Residence requirements for I-864

[alex347]

I would appreciate if someone can shed some light on the required evidence and the process when the sponsor does not have enough income to satisfy the I-864 requirements.
My mother has filed an I-130 on my behalf, and now my priority date has become current. Unfortunately, she did not have enough income in the past 2 years to qualify as a sponsor. Currently, I am in the US on a H1B visa. I read in the instructions to I-864 that an income requirement can be met if the intending immigrant has and will continue to have a source of income and lives in the same residence.

1)Are there any documents that I would need to present to demonstrate that the income will continue from the same source?
2)I have recently purchased a house. Will I need to continue living in the sponsor's residence after applying for the adjustment of status to PR? The instructions to I-864 mention only that the immigrant should be currently living in the same residence as the sponsor without specifying how long this currently is supposed to last.
3)Finally, what evidence would I need to show to prove that I am living in the same residence?

Thank you

 

[Jackolantern]

1) Tax transcripts (you can get them from the IRS) for the past 3 years, and a job letter from your employer. The job letter doesn't have to specifically say the income will continue after a certain date; USCIS will normally accept that it will continue, unless there is something about the job to make them believe otherwise (e.g. it is a short-term contract or summer internship).

2) You can live anywhere you want once you get the GC. Just stay off the welfare rolls until you become a USC or accumulate 10 years of Social Security credits. However, it is acceptable to collect unemployment benefits or Social Security disability, as those are considered earned benefits for which you have paid into the system for a certain amount of time, not just something given out because you are poor.

I think the idea behind living in the same residence is to show that living in the same house in order to stay out of government housing is a feasible option, as well as the poverty level calculations being based on a single household.

3) Driver's license/state ID for both of you with the same address. Bills and official mailings (e.g. W-2, Social Security statements, car registration) with the same address.