Hello everyone:
I have questions on I-864 form. Questions- Q24-b,d,e, Q27 and Q28.
I am the petitioner (status: U.S. Citizen), my wife is the intending immigrants (She is on F-1 Visa, OPT status). We live in the same residence.
My income doesn’t meet the 125% poverty line requirement. I am going to use my assets (savings, bonds, investment etc) and my wife’s assets (savings, bonds, CDs etc) to meet the income requirement. Our combined asset value is 3 times the requirements.
1. Should I use my spouse’s income or only her assets on I-864 Form
For Q24-b. I entered my wife’s income from her temporary contract job. Now, she doesn’t hold the same job and she is job hunting. I entered her income in this box. Based on I-864 Instruction: the spouse’s income must continue from the same source after he/she becomes LPR. Should I count her income as part of household come or I should enter 0? My concern is immigration official may ask for proof of current employment for income resource.
2. Do I or my wife need to fill out I-864A form? Based on I-864A instruction: if the sponsor using intending immigrant’s income on I-864 to meet the eligibility requirement. You need to complete I-864A only if you have accompanying dependents (my wife doesn’t have dependents). If your sponsor is including only your assets on I-864, you do not need to comply this form (I-864A). This question related to Q24-D and Q24-E. Should I check box D or E?
3. Q26-A: I have a joint bank account with my wife. Should I count only my portion in the account and let my wife count her portion in Q28-A or I can use total amount of this account for this question?
4. Q27 – I entered N/A and 0 (in case that my wife don’t need to fill out I-864A form)
5. Is our asset value is enough to meet the requirement? Or I need to ask another co-sponsor to help us? (I saw some form instructions says the income or asset needs to be 5 times the difference between sponsor’s income and poverty line)
I appreciate your help and suggestions!
Jeff
I have questions on I-864 form. Questions- Q24-b,d,e, Q27 and Q28.
I am the petitioner (status: U.S. Citizen), my wife is the intending immigrants (She is on F-1 Visa, OPT status). We live in the same residence.
My income doesn’t meet the 125% poverty line requirement. I am going to use my assets (savings, bonds, investment etc) and my wife’s assets (savings, bonds, CDs etc) to meet the income requirement. Our combined asset value is 3 times the requirements.
1. Should I use my spouse’s income or only her assets on I-864 Form
For Q24-b. I entered my wife’s income from her temporary contract job. Now, she doesn’t hold the same job and she is job hunting. I entered her income in this box. Based on I-864 Instruction: the spouse’s income must continue from the same source after he/she becomes LPR. Should I count her income as part of household come or I should enter 0? My concern is immigration official may ask for proof of current employment for income resource.
2. Do I or my wife need to fill out I-864A form? Based on I-864A instruction: if the sponsor using intending immigrant’s income on I-864 to meet the eligibility requirement. You need to complete I-864A only if you have accompanying dependents (my wife doesn’t have dependents). If your sponsor is including only your assets on I-864, you do not need to comply this form (I-864A). This question related to Q24-D and Q24-E. Should I check box D or E?
3. Q26-A: I have a joint bank account with my wife. Should I count only my portion in the account and let my wife count her portion in Q28-A or I can use total amount of this account for this question?
4. Q27 – I entered N/A and 0 (in case that my wife don’t need to fill out I-864A form)
5. Is our asset value is enough to meet the requirement? Or I need to ask another co-sponsor to help us? (I saw some form instructions says the income or asset needs to be 5 times the difference between sponsor’s income and poverty line)
I appreciate your help and suggestions!
Jeff