I864 and poverty guideline

[samuelron40 0]

On 4/8/2025 at 3:33 PM, pushbrk said:

Correct, and current income is the gross pay for a full pay period times the number of pay periods in a full year.  Remember that every two weeks is 26 pay periods.  No, there is no "using" of another number in the tax section.  Enter "total income".

So I have a related question.  I have recently filed an AOS petition and want a clarification on the I-864 part. So the petitioner (USC) made way below the poverty threshold for the most recent year (around $3,000 as reported on the "total income" line on most recent tax documents) since petitioner only worked for one month. This same figure ($3,000) was entered as the most recent tax year's total income in part 6, item 16a. However petitioner is self employed now and expects to make around $36,000 which we indicated as the "current individual income". We already included a joint sponsor (w2 worker) who made way above thresholds for the 3 past years. My question is that given that petitioner's "current individual income" ($36,000) is way above their total income for previous year ($3,000) will this be an issue? Or that wouldnt matter since we already included a joint sponsor who made way above thresholds for the 3 past years.

[OldUser 9,862]

2 minutes ago, samuelron40 said:

So I have a related question.  I have recently filed an AOS petition and want a clarification on the I-864 part. So the petitioner (USC) made way below the poverty threshold for the most recent year (around $3,000 as reported on the "total income" line on most recent tax documents) since petitioner only worked for one month. This same figure ($3,000) was entered as the most recent tax year's total income in part 6, item 16a. However petitioner is self employed now and expects to make around $36,000 which we indicated as the "current individual income". We already included a joint sponsor (w2 worker) who made way above thresholds for the 3 past years. My question is that given that petitioner's "current individual income" ($36,000) is way above their total income for previous year ($3,000) will this be an issue? Or that wouldnt matter since we already included a joint sponsor who made way above thresholds for the 3 past years.

This shouldn't be an issue if you have a qualifying joint sponsor.

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[samuelron40 0]

1 hour ago, OldUser said:

This shouldn't be an issue if you have a qualifying joint sponsor.

Thanks for the feedback

[pushbrk 13,611]

3 hours ago, samuelron40 said:

So I have a related question.  I have recently filed an AOS petition and want a clarification on the I-864 part. So the petitioner (USC) made way below the poverty threshold for the most recent year (around $3,000 as reported on the "total income" line on most recent tax documents) since petitioner only worked for one month. This same figure ($3,000) was entered as the most recent tax year's total income in part 6, item 16a. However petitioner is self employed now and expects to make around $36,000 which we indicated as the "current individual income". We already included a joint sponsor (w2 worker) who made way above thresholds for the 3 past years. My question is that given that petitioner's "current individual income" ($36,000) is way above their total income for previous year ($3,000) will this be an issue? Or that wouldnt matter since we already included a joint sponsor who made way above thresholds for the 3 past years.

A self employed petitioner has zero current income until it shows up on a federal tax return, so if 3k is what the most current tax return states, that's also their current income.  You'll need to correct the affidavit and rely on the joint sponsor.

[samuelron40 0]

15 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

A self employed petitioner has zero current income until it shows up on a federal tax return, so if 3k is what the most current tax return states, that's also their current income.  You'll need to correct the affidavit and rely on the joint sponsor.

I already included a joint sponsor. I just thought the current individual income was an estimate so I put the estimate there. I already included the a joint sponsor though. So was wondering if that would still matter considering that I already included a joint sponsor

 

[pushbrk 13,611]

4 minutes ago, samuelron40 said:

I already included a joint sponsor. I just thought the current individual income was an estimate so I put the estimate there. I already included the a joint sponsor though. So was wondering if that would still matter considering that I already included a joint sponsor

 

I gave the proper advice already.