I-864, income question (split topic)

[CarmenArLan 1]

Hi I have a question related to this.... I'm filling the affidavit of support for my husband, so we would be 2 dependents. So last year I started to work on June, since I only worked for 6 months obviously I did not meet the requirement on the poverty guidelines on my taxes... But if I'm submitting the affidavit this month and if I count last 6 months of 2019 up to this month, I do have more than the 21k for 2 dependents. It can be proven in my paystobs... I don't want to have sponsor... would that work? 

[Ryan H 3,791]

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[CarmenArLan 1]

1 hour ago, Ryan H said:

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I'm new in asking questions, I didn't knew about that. Thank you though for the heads up...

[ES0603 9]

From what I’ve read, you would need a letter from your employer stating your income and that you would continue to receive that income, but I’m not sure if that is only applicable for salary employees. Hopefully someone else will answer with more details!

[pushbrk 12,145]

On 5/13/2020 at 1:08 AM, CarmenArLan said:

Hi I have a question related to this.... I'm filling the affidavit of support for my husband, so we would be 2 dependents. So last year I started to work on June, since I only worked for 6 months obviously I did not meet the requirement on the poverty guidelines on my taxes... But if I'm submitting the affidavit this month and if I count last 6 months of 2019 up to this month, I do have more than the 21k for 2 dependents. It can be proven in my paystobs... I don't want to have sponsor... would that work? 

I think you mean a household of two, sponsor and immigrant with ZERO dependents.  It's important to ready questions on forms carefully and interpret them literally. Current income (for an employed person) does not come from tax return or year to date income.  For the section that asks about tax returns, provide the information asked for.  When it comes to current income, it doesn't matter one bit what you made last year or the past twelve months.  Past is not current.  If you lost your job last week, you current income is zero, no matter what you made in the past.  If you got a new job last week paying a thousand a week, your current income is 52 thousand.

 

Take your gross pay for a full pay period, and multiply that by the number of pay periods in a full year.  That is your current income.  Document that by including the pay stub you used to calculate.

[CarmenArLan 1]

2 hours ago, pushbrk said:

I think you mean a household of two, sponsor and immigrant with ZERO dependents.  It's important to ready questions on forms carefully and interpret them literally. Current income (for an employed person) does not come from tax return or year to date income.  For the section that asks about tax returns, provide the information asked for.  When it comes to current income, it doesn't matter one bit what you made last year or the past twelve months.  Past is not current.  If you lost your job last week, you current income is zero, no matter what you made in the past.  If you got a new job last week paying a thousand a week, your current income is 52 thousand.

 

Take your gross pay for a full pay period, and multiply that by the number of pay periods in a full year.  That is your current income.  Document that by including the pay stub you used to calculate.

Igh! I'm sorry! You are right, I meant to say a household of 2. 

 

Thank you, I was not sure about that. I appreciate the explanation 😊. I'm just trying to understand all the process. 

[CarmenArLan 1]

4 hours ago, ES0603 said:

From what I’ve read, you would need a letter from your employer stating your income and that you would continue to receive that income, but I’m not sure if that is only applicable for salary employees. Hopefully someone else will answer with more details!

Thank you! 😊

[pushbrk 12,145]

5 hours ago, ES0603 said:

From what I’ve read, you would need a letter from your employer stating your income and that you would continue to receive that income, but I’m not sure if that is only applicable for salary employees. Hopefully someone else will answer with more details!

Just a current pay stub is better than an employer letter.  You can even take a MORE current pay stub to the interview.  Much better evidence of actual employment than a letter.

 

[CarmenArLan 1]

On 5/14/2020 at 3:43 PM, pushbrk said:

Take your gross pay for a full pay period, and multiply that by the number of pay periods in a full year.  That is your current income.  Document that by including the pay stub you used to calculate.

Hi,  I have a question.... How would I calculate it if I'm paid bi-weekly? should I multiply my gross pay on my pay stub times 26 weeks? @pushbrk

Thank you in advance. 

[pushbrk 12,145]

59 minutes ago, CarmenArLan said:

Hi,  I have a question.... How would I calculate it if I'm paid bi-weekly? should I multiply my gross pay on my pay stub times 26 weeks? @pushbrk

Thank you in advance. 

Time 26 pay periods, yes.  If paid every two weeks, 26 times a year.  If paid twice a month, 24 times a year.  Simple arithmetic.

[CarmenArLan 1]

On 5/21/2020 at 7:09 PM, pushbrk said:

Time 26 pay periods, yes.  If paid every two weeks, 26 times a year.  If paid twice a month, 24 times a year.  Simple arithmetic.

Thanks