msnoob

You can also change a few of those over to your name rather than adding your name to the existing account. Therefore, you will have some utilities in one name and some in the other... but showing the same address.
Best of luck!

Sorry about your situation, but the I-864 is not just another piece of paper. It is analogous to co-signing a loan - a potentially unlimited amount that the Joint Sponsor would be on the hook for. Look up all the horror stories on this forum from people who regret signing the I-864. If your wife's son receives any means tested benefits, your Joint Sponsor would be on the hook for paying it back. If your brother married a foreign woman, would you want to sign the I-864 and be responsible for paying back those benefits? What if he receives Medicaid and it is for $100,000. Would you be okay with signing the I-864 and treat it as just a piece of paper?
What is the family relationship between your brother's family and this child? He's not your son. He is not related to them at all. Just because your wife married you, it doesn't mean your brother and his family have to put themselves at financial risk to help her - a stranger to them.
If my brother wants to bring his wife and her child to the US, I would give them money and food. But I would not put the financial future of my wife and kids at risk for them by signing the I-864 because I have no control over this child. If my brother got divorced, I would still be on the hook. If this child runs up the bills by using means tested benefits, I have no idea how deep a financial hole I will be in. I bet if he needed medical attention - my brother and his wife would not hesitate to think about paying the bills as long as he got the medical attention he needed. If they can't pay the bills, guess who the US government can come after? That's right the I-864 Joint Sponsor.
I think you and your wife needs to look at things from your brother and his wife's perspective. Why should they put their financial lives at risk for a child they don't know?
If you and your wife ask them to sign the I-864, then they can accept or decline. If you and your wife expects them to sign it, then you are demanding that they sign it. It's not asking - it's telling them what to do.

I don't think there is a difference... Vermont is just terribly slow. I'm sure all of the winter storms didn't help matters either. It was the same way when we went through the CR1 process 2 years ago. Vermont was so slow that they began to transfer Vermont petitions to California.

You can also change a few of those over to your name rather than adding your name to the existing account. Therefore, you will have some utilities in one name and some in the other... but showing the same address.
Best of luck!

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California Service Center (4 applicants)
VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....
TEA AND HONEY......10/01/10..........10/04/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
DARREN&LAURA.......10/04/10..........10/06/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
SERENITYNOW........10/05/10..........10/07/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
SHADOWYU...........10/07/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
Vermont Service Center (7 applicants)
VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved....
FOREVERIDO.........10/06/10..........10/16/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
SLY_WOLF...........10/09/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
JON&LINDSEY........10/09/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
T_and_A............10/11/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
COCO KITTY.........10/12/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
LUCY4..............10/18/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
DESILU.............10/20/10..........--/--/10.......--/--/10........--/--/--....
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