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Hey. For the Income for the last 3 years, you mentioned it would be line 9 on the 1040 which is “Total Income”. , however the I-864 explicitly states “Adjusted Gross Income” which is actually line 11 on the 1040 form. I think it should be the AGI?
@@KseniyaInternational got it! AGI if it’s 1040EZ, Total Income otherwise. And 1040EZ no longer exists, so by default the figure should be Total Income, Line 9. Makes perfect sense. Thank you!
its been a year since I filed papers with my wife's work permit and green card and you have been more than any help I have received from USCIS since I'm doing this on my own without any lawyer. love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. thank you !!!!!!!
YES YES YES! Please sign with a black pen. I made the mistake of signing electronically and they told me to resumbit a hand written signature and date.
I got an RFE on this form. What I didn’t realize originally was the form is broken and that the household size automatically says 1. I’ve gone through all my documents and can’t understand how anything is wrong except for that. It’s crazy how the USCIS can’t just tell you what was wrong they have to sent a 3 pages document saying one or more of these things is wrong with the form. If this is the problem first of all they should just say your household size isn’t accurate please redo or just fix their damn form on their government site.
PART6 BOX 24: For purposes of this affidavit, the line for Total Income on IRS Forms 1040 and 1040A will be considered when determining income. For persons filing IRS Form 1040 EZ, the line for adjusted gross income will be considered
1. Should my joint sponsor file for a separate i864 or should he file for i864a? 2. Since I’m unemployed then how will I provide my tax info on my i864? 3. In terms of household member income, should I include my joint sponsor? My father will be my joint sponsor and I depend on his income 4. In part 6 it will ask for employment and income information. How can I indicate that I am unemployed?
Hello dear . I just started following you. First i want to thank you for all the helpful information you share with us. My case is a bit complicated. I am a US citizen. Got married and had my sons abroad. I recently received my sons American passport through USA embassy last year and we also filled out form I130 for my husband and he received an email from USCIS, regarding him being approved but now we are in the process of NVC requirements. Now since i don't live and work in America and haven't filled out any tax form all these years, what proof s of income we should present in the affidavit of support. I am now the petitioner and sponsor in the form. I know this is a very rare case but I really appreciate it you let me know what information you have regarding our rare case. Thank you again for your informative channel and for your time.
Thank you for these important informations . What’s your current individual annual income? Are they referring to the income listed on the last tax return 2023 or the income that I’m expecting to get at the end of this year 2024?
What if my annual income cannot be calculated due to inconsistent paychecks because of mandated overtime. Also what if I only have 2 years of rencent tax returns, due to working overseas for 12+years, and moving back home along with my citizen son, and non-citizen wife
Good reminders❤❤❤ But I have a question about household size, if a joint sponsor already lost all his parental rights and isn't legally required to pay anything to support his children, does his children still count into his household size? If they stil counts but the joint sponsor didn't fill them into the form , does the USCIS have a way to know that he has children?
Hello! I know you already answered this question in the video but I can't help but ask it in person because two lawyers that I spoke two got me confused. Situation: I'm an legal permanent resident, currently filling out the I-864 to bring my wife to the US (she lives abroad). I am self-employed (I have a 1099 contract as a web developer, and I have all the needed evidence to prove that). I am NOT filling out the I-864A or I-864EZ, simply the I-864. I do have the tax return statements of the last 3 years. Question: When entering the total income for the last 3 years, should I take the line that says "total income" or "adjusted gross income"? Everything suggests that it should be former but for whatever reason two lawyers that I spoke two said that I should use "adjusted gross income". I am relying on your feedback because your channel played a HUGE part in helping me and my wife successfully filling out the I-130 2 years ago which got accepted without any issues whatsoever. Thanks for all your efforts.
For purposes of this affidavit, the line for Total Income on IRS Forms 1040 and 1040A will be considered when determining income. For persons filing IRS Form 1040 EZ, the line for adjusted gross income will be considered.
