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Not true. You were told wrong. Saylin gave you exactly the information you needed.

I-864a is for combining income.

You say your tax return says your income is below the poverty line but tax returns are the past. How is your "current income"?

Current income is about poverty line but i'm self-employed so I didn't want to chance things by writing up a letter from myself to myself saying I make enough money. If I had 1099's to send in, I would have done that.

Nope. He can submit an I-864. An I-864A is typically done by the spouse of a joint sponsor, who's also contributing their income. For the I-864, it doesn't matter if you're in the same household or not.

Got it, makes sense now. Thanks for your help !

Thanks for the reply Saylin...all of that makes sense, except that i'm told that there would need to be a i-864a files since we both live at the same address and our incomes are being combined. Is that not true?

I read the guides for CR-1 and the i-864 and everything made sense. Now that i'm filling out the documents, i'm totally confused.

Situation:

I am the primary sponsor, living with parents but i'm not their dependent. My taxes show I make less than the poverty line.

Father is the joint sponsor but has filed taxes jointly with spouse and have no dependents. He makes 90% of the money.

I thought I would file a i-864, my father would file an i-864 as joint sponsor (since I only need to use his income and not his spouse's) and he would file the i-864a since we both live in the same house.

Questions

1.) Does his spouse also need to file i-864 since they are filed jointly?

2.) Does she also need to file an i-864a?

3.) Will he need to also send in his W-2 to show that he does in-fact make 90% of the amount listed on the Tax Transcript?

4.) Is my assumption on the forms even correct? Me: i-864 , Father: i-864, Father: i-864a

Any help in the right direction would be appreciated since this is totally confusing.

That is great news for those of us in DFW The USCIS allows copies and if they wanted the original I think they would say send original. But that is just my opinion.

Guess I can send it in and see if I get a notice back...i'll let you all know what happens in case anyone else gets the same request from the Irving office.

USCIS will be fine with copies I would save the originals for the NVC. It says a copy so I would send a copy.

True but it does say "A certified copy of your spouse's birth certificate"...not a "copy of a certified copy" so I guess it could get denied

So were you transferred from Californina to the NBC and then to a USCIS office? I am assuming you live in the DFW area. What is your NOA1 date? I am trying to determine if I should go ahead and have my husband send me his because I filed about 2 months ago and I live in the Dallas area.

Yes I was transferred from California to a USCIS office and I do live in the DFW arae. My NOA1 date is Sept 4th 2012. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to send it in if they're just going to randomly ask for it, no sense in causing mini delays. I was just hoping a copy was acceptable since getting the actual document would take another two weeks in the mail !

I sent in my I-130 petition about two months ago and did not include the immigrant's birth certificate with the original packet since the guide for the CR-1 said it was no longer needed. Today I received a letter from "U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services".

It says "Please comply with the below checked instructions" :

After a long list of pre-preinted items that have no X's in the boxes, at the bottom of the page there is a box with an X in it which states...

Submit the following : (1) A certified copy of your spouse's birth certificate with English Translation if written in a foreign language.

Question : Do I need to send the "actual" certified copy or will a photocopy of the certified birth certificate be sufficient?

The mailing address is Irving Texas so it looks like this is going to a regional office....anyone received one of these before?

Got it, thanks for all the details ! Should make the decisions easier.

Well since I live in the US and she lives in Canada, I figured it would be easier if we did it here or there...and since getting married in the US runs somewhat of a risk of "fraud" then i'd rather do it in Canada. I understand that we can both go down to Mexico and get married as well.

Great, thanks for the advice ! So, i looked at the K1 vs the CR1 and I see where it can be superior based on permanent residency upon arrival, however, it can take a small bit longer for the process to complete. I guess I would prefer the CR1 since I would wait a little longer but wouldn't have to apply for AOS and EAD documents as necessary with the K1.

So basically, I would have to go to Canada, get married, and then file for the CR-1 and hopefully, within 9 months, i'm good to go and my wife will be allowed in to the US and be a permanent resident...correct?

Hi everyone, I have a question regarding this process and wanted your input.

I am a USC and my fiance is a Canadian citizen. Is it possible for her to come to the US and marry me but stay here during the IR-1/CR-1 process. Basically come in as a visitor, get married, start filing, and not leave. I have heard that it can be a risky approach but I wanted to understand why ? If this is not preferred, what would be the best way for me to go about this process? Bring her in as my fiance or marry her in Canada and bring her here under the IR-1/CR-1? Thanks for any help or direction you can provide me.

LC