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10 hours ago, aaron2020 said:

Your wife may be required to file the I-864a in order for your sister to immigrate.

 

 

not really, I can qualify without her doing so.

10 hours ago, USS_Voyager said:

Correct. 

However, the one thing I don't know is, how far can they go back to look at the history of your finances to see if you intentionally/strategically "move" assets out of your name to avoid a legal obligation. You know, somewhere along the line of say someone want to apply for medicaid/welfare, but they have assets such as houses or money. They deed their house to their children for example, to qualify for a public benefits. The government can unravel that in 2 seconds. 

I could use bank account in my name only to qualify,  but my wife doesnt want to use her portions from our joint account.

10 hours ago, CEE53147 said:

Are you expecting your sister to become dependent on the US taxpayers? What is the basis for your concern?

not really, just want to mitigate my wife's concerns.

10 hours ago, USS_Voyager said:

No, if it's in her name only. 

 

But if it's considered "community asset", it might be. For example, a house that is in both of your names and you use both incomes to pay for it. 

so a joint bank account in both of our names would be liable, but an account in my spouse name wouldn't, right?

Is my spouse and her assets liable if I sponsor my sister using I-864?

$32,187 for four