@@davidalexander8786 Thanks David, I already did that and placed the total income. Just a few days after submitting the Affidavit of Support and DS-260 they got accepted without needing an RFE. So, for anybody who found themselves in a similar situation and is reading this: Always follow the instructions, don't care what lawyers might say. Submit all required evidence exactly as they want it, and the rest should be easy.
Hi Kseniya, great info! Thank you! One question: as a sponsor, I haven’t filed for my 2023 tax return yet. I’m likely to submit my i-864 along with I-485 next week. Is it okay to send 2022 tax transcripts as my latest tax document?
Great video. I am sponser 3. My wife and her two teenage children. Three separate visa applications. Do I feel out a separate affidavit of support for each?
Hi. Thank you for sharing. All of you videos very helpful. My Joint sponsor write 2014 instead of 2024 on last signed date page. This is small technical mistake. Do I need to contact with them and let them know or this is not going to be any issue? Thank you!
Since the time is so close to file 2023 tax, should we include 2023 tax info? We haven't submitted the 2023 tax info yet but have the 2022 tax info for joint sponsor and petitioner. Should wait to file 2023 or go ahead with just 2022? it's just that my medical exam signed date is close to be 60 days since civil surgeon has signed. FYI, this is for adjust of status for getting marriage green card .
Hi ken thank you for your videos. It is very helpful. Please when are we supposed to fill out this form? Directly with the I-130A or we need to wait USCIS to ask for that? Thank you 🙏🏿
A US citizen sponsoring wife and 4 children , what will be the total household size on each I-864 form? 2. Please what is the income required for this size?
Hi Happy new year thank you I have a question on part 6 after question number 22 who's name goes in that spot is it blank or petitioner or co sponsor I can't figure this out please let me know 🎉🎉
Hello Ksenia, thanks for all your help! I came to the USA on a fiance visa, got married 3 weeks ago and now I want to file my I-485. I have watched your video about all the required documents for I-485 but I could not find a marriage certficate listed there. Do I need to attach it together with the other documents?
Hello, I have a question, I am confused about Part 6 24a 24b and 24c, If I am only sending the most recent tax paperwork, do I have to fill out b and c? or would I have to send those years taxes too? Thanks for your videos!
Hi Kseniya I have a question in page 4. PART 6: No. 7 my husband just stop working last April 10, 2024. Now my question is how to compute his current individual annual income. Please enlighten me. Thank you so for your answer. ❤
@@KseniyaInternational thank you for your response. I do appreciate it.. One last question please. Even if it's a month only that he stopped working? This month he is planning to find a new job again..
@@reginaaguilar76 if he doesn’t have a job at the time of submitting the affidavit his income is still $0. Immigration only considers actual income and not hypotheticals
Hi, just wondering, if I become a dual citizen (US/Mexico) would me being a dual citizen affect me for applying my relative who wishes to naturalize to the USA ? Thank you so much ❤️
1.What if the household member has the income but a joint sponsor who does not live in the household is going to be supporting the immigrant? I can leave Part 6 line 8 empty, correct?
@KseniyaInternational The petitioners house member has income. But due to an expired passport and me not wanting to waste time completing the form. I'm going to be the joint sponsor.
I am completing the form I-864 form and I am not sure what to do for this section . On part 5 Sponsor’s Household Size , the number 1 is listed ‘ Yourself’ which makes sense . However, at the part where you add all the numbers it’s showing 1 as the household size . Should I mark the 1 out to place the correct number there since it’s pre-populated?
My father is petitioner. He filed for Unmarried son f2b category. My father & mother bot are doing job. My father income is enough for my sponsor. My father filling joint tax return ( including my mother income) and total household size is 3 including me. So in i864 form do i need to declare my mother income in part -6 question 8 ? If i declare mother income then do i need to file i 864a form ?
My father’s wife is petitioning for him, she has her green card that she got through her u s citizen son. She doesn’t work so she does file taxes. They have a joint sponsor. This is ok right ?
