Instructions For Form I-864 - Affidavit Of Support Under Section 213a Of The Ina (Page 7 of 16) in pdf

Item Number 7. This question gives you the option of including certain other non-dependent relatives who are living

in your residence as part of your household size. Such relatives may include your mother, father, sister, brother or adult

children, if they are living in your residence. However, the only reason to include these relatives in your household size

is if you need to include their income when you calculate your household income for purposes of meeting the income

requirement for this affidavit. To be considered, any relative included in this category must sign and submit Form I-864A,

Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member.

Item Number 8. Household Size. Add together Part 5., Item Numbers 1. - 7. and enter the number in the space

provided. If you or someone else is completing Form I-864 on a computer, this box will auto-populate.

Part 6. Sponsor’s Employment and Income

Item Numbers 1.a. - 1.d. Sponsor’s Employment. Select all the boxes that apply to you. You, as the sponsor, may not

rely on a household member’s income from illegal acts, such as proceeds from illegal gambling or drug sales, to meet the

income requirement even if the household member paid taxes on that income.

Item Number 2. Current Individual Annual Income. Enter your current, individual, earned or retirement, annual

income that you are using to meet the requirements of this affidavit and indicate the total in the space provided.

You may include evidence supporting your claim about your expected income for the current year if you believe that

submitting this evidence will help you establish ability to maintain sufficient income. You are not required to submit this

evidence, however, unless specifically instructed to do so by a U.S. Government official. For example, you may include

a recent letter from your employer, showing your employer’s address and telephone number, and indicating your annual

salary. You may also provide pay stubs showing your income for the previous six months. If your claimed income

includes alimony, child support, dividend or interest income, or income from any other source, you may also include

evidence of that income.

Item Number 3. - 17. Current Annual Household Income. This section is used to determine the sponsor’s household

income. If your individual annual income listed in Item Number 2. is greater than 125 percent (or 100 percent if you are

on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. Coast Guard and sponsoring your spouse or child) of the Federal Poverty

Guidelines for your household size from Part 5., Item Number 8., you do not need to include any household member’s

income. See Form I-864P for information on the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

To determine the filing requirements for your relatives included in Part 6., Item Numbers 3. - 14., follow the instructions

below.

1. If you included the income of your spouse listed in Part 5., Item Number 3., any child listed in Part 5., Item

Number 4., any dependent listed in Part 5., Item Number 5., or any siblings, parents, or adult children listed in Part

5., Item Number 7., each one of these individuals must be over 18 years of age and must complete Form I-864A.

2. If you included the income of the intending immigrant who is your spouse (he or she would be counted in Part

5., Item Number 1.), you must provide evidence that his/her income will continue from the current source after

obtaining lawful permanent resident status, and the intending immigrant must provide evidence that he or she is living

in your residence. He or she does not need to complete Form I-864A unless he or she has accompanying children.

3. If you included the income of the intending immigrant who is not your spouse, (he or she would be counted on Part

5., Item Number 1.), evidence that his or her income will continue from the current source after obtaining lawful

permanent resident status must be provided and the intending immigrant must provide evidence that he or she is living

in your residence. He or she does not need to complete Form I-864A, unless he or she has an accompanying spouse

or children.

Item Numbers 18.a. - 20. Federal Income Tax Return Information

You must provide either an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) transcript or a photocopy from your own records of your

Federal individual income tax return for the most recent tax year. If you believe additional returns may help you to

establish your ability to maintain sufficient income, you may submit transcripts or photocopies of your Federal individual

income tax returns for the three most recent years.

Form I-864 Instructions 07/02/15 N

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