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Hello Visajourney.  My wife had her biometrics appointment for her greencard renewal in early October 2021.  She wants to visit home in Japan for the first time in years this summer, but we haven't received the renewed greencard in the mail yet.  We have the I-797 NOA that extends her GC for 1 year, but unfortunately that will only extend it through August 2022, and that's the only month we are able to travel.  I think it's supposed to take 7-13 months to get the GC in the mail, but in the meantime can anyone give me advice about whether there's anything we can do except wait for the new one?

Ok, thanks for the input Aleful. So my dad should sign it as joint sponsor.

I saw this post from another user, which describes my situation, and am still confused as to who should sign as the sponsor on the I-864a:

Hey all,

So my husband is my petitioner. His income is not enough to support me. So we made my mother in law a joint sponsor. She is using my father-in-law's income as well to be my sponsor.

- So my husband filled out I-864 + supporting docs - but he has zero income, so that's it.

- My mother-in-law filled out another I-864, she put in that she is using the income of household member + supporting docs.

- My father-in-law filled out I-864a + supporting docs. Here is important point: My mother in law signed I-864a, part 5, as the sponsor, and my father in law signed part 6 as the household member.

We submitted our docs to NVC.

Now I got a letter from NVC saying that my husband, whose income we are NOT using for sponsorship, should have signed part 5 of I-864a as the sponsor.

My question is: I thought I-864a is a contract between the household member and the de facto sponsor, but from their letter it looks like it is a contract between household member and *petitioner*. What did you guys do? Is it possible NVC has made a mistake? 

Hello, I am the petitioner for my wife, the immigrant.  I filled out an I-864 and used my father as a joint sponsor who also filled out the I-864.  My mother, who lives with my father but not with me, is filling out an I-864a, and on page 4 it asks for the Sponsor's Signature.  Is this my signature or my father's signature? Are there not 2 sponsors?

Also, on page 2 of i-864a, it asks for the relationship to the sponsor (spouse, son/daughter, parent, brother/sister), and it precludes this with "I am the the sponsor's household member".  The thing is, my mother who is filling out I-864a is not my household member.  She is my father's household member.  So it must be that she should choose spouse, and not parent? 

12 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

What country is your fiancé from?  This is a US Based visa forum, so we all assume the object is to come to the USA

My fiancee is from Japan, we want to go to America.  

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks for the quick reply. 

This is for America. 

Hello Visajourney, I have worked in Japan for the past 5 years and my contract finishes this August, when I intend to come back to America with my fiancee.  For the past 5 years, I have met the income requirement to be the sponsor, however come August, I do not have a job lined up (I intend to be a student).  Do I need to get a co-sponsor for the I-134 form, or is my PAST income the important part?  Sorry if this question has been asked, I couldn't find the answer.