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Form I-864 Affidavit of Support – Insufficient Income
February 06th, 2008 | Category: NewsMany foreign nationals who are on H-1B visa and have their spouses on H-4 visa often face the issue of insufficient income for Form I-864, Affidavit of Support purposes when filing for adjustment of status. Most of the time, especially in the labor green card context, the person filing the Affidavit of Support (the “sponsor”) is the same person as the applicant immigrant. However, it is possible that the sponsor is a person other than the applicant immigrant. We review the options of a sponsor who applies for a green card or adjustment of status for his- or herself and who wishes to have his spouse obtain a derivative green card and employment authorization. Unfortunately, the USCIS does not consider the future income which will start coming from the non-working spouse as soon as the spouse receives a derivative employment authorization document (EAD) and starts working. USCIS states clearly that if the sponsor’s income is not sufficient to meet the requirement for the household size, then the applicant immigrant will not be eligible for immigrant visa or adjustment of status. Thus the options for meeting the income requirement are as follows:
- Include income from relatives or dependents living in the sponsor’s household or dependents listed in the sponsor’s most recent Federal tax return. Such relatives and dependents must sign form I-864A.
- Include income from the applicant immigrant, if that income will continue coming from the same source. In the case of H-1B/H-4 couple, this would not be applicable because the H-4 spouse is not eligible to work.
- Include the value of assets of the sponsor or any household member who is willing to sign I-864A Form.
- Include a joint sponsor whose income and/or assets equal at least125 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
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