Affidavit of support

[zorzor 7]

Hello everyone, 

I have a question. I am the petitioner for my spouse, whom lives abroad. Right now, we are at the NVC stage of the process. To give you all a little background, I am a student in college right now, and since I’m not able to work full time, I don’t have enough income to support him. I want to use my father as a co-sponsor, he is married to my mom and they file their taxes jointly. I am currently working on the affidavits of support and here are the questions I have: 

- should I make my father a co-sponsor or a household member (we live together at the moment)? 
- based on that, which forms do we need to fill out? (In any case, I know my dad and I, both need to fill out form 864)
- since my parents file their taxes together, does my mother need to fill out affidavit of support as well?

Would appreciate all the help! 
Thank you!

[Ncornejo7 236]

57 minutes ago, zorzor said:

Hello everyone, 

I have a question. I am the petitioner for my spouse, whom lives abroad. Right now, we are at the NVC stage of the process. To give you all a little background, I am a student in college right now, and since I’m not able to work full time, I don’t have enough income to support him. I want to use my father as a co-sponsor, he is married to my mom and they file their taxes jointly. I am currently working on the affidavits of support and here are the questions I have: 

- should I make my father a co-sponsor or a household member (we live together at the moment)? 
- based on that, which forms do we need to fill out? (In any case, I know my dad and I, both need to fill out form 864)
- since my parents file their taxes together, does my mother need to fill out affidavit of support as well?

Would appreciate all the help! 
Thank you!

Hello,

 

If your father makes enough income with your mother combined, then you should make your father a Joint Sponsor. He would fill out the I864 form and you would attach your mother's I864A to it. Your mother in this case will be a household member to your father. You will go ahead and fill out your own I864.

 

Hope I'm clear with this. 

[kris&me 572]

Since you are a student,  are you claimed on parent's tax returns?

[zorzor 7]

11 hours ago, kris&me said:

Since you are a student,  are you claimed on parent's tax returns?

Yes.

12 hours ago, Ncornejo7 said:

Hello,

 

If your father makes enough income with your mother combined, then you should make your father a Joint Sponsor. He would fill out the I864 form and you would attach your mother's I864A to it. Your mother in this case will be a household member to your father. You will go ahead and fill out your own I864.

 

Hope I'm clear with this. 

Thank you so much!

[Ryan H 3,812]

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