Filling I-864 – confused if petitioner has to be sponsored?

[shi073]

My wife, a US citizen, filed an I-130 petition for me. Our petition has been approved and our application will be processed at Montreal Consulate. My wife has lived with me in Canada for last 3.5 years and has no income.
I understand she (my wife) will be my sponsor regardless of her income since she is petitioner. My father-in-law has agreed to be a joint-sponsor. I am confused and have few questions:

1) Does he (my father-in-law/ joint-sponsor) have to sponsor my wife too? Since she is dependant on me and moving back to US, she is a US citizen though. Would that just mean he has to indicate his household size accordingly (meaning my wife included)?

2) My father-in-law is retired, a green card holder and lives a in rented town house. He has consistent reasonable interest income (taxable). And we are planning to show cash well above required minimum income. Is he is a good enough sponsor, my concern is he is not working or does not a reliable source of income though he has good amount of liquid assets?

3) The liquid assets I mentioned earlier are held in joint-accounts (within family members), do they just need to file I-864A or are there any additional requirements.


Thanks

 

[Felipe/Lydia]

My wife, a US citizen, filed an I-130 petition for me. Our petition has been approved and our application will be processed at Montreal Consulate. My wife has lived with me in Canada for last 3.5 years and has no income.
I understand she (my wife) will be my sponsor regardless of her income since she is petitioner. My father-in-law has agreed to be a joint-sponsor. I am confused and have few questions:

1) Does he (my father-in-law/ joint-sponsor) have to sponsor my wife too? Since she is dependant on me and moving back to US, she is a US citizen though. Would that just mean he has to indicate his household size accordingly (meaning my wife included)?

2) My father-in-law is retired, a green card holder and lives a in rented town house. He has consistent reasonable interest income (taxable). And we are planning to show cash well above required minimum income. Is he is a good enough sponsor, my concern is he is not working or does not a reliable source of income though he has good amount of liquid assets?

3) The liquid assets I mentioned earlier are held in joint-accounts (within family members), do they just need to file I-864A or are there any additional requirements.


Thanks

1. Your wife would only be part of his household if he can claim her on his taxes. If you and your wife and paying taxes together for yourselves, then no.

2. If he has been stable for some years, like 3 years, then it should be ok. The forms might want copies of his last 3 years tax returns to prove his income is that stable.

3. Don't know. Again back to the tax forms he's filed in the last years, his name should be on those at least. That and maybe some bank statements to show the steady income...