the i864a if she is combining her income with the father to meet the poverty guidelines for their household size?

 

if the fathers income meets the poverty guidelines amount for their household on his income alone then the i864a is not needed from the mother? 

 

I could be wrong but I’d like to know as I will also be having a joint sponsor who is married and I thought only the joint sponsor needs to fill out i864 and her husband doesn’t need to fill out anything. 

 

Thank you 

[pushbrk 12,146]

19 minutes ago, kalikala said:

Would the mother only need to file the i864a if she is combining her income with the father to meet the poverty guidelines for their household size?

 

if the fathers income meets the poverty guidelines amount for their household on his income alone then the i864a is not needed from the mother? 

 

I could be wrong but I’d like to know as I will also be having a joint sponsor who is married and I thought only the joint sponsor needs to fill out i864 and her husband doesn’t need to fill out anything. 

 

Thank you 

It is best practice for the mother to provide the I-864a, even if she has zero income.  A Consular Officer can require it, delaying visa issue.  Any "obligation" under the affidavit is going to be joint anyway.