Dear friends,
I have an approved I-130 for my mother and the case is at NVC. I need to fill out the I-864, but I do not know if in Part 6, Item 7 by "My current individual annual income" they mean my gross (before taxes, insurance premiums, etc.) or net (after taxes) income. For me, they are drastically different - e. g. last year (the one for which the data will be entered in 16a from the total income line in the tax transcript - the difference was about 8-9K).
I see a lot of different answers on the Internet and cannot figure it out - some people say "just multiply your hourly pay" or something like that, which would indicate "gross". But I also saw sources that talked about USCIS/NVC viewing "income" and "total taxable income" as the same thing for their purposes and that my "current individual annual income" and my husband's "current individual annual income" from his I-864a need to together "match" (at least approximately) what would eventually be in our taxes for this year. All these would indicate that it's the "net" income that's wanted, as my "gross" amount from the paychecks is never mentioned anywhere in the tax return/tax transcript.
Also, when my husband fills out his I-864a - how should he fill out part 3, if he is on the Social Security disability benefits (not SSI, so not means-tested)? And in the tax transcript there are two lines for his income - the "total" and the "taxable", which is about half of the total. Which one do we use for his "current individual annual income" and which one would go into the column for the total income for taxes in Part 4 for him?
I would be especially happy to see input from people who have finished the process (especially recently) and did/did not get RFEs to correct those specific items/fields, but of course, I will greatly appreciate any and all advice!
Thank you so very much in advance!
I have an approved I-130 for my mother and the case is at NVC. I need to fill out the I-864, but I do not know if in Part 6, Item 7 by "My current individual annual income" they mean my gross (before taxes, insurance premiums, etc.) or net (after taxes) income. For me, they are drastically different - e. g. last year (the one for which the data will be entered in 16a from the total income line in the tax transcript - the difference was about 8-9K).
I see a lot of different answers on the Internet and cannot figure it out - some people say "just multiply your hourly pay" or something like that, which would indicate "gross". But I also saw sources that talked about USCIS/NVC viewing "income" and "total taxable income" as the same thing for their purposes and that my "current individual annual income" and my husband's "current individual annual income" from his I-864a need to together "match" (at least approximately) what would eventually be in our taxes for this year. All these would indicate that it's the "net" income that's wanted, as my "gross" amount from the paychecks is never mentioned anywhere in the tax return/tax transcript.
Also, when my husband fills out his I-864a - how should he fill out part 3, if he is on the Social Security disability benefits (not SSI, so not means-tested)? And in the tax transcript there are two lines for his income - the "total" and the "taxable", which is about half of the total. Which one do we use for his "current individual annual income" and which one would go into the column for the total income for taxes in Part 4 for him?
I would be especially happy to see input from people who have finished the process (especially recently) and did/did not get RFEs to correct those specific items/fields, but of course, I will greatly appreciate any and all advice!
Thank you so very much in advance!