lunarsol

Hello, thanks for your answers from a little while ago. So... my wife was able to get an employer letter successfully. We were planning on working out her expected 2017 income by calculating her YTD income so far, and then adding that to what she is expected to earn from now until the end of the year. 

However, here is where it may get a bit complicated, not sure if we are over complicating it.

- Until April of this year, she was self employed, and only has a bank statement to prove the income from Jan - April. So we have added up the total of this, and included the bank statement.

- Her current job is hourly, but is permanent/full time and she supposed to be working 40 hours a week (at $20 an hour). However she is not payed for time off, so there is some inconsistency during the last few months when she has had a few days off and thus worked less than 40 hours a week. We have taken her YTD amount from her paystub and added this to the previous "self employed" amount. 

- She could potentially work 40 hours a week, and is supposed to, so we have calculated her expected income from now until end the year based on this assumption. (She is also supposed to be becoming salaried soon.)

- Her employer letter has her salary annualised based on 40 hours a week, so states $41,600.

I'm hoping this is correct and we won't get an RFE. I shouldn't imagine we would, given that her employer letter states her salary is well above the threshold. I just hope they aren't confused by the way we have calculated her expected income for the I-864 form. What do you think?

Thanks!!!!

Ok, thanks. What should her letter from her employer state? Would just her dates of employment, hourly rate and that she is a full time permanent employee suffice?

Hello,

I am looking for a little advice on calculating my partner's income for her I-864 form.

From 1st May this year, she has been employed with a company earning $20 an hour. It is a full time, permanent position and she is expected to work 40 hours a week. However, she is not salaried (yet) and is also not paid for time off. She has had a few days off since beginning work there. Prior to May, she was self employed.

I understand that for the question asking for her "current individual annual income", she should put her expected estimated total income for 2017. However, we're confused about how to estimate this, given that she is hourly and her wages, which are paid bi-weekly, have fluctuated a since she first started 4 months ago.

Thanks for any help/advice anyone can give!
 

Thanks for your replies. I wish the USCIS made it a little clearer. “Annual income” to me implies that it’s your annual salary. Thankfully, for both scenarios we would be above the threshold - though it would look a lot better to put the $40,000 rather than the projected 2017 only amount.

Hello,

We are shortly going to be filing for AOS after I arrived here on a K1 visa in May. We are a little confused about the sponsor's "current individual annual income" on the I-864, and seem to be getting conflicting information from different sources.

My fiancee (soon to be wife) started a full time job at the beginning of May, with a salary $40,000 per year. Prior to this, however, she was self employed, and for the past few years her income has not met the threshold. I understand that it is current income that they are most concerned about, however, we are confused about a couple of things:

1. For the part in the I-864 where she has to record her "current individual annual income", would she enter $40,000 (as this is what she will be earning annually), OR should she calculate the income based on what she is expected to earn in 2017 (i.e. what she expects to earn from this job from May - December, and anything she earned prior to her becoming employed in May)? I have seen conflicting answers on this.
2. When we submit the application, she will have 4 months of paystubs, as well as her initial employment letter. Would this be enough to satisfy them?

Thank you!!

Dan