ItsHappening

Hello, I have a question about the required affidavit of support I need.

- We are doing London DCF.
- My husband is USC who filed I-130 as my petitioner
- We will move in with his sister (also USC)
- She has filled out the affidavit of support I-864 with all the paperwork, as her income covers the required poverty line
- Neither I or my husband have worked or have had an income in the USA

Now the question, does my husband also have to fill in a I-864 or is the sister's one enough?

Embrta

We have recently done this. Although I am the USC and my husband is the immigrant (or will be)

Your husband needs to fill in a form as well as his sister.

We used my sister in law as the joint sponsor and I filled in the affidavit of support as the petitioner even though my income was zero. I just answered all the questions and attached all of the supporting evidence and written explanations.

Make sure you read the instructions carefully (I read more times than I can remember) to make sure you have everything you need.

ItsHappening

Thank you Embrta, I'm glad I checked as my interview is next week. More forms to fill out.

My medical is tomorrow.

Embrta

It will all be over soon. My thoughts were, as long as there are no red flags and we have everything they need the worst that should happen is they need more info and the visa is delayed a little.

Good luck with these last few steps along the way. I'd love to know how it goes for you.

Sean81

The USC spouse must fill out an I-864
The joint sponsor (your sister-in-law) fills out an I-864a

Rete

They are not living in the sister-in-law's home, thus the sil is not a household member, so she needs to do an I-864 as well.

Rete

Even if your husband has no US income, he still needs to file US income taxes on the foreign earned income if he worked in the UK. A USC must declare all earned income regardless of where in the world it is earned. It is rare that he will owe taxes on that income if he has paid taxes on it in the UK.

Sean81

I misread the part about living with the sil. Sorry. Thanks for the correction Rete.

Rete

NP, Sean. I've misread posts in the past and will again, I'm sure

Jamackabi

Good luck with your medical tomorrow! Let us know how it was. You're a few weeks ahead of me in the process so I've been keeping an eye on your posts for some form of guidance!

Rete

Is it safe to assume that you have read KK85's excellent write up of her recent medical at Knightsbridge or any of the other members who have written detailed accounts. If not, here is KK85's report:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/marri...bridge-904191/

Jamackabi

You would be right to assume!

I'm a regular stalker of these forums.

ItsHappening

Thanks everyone, husband has filed tax forms in the USA while living here so we're good on that front. He'll also fill in an I-864.

Medical went fine, I was really nervous but in the end there wasn't really a need to. Glad to know my vision is still 20/20 and I've actually grown a bit (1.5 cm)!

Had to send in translations for a couple of summary reports of brain surgery I had as a child plus my GP had given me the wrong documents to take with me. Have submitted all of those today.