Ксения, здравствуйте! Мы с мужем сегодня консультировались с адвокатом. Он сказал, что в пункте 24 а-с нужно указывать Adjusted gross income, инструкция на сайте не уточняет это. Он уже сделал более 1000 кейсов и никогда это вопросов у USCIS не вызывало. Посмотрела видео других адвокатов на RU-vid, они также говорят в п. 24 - gross adjusted income. В вашем видео вы говорите, что это ошибка. У вас был опыт, что adjusted gross income в форме I-864 вызывал вопросы у USCIS?
I just sent my I130 online and I485 and I864 by mail (I’m in USA) And sent my son’s I130 he is out of the country.. Mine says 4weeks and my son’s 6 months. Wish me luck 😊
Hi, Why do you recommend to put Total Income (line 9 on 1040) when the I-864 form itself specifically says "Adjusted Gross Income on IRS Form 1040EZ" (Not total income), which would be line 11?
Hey Kseniya! Thank you for all. Quick question. The Form Version seems to have expired a few days ago on 12/31/2023. Do you know if this form is still the one to use? Will a new one show up in the next couple of days?
Dear Kseniya, thank you so much for this video. I have a quick question, is it okay if i can just print out page 8 only, sign and date it with blank pen and scan only signature page and use combined pdf tool with rest of 9 pages ? Or do i have no choice but to pri t out and scan the whole 10 pages ? .Many thanks
I've been on respite since I lost my mom I have no income tax forms since 2021. But I have 2 properties and over 140 000 what form must I fill out. I have no one for joint sponsor
Hi dear ken, thank you so much for your effort and time , my daughter applied for me but she is a student with no income so as i understand she will fill the form I 864 first and then when USCIS request a joint sponsor the co joint will fill the form or both the petitioner and the joint sponsor will fill the same form together
Do not wait for USCIS to request a joint sponsor. If you’re using a joint sponsor, you must include their affidavit of support and all the evidence in the initial packet.
Hello, I live with my wife and 2 kids in the same house. I am a US citizen and I am applying for both mom and dad's Green Card. I have already paid for Affidavit of support fee and currently filling out I-864 ( affidavit of support documents and financial evidence). I primarily take care of my 2 kids, hence I only make around 3k per year. However my wife makes enough to sponsor both my parents. So, my questions are: I am the main sponsor/petitioner so I have to file I-864 FORM for both mom and dad even though I don't make enough money right ? I have to add my wife as Household Member and fill out I-864A form for both my mom and dad right ? Do I need to fill out any other forms or provide other documents? PLEASE LMK If someone else have gone through similar situation in the past or present, I currently am, please provide some info. Thanks a bunch.
Hello! GRACIAS for your videos, I have a question on page 5, question 21,22. My husband is my mom's sponsor, and he is also part of my household size, does he need to fill out Form I-864A and I-864, and then I have to check de box 21 on page 5?
You are the petitioner you always have to fill out I-864 first, then your husband would fill I-864A. Check out the playlist I have dedicated to this form specifically :)
Hello. I filled tax return joint account on tax return. So I should file my spouse form I684A form. Is it correct? Also put No.1 into box no.3? Thank you for your reply
If the Spouse Beneficiary works outside of the USA and does not file any US Tax, do we have still fill-in Part 5 - Item 8, 9, 10? and Part 6 - item 22?
Hi, if you see this comment please reply !! I am a US citizen and my spouse is working on a student visa and soon will receive H1B visa. We would also like to apply for adjustment of status but our issue is that because he's on a student visa, he can't quit his job and move to live with me and I have taken a huge scholarship from a medical organization that involves working for that organization for 3 years at least !! And If I quit I lose the scholarship! Having said that, we're only 40 miles apart but we don't have same address! I have a house in my name and he has an apartment! We do live 4 days a week together but our primary address is different! Is this a problem? Would having different addresses matter on our application?
My spouse is my Beneficary he came off of the parole program. He have been working for 6mth now. So does Part 6 applies for him. Or should I just keep it as zero. He came here 7mths ago. He have his work permit.
