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Affidavit of Support
- Overview
- Overall Process
- Submitting Affidavit of Support
- Exemptions and I-864W
- Sponsor Responsibilities/Obligations
- Country of Domicile
- Household Size
- Income Requirements
- I-864P - Poverty Guidelines
- Using Assets
- Federal Income Tax Documents
- I-864 Prepartion Checklist
- Joint Sponsor
- Substitute Sponsor
- I-864 EZ
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I-864 - Affidavit of Support - Overall Process
Follow this overall process for preparing and submitting the affidavit of support:
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Review this section of the web site to familiarize yourself with the affidavit of support requirements and details.
- Look at Exemptions and Exceptions to see if the petitioner is exempt from the Affidavit of Support requirement. If so, Form I-864W should be submitted. Otherwise, the affidavit of support is required.
- Sponsoring an immigrant comes with a lot of
liabilities and responsibilities.
You should review them carefully and
make sure that you really want to do it as you can not really back out of it later, unless the obligation ends according to the provisions of the law. If you don't wish to take on the responsibilities, you don't have to sign and submit the Form I-864, but in that case, the intending immigrant may not be able to become a permanent resident in the U.S.
- Look at domicile requirements.
- Look at the
I-864P - Poverty Guidelines.
- Refer to I-864 EZ to see if you qualify to submit it.
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Otherwise, Form I-864 and possibly Form I-864A are required.
- Using the I-864P - Poverty Guidelines,
check if you meet the income requirements for your
household size.
If you do not meet the income requirements, check how you can meet them using assets and/or joint sponsor(s).
In either case, you also should look at the Federal income tax return documents requirements.
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Use the checklist in preparation of forms and assembling
the documents.
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Submit
affidavit of support along with all the supporting documents to the appropriate place.
If you are mailing it to NVC, make sure to include the bar code sheet for the applicant's case.
The forms cannot be submitted electronically.
