ruthann1212

FYI ONLY
I was given the following information

#1
I CAN USE THE JOINT RETURN I FILED WITH MY EX HUSBAND EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T PERSONALLY EARN ANY INCOME. DUE TO THE FACT THAT IS NOT THE CURRENT YEAR.

#2
IF I DIDN'T CLAIM MY CHILD SUPPORT ON MY TAX RETURNS I CAN'T USE IT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

#3
I CAN HAVE A CO-SPONSOR WITH THE I134 HOWEVER THEY WILL NEED TO USE THE I864 FORM

nkem4ever

Ruthanne
Glad to hear you recieved a reply so quickly, at all as a matter of fact. So i guess you'll be calming down a tad and just see about that co-sponsor. I was thinking that you should be able to use the joint return I mean that is what "joint" means. so wonderful to hear that you can.

talk to you soon

Bluegrass Lass

This is for the Affidavit of Support to be given at the time of interview, not Adjustment of Status, right? If so, I'm pretty certain that others who have needed co-sponsors had them fill out an I-134, not the I-864. There is a big difference between the two forms, in terms of enforceability of the contract. If you can, I would contact the Consulate you are using and confirm this. It could be different at different Consulates.

What do you guys think? Does using the I-864 for a co-sponsor make sense? Is that what you are supposed to use?

meauxna

I think the DoS's "should be" answer sounds different from the Consular "actually is" that is usually posted on the NG.

Mtravelkay

ruthann1212 wrote:

    > FYI ONLY
    > I was given the following information
    >
    > #1
    > I CAN USE THE JOINT
    > RETURN I FILED WITH MY EX HUSBAND EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T PERSONALLY EARN
    > ANY INCOME. DUE TO THE FACT THAT IS NOT THE CURRENT YEAR.

Generally if the returns are joint returns, they want to see the W-2's
to show your income. Since you don't have any, you might want to write a
statement stating this.


    > #2
    > IF I
    > DIDN'T CLAIM MY CHILD SUPPORT ON MY TAX RETURNS I CAN'T USE IT TO MEET
    > THE REQUIREMENTS.

That is interesting since child support would never be on a 1040.


    > #3
    > I CAN HAVE A CO-SPONSOR WITH THE I134 HOWEVER THEY
    > WILL NEED TO USE THE I864 FORM
    >

That is also interesting since the I-864 requires 125 percent of poverty
level and the I-134 doesn't. Additionally, the I-864 has more teeth.