Hi, i have a question 🙋🏼♂️ i’ve petition for my both parents mom and dad, and i’m single, my total income is over 35000 my question is my household is 1 or 3 with my parents that abroad thank you.
hi Kseniya, thank you for your video its very helpful I have some questions I 'm the petitioner for my parents, my income is not enough , I file tax jointly with my wife, I will add I-864A for my wife, also I want to add my uncle as a joint sponsoring , -in this case I have to add my uncle in my form I-864, -in His form I-864A question (part 1) I will choose 1.e. 2nd of two joint sponsors ( my wife will be 1st joint sponsor ) or how I can do it . - for my uncle he file his tax with his wife, if his income enough he does't have to include his wife income in his I-864A, so for the question 24.a the total tax income in his tax form he can put the total income in line 9, or he just put the individual annual income as part 6 q. 7. Thank you so much
If you’re using a joint sponsor (uncle), it makes no sense to add a household member to your income as petitioner because you only use household members to supplement your income as the petitioner to make it enough to sponsor.
@@KseniyaInternational Hi So If I do tax jointly with my wife I don’t have to include her in part 6.8 Under ((Income you are using from any other person was counted in household size)) Thank you 🙏
Hello Kseniya @Kseniya International Thanks for the video. I have one question that I couldn't find through the video. I recently got married to a US citizen. She is an RN and has been working in the hospital since mid-2022. I am on an F1 visa. I am currently pursuing my 2nd master's here in the US, and I currently don't work. (No CPT). But I worked until last year in October on STEM -OPT before my second master's began, so I had income and filled taxes to show for the last 3 years, which is above the federal poverty threshold. So my qtns is in the form I-864: 24. c. 3rd Most Recent? My wife started working professionally around mid-2022 and has a 1040 total income higher than the federal poverty threshold for 2022. and 2023. but 2021's total income (~10k) was way below the fed poverty threshold. So, what do you think you could recommend? Should we enter that total income (10k) into 24.c. in the 3rd most recent total income box a no?
Do you have a video about what Schedules of the 1040 should be submitted to CEAC? And if all of them should be submitted can they be uploaded as separate files? Altogether the file is 6 MB after compressing, which is too big
I’m the petitioner and. I applied for my parents so my question is Nvc ask for sponsor and me and my husband file our taxes separate and I can’t sponsor my parents do I have to add my husband as a joint sponsor
Hi, my husband received an RFE for I-864 saying that they couldn’t determine if the petitioning sponsor is qualified. That if needed we could use a co sponsor which we did! We sent 3 years of the co sponsor’s tax records and w-2’s. It was a lot of paper. And he makes 81,000, is married and has 2 kids. Hasn’t co sponsored anyone else and no other dependents. He files taxes separate from his wife and she claims their kids as dependents. Should he still count her and their kids in this form? We did, we total 5, him, wife, 2 kids and my husband who he’s sponsoring. This time we’re thinking on just sending the last year of tax returns and w-2. Do you think we should send I-864 for the petitioner again as well? He’s our son, 21. He filed taxes for 2022 and 2020 but not 2021, he was required to file but didn’t. Is that a problem? What should we answer where it says if he was required to file or not? This form I complicated. We had sent the petitioner’s 2years of tax transcripts and w-2’s.
The sponsor/co-sponsor must always count their spouse and children regardless where they live and even if they’re not claimed on returns. Only send whatever USCIS is asking for. If they mention that there are issues with petitioner’s I-864, then you must also send it.
Hey I was wondering about form i485, we sent form i130, and filled it out just like your video said, I'm an American Citizen, born here, my wife is from Mexico, the i130 processing time says 2months, do we still need to file form i485? She's not looking to work right now, but she is taking English classes.
So my letter from my job doesn’t include the bonuses i make and my income is based highly on bonuses do i attach my letter and also explain why i make so much more than what my hourly pay is. I will attach 3 yrs taxes and 3 months paystubs. I was thinking of leaving our employer letter or should i just add it then explain
I guess it should be entered under PART 5 and under 'Persons NOT sponsored in this affidavit' but not sure which item under part 5 in item 4 or 5 . Kindly help in this regard. Thank you.
