Draghon

Hi all, apologies for what may be a dumb question; this is all very new to me. I'm a USC, my husband is UKC, we both currently live in the UK and are looking to move to the US.

I'm confused about the requirements for a joint sponsor. My income is from a British company, so won't count for anything on the I-864. I have family members who could (and would happily) serve as a joint sponsor, but my impression from the application paperwork was that for any of them to qualify, I would have to be in the same residence (ie, move in with whoever was applying as the joint sponsor). Based on the conversations I've read here, though, that doesn't sound like it's the case. If anyone could clarify for me, I'd really appreciate it.

Noorah101

Hi and Welcome to BE.

No, you do NOT have to live with the Joint Sponsor.

Rene

ian-mstm

You must not be reading it correctly. Living with the joint sponsor has never been a requirement. The joint sponsor can be any USC or PR, over age 18, and living in the US... indeed, you don't even need to know the joint sponsor.

Ian

Michael

I suspect you may be getting mixed up with the requirement of the joint sponsor to have the required income to support all his/her dependents as well as the immigrant and assumed that you must live with the joint sponsor.

Noorah101

Either that, or she's getting mixed up with the requirements for a "contributing household member" rather than a joint sponsor.

Rene

Draghon

Ahhh, yes, I went back and reread and it looks like that's where I got confused. In any case, very happy to be wrong on that one!

jeffreyhy

You appear to be confusing a joint sponsor with a [contributing] household member.

Regards, JEff