Noorah101

Here's how it goes:

Your wife is the Sponsor, even though she doesn't meet the income requirement. She is using her father's income to meet the requirements. There are two ways of doing this:

1. Father acts as Joint Sponsor and fills out an I-864 of his own, which is what you've done. But since you'll all be living under one roof, the ConOff might want the Father to be a contributing household member instead;

2. Father acts as Contributing Household Member. His income gets combined with your wife's income on her I-864, and they do an I-864A which is an agreement between the two of them that allows his income to be used on her I-864.

So in order to present it both ways, you would need:

Scenario 1, Joint Sponsor: An I-864 from your wife with her individual income and backup documents. An I-864 from Father with his individual income and backup documents. This is what you have now.

Scenario 2, Contributing Household Member: An I-864 from your wife showing her income PLUS father's income, plus backup documents proving income. An I-864A from Father giving agreement to use his income. This scenario also needs some documentation showing that their relationship (her birth certificate showing father's name would work), and proof that they live at one address (letter from father would do this, among other things).

If you don't want to go through the trouble right now of doing Scenario 2, you can go to the interview with Scenario 1 in hand, and then if the ConOff wants it another way, she'll let you know and give you time to return things to her. Visa approval will be suspended until then.

Rene

scollinguk

Ahh, what youare saying makes sence now!

However, me and my wife both currently live in the UK (my wife has lived in the UK since she was three as she has indefinate leave to remain through her mother) so I would assume that means that we are filling out the I-864A as it would be if we were there, is that correct?

Thank again for the help!

Noorah101

Correct.

Rene