US Immigration from Belarus

Greetings dear VJ members,

I'm a US citizen and currently residing in Belarus (E. Europe) with my wife and 2 kids. One of my kids (our common son) has a CRBA and a US passport so I obviously don't need to file an I-130 for him (I suppose). My other child is my step-daughter from my wife's 1st marriage. Both kids are under 18.

However, I've found conflicting information about how many I-130 forms I need to file. I saw information that if I was a green card holder, I would be able to file just one I-130 form for my wife and specify my step-daughter on that form as well. However, since I'm a citizen, I need to file an I-130 form for my wife and my step-daughter. This would entail that I need two I-864 forms as well, but then I'm confused as to what would happen to my total household number in section 5 of those forms. I would count as +1 (part 5 point 2 gets auto-filled) on both forms and that would result in 4 household members and then I would have to put my son as a dependent child on my wife's I-864 form, resulting in 5 household members when in fact I only have 4...

I would greatly appreciate someone clarifying this.

Thank you!

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