Leasel7

Joey,

I did some further research on the web, and all indications are that Yodrak and Zyggy are 100% right, whereas I made the fatal error of attempting to apply common sense to an immigration form.... IMHO it still makes no sense to count relatives who live in the same home but are financially independent of you as part of YOUR household for the purposes of the I-864. Especially when you are living in the financially independent relative's home rent free!

Nonetheless, you will have to deal with a household size of 4 if you and your (soon to be) husband live in your mother's house. So I guess you can either get your own place before applying for AOS or look at some other options, such as having one of the relatives living in your home fill out the I-864A and/or adding in your (soon to be) husband's assets:

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/affsupp.htm

If you cannot meet the minimum income requirements using your earned income, you have various options:

• You may add the cash value of your assets such as money in savings accounts, stocks, bonds, and property. To determine the amount of assets required to qualify, subtract your household income from the minimum income requirement (125 percent of the poverty level for your family size). You must prove the cash value of your assets is worth five times this difference (the amount left over).
  

Example for a household size of 4:

125 percent of 2006 poverty guideline $25,000

sponsor's income $19,500

Difference $5,500

Multiply by 5 x 5

Minimum Required Cash Value of Assets $27,500

• You may count the income and assets of members of your household who are related to you by birth, marriage, or adoption. To use their income you must have listed them as dependents on your most recent federal tax return or they must have lived with you for the last 6 months. They must also complete a Form I-864A, Contract between Sponsor and Household Member. If the relative you are sponsoring meets these criteria you may include the value of their income and assets, but the immigrant does not need to complete Form I-864A unless he or she has accompanying family members.
  

• You may count the assets of the relatives you are sponsoring.
  

Anyway, good luck, and good thing you are thinking about these things early on so you won't get in a panic when it comes time to put together your AOS paperwork

Congratulations!!!

Just taking a look at the I-864 I recently filled out for the AOS package mailed out yesterday....page 2, part 4B (Sponsor's Household Size) asks you to list

But since the subject is the Sponsor's household size, not your mother's, I should think you would only list yourself here, and then your (soon to be) husband under number 2 (Number of immigrants being sponsored in this affidavit), for a grand total of 2 people in your household, not 4. Besides which, your mother's house is her residence, not yours. If it would make you feel better, you could attach an explanation of the living arrangement to the I-864 explaining that you will be living in the same dwelling as your mother and sister, but they are not dependent on you.

That's my 2 cents, anyway. If I am wrong, I'm sure someone will come along and correct me!

Using the I-134 I currently make enough money to sponsor my fiance, though he also has enough assets to self sponsor.

Also....refer to page 4, part 5 of the I-864 --

Congratulations, Freda!!!

I hope the birth certificate for your son gets sorted out quickly. I'm one of those US citizens born abroad (Bermuda) too, so my parents had to jump thru all those hoops.

(BTW, I lived in your neighboring province of Newfoundland for a few years in the 70's and would love to return for a visit to Canada's Atlantic provinces someday.)