Hi Kseniya, Do I need to include my son on I864 form who was born after I130 approved and I was a citizen of US when he was born. As of now I filed CBRA for him. Can you please advice
@@KseniyaInternational Can a US citizen spouse file the past 3 years tax returns now and put the copies of 1040 forms together with i-864 and I-485 and send them to USCIS?
I filed for my parents. Their paperwork is at NVC. I am aware that I need to do two separate DS-260 and two separate I-864. For my 2021 tax return I fall below and did not make enough 2022 and 2023 is above the poverty line. I live with my boyfriend and I am aware that I need to do an additional affidavit of support. Will my boyfriend be considered part of my household and do I need to fill out the form I-864A for him or do I include him on my I-864? Please help?
I'm sort of the same situation. My husband falls below so I don't know if his income will be consider additional to my income for our household or if he also needs to meet the poverty guidelines amounts....
Thank you so much for your videos Kseniya. I have about this I-864, I made above the poverty guidelines last year and I have the tax documents. But the 2 years before I didn’t make enough. Is it advisable to leave those other 2 boxes blank since they are below the poverty guidelines and I won’t be sending the paperwork for those anyway?
@@KseniyaInternational thank you so much. Follow up question: will making below the poverty guidelines the previous 2 years hurt our application since we don’t have a joint sponsor?
@@damilolaola6249 not necessarily. Per form instructions only the most recent year and proof of current income counts but it doesn’t mean they won’t consider previous years.
@@KseniyaInternational this was really helpful. I’m so grateful for all your guidance. You basically held our hands and walked us throughout the whole process ❤️
My total income is $40,000 out of it $20,000 are house allowance. So according to what you said on page 5, 24a, b, c we have to write as is it in 1040 line 9. of total income. So in my tax return 1040 line 9 my total income is only $20,000 so what should I do to prove that my total income is $40,000? Thank you for your response in advance.
Hi there, what if i havent worked because I am receiving VA disability because I am 100% p/t. I am trying to sponsor my wife using my father as well for joint sponsor
Hi...so i am filling i-864 for my mom and dad who is living abroad .so we are going thru consular process ..i have few quastions , 1. Since i have 2 seperate petitions for mom and dad ..each AOS ..the household size comes as 3 (myself, my husband and the parent listed in that perticular petion ) is this correct ? 2.after filling out the form in adobe acrobat could i use a scanned image of my ink signed signsture and use it at the place of sign ..adobe has a feature as draw, initial or insert an image of the signature ..would this be an issue ? Should i print the filled out form and hand sign it take a pictures of the printed and signed form and scan and upload back ? 3. Should i hand write the date of submission as well or could i just type it ? 4.i am a us citizen and i am uploading recent tax transcript .do i have to submit any more proof for domicile.? In the form my physical and mail adress is also us adress ? Thanks alot in advance..sorry for lengthy question ..but hope you will answer
My mother came to USA with b1/b2 visa and now visa expired. I’m citizen, so can I apply for her adjustment of status ? If possible, so please let me know the process step by step. Thanks for your help ❤❤
Hi Ken, if im pregnant (beneficiary) how many people i have to put on household size, it will be my husband and I only?? Thank you for your videos im starting the process of AOS and your are helping me a lot!
If you're doing concurring filing with i-485 and i-130, does the US citizen sponsor need to include another copy of his birth certificate? Give he is already including it for form i-130?
Hi. My husband petitioned his mom whines currently living in the United States. My husband is working abroad (Italy). Can I sign and date the Affidavit of Support for him since im his wife?
I’m sponsoring my stepchildren and I have two children with my wife in usa for the part 3 household size was should I put on dependent of household? That part male me confused. Please need help. Thanks!
what if I file i-130a online- how do I add my page 3 with the siganture to the pdf? I appreciate all your help!! @@KseniyaInternational
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hello. im the petitioner for my wife i have been unemployed and have not filed taxes . do i just write letter stating i have not worked therefore not filed taxes in the recent years as evidence ? or what evidence do i need ? thank you
